Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5604. Duties of Sergeant at Arms
Statutory text
It shall be the duty of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives to attend the House during its sittings, to maintain order under the direction of the Speaker, and, pending the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, under the direction of the Clerk, execute the commands of the House and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.
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. 51–1256 § 1 · 26 Stat. 645
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5604
Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 1, 26 Stat. 645
Source evidence
Code source credit
Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 1, 26 Stat. 645House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
Pub. L. 104–186 title II § 204(25)(A) · 110 Stat. 1718
Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 5604
Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “, keep the accounts for the pay and mileage of Members and Delegates, and pay them as provided by law” after “directed to him by the Speaker”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “, keep the accounts for the pay and mileage of Members and Delegates, and pay them as provided by law” after “directed to him by the Speaker”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) in the first section (2 U.S.C. 78), by striking out “, keep the” and all that follows through “by law”; and
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 78 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 struck out “, keep the accounts for the pay and mileage of Members and Delegates, and pay them as provided by law” after “directed to him by the Speaker”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Effective , functions of House of Representatives Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations transferred to Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, see section 105 of title I of div. G of Pub. L. 112–74, set out as a note under former section 130i of this title.
Credits
1890–1996 · 2 acts
- 1890Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 1, 26 Stat. 645
- 1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(25)(A), , 110 Stat. 1733.
Show as published
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 1, 26 Stat. 645; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(25)(A), , 110 Stat. 1733.)