{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/s4101","title_num":"2","num":"§ 4101.","heading":"Authority of officers of Congress over Congressional employees","status":null,"guid":"idef4a9433-4154-11e7-a37d-c12ca70cf29d","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 431, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1190.)","seq_in_title":1250,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch41/schI","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2","level":"title","num":"Title 2—","heading":"THE CONGRESS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch41","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 41—","heading":"CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch41/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"GENERAL","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=\"id5d826c2d-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s4101\"><num value=\"4101\">§ 4101.</num><heading> Authority of officers of Congress over Congressional employees</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id5d826c2e-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s4101/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Qualifications determinations; removal and discipline</heading><chapeau>Each officer of the Congress having responsibility for the supervision of employees, including employees appointed upon recommendation of Members of Congress, shall have authority—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id5d826c2f-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s4101/a/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> to determine, before the appointment of any individual as an employee under the supervision of that officer of the Congress, whether that individual possesses the qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties and responsibilities to be assigned to him; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id5d826c30-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s4101/a/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> to remove or otherwise discipline any employee under his supervision.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id5d826c31-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s4101/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> “Officer of the Congress” defined</heading><chapeau>As used in this section, the term “officer of the Congress” means—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id5d826c32-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s4101/b/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> an elected officer of the Senate or House of Representatives who is not a Member of the Senate or House; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id5d826c33-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s4101/b/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> The Architect of the Capitol.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id5d826c34-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/91/510/tIV\">Pub. L. 91–510, title IV</ref>, § 431, <date date=\"1970-10-26\">Oct. 26, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/1190\">84 Stat. 1190</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id5d826c35-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id5d826c36-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section was formerly classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t2/s60–1\">section 60–1 of this title</ref> prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id5d826c37-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective immediately prior to noon on <date date=\"1971-01-03\">Jan. 3, 1971</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/510/s601/1\">section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510</ref>, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t2/s4301\">section 4301 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"115-35","currency_date":"2017-05-17","congress":115,"law_num":35,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":99,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","05a","06","07","08","10","12","15","16","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","30","31","33","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"115-35","currency_date":"2017-05-17","congress":115,"law_num":35,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":99,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","05a","06","07","08","10","12","15","16","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","30","31","33","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"114-115","currency_date":"2015-12-28","congress":114,"law_num":115,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":62,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","07","08","10","15","20","21","23","25","26","29","31","40","42","47","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}