US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

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.

Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 10398 Stat. 479Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(C)110 Stat. 1736(, , ; –(E), , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 88c–3 of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Pub. L. 98–367Section is based on section 3 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, , which was enacted into permanent law by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(C)1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). , substituted “semester or two full semesters” for “term or two full terms”.

Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(D)Subsec. (b)(1). , 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”.

Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(E)Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “semesters or terms, as the case may be,” for “terms”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 4914 of this titleSection effective , except that subsecs. (a)(1)(A) and (b)(2) applicable to terms beginning after , see note set out under .