USC Subchapter II

in effect

2 U.S.C. § 4911 House of Representatives Page Board; establishment and purpose

(a) Until otherwise provided by law, there is hereby established a board to be known as the House of Representatives Page Board to ensure that the page program is conducted in a manner that is consistent with the efficient functioning of the House and the welfare of the pages. (b) The Page Board shall meet regularly, in accordance with a schedule established jointly by the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives.

2 U.S.C. § 4912 Membership of Page Board

(a) Appointed and designated membersThe Page Board shall consist of—(1) two Members of the House appointed by the Speaker and two Members of the House appointed by the minority leader; (2) one individual who, at any time during the 5-year period which ends on the date of the individual’s appointment, is or was a parent of a page participating in the program; (3) one individual who is a former page of the House who is not a Member of the House or an individual described in paragraph (2); and (4) the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms of the House. (b) Special rules for members representing parents and former pagesIn the case of the members of the Page Board who are described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a), the following shall apply:(1) Each such member shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives. (2) Each such member shall serve for a term of one year and may be reappointed for additional terms if the member continues to meet the requirements for appointment. (3) A vacancy in the position held by any such member shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the original term and may be reappointed in accordance with paragraph (2). (4) Each such member may be paid travel or transportation expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, for attending meetings of the Page Board while away from the member’s home or place of business. There are authorized to be appropriated from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary for payments under this paragraph. (c) “Member of the House” definedAs used in sections 4911 to 4913 of this title, the term “Member of the House” means a Representative in, and a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

2 U.S.C. § 4913 Regulations of Page Board

The Page Board shall have authority to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out sections 4911 to 4913 of this title.

2 U.S.C. § 4914 Academic year and summer term for page program

The page program shall consist of the two semesters of the academic year, plus a non-academic summer term.

2 U.S.C. § 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.

2 U.S.C. § 4916 Definitions

As used in sections 4914 to 4916 of this title, the term— (1) “academic year” means a regular school year, consisting of two semesters; (2) “page” means a page of the House of Representatives, but such term does not include a full time, permanent employee of the House of Representatives with supervisory responsibility for pages; and (3) “congressional page” means a page of the House of Representatives or the Senate.

2 U.S.C. § 4917 Page residence hall and page meal plan

(a) Revolving fund; establishment within House contingent fundEffective at the beginning of the Ninety-eighth Congress and until otherwise provided by law, there is established a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for the page residence hall and the page meal plan. (b) Deposits in revolving fund; disbursements by Chief Administrative Officer of HouseThere shall be deposited in the revolving fund such amounts as may be received by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives with respect to lodging, meals, and related services furnished for congressional pages. Amounts so deposited shall be available for disbursement by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, for expenses relating to the page residence hall and the page meal plan. (c) RegulationsThe House of Representatives Page Board shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.