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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">2 U.S.C. </span><br/>
<span style="font-size:10pt">United States Code, 2002 Edition</span><br/>
<span style="font-size:10pt">Title 2 - THE CONGRESS</span><br/>
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<div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Election of Senators and Representatives</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Organization of Congress</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">21</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Compensation and Allowances of Members</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">31</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Officers and Employees of Senate and House of Representatives</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">60</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Library of Congress</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">131</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Congressional and Committee Procedure; Investigations</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">190</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Contested Elections [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Federal Corrupt Practices [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">241</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Regulation of Lobbying [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">261</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office of Legislative Counsel</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">271</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office of Law Revision Counsel</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">285</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9B.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Legislative Classification Office [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">286</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9C.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office of Parliamentarian of House of Representatives</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">287</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9D.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office of Senate Legal Counsel</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">288</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Classification of Employees of House of Representatives</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">291</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">10A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Payroll Administration in House of Representatives</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">331</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Citizens’ Commission on Public Service and Compensation</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">351</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Contested Elections</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">381</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Joint Committee on Congressional Operations [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">411</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Federal Election Campaigns</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">431</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office of Technology Assessment</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">471</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Congressional Mailing Standards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Congressional Budget Office</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">17A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Congressional Budget and Fiscal Operations</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">621</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">17B.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Impoundment Control and Line Item Veto</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">681</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Legislative Personnel Financial Disclosure Requirements [Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Congressional Award Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">19A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">831</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Emergency Powers To Eliminate Budget Deficits</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">900</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Civic Achievement Award Program in Honor of Office of Speaker of House of Representatives [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1001</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">22A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Center for Russian Leadership Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1151</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">22B.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Hunger Fellowship Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1161</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Government Employee Rights [Transferred or Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Congressional Accountability</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Unfunded Mandates Reform</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Disclosure of Lobbying Activities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">28.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Architect of the Capitol</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">29.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Capitol Police</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">30.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Operation and Maintenance of Capitol Complex</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2001</div></div>
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<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Time for election of Senators.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Election to be certified by governor.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Countersignature of certificate of election.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Reapportionment of Representatives; time and manner; existing decennial census figures as basis; statement by President; duty of clerk.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Number of Congressional Districts; number of Representatives from each District.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">3, 4.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Nominations for Representatives at large.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Reduction of representation.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Time of election.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Vacancies.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Voting for Representatives.</div></div>
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<h3 class="section-head">§1. Time for election of Senators</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">At the regular election held in any State next preceding the expiration of the term for which any Senator was elected to represent such State in Congress, at which election a Representative to Congress is regularly by law to be chosen, a United States Senator from said State shall be elected by the people thereof for the term commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(June 4, 1914, ch. 103, §1, 38 Stat. 384; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §3, 48 Stat. 879.)</p>
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<p class="note-body">1934—Act June 5, 1934, substituted “3d day of January” for “fourth day of March”.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Constitutional Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides in part: “* * * the terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.”</p>
<p class="note-body">Time for election of Senators, see Const. Art. I, §4, cl. 1.</p>
<p class="note-body">Vacancies in the Senate, see Const. Amend. XVII.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§1a. Election to be certified by governor</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">It shall be the duty of the executive of the State from which any Senator has been chosen to certify his election, under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the United States.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §18.)</p>
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<p class="note-body">R.S. §18 derived from act July 25, 1866, ch. 245, §3, 14 Stat. 244.</p>
