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+title: "2 U.S.C. § 6538"
+description: "Employment of additional administrative assistants"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 2
+title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
+chapter_number: "65"
+chapter_name: "SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION"
+section: "6538"
+citation: "2 U.S.C. § 6538"
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+
+# 2 U.S.C. § 6538 - Employment of additional administrative assistants
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to employ such administrative assistants as may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
+
+(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 244, 60 Stat. 839; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(18), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, means act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, 60 Stat. 812, known as the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
+
+Codification Section was formerly classified to section 74b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
+
+Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “is” for “and the Clerk of the House are” and “the jurisdiction of the Secretary” for “their respective jurisdictions”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective Aug. 2, 1946, see section 245 of act Aug. 2, 1946, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.