2 USC § 4915 - Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility

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title: "2 USC § 4915 - Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "4915"
section_name: "Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility"
chapter_number: 49
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL PAGES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(C)–(E), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(C)–(E), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). , substituted “semester or two full semesters” for “term or two full terms”.

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”.

Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “semesters or terms, as the case may be,” for “terms”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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