2017 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 9D - Office of Senate Legal Counsel
Sec. 288a - Senate Joint Leadership Group

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Citation 2 U.S.C. § 288a (2017)
Section Name §288a. Senate Joint Leadership Group
Section Text (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.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original "this title", meaning title VII of Pub. L. 95–521, which enacted this chapter, section 5504 of this title, and section 1364 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and amended sections 3210, 3216, and 3219 of Title 39, Postal Service. For complete classification of title VII to the Code, see Tables.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Jan. 3, 1979, see section 717 of Pub. L. 95–521, set out as a note under section 288 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 9D - OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
Sec. 288a - Senate Joint Leadership Group
Contains section 288a
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 92 Stat. 1877
Public Law References Public Law 95-521
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