1994 US Code
Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 3 - COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
Sec. 75a - Death, resignation, etc., of Clerk of House; accounts and payments; liability of Clerk for acts and defaults of disbursing clerk
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 3 - COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS Sec. 75a - Death, resignation, etc., of Clerk of House; accounts and payments; liability of Clerk for acts and defaults of disbursing clerk |
| Contains | section 75a |
| Date | 1994 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 8, 1942, ch. 396, §7, 56 Stat. 350; June 6, 1972, Pub. L. 92-310, title II, §220(i), 86 Stat. 205. |
| Statutes at Large References | 56 Stat. 350 86 Stat. 205 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 92-310 |
| Congressional Bill References | Unknown Value423 102nd Congress, Unknown Value6 104th Congress |
§75a. Death, resignation, etc., of Clerk of House; accounts and payments; liability of Clerk for acts and defaults of disbursing clerk
On and after June 8, 1942, in case of the death, resignation, separation from office, or disability of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the accounts of such Clerk may be continued and payments made in his name by the disbursing clerk of the House of Representatives for a period extending not beyond the quarterly period during which a new Clerk of the House of Representatives shall have been elected and qualified. Such accounts and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled in the General Accounting Office, and the checks signed in the name of the former Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be honored by the Treasurer of the United States, in the same manner as if such former Clerk had continued in office. The former Clerk or his estate shall not be subject to any legal liability or penalty for the official acts and defaults of such disbursing clerk acting in the name or in the place of such former Clerk under this section, but such disbursing clerk shall be responsible therefor.
(June 8, 1942, ch. 396, §7, 56 Stat. 350; June 6, 1972, Pub. L. 92–310, title II, §220(i), 86 Stat. 205.)
Amendments1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which related to the sureties on the bond of the former clerk, and which required the disbursing clerk to give a bond.
Transfer of FunctionsCertain functions of Clerk of House of Representatives transferred to Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by section 7 of House Resolution No. 423, One Hundred Second Congress, Apr. 9, 1992. Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services replaced by Chief Administrative Officer of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995.
Cross ReferencesSecretary of Senate, death, resignation, or disability, see section 64a of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 75a–1 of this title.
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