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.
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. 676Department 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.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
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676
- 1954Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 3, 68 Stat. 1227
- 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.)