2 USC § 287 - Establishment

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title: "2 USC § 287 - Establishment"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "287"
section_name: "Establishment"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PARLIAMENTARIAN OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668.)"
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# § 287. Establishment

There is hereby established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the Office of the Parliamentarian, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Office”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–94, title I, § 115, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 668.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on section 1 of House Resolution No. 502, Ninety-fifth Congress, , which was enacted into permanent law by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “This resolution [this chapter] shall take effect as of
> 
> , and shall continue in effect until otherwise provided by law.”

Section 6 of House Resolution No. 502, , as enacted into permanent law by , provided that: