U.S.C. Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT

3 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2014 Edition
Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER 1 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Sec. 18 - Same; parliamentary procedure at joint meeting
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§18. Same; parliamentary procedure at joint meeting

While the two Houses shall be in meeting as provided in this chapter, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, §3, 68 Stat. 1227.)

Amendments

1954—Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted "chapter" for "subchapter".