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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 47 — Congressional Ethics

§ 4701. Subletting duties of employees of Senate or House

Statutory text

No employee of Congress, either in the Senate or House, shall sublet to, or hire, another to do or perform any part of the duties or work attached to the position to which he was appointed.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 53–177 § 1 · 28 Stat. 212

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4701

    (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 771.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 771.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 101 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Credits

(Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 771.)

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