                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 88c-3. Service of page during academic year and summer 
        term; filling of vacancies; eligibility
        
    (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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) of this section, 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, Sec. 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 
104-186, title II, Sec. 204(40)(C)-(E), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)

                          Codification

    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, Sec. 204(40)(C), 
substituted ``semester or two full semesters'' for ``term or two full 
terms''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 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, Sec. 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 Nov. 30, 1983, see note set 
out under section 88c-2 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 88c-4 of this title.
