2 USC § 191 - Oaths to witnesses

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title: "2 USC § 191 - Oaths to witnesses"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "191"
section_name: "Oaths to witnesses"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 101; June 26, 1884, ch. 123, 23 Stat. 60; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942, 943.)"
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# § 191. Oaths to witnesses

The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a chairman of any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or of a committee of the whole, or of any committee of either House of Congress, is empowered to administer oaths to witnesses in any case under their examination.

Any member of either House of Congress may administer oaths to witnesses in any matter depending in either House of Congress of which he is a Member, or any committee thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 101; June 26, 1884, ch. 123, 23 Stat. 60; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942, 943.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 101 derived from acts , , and , .

R.S. § 101 constitutes first sentence, and act , constitutes second sentence.

### Amendments

1938—Act , reenacted section without change.