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2 U.S.C. § 281a — Purpose and policy

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-510 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 107 words · no verdicts yet

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The Office of Legislative Counsel helps the House write clear, faithful legislation. It must stay neutral on policy debates and cannot advocate for or against bills. Communications with Members and committees are treated as attorney-client communications.

The Office's purpose is to advise and help the House of Representatives, its committees, and its Members write legislative policy clearly, faithfully, and coherently. The Office must stay neutral on legislative policy issues that the House decides, and cannot argue for or against any legislation, unless the Speaker or a committee specifically asks it to comment on something that directly affects the Office's own work. The Office must keep an attorney-client relationship for all communications between it and any Member or House committee.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The purpose of the Office shall be to advise and assist the House of Representatives, and its committees and Members, in the achievement of a clear, faithful, and coherent expression of legislative policies. The Office shall maintain impartiality as to issues of legislative policy to be determined by the House of Representatives, and shall not advocate the adoption or rejection of any legislation except when duly requested by the Speaker or a committee to comment on a proposal directly affecting the functions of the Office. The Office shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with respect to all communications between it and any Member or committee of the House.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–510, title V, § 502, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1202.)

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  • 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-510 · 84 Stat. 1202

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-510 on 1970-10-26.

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