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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 49 — Congressional Pages

§ 4915. Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility

Statutory text

(a)
(1)

Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during an academic year—

(A)

shall be in the eleventh grade; and

(B)

shall serve for one full semester or two full semesters.

(2)

Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during the summer term—

(A)

shall have completed the tenth grade; and

(B)

shall not have begun the twelfth grade.

(b)
(1)

An unforeseen vacancy occurring in a page position during an academic year may be filled, except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester.

(2)

An individual who has served as a congressional page at any time during each of any three semesters or terms, as the case may be, shall not be eligible to serve as a page.

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. 98–367 title I § 103 · 98 Stat. 472

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4915

    Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 103. The provisions of H. Res. 234, approved June 29, 1983, 2 USC 88c–1—88c–4, 88c–1 note. 2 USC 88b. 40 USC 206 note. providing for appointment and education of House Pages; H. Res. 279, approved July 21, 1983, regarding the use of certain educational facilities; and the provisions of H. Res. 343, approved October 26, 1983, upgrading four positions on the Capitol Police Force, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

  2. House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

    Pub. L. 104–186 § 204(40)(C) · 110 Stat. 1718

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4915(a)(1)(B)

    Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(C), substituted “semester or two full semesters” for “term or two full terms”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(C), substituted “semester or two full semesters” for “term or two full terms”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (C) in section 3(a)(1)(B), by striking out “term or two full terms” and inserting in lieu thereof “semester or two full semesters”;

  3. House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

    Pub. L. 104–186 § 204(40)(D) · 110 Stat. 1718

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4915(b)(1)

    Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(D), substituted “except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester” for “but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for a period of less than two months”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(D), substituted “except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester” for “but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for a period of less than two months”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (D) in section 3 (b)(1), by striking out “but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for a period of less than two months” and inserting in lieu thereof “except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester”;

  4. House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

    Pub. L. 104–186 § 204(40)(E) · 110 Stat. 1718

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4915(b)(2)

    Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(E), substituted “semesters or terms, as the case may be,” for “terms”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(E), substituted “semesters or terms, as the case may be,” for “terms”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (E) in section 3(b)(2), by striking out “terms” and inserting in lieu thereof “semesters or terms, as the case may be,”; and

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 88c–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is based on section 3 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, , which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(C), substituted “semester or two full semesters” for “term or two full terms”.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(D), substituted “except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester” for “but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for a period of less than two months”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(E), substituted “semesters or terms, as the case may be,” for “terms”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , except that subsecs. (a)(1)(A) and (b)(2) applicable to terms beginning after , see note set out under section 4914 of this title.

Credits

1984–1996 · 2 acts
  1. 1984Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, , 98 Stat. 479
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(C)–(E), , 110 Stat. 1736.
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(Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, , 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(C)–(E), , 110 Stat. 1736.)

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