Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during an academic year—
Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during an academic year—
(A) shall be in the eleventh grade; and
(B) shall serve for one full semester or two full semesters.
Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during the summer term—
(A) shall have completed the tenth grade; and
(B) shall not have begun the twelfth grade.
An unforeseen vacancy occurring in a page position during an academic year may be filled, except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester.
(1) An unforeseen vacancy occurring in a page position during an academic year may be filled, except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester.
(2) An individual who has served as a congressional page at any time during each of any three semesters or terms, as the case may be, shall not be eligible to serve as a page.
(Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(C)–(E), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)