2 U.S.C. § 1431 — Exercise of rulemaking powers

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Specified provisions operate as House and Senate rules, while each chamber keeps the constitutional power to change its own rules.

Sections 1302(b)(3), 1381(l), and 1384(c) are enacted (1) as exercises of the House’s and Senate’s rulemaking powers, respectively, and are part of the relevant House’s rules, superseding other rules only when inconsistent, and (2) with recognition that either House may change its own rules at any time, in the same manner and extent as any other rule of that House.

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The provisions of sections 1302(b)(3), section 1 1381(l), and 1384(c) of this title are enacted—

(1)

as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of such House, respectively, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and

(2)

with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of each House.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–1, title V, § 501, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 39; Pub. L. 115–397, title II, § 201(c), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5317.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1995Enacted · Pub. L. 104-1 · 109 Stat. 39
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-397 · 132 Stat. 5317

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-1 on 1995-01-23.

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