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Title 3 — The President

Chapter 1 — Presidential Elections and Vacancies

§ 18. Same; parliamentary procedure at joint session

Statutory text

While the two Houses shall be in session as provided in this chapter, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i).

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. The President

    Pub. L. 80–644 · 62 Stat. 672

    Enacted · 3 U.S.C. § 18

    June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676

  2. Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2023

    Pub. L. 117–328 § 110(c)(2) · 136 Stat. 4459

    Substituted · 3 U.S.C. § 18

    Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(c)(2), substituted “session” for “meeting” in section catchline and text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(c)(2), substituted “session” for “meeting” in section catchline and text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for which such amounts have been made available.

  3. Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2023

    Pub. L. 117–328 § 110(b) · 136 Stat. 4459

    Inserted · 3 U.S.C. § 18

    Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(b), inserted “under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i)” after “motion to withdraw”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(b), inserted “under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i)” after “motion to withdraw”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for which such amounts have been made available.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1954–2022 · 2 rounds

2022

Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(c)(2), substituted “session” for “meeting” in section catchline and text.

Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(b), inserted “under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i)” after “motion to withdraw”.

1954

Act , substituted “chapter” for “subchapter”.

Credits

1948–2022 · 3 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676
  2. 1954Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 3, 68 Stat. 1227
  3. 2022Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 110(b), (c)(2), , 136 Stat. 5240.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 3, 68 Stat. 1227; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 110(b), (c)(2), , 136 Stat. 5240.)

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