Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§1515 Exercise of rulemaking powers
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 25— - UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - LEGISLATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM › § 1515
Summary
Congress makes sections 658 to 658g and 1514 part of the Senate’s and the House’s own rules; they only override other rules when they conflict, and each chamber can change them at any time like any other rule.
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Title 2, §1515
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(1)as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of such House, respectively, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
(2)with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of each House.
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Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, or on the date 90 days after appropriations are made available as authorized under section 1516 of this title, whichever is earlier, and applicable to legislation considered on and after such date, see section 110 of Pub. L. 104–4, set out as a note under section 1511 of this title.
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2 U.S.C. § 1515
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73