Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 2 — Organization of Congress
§ 23. Presiding officer of Senate may administer oaths
Statutory text
The presiding officer, for the time being, of the Senate of the United States, shall have power to administer all oaths and affirmations that are or may be required by the Constitution, or by law, to be taken by any Senator, officer of the Senate, witness, or other person, in respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Senate.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 44–66 § 1 · 19 Stat. 34
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 23
(Apr. 18, 1876, ch. 66, § 1, 19 Stat. 34.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Apr. 18, 1876, ch. 66, § 1, 19 Stat. 34.)
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Credits
(Apr. 18, 1876, ch. 66, § 1, 19 Stat. 34.)