---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 2106"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "2106"
heading: "Member of Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/2106"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart A — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 21 — Definitions"
---

# §2106. Member of Congress


For the purpose of this title, “[Member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of Congress” means the Vice President, a [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 91–405, title II, § 204(b), Sept. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 852; Pub. L. 96–54, § 2(a)(7), Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 381.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

The section is supplied to avoid the necessity of defining “Member of Congress” each time the term is used in this title.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1979—Pub. L. 96–54 substituted “to the House of Representatives” for “from the District of Columbia”.

1970—Pub. L. 91–405 included Delegate from District of Columbia.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–54 effective July 12, 1979, see section 2(b) of Pub. L. 96–54, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 91–405 effective Sept. 22, 1970, see section 206(b) of Pub. L. 91–405, set out as an Effective Date note under section 25a of Title 2, The Congress.