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<p class="note-body">This section is referred to in section 1b of this title.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§1b. Countersignature of certificate of election</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The certificate mentioned in section 1a of this title shall be countersigned by the secretary of state of the State.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §19.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §19 derived from act July 25, 1866, ch. 245, §3, 14 Stat. 244.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section, act Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, §§1, 2, 37 Stat. 13, 14, fixed composition of House of Representatives at 435 Members, to be apportioned to the States therein enumerated. For provisions dealing with reapportionment of Representatives and manner of election, etc., see sections 2a and 2b of this title.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§2a. Reapportionment of Representatives; time and manner; existing decennial census figures as basis; statement by President; duty of clerk</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">(a) On the first day, or within one week thereafter, of the first regular session of the Eighty-second Congress and of each fifth Congress thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Congress a statement showing the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed, as ascertained under the seventeenth and each subsequent decennial census of the population, and the number of Representatives to which each State would be entitled under an apportionment of the then existing number of Representatives by the method known as the method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one Member.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(b) Each State shall be entitled, in the Eighty-third Congress and in each Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a reapportionment under this section or subsequent statute, to the number of Representatives shown in the statement required by subsection (a) of this section, no State to receive less than one Member. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, within fifteen calendar days after the receipt of such statement, to send to the executive of each State a certificate of the number of Representatives to which such State is entitled under this section. In case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk, or of his absence or inability to discharge this duty, then such duty shall devolve upon the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(c) Until a State is redistricted in the manner provided by the law thereof after any apportionment, the Representatives to which such State is entitled under such apportionment shall be elected in the following manner: (1) If there is no change in the number of Representatives, they shall be elected from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State, and if any of them are elected from the State at large they shall continue to be so elected; (2) if there is an increase in the number of Representatives, such additional Representative or Representatives shall be elected from the State at large and the other Representatives from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State; (3) if there is a decrease in the number of Representatives but the number of districts in such State is equal to such decreased number of Representatives, they shall be elected from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State; (4) if there is a decrease in the number of Representatives but the number of districts in such State is less than such number of Representatives, the number of Representatives by which such number of districts is exceeded shall be elected from the State at large and the other Representatives from the districts then prescribed by the law of such State; or (5) if there is a decrease in the number of Representatives and the number of districts in such State exceeds such decreased number of Representatives, they shall be elected from the State at large.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(June 18, 1929, ch. 28, §22, 46 Stat. 26; Apr. 25, 1940, ch. 152, 54 Stat. 162; Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, §1, 55 Stat. 761; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, §201, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1724.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body">1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–186 struck out at end “; and in case of vacancies in the offices of both the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms, or the absence or inability of both to act, such duty shall devolve upon the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives”.</p>
<p class="note-body">1941—Act Nov. 15, 1941, provided for reapportionment based on seventeenth and subsequent decennial censuses.</p>
<p class="note-body">1940—Act Apr. 25, 1940, provided for reapportionment based on sixteenth decennial census.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Termination of Reporting Requirements</h4>
<p class="note-body">For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which the report required by subsec. (a) of this section is listed on page 17), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Constitutional Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">Apportionment of Representatives among the several States, see Const. Art. I, §2, cl. 3, and Amend. XIV, §2.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Temporary Increase in Membership</h4>
<p class="note-body">Representation of States of Alaska and Hawaii in House of Representatives as not affecting basis of apportionment established by this section, see section 9 of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, and section 8 of Pub. L. 86–3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as a note preceding section 491 of Title 48.</p>
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<p class="note-body">This section is referred to in sections 2b, 2c of this title.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§2b. Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Each State shall be entitled, in the Seventy-eighth and in each Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a reapportionment under a subsequent statute or section 2a of this title, to the number of Representatives shown in the statement transmitted to the Congress on January 8, 1941, based upon the method known as the method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one Member.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, §2(a), 55 Stat. 762.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Certificates to Executives of States</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section 2(b) of act Nov. 15, 1941, required Clerk of House of Representatives, within 15 days of Nov. 15, 1941, to send a new certificate of entitlement of a State to Representatives, if such a certificate had been sent prior to Nov. 15, 1941, under provisions of section 2a of this title.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§2c. Number of Congressional Districts; number of Representatives from each District</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">In each State entitled in the Ninety-first Congress or in any subsequent Congress thereafter to more than one Representative under an apportionment made pursuant to the provisions of section 2a(a) of this title, there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled, and Representatives shall be elected only from districts so established, no district to elect more than one Representative (except that a State which is entitled to more than one Representative and which has in all previous elections elected its Representatives at Large may elect its Representatives at Large to the Ninety-first Congress).</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Pub. L. 90–196, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 581.)</p>
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<p class="note-body">Section 3, act Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, §3, 37 Stat. 14, which related to election by districts, expired by its own limitation on enactment of Reapportionment Act of June 18, 1929, ch. 28, §22, 46 Stat. 21 (section 2a of this title). It was not restated in act June 18, 1929, providing for reapportionment under Fifteenth Census, and hence it was not applicable thereto. See <em>Wood v. Brown</em>, 1932 (53 S. Ct. 1, 287 U.S. 1, 77 L. Ed. 131).</p>
<p class="note-body">Section 4, act Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, §4, 37 Stat. 14, which related to additional Representatives at large, expired by its own limitation on enactment of Reapportionment Act of June 18, 1929, ch. 28, §22, 46 Stat. 21 (section 2a of this title). It was not restated in act June 18, 1929, providing for reapportionment under Fifteenth Census, and hence it was not applicable thereto. See <em>Wood v. Brown</em>, 1932 (53 S. Ct. 1, 287 U.S. 1, 77 L. Ed. 131).</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§5. Nominations for Representatives at large</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Candidates for Representative or Representatives to be elected at large in any State shall be nominated in the same manner as candidates for governor, unless otherwise provided by the laws of such State.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, §5, 37 Stat. 14.)</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6. Reduction of representation</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Should any State deny or abridge the right of any of the male inhabitants thereof, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, to vote at any election named in the amendment to the Constitution, article 14, section 2, except for participation in the rebellion or other crime, the number of Representatives apportioned to such State shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall have to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §22.)</p>
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<p class="note-body">R.S. §22 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §6, 17 Stat. 29.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§7. Time of election</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November, in every even numbered year, is established as the day for the election, in each of the States and Territories of the United States, of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §25; Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, §6, 18 Stat. 400; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §2, 48 Stat. 879.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §25 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §3, 17 Stat. 28.</p>
