                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
               CHAPTER 9D--OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
 
Sec. 288a. Senate Joint Leadership Group


(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.

(Pub. L. 95-521, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1877.)
