Office of the Legislative Counsel
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title:
Office of the Legislative Counsel
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The Office of the Legislative Counsel of the United States House of Representatives is a nonpartisan government organization which assists the House with the drafting and formatting of laws. The Office was first created as the Legislative Drafting Service in 1918 before being chartered as the Office of Legislative Counsel in 1970 via 2 U.S.C. § 281. The Legislative Counsel is appointed by the Speaker of the House. The current Legislative Counsel, Ernest Wade Ballou Jr., was appointed by Speaker
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Agency assisting the United States House of Representatives
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Legislative_Counsel
date created:
2021-02-27T06:07:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:26:25Z
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