2012 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 1 - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES (§§ 1 - 9)
Section 2b - Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 1 - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES Sec. 2b - Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses |
| Contains | section 2b |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, §2(a), 55 Stat. 762. |
| Statutes at Large References | 55 Stat. 762 |
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Each State shall be entitled, in the Seventy-eighth and in each Congress thereafter until the taking effect of a reapportionment under a subsequent statute or section 2a of this title, to the number of Representatives shown in the statement transmitted to the Congress on January 8, 1941, based upon the method known as the method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one Member.
(Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, §2(a), 55 Stat. 762.)
Certificates to Executives of StatesAct Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 470, §2(b), 55 Stat. 762, required Clerk of House of Representatives, within 15 days of Nov. 15, 1941, to send a new certificate of entitlement of a State to Representatives, if such a certificate had been sent prior to Nov. 15, 1941, under provisions of section 2a of this title.
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