                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 130f. Office of General Counsel of House; administrative 
        provisions
        

(a) Compliance with admission requirements

    The General Counsel of the House of Representatives and any other 
counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives, including any counsel specially retained by the Office 
of General Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of performing the 
counsel's functions, to enter an appearance in any proceeding before any 
court of the United States or of any State or political subdivision 
thereof without compliance with any requirements for admission to 
practice before such court, except that the authorization conferred by 
this subsection shall not apply with respect to the admission of any 
such person to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

(b) Notification by Attorney General

    The Attorney General shall notify the General Counsel of the House 
of Representatives with respect to any proceeding in which the United 
States is a party of any determination by the Attorney General or 
Solicitor General not to appeal any court decision affecting the 
constitutionality of an Act or joint resolution of Congress within such 
time as will enable the House to direct the General Counsel to intervene 
as a party in such proceeding pursuant to applicable rules of the House 
of Representatives.

(c) General Counsel definition

    In this section, the term ``General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives'' means--
        (1) the head of the Office of General Counsel established and 
    operating under clause 8 of rule II of the Rules of the House of 
    Representatives;
        (2) the head of any successor office to the Office of General 
    Counsel which is established after September 29, 1999; and
        (3) any other person authorized and directed in accordance with 
    the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide legal 
    assistance and representation to the House in connection with the 
    matters described in this section.

(d) Effective date

    The provisions of this section shall become effective beginning with 
September 29, 1999.

(Pub. L. 106-57, title I, Sec. 101, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 414.)

                          Codification

    Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 
2000, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2000.
