2018 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 65 - Senate Officers and Administration
Subchapter III - Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate
Part A - Organization and Personnel
Sec. 6593 - Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to act on death, resignation, disability, or absence of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate

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Citation 2 U.S.C. § 6593 (2018)
Section Name §6593. Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to act on death, resignation, disability, or absence of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate
Section Text

In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, the Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall act as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of that office in all matters until such time as a new Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall have been elected and qualified or such disability shall have been ended. For purposes of this section, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall be considered as disabled only during such period of time as the Majority and Minority Leaders and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate certify jointly to the Senate that the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is unable to perform his duties. In the event that the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is absent, the Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall act during such absence as the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the office in all matters.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 97–51, §128, Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 966.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 61e–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 65 - SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER III - SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE
Part A - Organization and Personnel
Sec. 6593 - Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to act on death, resignation, disability, or absence of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate
Contains section 6593
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 95 Stat. 966
Public Law References Public Law 97-51
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