Title 2 of the United States Code outlines the role of

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

in the

United States Code In the law of the United States, the Code of Laws of the United States of America (variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States, United States Code, U.S. Code, U.S.C., or USC) is the official compilation and codification of the ...

Chapter 1

— Election of Senators and Representatives * — Time for election of Senators * — Election to be certified by

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

* —

Countersignature In law, countersignature refers to a second signature onto a document. For example, a contract or other official document signed by the representative of a company may be countersigned by their supervisor to verify the authority of the representat ...

of certificate of election * —

Reapportionment Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions, such as states or parties, entitled to representation. This page presents the general principles and issues related to apportionment ...

of Representatives; time and manner; existing decennial census figures as basis; statement by President; duty of clerk * — Number of Representatives from each State in 78th and subsequent Congresses * — Number of

Congressional Districts Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts and legislative districts, electorates, or wards in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the population of a region in the larger congressional bod ...

; number of Representatives from each District * — Nominations for Representatives at large * — Reduction of representation * — Time of election * — Vacancies * — Voting for Representatives Omitted sections: 2, 3, & 4.

Chapter 2

— Organization of Congress * — Oath of Senators * — Oath of President of Senate * — Presiding officer of Senate may administer oaths * — Secretary of Senate or assistant secretary may administer oaths * — Oath of Speaker, Members, and Delegates * — Delegate to House of Representatives from

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* — Roll of Representatives-elect * — Change of place of meeting * — Parliamentary precedents of House of Representatives * — Compilation of the Precedents of House of Representatives; date of completion; biennial update; printing and availability of copies * — Printing and binding as public document of Precedents of House of Representatives; number of sets authorized * — Distribution of Precedents by Public Printer * — Distribution of Precedents by Public Printer for official use; particular distribution; marking and ownership of sets * — Distribution of Precedents by Joint Committee on Printing of surplus sets; additional printing, etc., of sets under authority of Joint Committee * — Condensed and simplified versions of House precedents; other useful materials in summary form; form and distribution to Members of Congress, Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and others; appointment and compensation of personnel; utilization of services of personnel of Federal agencies * — Early organization of House of Representatives * — Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of House of Representatives * — Term of service of Members of Congress as trustees or directors of corporations or institutions appropriated for * —

Jury duty Jury duty or jury service is service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Juror selection process The prosecutor and defense can dismiss potential jurors for various reasons, which can vary from one state to another, and they can have a specific ...

exemption of elected officials of legislative branch Repealed section: 25b.
Omitted sections: 29b, & 29c.

Chapter 3

— Compensation and Allowances of Members * — Compensation of Members of Congress * — Gifts and travel * — Expense allowance of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate; expense allowance of Majority and Minority Whips; methods of payment; taxability * — Representation Allowance Account for Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate * — Transfer of funds from representation allowance of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to expense allowance; availability; definitions * — Transfer of funds from appropriations account of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to appropriations account, Miscellaneous Items, within Senate contingent fund * — Transfer of funds from appropriations account of Majority and Minority Whips of Senate to appropriations account, Miscellaneous Items, within Senate contingent fund * — Transfer of funds from appropriations account of the Office of the Vice President and the Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority to the Senate contingent fund * — Expense allowance for Chairmen of Majority and Minority Conference Committees of Senate; method of payment; taxability * — Expense allowance for Chairmen of Majority and Minority Policy Committees of Senate; method of payment; taxability * — Expense allowance of Speaker of House of Representatives * — Former Speakers of House of Representatives; retention of office, furniture, etc., in Congressional district following expiration of term as Representative; exceptions * — Allowance available to former Speaker for payment of office and other expenses for administration, etc., of matters pertaining to incumbency in office as Representative and Speaker * — Franked mail and printing privileges of former Speaker * — Staff assistance to former Speaker for administration, etc., of matters pertaining to incumbency in office as Representative and Speaker; compensation and status of staff * — Availability of entitlements of former Speaker for 5 years * — Compensation of President pro tempore of Senate * — Compensation of Deputy President pro tempore of Senate * — Expense allowance of President pro tempore of Senate; methods of payment; taxability * — Senators' salaries * — Representatives' and Delegates' salaries payable monthly * — Salaries payable monthly after taking oath * — End-of-the-month salary payment schedule inapplicable to Senators * — Salaries of Senators * — Payment of sums due deceased Senators and Senate personnel * — Salaries of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners elected for unexpired terms * — Disposition of unpaid salary and other sums on death of Representative or Resident Commissioner * — Death gratuity payments as gifts * — Deductions for absence * — Deductions for withdrawal * — Deductions for delinquent indebtedness * — Special delivery postage allowance for President of Senate * — Staff expenses for House Members attending organizational caucus or conference * — Payments and reimbursements for certain House staff expenses * — Organizational expenses of Senator-elect * — Stationery allowance for President of Senate * — Senate revolving fund for stationery allowances; availability of unexpended balances; withdrawals * — House revolving fund for stationery allowances; disposition of moneys from stationery sales; availability of unexpended balances * — Long-distance telephone calls for Vice President * — Mode of payment * — Certification of salary and mileage accounts * — Certificate of salary during recess * — Substitute to sign certificates for salary and accounts * — Monuments to deceased Senators or House Members * — Annotated United States Code for Members of House of Representatives to be paid for from Members' Representational Allowance * — United States Code Annotated or United States Code Service; procurement for Senators * — Adjustment of House of Representatives allowances by Committee on House Oversight * — Limitation on allowance authority of Committee on House Oversight * — Representational allowance for Members of House of Representatives * — Mail, telegraph, telephone, stationery, office supplies, and home State office and travel expenses for Senators * — Telecommunications services for Senators; payment of costs out of contingent fund * — Payment for telecommunications equipment and services; definitions * — Certification of telecommunications equipment and services as official * — Report on telecommunications to Committee on Rules and Administration * — Metered charges on copiers; "Sergeant at Arms" and "user" defined; certification of services and equipment as official; deposit of payments; availability for expenditure * — Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account * — Home State office space for Senators; lease of office space * — Additional home State office space for Senators; declaration of disaster or emergency * — Purchase of office equipment or furnishings by Senators * — Transferred * — Transportation of official records and papers to House Member's district * — Transportation of official records and papers to a Senator's State * — Official mail of persons entitled to use congressional frank * — Mass mailings by Senate offices; quarterly statements; publication of summary tabulations * — Mass mailing of information by Senators under frank; quarterly registration with Secretary of Senate * — Mass mailing sent by House Members Omitted sections: 42a-1, 42b 43, 43a, 44, 45, 46, 46a-2, 46a-4.
Repealed sections: 31-1, 31a, 31b-3, 31b-6, 31c, 38, 41, 42, 42c, 42d, 43b, 43b-1, 43c, 46a-3, 46b, 46b-2, 46c, 46d, 64d-2, 46d-3, 46d-4, 46d-5, 46e, 46f, 46f-1, 46g, 46g-1, 46h, 46i, 52, 53, 56, 58b, 58c-1, & 59a.

