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# 2 U.S.C. § 2086 - Definition

## Text

As used in this part, the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

(Pub. L. 100–696, title VIII, § 806, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4610.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 188a–5 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.