[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
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GENERAL AND PERMANENT LAWS RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES
SENATE
Extracts from the United States Code \1\
\1\ Since some provisions of the most recently enacted
statutes may receive slightly different editorial treatment
in the codification process, and since a few stylistic
changes have been made in this Manual to achieve more
convenient adaptation to Senate needs, some pro forma
deviations from the exact format of the United States Code
may be noted.
[Data collected through 111th Congress,
2d Session]
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TITLE 1.--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2.--ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT;
REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS
275 Sec. 101. Enacting clause.
The enacting clause of all Acts of Congress shall be in
the following form: ``Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled.'' (July 30, 1947, c. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
276 Sec. 102. Resolving clause.
The resolving clause of all joint resolutions shall be
in the following form: ``Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled.'' (July 30, 1947, c. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
277 Sec. 103. Enacting or resolving words after first section.
No enacting or resolving words shall be used in any
section of an Act or resolution of Congress except in the
first. (July 30, 1947, c. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
278 Sec. 104. Numbering of sections; single proposition.
Each section shall be numbered, and shall contain, as
nearly as may be, a single proposition of enactment. (July
30, 1947, c. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
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279 Sec. 105. Title of appropriation Acts.
The style and title of all Acts making appropriations
for the support of Government shall be as follows: ``An Act
making appropriations (here insert the object) for the year
ending September 30 (here insert the calendar year).'' (July
30, 1947, c. 388, 61 Stat. 634; July 12, 1974, Pub.L. 93-
344, Title V, Sec. 506(a), 88 Stat. 322.)
280 Sec. 106. Printing bills and joint resolutions.
Every bill or joint resolution in each House of Congress
shall, when such bill or resolution passes either House, be
printed, and such printed copy shall be called the engrossed
bill or resolution as the case may be. Said engrossed bill
or resolution shall be signed by the Clerk of the House or
the Secretary of the Senate, and shall be sent to the other
House, and in that form shall be dealt with by that House
and its officers, and, if passed, returned signed by said
Clerk or Secretary. When such bill, or joint resolution
shall have passed both Houses, it shall be printed and shall
then be called the enrolled bill, or joint resolution, as
the case may be, and shall be signed by the presiding
officers of both Houses and sent to the President of the
United States. During the last six days of a session such
engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions may
be done otherwise than as above prescribed, upon the order
of Congress by concurrent resolution. (July 30, 1947, c.
388, 61 Stat. 634.)
281 Sec. 106a. Promulgation of laws.
Whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote of the
Senate and House of Representatives, having been approved by
the President, or not having been returned by him with his
objections, becomes a law or takes effect, it shall
forthwith be received by the Archivist of the United States
from the President; and whenever a bill, order, resolution,
or vote is returned by the President with his objections,
and, on being reconsidered, is agreed to be passed, and is
approved by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress, and
thereby becomes a law or takes effect, it shall be received
by the Archivist of the United States from the President of
the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives in
whichsoever House it shall last have been so approved, and
he shall carefully preserve the originals. (Added Oct. 31,
1951, c. 655, Sec. 2(b), 65 Stat. 710, and amended Oct. 19,
1984, Pub.L. 98-497, Title I, Sec. 107(d), 98 Stat. 2291.)
282 Sec. 106b. Amendments to Constitution.
Whenever official notice is received at the National
Archives and Records Administration that any amendment
proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been
adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution,
the Archivist of the United States shall forthwith cause the
amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying
the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that
the same has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a
part of the Constitution of the United States. (Added Oct.
31, 1951, c. 655, Sec. 2(b), 65 Stat. 710, and amended Oct.
19, 1984, Pub.L. 98-497, Title I, Sec. 107(d), 98 Stat.
2291.)
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283 Sec. 107. Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills or
resolutions.
Enrolled bills and resolutions of either House of
Congress shall be printed on parchment or paper of suitable
quality as shall be determined by the Joint Committee on
Printing. (July 30, 1947, c. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)
284 Sec. 108. Repeal of repealing act.
Whenever an Act is repealed, which repealed a former
Act, such former Act shall not thereby be revived, unless it
shall be expressly so provided. (July 30, 1947, c. 388, 61
Stat. 635.)
285 Sec. 109. Repeal of statutes as affecting existing
liabilities.
The repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to
release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability
incurred under such statute, unless the repealing Act shall
so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as
still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any
proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such
penalty, forfeiture, or liability. The expiration of a
temporary statute shall not have the effect to release or
extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred
under such statute, unless the temporary statute shall so
expressly provide, and, such statute shall be treated as
still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any
proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such
penalty, forfeiture, or liability. (July 30, 1947, c. 388,
61 Stat. 635.)
286 Sec. 110. Saving clause of Revised Statutes.
All acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil
causes and proceedings, or to the prosecution of offenses,
or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures, embraced in
the Revised Statutes and covered by the repeal contained
therein, shall not be affected thereby, but all suits,
proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for
causes arising, or acts done or committed prior to said
repeal, may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time
as if said repeal had not been made. (July 30, 1947, c. 388,
61 Stat. 635.)
287 Sec. 111. Repeals as evidence of prior effectiveness.
No inference shall be raised by the enactment of the Act
of March 3, 1933 (ch. 202, 47 Stat. 1431), that the sections
of the Revised Statutes repealed by such Act were in force
or effect at the time of such enactment: Provided, however,
That any rights or liabilities existing under such repealed
sections shall not be affected by their repeal. (July 30,
1947, c. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)
288 Sec. 112. Statutes at large; contents; admissibility in
evidence.
