United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 10
Chap. X.—An Act to extend the provisions of the act to authorize certain officers and other persons to administer oaths, approved May the third, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
Act of May 3, 1798, ch. 36.
The chairman of any standing committee empowered to administer oaths to witnesses, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the chairman of any standing committee, either of the House of Representatives or of the Senate of the United States, shall be empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses in any case under their examination; and any person who shall be guilty or perjury before such committee shall be liable to the pains, penalties, and disabilities, prescribed for the punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury.
Approved, February 8, 1817.