    [United States Senate Manual, 113th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 113-1]
    [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.)