{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/s191","title_num":"2","num":"§ 191.","heading":"Oaths to witnesses","status":null,"guid":"iddc943566-3a6e-11f1-a0f3-db3efcbbb4ee","source_credit":"(R.S. § 101; June 26, 1884, ch. 123, 23 Stat. 60; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942, 943.)","seq_in_title":622,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch6","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2","level":"title","num":"Title 2—","heading":"THE CONGRESS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch6","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 6—","heading":"CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id42e7a5d3-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s191\"><num value=\"191\">§ 191.</num><heading> Oaths to witnesses</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a chairman of any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or of a committee of the whole, or of any committee of either House of Congress, is empowered to administer oaths to witnesses in any case under their examination.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Any member of either House of Congress may administer oaths to witnesses in any matter depending in either House of Congress of which he is a Member, or any committee thereof.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id42e7a5d4-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\">(R.S. § 101; <ref href=\"/us/act/1884-06-26/ch123\">June 26, 1884, ch. 123</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/23/60\">23 Stat. 60</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/act/1938-06-22/ch594\">June 22, 1938, ch. 594</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/52/942\">52 Stat. 942</ref>, 943.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id42e7a5d5-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id42e7a5d6-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id42e7a5d7-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">R.S. § 101 derived from acts <ref href=\"/us/act/1798-05-03/ch36/s1\">May 3, 1798, ch. 36, § 1</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/1/554\">1 Stat. 554</ref>, and <ref href=\"/us/act/1817-02-08/ch10\">Feb. 8, 1817, ch. 10</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/3/345\">3 Stat. 345</ref>.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">R.S. § 101 constitutes first sentence, and act <date date=\"1884-06-26\">June 26, 1884</date>, constitutes second sentence.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id42e7a5d8-3b28-11eb-b57d-ac6ded64e2e5\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1938—Act <date date=\"1938-06-22\">June 22, 1938</date>, reenacted section without change.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"119-83","currency_date":"2026-04-13","congress":119,"law_num":83,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":371,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","06","07","08","10","11","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"119-83","currency_date":"2026-04-13","congress":119,"law_num":83,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":371,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","06","07","08","10","11","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}