Title 3 U.S. Code - The President

Includes

Chapter 1 Presidential Elections And Vacancies Chapter 2 Office And Compensation Of President Chapter 4 Delegation Of Functions Chapter 5 Extension Of Certain Rights And Protections To Presidential Offices

Annotations

Notes

Enactment Credit
Amendments
Miscellaneous

Enactment Credit

This title was enacted by act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, §1, 62 Stat. 672

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–331, §2(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4068, added item for chapter 5.

1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, §4, 65 Stat. 711, added item for chapter 4.

Miscellaneous

Positive Law; Citation

This title has been made positive law by section 1 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672, which provided in part that: "Title 3 of the United States Code, entitled 'The President', is codified and enacted into positive law and may be cited as '3 U. S. C., §—.' "

Savings Clause

Section 2 of act June 25, 1948, provided that: "The provisions of title 3, 'The President', set out in section 1 of this Act, shall be construed as a continuation of existing law and no loss of rights, interruption of jurisdiction, nor prejudice to matters pending on the effective date of this Act shall result from its enactment."

Repeals

Section 3 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the sections or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 3, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.

Prior Repeals

Former sections 21 and 22 relating to performance of presidential duties in absence of both the President and Vice President were repealed by act July 18, 1947, ch. 264, §1(g), 61 Stat. 381.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 3
Title 3 Former Sections	Revised Statutes Statutes at Large	Title 3 New Sections
1	R.S. §131	1
2	R.S. §132	3
3	R.S. §133	4
4	R.S. §134	2
5	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, §1, 24 Stat. 373	7
5a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, §1, 45 Stat. 945	7
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §6(a), 48 Stat. 879
6	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, §2, 24 Stat. 373	5
7	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, §3, 24 Stat. 373	6
7a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, §2, 45 Stat. 946	6
8	R.S. §137	8
9	R.S. §138	9
9a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, §3, 45 Stat. 946	9
10	R.S. §139	10
11	R.S. §140	11
	Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, §1, 25 Stat. 613.
11a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, §4, 45 Stat. 946	11
11b	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, §5, 45 Stat. 946	12
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §6(b), 48 Stat. 879.
11c	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, §6, 45 Stat. 946	13
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §6(c), 48 Stat. 879.
12	Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, §1, 25 Stat. 613	11, 12
13	R.S. §141	13
	Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, §2, 25 Stat. 613.
14	R.S. §143	11
15	R.S. §144	11
16	R.S. §145	14
17	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, §4, 24 Stat. 373	15
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §7, 48 Stat. 879.
18	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, §5, 24 Stat. 374	18
19	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, §6, 24 Stat. 375	17
20	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, §7, 24 Stat. 375	16
21	Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, §1, 24 Stat. 1	19
22	Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, §2, 24 Stat. 1	19
23	R.S. §151	20
24	July 18, 1947, ch. 264, §1(a-f), 61 Stat. 380, 381	19
	July 26, 1947, ch. 343, §311, 61 Stat. 509.
41	R.S. §152	101
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §1, 48 Stat. 879.
42	R.S. §153	102
	Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 297, §1, 35 Stat. 859.
43	June 23, 1906, ch. 3523, 34 Stat. 454	103
	Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, §17(c), 60 Stat. 811.
44	R.S. §154	104
	Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635, §4, 34 Stat. 993.
	Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, §4, 43 Stat. 1301.
	Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, §601(a), 60 Stat. 850.
45	Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, §1, 44 Stat. 305	105
45a	Apr. 3, 1939, ch. 36, §301, 53 Stat. 565	106
46	June 12, 1922, ch. 218, 42 Stat. 636	107
	Feb. 13, 1923, ch. 72, 42 Stat. 1227.
	June 7, 1924, ch. 292, §1, 43 Stat. 521.
	Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 468, §1, 43 Stat. 1198, 1199.
	Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, §1, 44 Stat. 305.
	Feb. 11, 1927, ch. 104, §1, 44 Stat. 1069.
	May 16, 1928, ch. 580, §1, 45 Stat. 573.
	Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 270, §1, 45 Stat. 1230.
	Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 201, §1, 46 Stat. 229.
	Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 281, §1, 46 Stat. 1355.
	June 30, 1932, ch. 330, §1, 47 Stat. 452.
	June 16, 1933, ch. 101, §1, 48 Stat. 284.
	Mar. 28, 1934, ch. 102, §1, 48 Stat. 509.
	Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 3, §1, 49 Stat. 6.
	Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 156, §1, 49 Stat. 1148.
	June 28, 1937, ch. 396, §1, 50 Stat. 350.
	May 23, 1938, ch. 259, §1, 52 Stat. 411.
	Mar. 16, 1939, ch. 11, §1, 53 Stat 524.
	Apr. 8, 1940, ch. 107, §1, 54 Stat. 112.
	Apr. 5, 1941, ch. 40, §1, 55 Stat. 93.
	June 27, 1942, ch. 450, §1, 56 Stat. 392.
	June 26, 1943, ch. 145, §101, 57 Stat. 169.
	June 27, 1944, ch. 286, §101, 58 Stat. 361.
	May 3, 1945, ch. 106, §101, 59 Stat. 106.
	Mar. 28, 1946, ch. 113, §101, 60 Stat. 61.
47	Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, §1, 36 Stat. 1404	108
48	June 25, 1910, ch. 384, §9, 36 Stat. 773	109
49	R.S. §1829	110
	Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 377, §§1, 2, 43 Stat. 1091.
50	R.S. §1832	109
51	R.S. §1833	109
52	R.S. §1834	109
53	June 23, 1913, ch. 3, §1, 38 Stat. 23	201
54	June 9, 1941, ch. 189, 55 Stat. 247	Elim.
61	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, §1, 42 Stat. 841	202
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, §1, 46 Stat. 328.
62	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, §2, 42 Stat. 841	203
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, §2, 46 Stat. 328.
	May 28, 1935, ch. 154, 49 Stat. 304.
	Apr. 22, 1940, ch. 133, 54 Stat. 156.
	June 9, 1947, ch. 102, 61 Stat. 132.
62a	Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 582, §1, 56 Stat. 778	205
62b	Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 582, §2, 56 Stat. 778	206
63	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, §3, 42 Stat. 842	204
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, §3, 46 Stat. 328.
64	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, §4, 42 Stat. 842	207
65	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, §5, 42 Stat. 842	Rep.
66	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, §6, 42 Stat. 842	Rep.
67	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, §7, 42 Stat. 843	208
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, §4, 46 Stat. 329.

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