3 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2022 Edition
Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER 1 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Sec. 18 - Same; parliamentary procedure at joint session
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### §18. Same; parliamentary procedure at joint session

While the two Houses shall be in session as provided in this chapter, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i).

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, §3, 68 Stat. 1227; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, §110(b), (c)(2), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5240.)

#### Editorial Notes

#### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–328, §110(c)(2), substituted "session" for "meeting" in section catchline and text.

Pub. L. 117–328, §110(b), inserted "under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i)" after "motion to withdraw".

1954—Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted "chapter" for "subchapter".