§ 118. — Actions against officers for official acts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC118]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 118. Actions against officers for official acts
In any action brought against any person for or on account of
anything done by him while an officer of either House of Congress in the
discharge of his official duty, in executing any order of such House,
the United States attorney for the district within which the action is
brought, on being thereto requested by the officer sued, shall enter an
appearance in behalf of such officer; and all provisions of the eighth
section of the Act of July 28, 1866, entitled ``An Act to protect the
revenue, and for other purposes'', and also all provisions of the
sections of former Acts therein referred to, so far as the same relate
to the removal of suits, the withholding of executions, and the paying
of judgments against revenue or other officers of the United States,
shall become applicable to such action and to all proceedings and
matters whatsoever connected therewith, and the defense of such action
shall thenceforth be conducted under the supervision and direction of
the Attorney General.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, Sec. 8, 18 Stat. 401; June 25, 1948, ch. 646,
Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909.)
References in Text
The provisions of section 8 of act July 28, 1866, ch. 298, 14 Stat.
329, referred to in text, were contained generally in R.S. Sec. 643,
which was incorporated in the former Judicial Code, Sec. 33, and was
repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992. See
sections 1442, 1446, and 1447 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure. Other provisions referred to were contained in R.S.
Secs. 771, 989, which were also repealed by act June 25, 1948. See
sections 509, 547, and 2006, respectively, of Title 28.
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted ``United States
attorney'' for ``district attorney''. See section 541 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 118a of this title.
