not repealed, and sections transferred to other titles of
the U.S. Code; (5) drafting conforming amendments to other
laws; (6) surveying the Revised Statutes and Statutes at
Large to verify the accuracy of the codification bill; (7)
assisting in preparing a committee report to accompany the
codification bill; (8) recording and reviewing comments
received from the public and Government agencies and preparing
responses to those comments; (9) assisting in preparing the
schedule of laws to be repealed; (10) assisting in preparing
the general cleanup bills that codify recent law and improve
the Code.

Administrative Secretary

1 position, $22,155.00

The administrative secretary performs administrative

and secretarial services for the Law Revision Counsel and members of the professional staff of the Office. The duties include preparing vouchers and maintaining financial records; maintaining personnel records and leave records; answering the telephone; taking dictation and typing letters, codification bills, and related materials; keyboarding codification bills and committee reports on the Atex computer terminal; proofreading; maintaining correspondence and other files; and assigning work

to and supervising the assistant clerk.

Assistant Clerk 1 position, $12,660.00

The assistant clerk performs such duties as are

assigned by the administrative secretary, including taking dictation, typing, keyboarding codification bills and

committee reports on the Atex computer terminal, proofreading,

The printing editor prepares all copy (with printing instructions) for the United States Code prior to forwarding to the Government Printing Office, proofreads and revises all galley and page proofs of the Code prior to publication, and proofreads and revises copy and proofs for codification bills and reports.

NON-PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES

The $3,133 listed as having been spent in FY 1978 is an actual figure as of September 30, 1978, but does not include additional items presented for payment after September 30. It is understood that as of February, 1979, additional FY 1978 items totaling $4,052.26 have been paid including $2,900 to West Publishing Company for editorial service.

A total of $872.40 has been spent to date for FY 1979

The request for $20,000 in FY 1980 is based on the

Mr. BENJAMIN. I would also inquire of Mr. Willett, through you, Mr. Clerk, as to whether his agency can undertake a revision of title 44 as presently contemplated by the Joint Committee on Printing and, apparently, recommended by the consulting study that was employed by that committee and, if so, whether that would occasion any increase in his request.

I would further ask Mr. Willett to provide us with the list of the times that the Law Revision Counsel has contacted the Judiciary Committee of the House pursuant to law to recommend the removal of obsolete law and archaic law. And please do that by specific enumeration of dates and the nature of the request.

Mr. HENSHAW. All right, sir.

[The information follows:]

TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE

Title 44 was codified and enacted (without substantive change) into law in 1968 by Public Law 90-620. The title 44 codification bill was prepared under the supervision of the law revision counsel of the House Judiciary Committee, and the bill was handled by the Judiciary Committee.

It is understood that the revision of title 44 as now contemplated by the Joint Committee on Printing would involve a substantive revision of title 44. Thus, the bill revising title 44 would not come within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee. It appears therefore that under the provisions of section 285b of title 2, the Law Revision Counsel would not be authorized to undertake a substantive revision of title 44. However, this Office would be available to assist in the revision to the extent of advising in matters of codification style and conventions to assure that the revision conforms to the general style

and format of the Code.

OBSOLETE AND ARCHAIC LAWS

The Law Revision Counsel has made the following

contacts with the Judiciary Committee of the House concerning the removal of obsolete and archaic laws:

June 4 and July 28, 1976. Submission of draft bill and report to amend certain titles of the United States Code to codify recent law, and to improve the Code. This bill included provisions that would remove several obsolete provisions from the Code.

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September 1, 1977.

Submission of draft bill and

report to revise, codify, and enact without substantive
change the Interstate Commerce Act and related laws as
subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation".
Extensive contact with, and assistance provided to, Committee
staff between September, 1977, and October, 1978, when bill
was enacted. The bill was first circulated as a committee
print, and then introduced as H.R. 9777 and circulated for
public comment. Thereafter a clean bill was introduced,

H.R. 10965, and reported by the Committee with amendments.
In addition to enacting subtitle IV of title 49, the bill
contained repeals of over 250 obsolete and archaic provisions
appearing in over 60 public laws enacted since 1887. The
bill was approved October 17, 1978, Pub. L. 95-473.

May 4, 1978. Submission of listing of obsolete references and provisions for use in a proposed revision of title 18, United States Code. Several contacts with Committee staff prior to

the submission.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Any other questions on the Law Revision Commission?

Mr. BENJAMIN. Office of the Legislative Counsel.

Mr. HENSHAW. For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $1,987,000, compared with $1,879,000 appropriated for 1979, or an increase of $108,000. The increase is attributable primarily to personnel increases of $60,340 for the October 1978 pay increase and $46,465 for meritorious promotions.