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Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT </title> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-NAME:2018 Edition and Supplement V --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-ID:2018SUPP523 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-YEAR:2023 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-LAWS-ENACTED-THROUGH-DATE:20240103 --> <!-- SEARCHABLE-LAWS-ENACTED-THROUGH-DATE:January 3rd, 2024 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-NAME:TITLE 3 - THE PRESIDENT --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-ENUM:3 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-STATUS:positive-law --> <!-- CONVERSION-PROGRAM:xy2html.pm-0.400-20210412 --> <!-- CONVERSION-DATETIME:20240416141150 --> </head> <body width="700"> <div> <!-- PDFPage:1 --> <!-- documentid:3_ currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:-1 --> <!-- itempath:/030 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAA --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT --> <!-- field-start:titlehead --> <h1 class="usc-title-head">TITLE 3&mdash;THE PRESIDENT</h1> <!-- field-end:titlehead --> <!-- field-start:titleenactmentcredit --> <p class="usc-title-ital-spanner">This title was enacted by act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, &sect;1, 62 Stat. 672</p> <!-- field-end:titleenactmentcredit --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Presidential Elections and Vacancies</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office and Compensation of President</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Protection of the President; the White House Police&#160;<sup><a href="#_1_target" name="_1">1</a></sup></div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">201</div></div> </div> <p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Delegation of Functions</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Extension of Certain Rights and Protections to Presidential Offices</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">401<br class="Q04" /> </div></div> </div> <p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>1996</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 104&ndash;331, &sect;2(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4068, added item for chapter 5.</p> <p class="note-body"><b>1951</b>&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;4, 65 Stat. 711, added item for chapter 4.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</strong></h4> <h4 class="note-head">Positive Law; Citation</h4> <p class="note-body">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: &quot;Title 3 of the United States Code, entitled &apos;The President&apos;, is codified and enacted into positive law and may be cited as &apos;3 U. S. C., &sect;&mdash;.&apos;&#160;&quot;</p> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:savingsclause-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Savings Clause</h4> <p class="note-body">Section 2 of act June 25, 1948, provided that: &quot;The provisions of title 3, &apos;The President&apos;, 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.&quot;</p> <!-- field-end:savingsclause-note --> <!-- field-start:repeal-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Repeals</h4> <p class="note-body">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.</p> <h4 class="note-head">Prior Repeals</h4> <p class="note-body">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, &sect;1(g), 61 Stat. 381.</p> <table class="uscdispo3col" cellspacing="0" width="700"><caption><cap-smallcap>Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title </cap-smallcap>3</caption> <tr><th id="row0col0"><i>Title&#160;3 Former Sections</i></th><th id="row0col1"><i>Revised&#160;Statutes<p class="intabledata">Statutes&#160;at&#160;Large</p></i></th><th id="row0col2"><i>Title&#160;3 New Sections</i></th></tr> <tr> <td class="left">1 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;131 </td> <td class="right">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">2 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;132 </td> <td class="right">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">3 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;133 </td> <td class="right">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">4 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;134 </td> <td class="right">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">5 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;1, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">7</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">5a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;1, 45 Stat. 945 </td> <td class="right">7</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;6(a), 48 Stat. 879</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">6 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;2, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">7 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;3, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">7a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;2, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">8 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;137 </td> <td class="right">8</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">9 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;138 </td> <td class="right">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">9a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;3, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">10 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;139 </td> <td class="right">10</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;140 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, &sect;1, 25 Stat. 613.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11a </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;4, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11b </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;5, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">12</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;6(b), 48 Stat. 879.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">11c </td> <td class="middle">May 29, 1928, ch. 859, &sect;6, 45 Stat. 946 </td> <td class="right">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;6(c), 48 Stat. 879.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">12 </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, &sect;1, 25 Stat. 613 </td> <td class="right">11, 12</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">13 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;141 </td> <td class="right">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, &sect;2, 25 Stat. 613.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">14 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;143 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">15 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;144 </td> <td class="right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">16 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;145 </td> <td class="right">14</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">17 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;4, 24 Stat. 373 </td> <td class="right">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 5, 1934, ch. 390, &sect;7, 48 Stat. 879.