[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9487

 To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to authorize the 
 Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives to designate more 
than one of the attorneys of the Office of the Legislative Counsel as a 
          Deputy Legislative Counsel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2024

  Mr. Steil introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to authorize the 
 Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives to designate more 
than one of the attorneys of the Office of the Legislative Counsel as a 
          Deputy Legislative Counsel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``House Office of Legislative Counsel 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF MULTIPLE DEPUTY LEGISLATIVE COUNSELS.

    (a) Designation.--Section 522(b)(1) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 282a(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by amending the first sentence to read as follows: 
        ``The Legislative Counsel shall designate one or more of the 
        attorneys appointed under subsection (a) as a Deputy 
        Legislative Counsel.''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``the Deputy 
        Legislative Counsel shall perform the functions of the 
        Legislative Counsel.'' and inserting ``the functions of the 
        Legislative Counsel shall be performed by a Deputy Legislative 
        Counsel. If there is more than one Deputy Legislative Counsel, 
        the Deputy Legislative Counsel who shall perform such functions 
        shall be determined in accordance with the order specified in a 
        notice filed with the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the 
        House by the Legislative Counsel.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 522(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
282a(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``Deputy Legislative Counsel'' and 
inserting ``Deputy Legislative Counsels''.
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