2015 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees (Sections 101 - 11001)
Part III - Employees (Sections 2101 - 11001)
Subpart A - General Provisions (Sections 2101 - 2954)
Chapter 21 - Definitions (Sections 2101 - 2109)
Sec. 2106 - Member of Congress
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES PART III - EMPLOYEES Subpart A - General Provisions CHAPTER 21 - DEFINITIONS Sec. 2106 - Member of Congress |
| Contains | section 2106 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 91-405, title II, §204(b), Sept. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 852; Pub. L. 96-54, §2(a)(7), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 381. |
| Statutes at Large References | 80 Stat. 409 84 Stat. 852 93 Stat. 381 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 89-554, Public Law 91-405, Public Law 96-54 |
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For the purpose of this title, "Member of Congress" means the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 91–405, title II, §204(b), Sept. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 852; Pub. L. 96–54, §2(a)(7), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 381.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESThe section is supplied to avoid the necessity of defining "Member of Congress" each time the term is used in this title.
AMENDMENTS1979—Pub. L. 96–54 substituted "to the House of Representatives" for "from the District of Columbia".
1970—Pub. L. 91–405 included Delegate from District of Columbia.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 96–54 effective July 12, 1979, see section 2(b) of Pub. L. 96–54, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 91–405 effective Sept. 22, 1970, see section 206(b) of Pub. L. 91–405, set out as an Effective Date note under section 25a of Title 2, The Congress.
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