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">18 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;5, 24 Stat. 374 </td> <td class="right">18</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">19 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;6, 24 Stat. 375 </td> <td class="right">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">20 </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, &sect;7, 24 Stat. 375 </td> <td class="right">16</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">21 </td> <td class="middle">Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, &sect;1, 24 Stat. 1 </td> <td class="right">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">22 </td> <td class="middle">Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, &sect;2, 24 Stat. 1 </td> <td class="right">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">23 </td> <td class="middle">R.S. &sect;151 </td> <td class="right">20</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">24 </td> <td class="middle">July 18, 1947, 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&sect;154 </td> <td class="right">104</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635, &sect;4, 34 Stat. 993.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, &sect;4, 43 Stat. 1301.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, &sect;601(a), 60 Stat. 850.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">45 </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, &sect;1, 44 Stat. 305 </td> <td class="right">105</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">45a </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 3, 1939, ch. 36, &sect;301, 53 Stat. 565 </td> <td class="right">106</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left">46 </td> <td class="middle">June 12, 1922, ch. 218, 42 Stat. 636 </td> <td class="right">107</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 13, 1923, ch. 72, 42 Stat. 1227.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">June 7, 1924, ch. 292, &sect;1, 43 Stat. 521.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 468, &sect;1, 43 Stat. 1198, 1199.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, &sect;1, 44 Stat. 305.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 11, 1927, ch. 104, &sect;1, 44 Stat. 1069.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">May 16, 1928, ch. 580, &sect;1, 45 Stat. 573.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 270, &sect;1, 45 Stat. 1230.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 201, &sect;1, 46 Stat. 229.</td> <td class="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="left"> </td> <td class="middle">Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 281, &sect;1, 46 Stat. 1355.</td> <td 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L. 109&ndash;177 without a corresponding amendment of chapter analysis.</a></p> <!-- field-end:footnote --> <!-- documentid:3_-ch1 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAB --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES --> <!-- field-start:structuralhead --> <h3 class="chapter-head"><strong>CHAPTER 1&mdash;PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES</strong></h3> <!-- field-end:structuralhead --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Time of appointing electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Failure to make choice on prescribed day.<sup><a href="#CHAPTER1_1_target" name="CHAPTER1_1">1</a></sup></div></div> </div> <p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Number of electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Vacancies in electoral college.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Duties of Archivist.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Meeting and vote of electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Manner of voting.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Certificates of votes for President and Vice President.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Sealing and endorsing certificates.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transmission of certificates by electors.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate.<sup><a href="#CHAPTER1_2_target" name="CHAPTER1_2">2</a></sup></div></div> </div> <p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; demand on district judge for certificate.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">[14.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.]</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Counting electoral votes in Congress.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint session.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; limit of debate in each House.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Same; parliamentary procedure at joint session.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Resignation or refusal of office.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Severability.<br class="Q04" /> </div></div> </div> <p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>2022</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P. title I, &sect;&sect;102(c), 104(c)(2), 105(b), 107(b), 108(c)(2), 109(b), 110(c)(3), 111(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5234, 5236, 5237, 5240, 5241, added items 1, 5, 6, 11, 15, and 22, substituted &quot;session&quot; for &quot;meeting&quot; in items 16 and 18, and struck out former items 1 &quot;Time of appointing electors&quot;, 5 &quot;Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors&quot;, 6 &quot;Credentials of electors; transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress; public inspection&quot;, 11 &quot;Disposition of certificates&quot;, 14 &quot;Forfeiture for messenger's neglect of duty&quot;, and 15 &quot;Counting electoral votes in Congress&quot;.</p> <p class="note-body"><b>1984</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, title I, &sect;107(e)(3), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292, substituted &quot;Archivist of the United States&quot; for &quot;Administrator of General Services&quot; in items 6 and 12.</p> <p class="note-body"><b>1961</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 87&ndash;389, &sect;2(b), Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 820, added item 21.</p> <p class="note-body"><b>1951</b>&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;5, 65 Stat. 711, substituted &quot;Administrator of General Services&quot; for &quot;Secretary of State&quot; in items 6 and 12.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- field-start:footnote --> <p class="footnote"><a href="#CHAPTER1_1" name="CHAPTER1_1_target"><sup>1</sup>&#160;Section repealed by Pub. L. 117&ndash;328 without corresponding amendment of chapter analysis.</a></p> <!-- field-end:footnote --> <!-- field-start:footnote --> <p class="footnote"><a href="#CHAPTER1_2" name="CHAPTER1_2_target"><sup>2</sup>&#160;So in original. Does not conform to section catchline.</a></p> <!-- field-end:footnote --> <!