The Archivist of the United States shall cause to be
compiled, edited, indexed, and published, the United States
Statutes at Large, which shall contain all the laws and
concurrent resolutions enacted during each regular session
of Congress; all proclamations by the President in the
numbered series issued since the date of the adjournment of
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the regular session of Congress next preceding; and also any
amendments to the Constitution of the United States proposed
or ratified pursuant to article V thereof since that date,
together with the certificate of the Archivist of the United
States issued in compliance with the provision contained in
section 106b of this title. In the event of an extra session
of Congress, the Archivist of the United States shall cause
all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during said
extra session to be consolidated with, and published as part
of, the contents of the volume for the next regular session.
The United States Statutes at Large shall be legal evidence
of laws, concurrent resolutions, treaties, international
agreements other than treaties, proclamations by the
President, and proposed or ratified amendments to the
Constitution of the United States therein contained, in all
the courts of the United States, the several States, and the
Territories and insular possessions of the United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 636; Sept. 23, 1950, ch.
1001, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 979; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 3,
65 Stat. 710; Oct. 19, 1984, Pub.L. 98-497, Title I,
Sec. 107(d), 98 Stat. 2291.)
289 Sec. 112b. United States international agreements;
transmission to Congress.
(a) The Secretary of State shall transmit to the
Congress the text of any international agreement (including
the text of any oral international agreement, which
agreement shall be reduced to writing), other than a treaty,
to which the United States is a party as soon as practicable
after such agreement has entered into force with respect to
the United States but in no event later than sixty days
thereafter. However, any such agreement the immediate public
disclosure of which would, in the opinion of the President,
be prejudicial to the national security of the United States
shall not be so transmitted to the Congress but shall be
transmitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the
House of Representatives under an appropriate injunction of
secrecy to be removed only upon due notice from the
President. Any department or agency of the United States
Government which enters into any international agreement on
behalf of the United States shall transmit to the Department
of State the text of such agreement not later than twenty
days after such agreement has been signed.
(b) Not later than March 1, 1979, and at yearly
intervals thereafter, the President shall, under his own
signature, transmit to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate a report with respect to each
international agreement which, during the preceding year,
was transmitted to the Congress after the expiration of the
60-day period referred to in the first sentence of
subsection (a), describing fully and completely the reasons
for the late transmittal.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
international agreement may not be signed or otherwise
concluded on behalf of the United States without prior
consultation with the Secretary of State. Such consultation
may encompass a class of agreements rather than a particular
agreement.
(d)(1) The Secretary of State shall annually submit to
Congress a report that contains an index of all
international agreements, listed by country, date, title,
and summary of each such agreement (including
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a description of the duration of activities under the
agreement and the agreement itself), that the United
States--
(A) has signed, proclaimed, or with
reference to which any other final formality has
been executed, or that has been extended or
otherwise modified, during the preceding
calendar year; and
(B) has not been published, or is not
proposed to be published, in the compilation
entitled ``United States Treaties and Other
International Agreements''.
(2) The report described in paragraph (1) may be
submitted in classified form.
(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State
shall determine for and within the executive branch whether
an arrangement constitutes an international agreement within
the meaning of this section.
(2)(A) An arrangement shall constitute an international
agreement within the meaning of this section (other than
subsection (c)) irrespective of the duration of activities
under the arrangement or the arrangement itself.
(B) Arrangements that constitute an international
agreement within the meaning of this section (other than
subsection (c)) include the following:
(i) A bilateral or multilateral
counterterrorism agreement.
(ii) A bilateral agreement with a country
that is subject to a determination under section
6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of
1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)), section
620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)), or section 40(d) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)).
(f) The President shall, through the Secretary of State,
promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
carry out this section. (Pub.L. 92-403, Sec. 1, Aug. 22,
1972, 86 Stat. 619; Pub.L. 95-45, Sec. 5, June 15, 1977, 91
Stat. 224; Pub.L. 95-426, Title VII, Sec. 708, Oct. 7, 1978,
92 Stat. 993; Pub.L. 103-236, Sec. 138, Apr. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 397; Pub.L. 103-437, Sec. 1, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat.
4581; Pub.L. 108-458, Title VII, Sec. 7121(b) to (d), Dec.
17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3807, 3808.)
Chapter 3.--CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS;
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS
290 Sec. 211. Copies [of the Code of Laws] to Members of
Congress.
In addition to quotas provided for by section 210 of
this title there shall be printed, published, and
distributed of the Code of Laws relating to the District of
Columbia with tables, index and other ancillaries, suitably
bound and with thumb inserts and other convenient devices to
distinguish the parts, and of the supplements to both codes
as provided for by sections 202, 203 of this title, ten
copies of each for each Member of the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Congress in which the original
authorized publication is made, for his use and
distribution, and in addition for the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate a number of bound copies of
each equal to ten times the number of members of such
committees, and one bound copy of each for the use of each
committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. (July
30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.)
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291 Sec. 212. Additional distribution at each new Congress.
In addition the Superintendent of Documents shall, at
the beginning of the first session of each Congress, supply
to each Senator and Representative in such Congress, who may
in writing apply for the same, one copy each of the Code of
Laws of the United States, the Code of Laws relating to the
District of Columbia, and the latest supplement to each
code: Provided, That such applicant shall certify in his
written application for the same that the volume or volumes
for which he applies is intended for his personal use
exclusively: And provided further, That no Senator or
Representative during his term of service shall receive
under this section more than one copy each of the volumes
enumerated herein. (July 30, 1947, Ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.)
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