Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110

§1383 Procedural Rules

Title 2 › CHAPTER 24 — CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY › SUBCHAPTER III — OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS › § 1383

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Executive Director must write rules for how the Office and its hearing officers run things. The Board must approve those rules. Any changes to the rules must follow the same steps and be sent for publication in the Congressional Record. The rulemaking must follow the process in section 553 of title 5. The Executive Director must send a proposed-rule notice to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate for publication in the Congressional Record instead of the Federal Register. The public must have at least 30 days to comment after that publication. When the rules are adopted, the Executive Director must send the notice and the rules to those leaders for publication, and the rules become official on the day they appear in the Congressional Record.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §1383

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(a)In general

The Executive Director shall, subject to the approval of the Board, adopt rules governing the procedures of the Office, including the procedures of hearing officers, which shall be submitted for publication in the Congressional Record. The rules may be amended in the same manner.

(b)Procedure

The Executive Director shall adopt rules referred to in subsection (a) in accordance with the principles and procedures set forth in section 553 of title 5. The Executive Director shall publish a general notice of proposed rulemaking under section 553(b) of title 5, but, instead of publication of a general notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, the Executive Director shall transmit such notice to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate for publication in the Congressional Record on the first day on which both Houses are in session following such transmittal. Before adopting rules, the Executive Director shall provide a comment period of at least 30 days after publication of a general notice of proposed rulemaking. Upon adopting rules, the Executive Director shall transmit notice of such action together with a copy of such rules to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate for publication in the Congressional Record on the first day on which both Houses are in session following such transmittal. Rules shall be considered issued by the Executive Director as of the date on which they are published in the Congressional Record.

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2 U.S.C. § 1383

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110