Chapter 4

—Officers and Employees of Senate and House of Representatives

Chapter 5

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library ...

Chapter 6

—Congressional And Committee Procedure; Investigations;

Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (also known as the Congressional Reorganization Act, ch. 753, , enacted August 2, 1946) was the most comprehensive reorganization of the United States Congress in history to that date. Background The n ...

Chapter 7

-- Contested Elections

Chapter 8

-- Federal Corrupt Practices

Chapter 8a

—Regulation of

Lobbying In politics, lobbying, persuasion or interest representation is the act of lawfully attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying, which ...

Chapter 9

-- Office of Legislative Counsel

Chapter 9a

-- Office of Law Revision Counsel

Chapter 9b

-- Legislative Classification Office

Chapter 9c

-- Office of Parliamentarian of House of Representatives

Chapter 9d

-- Office of Senate Legal Counsel

Chapter 10

—Classification of Employees of House of Representatives

Chapter 10a

—Payroll Administration in House of Representatives

Chapter 11

-- Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation

Chapter 12

—Contested Elections

Chapter 13

-- Joint Committee on Congressional Operations

Chapter 14

-- Federal Election Campaigns

Chapter 15

Office of Technology Assessment The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was an office of the United States Congress that operated from 1974 to 1995. OTA's purpose was to provide congressional members and committees with objective and authoritative analysis of the complex scien ...

Chapter 16

—Congressional Mailing Standards

Chapter 17

Congressional Budget Office The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides budget and economic information to Congress. Inspired by California's Legislative Analyst's Office that manages ...

Chapter 17A

Chapter 17A
��Congressional Budget And Fiscal Operations

Chapter 17b

-- Impoundment Control And

Line Item Veto The line-item veto, also called the partial veto, is a special form of veto power that authorizes a chief executive to reject particular provisions of a bill enacted by a legislature without vetoing the entire bill. Many countries have differen ...

Chapter 18

—Legislative Personnel Financial Disclosure Requirements

Chapter 19

-- Congressional Award Program

Chapter 19a

John Heinz Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and Republican politician from Pennsylvania. Heinz represented the Pittsburgh suburbs in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and ...

Competitive Excellence Award

Chapter 20

Emergency Powers A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...

to Eliminate

Budget Deficit Within the budgetary process, deficit spending is the amount by which spending exceeds revenue over a particular period of time, also called simply deficit, or budget deficit; the opposite of budget surplus. The term may be applied to the budget ...

s, including laws originally passed in

Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act The Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (both often known as Gramm–Rudman) were the first binding spending constrain ...

and amended in following acts such as the

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 () was an omnibus legislative package enacted by the United States Congress, using the budget reconciliation process, and designed to balance the federal budget by 2002. This act was enacted during Bill Clinton's ...

and

Budget Control Act of 2011 The Budget Control Act of 2011 () is a federal statute enacted by the 112th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the 2011 US debt-ceiling crisis. The law invo ...

Chapter 21

—Civic Achievement Award Program in Honor of Office of Speaker of House of Representatives

Chapter 22

-- John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

Chapter 22a

-- Open World Leadership Center

Chapter 23

—Government Employee Rights

Chapter 24

—Congressional Accountability

Chapter 25

Unfunded Mandate In the United States, federal mandates are orders that induce "responsibility, action, procedure or anything else that is imposed by constitutional, administrative, executive, or judicial action" for state and local governments and/or the private se ...

s Reform

Chapter 26

-- Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

Chapter 27

—Sound Recording Preservation by the Library of Congress

References

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