-- documentid:3_1 usckey:030000000000100000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAC --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 1 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;1. Time of appointing electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on election day, in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(Added Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;102(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5233.)</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:priorprovisions-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Prior Provisions</h4> <p class="note-body">A prior section 1, act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672, related to time of appointing electors, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;102(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5233.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:priorprovisions-note --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:shorttitle-amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Short Title of 2022 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, &sect;1, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5233, provided that: &quot;This division [enacting this section and section 22 of this title, amending sections 6, 7, 9 to 13, 15 to 18, and 21 of this title, repealing this section and sections 2 and 14 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this section, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 102 of this title] may be cited as the &apos;Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022&apos;.&quot;</p> <p class="note-body">Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;101, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5233, provided that: &quot;This title [enacting this section and section 22 of this title, amending sections 6, 7, 9 to 13, 15 to 18, and 21 of this title, and repealing this section and sections 2 and 14 of this title] may be cited as the &apos;Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022&apos;.&quot;</p> <p class="note-body">Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title II, &sect;201, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5241, provided that: &quot;This title [amending provisions set out as a note under section 102 of this title] may be cited as the &apos;Presidential Transition Improvement Act&apos;.&quot;</p> <h4 class="note-head">Short Title of 2020 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Pub. L. 116&ndash;121, &sect;1, Mar. 3, 2020, 134 Stat. 138, provided that: &quot;This Act [amending provisions set out as a note under section 102 of this title] may be cited as the &apos;Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2019&apos;.&quot;</p> <h4 class="note-head">Short Title of 2010 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Pub. L. 111&ndash;283, &sect;1, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3045, provided that: &quot;This Act [enacting provisions set out as a note under section 102 of this title and amending provisions set out as notes under section 102 of this title, section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and section 435b of Title 50, War and National Defense] may be cited as the &apos;Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010&apos;.&quot;</p> <h4 class="note-head">Short Title of 1996 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Pub. L. 104&ndash;331, &sect;1(a), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4053, provided that: &quot;This Act [enacting sections 401, 402, 411 to 417, 421, 425, 431, 435, 451 to 456, and 471 of this title and sections 1296, 1413, and 3901 to 3908 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, amending sections 1346 and 2402 of Title 28, repealing section 1219 of Title 2, The Congress, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 401 of this title, section 1219 of Title 2, and section 1296 of Title 28] may be cited as the &apos;Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act&apos;.&quot;</p> <h4 class="note-head">Short Title of 1988 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Pub. L. 100&ndash;398, &sect;1, Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 985, provided that: &quot;This Act [amending sections 3345, 3348, and <!-- PDFPage:3 -->5723 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and enacting and amending provisions set out as notes under section 102 of this title] may be cited as the &apos;Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act&apos;.&quot;</p> <!-- field-end:shorttitle-amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:constitutionalprovisions-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Constitutional Provisions</h4> <p class="note-body">Time of choosing electors, see Const. Art. 2, &sect;1, cl. 3.</p> <!-- field-end:constitutionalprovisions-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_[2 usckey:030000000000000000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/[Sec. 2 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAD --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@![Sec. 2 --> <!-- field-start:repealedhead --> <h3 class="section-head">[&sect;2. Repealed. Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;102(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5233]</h3> <!-- field-end:repealedhead --> <!-- field-start:repealsummary --> <p class="note-body">Section, act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672, related to failure to make choice on prescribed day.</p> <!-- field-end:repealsummary --> <!-- documentid:3_3 usckey:030000000000300000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 3 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAE --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 3 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;3. Number of electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The number of electors shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the several States are by law entitled at the time when the President and Vice President to be chosen come into office; except, that where no apportionment of Representatives has been made after any enumeration, at the time of choosing electors, the number of electors shall be according to the then existing apportionment of Senators and Representatives.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- documentid:3_4 usckey:030000000000400000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 4 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAF --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 4 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;4. Vacancies in electoral college</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">Each State may, by law enacted prior to election day, provide for the filling of any vacancies which may occur in its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoral vote.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;103, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5234.)</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>2022</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 117&ndash;328 inserted &quot;enacted prior to election day&quot; after &quot;by law&quot;.