Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§281 Establishment
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Part Part I— - Purpose, Policy, and Function › § 281
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Title 2, §281
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There is established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the Office of the Legislative Counsel, referred to hereinafter in this subchapter as the “Office”.
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Effective Date
Subchapter effective Oct. 26, 1970, see section 601(5) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Nonapplicability of Sections 271 to 277 to the House Pub. L. 91–510, title V, § 531, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1203, provided that anyone serving as Legislative Counsel on Oct. 26, 1970 would continue as Legislative Counsel in accordance with this subchapter, and that all personnel, positions, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations of or for that part of the Office of the Legislative Counsel established under sections 271 to 277 of this title employed or held in or for the House of Representatives would be transferred to the Office established under this subchapter and, effective Oct. 26, 1970, those sections were without further appicability.
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2 U.S.C. § 281
Title 2 — The Congress
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Apr 6, 2026
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