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    2 USC CHAPTER 9A - OFFICE OF LAW REVISION COUNSEL           01/03/2007

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                CHAPTER 9A - OFFICE OF LAW REVISION COUNSEL            

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    Sec.                                                     
    285.        Establishment.                                        
    285a.       Purpose and policy.                                   
    285b.       Functions.                                            
    285c.       Law Revision Counsel.                                 
    285d.       Staff; Deputy Law Revision Counsel; delegation of
                 functions.                                           
    285e.       Compensation.                                         
    285f.       Expenditures.                                         
    285g.       Availability of applicable accounts of House.         

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    2 USC Sec. 285                                              01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285. Establishment

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      There is established in the House of Representatives an office to
    be known as the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, referred to
    hereinafter in this chapter as the "Office".

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(a) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.


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                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section 101 of Pub. L. 93-554 provided that the enactment of
    House Resolution No. 988, Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, into
    permanent law is effective on Jan. 2, 1975. This chapter is derived
    from enactment into permanent law of section 205 of House
    Resolution No. 988.

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    2 USC Sec. 285a                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285a. Purpose and policy

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      The principal purpose of the Office shall be to develop and keep
    current an official and positive codification of the laws of the
    United States. The Office shall maintain impartiality as to issues
    of legislative policy to be determined by the House.

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    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(b) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.

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    2 USC Sec. 285b                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285b. Functions

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      The functions of the Office shall be as follows:
        (1) To prepare, and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary
      one title at a time, a complete compilation, restatement, and
      revision of the general and permanent laws of the United States
      which conforms to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of
      the Congress in the original enactments, with such amendments and
      corrections as will remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other
      imperfections both of substance and of form, separately stated,
      with a view to the enactment of each title as positive law.
        (2) To examine periodically all of the public laws enacted by
      the Congress and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary
      recommendations for the repeal of obsolete, superfluous, and
      superseded provisions contained therein.
        (3) To prepare and publish periodically a new edition of the
      United States Code (including those titles which are not yet
      enacted into positive law as well as those titles which have been
      so enacted), with annual cumulative supplements reflecting newly
      enacted laws.
        (4) To classify newly enacted provisions of law to their proper
      positions in the Code where the titles involved have not yet been
      enacted into positive law.
        (5) To prepare and submit periodically such revisions in the
      titles of the Code which have been enacted into positive law as
      may be necessary to keep such titles current.
        (6) To prepare and publish periodically new editions of the
      District of Columbia Code, with annual cumulative supplements
      reflecting newly enacted laws, through publication of the fifth
      annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of such Code.
        (7) To provide the Committee on the Judiciary with such advice
      and assistance as the committee may request in carrying out its
      functions with respect to the revision and codification of the
      Federal statutes.

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    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777; Pub. L. 94-386, Sec. 1, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1170.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(c) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.


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                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1976 - Par. (6). Pub. L. 94-386 substituted "through publication
    of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of
    such Code" for "until such time as the District of Columbia Self-
    Government and Governmental Reorganization Act becomes effective".

       PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF NEW EDITION OF THE DISTRICT OF
        COLUMBIA CODE UNDER DIRECTION OF COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF
                                 COLUMBIA
      Section 2 of Pub. L. 94-386 provided that:
      "(a) After publication by the Law Revision Counsel of the fifth
    annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of the District of
    Columbia Code, new editions of the District of Columbia Code (and
    annual cumulative supplements thereto) shall be prepared and
    published under the direction of the Council of the District of
    Columbia and shall set forth the general and permanent laws
    relating to or in force in the District of Columbia, whether
    enacted by the Congress or by the Council of the District of
    Columbia, except such laws as are of application in the District of
    Columbia by reason of being laws of the United States general and
    permanent in nature.
      "(b) After completion of the printing of the fifth annual
    cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of the District of
    Columbia Code, the Public Printer shall, as the Council of the
    District of Columbia may request, either - 
        "(1) furnish to the Council of the District of Columbia, on
      such terms as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint
      Committee on Printing) deems appropriate, the type used in
      preparing the 1973 edition of the District of Columbia Code and
      the fifth annual cumulative supplement to such edition;  or
        "(2) make such arrangements with the Council of the District of
      Columbia as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint
      Committee on Printing) deems appropriate for the printing by the
      Government Printing Office of future editions of the District of
      Columbia Code, and annual cumulative supplements thereto,
      prepared under the direction of the Council of the District of
      Columbia."

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    2 USC Sec. 285c                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285c. Law Revision Counsel

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      The management, supervision, and administration of the Office are
    vested in the Law Revision Counsel, who shall be appointed by the
    Speaker without regard to political affiliation and solely on the
    basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position. Any person
    so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(d) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.

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    2 USC Sec. 285d                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285d. Staff; Deputy Law Revision Counsel; delegation of
      functions

-STATUTE-
      (1) With the approval of the Speaker, or in accordance with
    policies and procedures approved by the Speaker, the Law Revision
    Counsel shall appoint such employees as may be necessary for the
    prompt and efficient performance of the functions of the Office.
    Any such appointment shall be made without regard to political
    affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the
    duties of the position. Any person so appointed may be removed by
    the Law Revision Counsel with the approval of the Speaker, or in
    accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Speaker.
      (2)(A) One of the employees appointed under paragraph (1) shall
    be designated by the Law Revision Counsel as Deputy Law Revision
    Counsel. During the absence or disability of the Law Revision
    Counsel, or when the office is vacant, the Deputy Law Revision
    Counsel shall perform the functions of the Law Revision Counsel.
      (B) The Law Revision Counsel may delegate to the Deputy Law
    Revision Counsel and to other employees appointed under paragraph
    (1) such of his or her functions as he or she considers necessary
    or appropriate.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(e) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.

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    2 USC Sec. 285e                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285e. Compensation

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      The Law Revision Counsel shall be paid at a per annum gross rate
    not to exceed level IV of the Executive Schedule of section 5315 of
    title 5; and members of the staff of the Office other than the Law
    Revision Counsel shall be paid at per annum gross rates fixed by
    the Law Revision Counsel with the approval of the Speaker or in
    accordance with policies approved by the Speaker, but not in excess
    of a per annum gross rate equal to level V of such schedule.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(f) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.


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                         INCREASES IN COMPENSATION                     
      Increases in compensation for House officers and employees under
    authority of Federal Salary Act of 1967 (Pub. L. 90-206), Federal
    Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-656), and Legislative
    Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (Pub. L. 100-202), see sections 60a-
    2 and 60a-2a of this title, and Salary Directives of Speaker of
    the House, set out as notes under those sections.

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    2 USC Sec. 285f                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285f. Expenditures

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      In accordance with policies and procedures approved by the
    Speaker, the Law Revision Counsel is authorized to make such
    expenditures as may be necessary or appropriate for the functioning
    of the Office.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(g) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.

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    2 USC Sec. 285g                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 285g. Availability of applicable accounts of House

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      Until such time as funds are appropriated by law to carry out the
    purpose of this chapter, the applicable accounts of the House of
    Representatives shall be available for such purpose.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Sec. 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1777; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 207, Aug. 20, 1996, 110
    Stat. 1742.)

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                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on section 205(h) of House Resolution No. 988,
    Ninety-third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into
    permanent law by Pub. L. 93-554.


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                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-186 substituted "applicable accounts of the
    House of Representatives" for "contingent fund of the House".

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