House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
Latest action · Jan 4, 2025 Became Public Law No: 118-263.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2024
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
- Became lawJan 4, 2025Public Law 118-263
Summary
House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
This act authorizes the designation of more than one attorney in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives as Deputy Legislative Counsel. (Previously, the law authorized only one deputy.)
A Deputy Legislative Counsel must perform the functions of the Legislative Counsel during the Legislative Counsel's disability or absence (including a vacancy in the office).
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 10, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Sep 10, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Sep 6, 2024Markup Sep 11, 2024Reported Sep 16, 2024 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2025Signed by President.
- Jan 4, 2025Became Public Law No: 118-263.
- Dec 27, 2024Presented to President.
- Dec 20, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 19, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7223)
- Dec 17, 2024Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Dec 16, 2024Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 16, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7153-7154)
- Dec 16, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9487.
- Dec 16, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7154)
- Dec 16, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 16, 2024Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-678.
- Sep 16, 2024Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 89.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 11, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 6, 2024Introduced in House
- Sep 6, 2024Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7223 | Michael F. Bennet D-CO | Dec 19, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7153, H7154Text printed H7154 | Bryan Steil R-WI, Joseph D. Morelle D-NY | Dec 16, 2024 |
| House | Lists H5097H.R. 9487 | — | Sep 9, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 18, 2024H.R. 9487, House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 138, September 6, 2024, page H5033.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 9488, H.R. 7764, H.R. 6394, H.R. 6969, H.R. 9489, H.R. 9487, and H.R. 624262 pages | Committee on House Administration | Sep 11, 2024 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12115 | DOE’s Regulations on Gas Stoves | Insight | Jan 29, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to authorize the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives to designate more than one of the attorneys of the Office of the Legislative Counsel as a Deputy Legislative Counsel, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 17, 2024Received in Senate
- Dec 16, 2024Engrossed in House
- Sep 16, 2024Reported in House
- Sep 6, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
