{"data":{"id":"us/2-u.s.c.-272","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 U.S.C. § 272","heading":"Legislative Counsel","body":"The Legislative Counsel shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, without reference to political affiliations and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of the office.","path":["Title 2—THE CONGRESS","CHAPTER 9—OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc02@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:23Z","sha256":"d0c24349e38e4a43b8fc67584c63d66ada931be906411efc6e95389a6007f5c4","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/2-u.s.c.-271","next":"us/2-u.s.c.-273"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}