2 U.S.C. § 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1947–2014 · leading case: United States v. David Rainey, 757 F.3d 234 (5th Cir. 2014).
United States v. David Rainey, 757 F.3d 234 (5th Cir. 2014). “Section 1505’s focal phrase is also contained in 2 U.S.C. § 191 . Section 191 provides: 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,…”
United States v. Emanuel Lester, 248 F.2d 329 (2d Cir. 1957). “92 , the Supreme Court sustained the sufficiency of an indictment for perjury based upon an oath taken before a subcommittee of the Senate the authority for which was a general statute, 2 U.S.C.A. § 191 , authorizing committees of Congress “to administer oaths to witnesses in…”
United States v. Debrow. United States v. Wilkinson. United States v. Brashier. United States v. Rogers. United States v. Jackson, 203 F.2d 699 (5th Cir. 1953). “So far as authority is concerned, any United States Senator, - a member of the subcommittee, had authority to administer oaths to witnesses, 2 U.S.C.A. § 191 ; Sinclair v. United States, 279 U.”
Richard R. Riss, Sr. v. Ardith L. Anderson, 304 F.2d 188 (8th Cir. 1962). “2 U.S.C.A. § 191 ; 18 U.S.C.A. § 1621 ; D.”
United States v. Barsky, 72 F. Supp. 165 (D.D.C. 1947). “, 2 U.S.C.A. § 191 , provides that the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the blouse, or the chairman of a congressional committee, may administer oaths to witnesses in any case under their examination.”
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