Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5503. Actions against officers for official acts
Statutory text
In any action brought against any person for or on account of anything done by him while an officer of either House of Congress in the discharge of his official duty, in executing any order of such House, the United States attorney for the district within which the action is brought, on being thereto requested by the officer sued, shall enter an appearance in behalf of such officer; and all provisions of the eighth section of the Act of , entitled “An Act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes”, and also all provisions of the sections of former Acts therein referred to, so far as the same relate to the removal of suits, the withholding of executions, and the paying of judgments against revenue or other officers of the United States, shall become applicable to such action and to all proceedings and matters whatsoever connected therewith, and the defense of such action shall thenceforth be conducted under the supervision and direction of the Attorney General.
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. 43–130 § 8 · 18 Stat. 371
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5503
Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, § 8, 18 Stat. 401
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, § 8, 18 Stat. 401Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 8. That in any action now pending, or which may be brought Actions against officers of Congress. against any person for or on account of anything done by him while an officer of either House of Congress in the discharge of his official duty, in executing any order of such House, the district attorney for the District within which the action is brought, on being thereto requested by the officer sued, shall enter an appearance in behalf of such officer ; and Provisions applicable of 1866. all provisions of the eighth section of the act of July twenty-eighth, C. 298, s. 8, v. 14, p. 328. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes,” and also all provisions of the sections of former acts therein referred to, so far as the same relate to the removal of suits, the withholding of executions, and the paying of judgments against revenue or other officers of the United States, shall become applicable to such action and to all proceedings and matters whatsoever connected therewith, and the defense of such action shall thenceforth be conducted under the supervision and direction of the Attorney General.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The provisions of section 8 of act July 28, 1866, ch. 298, 14 Stat. 329, referred to in text, were contained generally in R.S. § 643, which was incorporated in the former Judicial Code, § 33, and was repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992. See sections 1442, 1446, and 1447 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Other provisions referred to were contained in R.S. §§ 771, 989, which were also repealed by act . See sections 509, 547, and 2006, respectively, of Title 28.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 118 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act , eff. , substituted “United States attorney” for “district attorney”. See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Credits
1875–1948 · 2 acts
- 1875Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, § 8, 18 Stat. 401
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909.
Show as published
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, § 8, 18 Stat. 401; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909.)