§ 61e-3. — Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to act on death, resignation, disability, or absence of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC61e-3]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 61e-3. Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to act on
death, resignation, disability, or absence of Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of Senate
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.
(Pub. L. 97-51, Sec. 128, Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 966.)
