Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel

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The Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel is a nonpartisan office of attorneys in the United States Senate that assists senators and committees in drafting and reviewing legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative counsel office
office of the United States Senate
client Senate committees
surface form: United States Senate committees

United States senators
country United States of America
employs attorneys
legislative counsel
fieldOfWork legislation
public law
statutory drafting
hasJurisdiction federal legislation of the United States
hasOfficialName Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office of the Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeBodyServed United States Senate
locatedIn United States Capitol Complex
surface form: United States Capitol complex

Washington, D.C.
mandate to provide professional, nonpartisan legislative drafting services to the Senate
operatesIn United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
partOf United States Senate
legislative branch of the United States federal government
politicalAlignment nonpartisan
primaryFunction advising on legislative drafting
assisting in the preparation of bills and resolutions
drafting legislation
reviewing legislation
sector public sector
uses Senate rules and precedents
United States Code
worksWith United States Senate leadership
surface form: Senate leadership

Senate committees
surface form: Senate standing committees

individual senators and their staff

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House Office of the Legislative Counsel distinctFrom Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel
Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel hasOfficialName Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Office of the Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate