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2 U.S.C. § 288a — Senate Joint Leadership Group

submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-521 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 132 words · no verdicts yet

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This section sets up the Senate's Joint Leadership Group, which the Senate Legal Counsel's Office answers to for its duties. The Group is made up of top Senate leaders: the President pro tempore (or a designated deputy), the majority and minority leaders, and the chair and ranking minority member of both the Judiciary Committee and the committee that oversees the Senate's contingent fund. The Secretary of the Senate helps the Group do its work.

(a) Accountability of Office. The Office (of Senate Legal Counsel) must answer directly to the Joint Leadership Group when carrying out its duties.

(b) Membership. For this chapter, the Joint Leadership Group is made up of: (1) the President pro tempore of the Senate, or, if he chooses, the Deputy President pro tempore instead; (2) the Senate's majority leader and minority leader; (3) the Chairman and the ranking minority Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and (4) the Chairman and the ranking minority Member of the Senate committee that has authority over the Senate's contingent fund.

(c) Staff assistance. The Secretary of the Senate assists the Joint Leadership Group in doing its job.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Accountability of Office

The Office shall be directly accountable to the Joint Leadership Group in the performance of the duties of the Office.

(b) Membership

For purposes of this chapter, the Joint Leadership Group shall consist of the following Members:

(1)

The President pro tempore (or if he so designates, the Deputy President pro tempore) of the Senate.

(2)

The majority and minority leaders of the Senate.

(3)

The Chairman and ranking minority Member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.

(4)

The Chairman and ranking minority Member of the committee of the Senate which has jurisdiction over the contingent fund of the Senate.

(c) Assistance of Secretary of Senate

The Joint Leadership Group shall be assisted in the performance of its duties by the Secretary of the Senate.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 702, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1877.)

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  • 1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-521 · 92 Stat. 1877

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