Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 41 — Congressional Officers and Administration
§ 4101. Authority of officers of Congress over Congressional employees
Statutory text
Qualifications determinations; removal and discipline
Each officer of the Congress having responsibility for the supervision of employees, including employees appointed upon recommendation of Members of Congress, shall have authority—
to determine, before the appointment of any individual as an employee under the supervision of that officer of the Congress, whether that individual possesses the qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties and responsibilities to be assigned to him; and
to remove or otherwise discipline any employee under his supervision.
“Officer of the Congress” defined
As used in this section, the term “officer of the Congress” means—
an elected officer of the Senate or House of Representatives who is not a Member of the Senate or House; and
The Architect of the Capitol.
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.
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–510 title IV § 431 · 84 Stat. 1140
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4101
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 431, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1190.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 431, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1190.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 431. authority over congressional employees (a) Each officer of the Congress having responsibility for the supervision of employees, including employees appointed upon recommendation of Members of Congress, shall have authority— (1) to determine, before the appointment of any individual as an employee under the supervision of that officer of the Congress, whether that individual possesses the qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties and responsibilities to be assigned to him; and (2) to remove or otherwise discipline any employee under his supervision. (b) As used in this section, the term “officer of the Congress” means— (1) an elected officer of the Senate or House of Representatives who is not a Member of the Senate or House; and (2) The Architect of the Capitol.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 60–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective immediately prior to noon on , see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.