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§ 4915.
Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility
(a)
(1)
Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during an academic year—
(A)
shall be in the eleventh grade; and
(B)
shall serve for one full semester or two full semesters.
(2)
Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during the summer term—
(A)
shall have completed the tenth grade; and
(B)
shall not have begun the twelfth grade.
(b)
(1)
An unforeseen vacancy occurring in a page position during an academic year may be filled, except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester.
(2)
An individual who has served as a congressional page at any time during each of any three semesters or terms, as the case may be, shall not be eligible to serve as a page.
Section was formerly classified to section 88c–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 3 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress,
June 29, 1983
, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367.
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(C), substituted “semester or two full semesters” for “term or two full terms”.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(D), substituted “except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester” for “but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for a period of less than two months”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(E), substituted “semesters or terms, as the case may be,” for “terms”.
Effective Date
Section effective
June 29, 1983
, except that subsecs. (a)(1)(A) and (b)(2) applicable to terms beginning after