[118th Congress Public Law 263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 118-263
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  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. <<NOTE: Jan. 4, 
                         2025 -  [H.R. 9487]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: House Office of 
Legislative Counsel Modernization Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 2 USC 271 note.>> 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) <<NOTE: Determination. Notice.>> 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.''.

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    (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''.

    Approved January 4, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 9487:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-678 (Comm. on House Administration).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Dec. 16, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate.

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