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# 2 U.S.C. § 5561 - Reporters for House of Representatives

## Text

No person shall be employed as a reporter for the House of Representatives without the approval of the Speaker.

(R.S. § 54.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 84a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 54 derived from act Apr. 2, 1872, ch. 79, § 3, 17 Stat. 47.