                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                CHAPTER 9--OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--SENATE
 
Sec. 272. Legislative Counsel

    The Legislative Counsel shall be appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, without reference to political affiliations and 
solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of the office.

(Feb. 24, 1919, ch. 18, Sec. 1303(a), (d), 40 Stat. 1141; June 2, 1924, 
ch. 234, title XI, Sec. 1101, 43 Stat. 353; Sept. 20, 1941, ch. 412, 
title VI, Sec. 602, 55 Stat. 726.)

                          Codification

    Provisions authorizing appointment of a legislative counsel for the 
House of Representatives by the Speaker were omitted in view of 
nonapplicability of section to Speaker, employee, etc., of the House of 
Representatives pursuant to section 531 of Pub. L. 91-510, set out as a 
note under section 281 of this title. See section 282 of this title for 
provisions authorizing appointment, etc., of Legislative Counsel of the 
House of Representatives.


                               Amendments

    1941--Act Sept. 20, 1941, substituted ``President pro tempore of the 
Senate'' for ``President of the Senate.''
