2015 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress (Sections 1 - 6654)
Chapter 49 - Congressional Pages (Sections 4901 - 4931)
Subchapter II - House of Representatives (Sections 4911 - 4917)
Sec. 4915 - Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 49 - CONGRESSIONAL PAGES SUBCHAPTER II - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sec. 4915 - Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility |
| Contains | section 4915 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-367, title I, §103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, §204(40)(C)-(E), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736. |
| Statutes at Large References | 98 Stat. 479 110 Stat. 1736 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 98-367, Public Law 104-186 |
| Congressional Bill | H. Res.234 98th Congress |
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(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during an academic year—
(A) shall be in the eleventh grade; and
(B) shall serve for one full semester or two full semesters.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during the summer term—
(A) shall have completed the tenth grade; and
(B) shall not have begun the twelfth grade.
(b)(1) An unforeseen vacancy occurring in a page position during an academic year may be filled, except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester.
(2) An individual who has served as a congressional page at any time during each of any three semesters or terms, as the case may be, shall not be eligible to serve as a page.
(Pub. L. 98–367, title I, §103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, §204(40)(C)–(E), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 88c–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 3 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, June 29, 1983, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367.
AMENDMENTS1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104–186, §204(40)(C), substituted "semester or two full semesters" for "term or two full terms".
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–186, §204(40)(D), substituted "except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester" for "but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for a period of less than two months".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, §204(40)(E), substituted "semesters or terms, as the case may be," for "terms".
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective June 29, 1983, except that subsecs. (a)(1)(A) and (b)(2) applicable to terms beginning after Nov. 30, 1983, see note set out under section 4914 of this title.
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