[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Page 4]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


         3                            RULE III

                                        OATHS

                The oaths or affirmations required by the Constitution 
            and prescribed by law shall be taken and subscribed by each 
            Senator, in open Senate, before entering upon his duties.

            OATH REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND BY LAW TO BE TAKEN BY 
                                      SENATORS

                ``I, A---- B---- do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I 
            will support and defend the Constitution of the United 
            States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I 
            will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take 
            this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
            purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully 
            discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to 
            enter: So help me God.'' (5 U.S.C. 3331.)