TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT

Chap.		Sec.
1.	Presidential Elections and Vacancies	1
2.	Office and Compensation of President	101
3.	Protection of the President; the White House Police ¹	201
4.	Delegation of Functions	301
5.	Extension of Certain Rights and Protections to Presidential Offices	401

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 3
Title 3 Former Sections	Revised Statutes Statutes at Large
1	R.S. § 131
2	R.S. § 132
3	R.S. § 133
4	R.S. § 134
5	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, § 1 , 24 Stat. 373
5a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, § 1 , 45 Stat. 945
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, § 6(a) , 48 Stat. 879
6	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, § 2 , 24 Stat. 373
7	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, § 3 , 24 Stat. 373
7a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, § 2 , 45 Stat. 946
8	R.S. § 137
9	R.S. § 138
9a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, § 3 , 45 Stat. 946
10	R.S. § 139
11	R.S. § 140
	Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, § 1 , 25 Stat. 613 .
11a	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, § 4 , 45 Stat. 946
11b	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, § 5 , 45 Stat. 946
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, § 6(b) , 48 Stat. 879 .
11c	May 29, 1928, ch. 859, § 6 , 45 Stat. 946
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, § 6(c) , 48 Stat. 879 .
12	Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, § 1 , 25 Stat. 613
13	R.S. § 141
	Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1216, § 2 , 25 Stat. 613 .
14	R.S. § 143
15	R.S. § 144
16	R.S. § 145
17	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, § 4 , 24 Stat. 373
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, § 7 , 48 Stat. 879 .
18	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, § 5 , 24 Stat. 374
19	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, § 6 , 24 Stat. 375
20	Feb. 3, 1887, ch. 90, § 7 , 24 Stat. 375
21	Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, § 1 , 24 Stat. 1
22	Jan. 19, 1886, ch. 4, § 2 , 24 Stat. 1
23	R.S. § 151
24	July 18, 1947, ch. 264, § 1 (a-f), 61 Stat. 380 , 381
	July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 311 , 61 Stat. 509 .
41	R.S. § 152
	June 5, 1934, ch. 390, § 1 , 48 Stat. 879 .
42	R.S. § 153
	Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 297, § 1 , 35 Stat. 859 .
43	June 23, 1906, ch. 3523 , 34 Stat. 454
	Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, § 17(c) , 60 Stat. 811 .
44	R.S. § 154
	Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635, § 4 , 34 Stat. 993 .
	Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 4 , 43 Stat. 1301 .
	Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, § 601(a) , 60 Stat. 850 .
45	Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, § 1 , 44 Stat. 305
45a	Apr. 3, 1939, ch. 36, § 301 , 53 Stat. 565
46	June 12, 1922, ch. 218 , 42 Stat. 636
	Feb. 13, 1923, ch. 72 , 42 Stat. 1227 .
	June 7, 1924, ch. 292, § 1 , 43 Stat. 521 .
	Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 468, § 1 , 43 Stat. 1198 , 1199.
	Apr. 22, 1926, ch. 171, § 1 , 44 Stat. 305 .
	Feb. 11, 1927, ch. 104, § 1 , 44 Stat. 1069 .
	May 16, 1928, ch. 580, § 1 , 45 Stat. 573 .
	Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 270, § 1 , 45 Stat. 1230 .
	Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 201, § 1 , 46 Stat. 229 .
	Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 281, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1355 .
	June 30, 1932, ch. 330, § 1 , 47 Stat. 452 .
	June 16, 1933, ch. 101, § 1 , 48 Stat. 284 .
	Mar. 28, 1934, ch. 102, § 1 , 48 Stat. 509 .
	Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 3, § 1 , 49 Stat. 6 .
	Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 156, § 1 , 49 Stat. 1148 .
	June 28, 1937, ch. 396, § 1 , 50 Stat. 350 .
	May 23, 1938, ch. 259, § 1 , 52 Stat. 411 .
	Mar. 16, 1939, ch. 11, § 1 , 53 Stat 524.
	Apr. 8, 1940, ch. 107, § 1 , 54 Stat. 112 .
	Apr. 5, 1941, ch. 40, § 1 , 55 Stat. 93 .
	June 27, 1942, ch. 450, § 1 , 56 Stat. 392 .
	June 26, 1943, ch. 145, § 101 , 57 Stat. 169 .
	June 27, 1944, ch. 286, § 101 , 58 Stat. 361 .
	May 3, 1945, ch. 106, § 101 , 59 Stat. 106 .
	Mar. 28, 1946, ch. 113, § 101 , 60 Stat. 61 .
47	Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1 , 36 Stat. 1404
48	June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 9 , 36 Stat. 773
49	R.S. § 1829
	Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 377 , §§ 1, 2, 43 Stat. 1091 .
50	R.S. § 1832
51	R.S. § 1833
52	R.S. § 1834
53	June 23, 1913, ch. 3, § 1 , 38 Stat. 23
54	June 9, 1941, ch. 189 , 55 Stat. 247
61	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, § 1 , 42 Stat. 841
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, § 1 , 46 Stat. 328 .
62	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, § 2 , 42 Stat. 841
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, § 2 , 46 Stat. 328 .
	May 28, 1935, ch. 154 , 49 Stat. 304 .
	Apr. 22, 1940, ch. 133 , 54 Stat. 156 .
	June 9, 1947, ch. 102 , 61 Stat. 132 .
62a	Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 582, § 1 , 56 Stat. 778
62b	Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 582, § 2 , 56 Stat. 778
63	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, § 3 , 42 Stat. 842
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, § 3 , 46 Stat. 328 .
64	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, § 4 , 42 Stat. 842
65	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, § 5 , 42 Stat. 842
66	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, § 6 , 42 Stat. 842
67	Sept. 14, 1922, ch. 308, § 7 , 42 Stat. 843
	May 14, 1930, ch. 277, § 4 , 46 Stat. 329 .

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996⁠—Pub. L. 104-331, § 2(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4068, added item for chapter 5.

1951⁠—Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 4, 65 Stat. 711, added item for chapter 4.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Positive Law; Citation

This title has been made positive law by section 1 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672, which provided in part that:

“Title 3 of the United States Code, entitled ‘The President’, is codified and enacted into positive law and may be cited as ‘3 U. S. C., § —.’ ”

Savings Clause

Section 2 of act June 25, 1948, provided that:

“The provisions of title 3, ‘The President’, set out in section 1 of this Act, shall be construed as a continuation of existing law and no loss of rights, interruption of jurisdiction, nor prejudice to matters pending on the effective date of this Act shall result from its enactment.”

Repeals

Section 3 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the sections or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 3, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.

Prior Repeals

Former sections 21 and 22 relating to performance of presidential duties in absence of both the President and Vice President were repealed by act July 18, 1947, ch. 264, § 1(g), 61 Stat. 381.

¹ Chapter repealed by Pub. L. 109-177 without a corresponding amendment of chapter analysis.