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_5 usckey:030000000000500000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 5 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAG --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 5 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;5. Certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">(a) <cap-smallcap>In General.&mdash;</cap-smallcap></p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(1) <cap-smallcap>Certification</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;Not later than the date that is 6 days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, the executive of each State shall issue a certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors, under and in pursuance of the laws of such State providing for such appointment and ascertainment enacted prior to election day.</p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(2) <cap-smallcap>Form of certificate</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;Each certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors shall&mdash;</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(A) set forth the names of the electors appointed and the canvass or other determination under the laws of such State of the number of votes given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes have been given or cast;</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(B) bear the seal of the State; and</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(C) contain at least one security feature, as determined by the State, for purposes of verifying the authenticity of such certificate.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <p class="statutory-body">(b) <cap-smallcap>Transmission</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;It shall be the duty of the executive of each State&mdash;</p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(1) to transmit to the Archivist of the United States, immediately after the issuance of a certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors and by the most expeditious method available, such certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors; and</p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(2) to transmit to the electors of such State, on or before the day on which the electors are required to meet under section 7, six duplicate-originals of the same certificate.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <p class="statutory-body">(c) <cap-smallcap>Treatment of Certificate as Conclusive</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;For purposes of section 15:</p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(1) <cap-smallcap>In general.&mdash;</cap-smallcap></p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(A) <cap-smallcap>Certificate issued by executive</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors issued pursuant to subsection (a)(1) shall be treated as conclusive in Congress with respect to the determination of electors appointed by the State.</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(B) <cap-smallcap>Certificates issued pursuant to court orders</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;Any certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors required to be issued or revised by any State or Federal judicial relief granted prior to the date of the meeting of electors shall replace and supersede any other certificates submitted pursuant to this section.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(2) <cap-smallcap>Determination of federal questions</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;The determination of Federal courts on questions arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States with respect to a certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors shall be conclusive in Congress.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <p class="statutory-body">(d) <cap-smallcap>Venue and Expedited Procedure.&mdash;</cap-smallcap></p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(1) <cap-smallcap>In general</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;Any action brought by an aggrieved candidate for President or Vice President that arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States with respect to the issuance of the certification required under section (a)(1), or the transmission of such certification as required under subsection (b), shall be subject to the following rules:</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(A) <cap-smallcap>Venue</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;The venue for such action shall be the Federal district court of the Federal district in which the State capital is located.</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(B) 3<cap-smallcap>-judge panel</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;Such action shall be heard by a district court of three judges, convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, United States Code, except that&mdash;</p> <p class="statutory-body-3em">(i) the court shall be comprised of two judges of the circuit court of appeals in which the district court lies and one judge of the district court in which the action is brought; and</p> <p class="statutory-body-3em">(ii) section 2284(b)(2) of such title shall not apply.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(C) <cap-smallcap>Expedited procedure</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;It shall be the duty of the court to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition of the action, consistent with all other relevant deadlines established by this chapter and the laws of the United States.</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(D) <cap-smallcap>Appeals</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;Notwithstanding section 1253 of title 28, United States Code, the final judgment of the panel convened under subparagraph (B) may be reviewed directly by the Supreme Court, by writ of certiorari granted upon petition of any party to the <!-- PDFPage:4 -->case, on an expedited basis, so that a final order of the court on remand of the Supreme Court may occur on or before the day before the time fixed for the meeting of electors.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(2) <cap-smallcap>Rule of construction</cap-smallcap>.&mdash;This subsection&mdash;</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(A) shall be construed solely to establish venue and expedited procedures in any action brought by an aggrieved candidate for President or Vice President as specified in this subsection that arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States; and</p> <p class="statutory-body-2em">(B) shall not be construed to preempt or displace any existing State or Federal cause of action.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;104(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5234.)