The record

LegislationLegislation· Jan 2025
HR 9487 Signed into law

Sponsored by Bryan Steil (R)

House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act

Lets the House Legislative Counsel name more than one Deputy Legislative Counsel, instead of just one.

Tradeoff

Lets the House name more than one Deputy Legislative Counsel, up from one. No cost or offset is listed in the data.

What's in it

See official bill text

CBO estimates no effect on direct spending or revenues from H.R. 9487.

The bill is an internal House administrative change with no estimated direct federal cost, and its effect is limited to how the House Office of Legislative Counsel staffs its leadership roles.

H.R. 9487, House Office of Legislative Counsel Modernization Act · Dec 2024

The House passed this by on December 16, 2024. The Senate passed it by on December 19, 2024. The bill was signed into law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Sep 6, 2024)

  2. House

    Committee on House Administration(Sep 6, 2024)

  3. House

    The Committee on House Administration voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Sep 11, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-678.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 16, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Dec 17, 2024)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 19, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 27, 2024)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Jan 4, 2025)