---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 5603"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "5603"
heading: "Symbol of office of Sergeant at Arms"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/5603"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Sergeant at Arms"
---

# §5603. Symbol of office of Sergeant at Arms


The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which shall be borne by him while enforcing order on the floor.


## Source credit

(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 2, 26 Stat. 645.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 79 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.