2 USC § 288a - Senate Joint Leadership Group

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title: "2 USC § 288a - Senate Joint Leadership Group"
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title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "288a"
section_name: "Senate Joint Leadership Group"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 702, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1877.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 702, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1877.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this title”, meaning title VII of , which enacted this chapter, , and , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and amended sections 3210, 3216, and 3219 of Title 39, Postal Service. For complete classification of title VII to the Code, see Tables.

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