2 U.S.C. § 27
Change of place of meeting
Whenever Congress is about to convene, and from the prevalence of contagious sickness, or the existence of other circumstances, it would, in the opinion of the President, be hazardous to the lives or health of the members to meet at the seat of Government, the President is authorized, by proclamation, to convene Congress at such other place as he may judge proper.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1987–1998 · leading case: United States House of Representatives v. United States Dep't of Com., 11 F. Supp. 2d 76 (D.D.C. 1998).
United States House of Representatives v. United States Dep't of Com., 11 F. Supp. 2d 76 (D.D.C. 1998). “” Presume that on the date before an important vote in the spring, the President concluded that the pollen count in the District of Columbia was sufficiently high so as to, “in the opinion of the President,” constitute a “hazard” to the “health of the members.”
Patricio Hernandez-Cordero & Maria Guadalupe Ortega De Hernandez v. United States Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 819 F.2d 558 (5th Cir. 1987). “2 U.S.C. § 27 (1982) (“in the opinion of the President”).”
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