GENERAL AND PERMANENT LAWS RELATING [Extracts from the United States Code]1 TITLE 1.-GENERAL PROVISIONS Chapter 2-ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF § 112. Statutes at Large; contents; admissibility in evidence. [201] § 112b. United States international agreements; transmission to [201.5] Congress. The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Congress the text of any international agreement, other than a treaty, to which the 1 Since some provisions of the most recently enacted statutes may receive slightly different editorial treatment in the codification process, and since a few stylistic changes have been made in this Manual to achieve more convenient adaptation to Senate needs, some pro forma deviations from the exact format of the United States Code may be noted. United States is a party as soon as practicable after such agreement has entered into force with respect to the United States but in no event later than sixty days thereafter. However, any such agreement the immediate public disclosure of which would, in the opinion of the President, be prejudicial to the national security of the United States shall not be so transmitted to the Congress but shall be transmitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives under an appropriate injunction of secrecy to be removed only upon due notice from the President. (Aug. 25, 1972, Pub. L. 92-403. § 1, 86 Stat. 619.) Chapter 3.-CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS [202] § 211. Copies [of Code of Laws] to Members of Congress. In addition to quotas provided for by section 210 of this title there shall be printed, published, and distributed of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia with tables, index and other ancillaries, suitably bound and with thumb inserts and other convenient devices to distinguish the parts, and of the supplements to both codes as provided for by sections 202, 203 of this title, ten copies of each for each Member of the Senate * * for his use and distribution, and in addition for the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a number of bound copies of each equal to ten times the number of members of such committee[s], and one bound copy of each for the use of each committee of the Senate * * (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.) [203] § 212. Additional distribution at each new Congress. * * * In addition the Superintendent of Documents shall, at the beginning of the first session of each Congress, supply to each Senator * in such Congress, who may in writing apply for the same, one copy each of the Code of Laws of the United States, the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, and the latest supplement to each code: Provided, That such applicant shall certify in his written application for the same that the volume or volumes for which he applies is intended for his personal use exclusively: And provided further, That no Senator * * during his term of service shall receive under this section more than one copy each of the volumes enumerated herein. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.) * Chapter 1.—ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES § 1. Time for election of Senators. At the regular election held in any State next preceding the expiration of the term for which any Senator was elected to represent such State in Congress, at which election a Representative to Congress is regularly by law to be chosen, a United States Senator from said State shall be elected by the people thereof for the term commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter. (June 4, 1914, ch. 103, § 1, 38 Stat. 384; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, § 3, 48 Stat. 879.) CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS The first section of Amendment XX to the Constitution provides in part: "the terms of Senators and Representatives [shall end] at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin." CROSS REFERENCES Time for election of Senators, see Const. Art. I, § 4, cl. 1 (Senate Manual section [761.14]). Vacancies in the Senate, see Const. Amend. XVII (Senate Manual section [787]). § la. Election to be certified by governor. It shall be the duty of the executive of the State from which any Senator has been chosen to certify his election, under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the United States. (R.S. § 18.) § 1b. Same; countersignature by secretary of state. The certificate mentioned in section la of this title shall be countersigned by the secretary of state of the State. (R.S. § 19.) Chapter 2.-ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS § 21. Oath of Senators. The oath of office shall be administered by the President of the Senate to each Senator who shall be elected, previous to his taking his seat. (R.S. § 28.) [205] [205.1] [206] [207] [210] 207 [211] § 22. Oath of President of Senate. When a President of the Senate has not taken the oath of office, it shall be administered to him by any Member of the Senate. (R.S. § 29.) [212] § 23. Presiding officer of Senate may administer oaths. The presiding officer, for the time being, of the Senate of the United States, shall have power to administer all oaths and affirmations that are or may be required by the Constitution, or by law, to be taken by any Senator, officer of the Senate, witness, or other person, in respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Senate. (Apr. 18, 1876, ch. 66, § 1, 19 Stat. 34.) [213] § 24. Secretary of Senate or Assistant Secretary may administer oaths. The Secretary of the Senate, and the Assistant Secretary thereof, shall, respectively, have power to administer any oath or affirmation required by law, or by the rules or orders of the Senate, to be taken by any officer of the Senate, and to any witness produced before it. (Apr. 18, 1876, ch. 66, § 2, 19 Stat. 34; amended, Pub. L. 92-51, § 101, July 9, 1971, 85 Stat. 126.) [214] § 27. Change of place of meeting. Whenever Congress is about to convene, and from the prevalence of contagious sickness, or the existence of other circumstances, it would, in the opinion of the President, be hazardous to the lives or health of the Members to meet at the seat of Government, the President, is authorized, by proclamation, to convene Congress at such other place as he may judge proper. (R.S. § 34.) Chapter 3.-COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS [220] 31. Compensation of Members of Congress.1 The compensation of Senators, Representatives in Congress, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall be at the rate of $42,500 per annum each. The compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be at the rate of $62,500 per annum. The compensation of the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall be at the rate of $49,500 per annum each. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, § 601(a), 60 Stat. 850; Jan. 19, 1949, ch. 2, 1 For provisions relating to functions of Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries with respect to compensation of Members of Congress see sections 351-361 of title 2, United States Code (Senate Manual section [398-398.10]). § 1(d), 63 Stat. 4; Mar. 2, 1955, ch. 9, § 4(a), 69 Stat. 11; Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88-426, § 204(a), 78 Stat. 415; Oct. 29, 1965, Pub. L. 89-301, § 11(e), 79 Stat. 1120; Salary Recommendations, Budget, 1970, pursuant to Act Dec. 16, 1967, Pub. L. 90-206, § 225 (h), 81 Stat. 634; Sept. 15, 1969, Pub. L. 91-67, § 2, 83 Stat. 107.) AMENDMENTS 1969-Act Sept. 15, 1969, amended section by increasing the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives from $43,000 to $62,500 and the compensation of the Majority and Minority Leaders of House and Senate from $35,000 to $49,500, and by providing that the President pro tempore of the Senate should be compensated at the same rate as the Majority and Minority Leaders. 1969 Salary recommendations contained in the Budget, 1970, pursuant to Act Dec. 16, 1967, increased salaries of Senators, Representatives, and Resident Commissioner from $30,000 to $42,500 per year, effective March 1, 1969. 1965-Act Oct. 29, 1965, amended section by increasing the salaries of Majority and Minority Leaders of House and Senate from $30,000 to $35,000 per annum. 1964 Act Aug. 14, 1964, amended section by increasing the salaries of the Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from $22,500 a year to $30,000 and the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives from $35,000 a year to $43,000 a year. 1955-Act Mar. 2, 1955, amended section by increasing the salaries of the Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from $12,500 a year to $22,500 and the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives from $30,000 a year to $35,000 a year. 1949-Act Jan. 19, 1949, amended section to increase the Speaker's salary from $20,000 per year to $30,000. 1946-Act Aug. 2, 1946, amended section by increasing salary of the Speaker from $15,000 to $20,000 per annum, and salaries of the Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner from $10,000 to $12,500 per annum. CROSS REFERENCE For retirement annuities, see chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code. §31c. Residence of Members for expense-deductions in income tax [221] matters; limitation on amount deductible for living expenses. In the case of taxable years beginning after December 31, 1953, the place of residence of a Member of Congress (including any Delegate and Resident Commissioner) within the State, congressional district, Territory, or possession which he represents in Congress shall be considered his home for the purposes of section 23(a) (1) (A) of title 26, but amounts expended by such Member within each taxable year for living expenses shall not be de- . ductible for income tax purposes in excess of $3,000. (Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 304, § 101, 67 Stat. 322.) |