<p class="note-body">The second sentence of this section, which was based on section 6 of the act Mar. 3, 1875 and made this section inapplicable to any State that had not yet changed its day of election and whose constitution required an amendment to change the day of election of its State officers, was omitted.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body">1934—Act June 5, 1934, substituted “3d day of January” for “fourth day of March”.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Constitutional Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides: “The terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.”</p>
<p class="note-body">Time for election of Representatives, see Const. Art. I, §4, cl. 1.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§8. Vacancies</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The time for holding elections in any State, District, or Territory for a Representative or Delegate to fill a vacancy, whether such vacancy is caused by a failure to elect at the time prescribed by law, or by the death, resignation, or incapacity of a person elected, may be prescribed by the laws of the several States and Territories respectively.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §26.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §26 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §4, 17 Stat. 28.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Constitutional Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">Vacancies in the House of Representatives, see Const. Art. I, §2, cl. 4.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§9. Voting for Representatives</h3>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §27; Feb. 14, 1899, ch. 154, 30 Stat. 836.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §27 derived from acts Feb. 28, 1871, ch. 99, §19, 16 Stat. 440, and May 30, 1872, ch. 239, 17 Stat. 192.</p>
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<div><div class="analysis-head-left">Sec.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Oath of Senators.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Oath of President of Senate.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Presiding officer of Senate may administer oaths.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Secretary of Senate or assistant secretary may administer oaths.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Oath of Speaker, Members, and Delegates.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">25a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Delegate to House of Representatives from District of Columbia.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">25b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Roll of Representatives-elect.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Change of place of meeting.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">28.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Parliamentary precedents of House of Representatives.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(a)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Periodic compilation; other useful materials; index digest; date of completion.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(b)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Form, number, and distribution of compilation.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(c)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Appointment and compensation of personnel; utilization of services of personnel of Federal agencies.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">28a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Compilation of the Precedents of House of Representatives; date of completion; biennial update; printing and availability of copies.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">28b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Printing and binding as public document of Precedents of House of Representatives; number of sets authorized.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">28c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Distribution of Precedents by Public Printer.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(a)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Delivery to Members of Ninety-fifth Congress; marking of volumes.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(b)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Members of Congress following Ninety-fifth Congress not already having sets of Precedents; necessity of written request to Superintendent of Documents for set.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(c)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Additional distribution of sets.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">28d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Distribution of Precedents by Public Printer for official use; particular distribution; marking and ownership of sets.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">28e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Distribution of Precedents by Joint Committee on Printing of surplus sets; additional printing, etc., of sets under authority of Joint Committee.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">29.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Condensed and simplified versions of House precedents; other useful materials in summary form; form and distribution to Members of Congress, Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and others; appointment and compensation of personnel; utilization of services of personnel of Federal agencies.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">29a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Early organization of House of Representatives.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(a)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Caucus or conference for incumbent Members reelected to and Members-elect of ensuing Congress; time and procedure for calling.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(b)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Payment and reimbursement for travel and per diem expenses for Members attending caucus or conference; exceptions; regulations governing payments and reimbursements; reimbursement vouchers.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(c)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Availability of applicable accounts of House.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">29b, 29c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">29d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of House of Representatives.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(a)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right" id="wide">Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(b)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Committee composition.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(c)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Investigative subcommittees.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(d)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Adjudicatory subcommittees.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(e)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right" id="wide">to (h) Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(i)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Advice and education.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-left">(j)</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-subitem-right">Effective date.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">30.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Term of service of Members of Congress as trustees or directors of corporations or institutions appropriated for.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">30a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Jury duty exemption of elected officials of legislative branch.</div></div>
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<h4 class="note-head">Change of Name and Transfer of Functions of Committees and Officers of House of Representatives</h4>
<p class="note-body">Pub. L. 104–14, June 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 186, provided that:</p>
<h4 class="note-sub-head">“SECTION 1. REFERENCES IN LAW TO COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.</h4>
<p class="note-body">“(a) <cap-smallcap>References to Committees With New Names</cap-smallcap>.—Except as provided in subsection (c), any reference in any provision of law enacted before January 4, 1995, to—</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(2) the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(3) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(4) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(5) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(6) the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(7) the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(8) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives;</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(9) the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(10) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives.</p>
<p class="note-body">“(b) <cap-smallcap>References to Abolished Committees</cap-smallcap>.—Any reference in any provision of law enacted before January 4, 1995, to—</p>
<p class="note-body-1em">“(1) the Committee on District of Columbia of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives;</p>
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