§ 26. — Roll of Representativeselect.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC26]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 2--ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS
Sec. 26. Roll of Representatives-elect
Before the first meeting of each Congress the Clerk of the next
preceding House of Representatives shall make a roll of the
Representatives-elect, and place thereon the names of those persons, and
of such persons only, whose credentials show that they were regularly
elected in accordance with the laws of their States respectively, or the
laws of the United States. In case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk
of the House of Representatives, or of the absence or inability of the
Clerk to discharge the duties imposed on him by law or custom relative
to the preparation of the roll of Representatives or the organization of
the House, those duties shall devolve on the Sergeant at Arms of the
next preceding House of Representatives.
(R.S. Secs. 31-33; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 202(2), Aug. 20,
1996, 110 Stat. 1724.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 31 derived from acts Feb. 21, 1867, ch. 56, Sec. 1, 14
Stat. 397 and Mar. 3, 1863, ch. 108, 12 Stat. 804.
R.S. Secs. 32 and 33 derived from act Feb. 21, 1867, ch. 56, Sec. 2,
14 Stat. 397.
R.S. Sec. 31 constitutes first sentence; R.S. Sec. 32 constitutes
second sentence; and R.S. Sec. 33 constituted the third sentence, prior
to repeal by Pub. L. 104-186. See 1996 Amendment note below.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-186 struck out third sentence which read as
follows: ``In case of vacancies in the offices of both the Clerk and the
Sergeant at Arms, or of the absence or inability of both to act, the
duties of the Clerk relative to the preparation of the roll of the House
of Representatives or the organization of the House shall be performed
by the Doorkeeper of the next preceding House of Representatives.'' See
Codification note above.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 34 of this title.
