---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1413"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1413"
heading: "Privileges and immunities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1413"
units:
  - "Chapter 24 — Congressional Accountability"
  - "Subchapter IV — Administrative and Judicial Dispute-Resolution Procedures"
---

# §1413. Privileges and immunities


The authorization to bring judicial proceedings under sections [1405(f)(3)](/usc/2/1405.md?p=f-3), [1407](/usc/2/1407.md), and [1408](/usc/2/1408.md) of this title shall not constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for any other purpose, or of the privileges of any Senator or [Member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the House of Representatives under article I, [section 6](/usc/2/6.md), clause 1, of the Constitution, or a waiver of any power of either the Senate or the House of Representatives under the Constitution, including under article I, [section 5](/usc/2/5.md), clause 3, or under the rules of either House relating to records and information within its jurisdiction.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–1, title IV, § 413, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 38.)