</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>2022</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 117&ndash;328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: &quot;If any State shall have provided, by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of the electors, for its final determination of any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by judicial or other methods or procedures, and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, such determination made pursuant to such law so existing on said day, and made at least six days prior to said time of meeting of the electors, shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes as provided in the Constitution, and as hereinafter regulated, so far as the ascertainment of the electors appointed by such State is concerned.&quot;</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_6 usckey:030000000000600000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 6 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAH --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 6 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;6. Duties of Archivist</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors received by the Archivist of the United States under section 5 shall&mdash;</p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(1) be preserved for one year;</p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(2) be a part of the public records of such office; and</p> <p class="statutory-body-1em">(3) be open to public inspection.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, &sect;6, 65 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, title I, &sect;107(e)(1), (2)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291; Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;105(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5236.)</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>2022</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 117&ndash;328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to credentials of electors, transmission to Archivist of the United States and to Congress, and public inspection.</p> <p class="note-body"><b>1984</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 substituted &quot;Archivist of the United States&quot; for &quot;Administrator of General Services&quot; in section catchline and wherever appearing in text and &quot;National Archives and Records Administration&quot; for &quot;General Services Administration&quot;.</p> <p class="note-body"><b>1951</b>&mdash;Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted &quot;Administrator of General Services&quot; for &quot;Secretary of State&quot; in section catchline and several places in text, and for &quot;Secretary of State of the United States&quot; in one place, and &quot;General Services Administration&quot; for &quot;State Department&quot;.</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</h4> <p class="note-body">Amendment by Pub. L. 98&ndash;497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98&ndash;497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.</p> <!-- field-end:effectivedate-amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_7 usckey:030000000000700000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 7 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAI --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 7 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;7. Meeting and vote of electors</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors of President and Vice President of each State shall meet and give their votes on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each State in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 673; Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;106(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5236.)</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>2022</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 117&ndash;328 substituted &quot;Tuesday&quot; for &quot;Monday&quot; and &quot;in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day&quot; for &quot;as the legislature of such State shall direct&quot;.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-start:constitutionalprovisions-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Constitutional Provisions</h4> <p class="note-body">Day of voting by electors, see Const. Art. II, &sect;1, cl. 3.</p> <p class="note-body">Voting by electors, see Const. Amend. XII.</p> <!-- field-end:constitutionalprovisions-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_8 usckey:030000000000800000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 8 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAJ --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 8 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;8. Manner of voting</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors shall vote for President and Vice President, respectively, in the manner directed by the Constitution.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- documentid:3_9 usckey:030000000000900000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 9 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAK --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 9 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;9. Certificates of votes for President and Vice President</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other of the votes for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates of votes one of the certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors which shall have been furnished to them by direction of the executive of the State.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;104(c)(1), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5236.)</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>2022</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 117&ndash;328 substituted &quot;annex to each of the certificates of votes one of the certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors&quot; for &quot;annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors&quot;.</p> <!-- field-end:amendment-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:3_10 usckey:030000000001000000000000000000000 currentthrough:20240103 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/030/CHAPTER 1/Sec. 10 --> <!-- itemsortkey:030AAAL --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT!@!CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES!@!Sec. 10 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;10. Sealing and endorsing certificates</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The electors shall seal up the certificates of votes so made by them, together with the annexed certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors, and certify upon each that the lists of all the votes of such State given for President, and of all the votes given for Vice President, are contained therein.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 117&ndash;328, div. P, title I, &sect;106(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5236.)</p> <br class="Q04" /> <!-- PDFPage:5 --><!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:miscellaneous-note --> <h4 class="note-head"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></h4> <!-- field-end:miscellaneous-note --> <!-- field-start:amendment-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4> <p class="note-body"><b>2022</b>&mdash;Pub. L. 117&ndash;328 substituted &qu…

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