Title 2 — The Congress
Part A · Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration
§ 6532. Death, resignation, or disability of Secretary and Assistant Secretary of Senate; Financial Clerk deemed successor as disbursing officer
Statutory text
For any period during which both the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate are unable (because of death, resignation, or disability) to discharge such Secretary’s duties as disbursing officer of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed to be the successor of such Secretary as disbursing officer.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 69–44 § 1 · 44 Stat. 161
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6532
Mar. 3, 1926, ch. 44, § 1, 44 Stat. 162
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 3, 1926, ch. 44, § 1, 44 Stat. 162Pub. L. 91–105 § 2 · 83 Stat. 169
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6532
Pub. L. 91–105 substituted the Comptroller of the Senate for the Financial Clerk of the Senate as the successor of the Secretary of the Senate in the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 91–105 substituted the Comptroller of the Senate for the Financial Clerk of the Senate as the successor of the Secretary of the Senate in the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The last paragraph under the heading “Senate” in the First Comptroller of the Senate. 44 Stat. 162. Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926 (2 U.S.C. 64a) is amended to read as follows: “In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Comptroller of the Senate shall be deemed his successor as a disbursing officer, under his bond as Comptroller, and he shall serve as such disbursing officer until the end of the quarterly period during which a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified, or such disability shall have been ended.”Pub. L. 91–382 · 84 Stat. 807
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6532
Pub. L. 91–382 substituted “Financial Clerk” for “Comptroller”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 91–382 substituted “Financial Clerk” for “Comptroller”.Effective date note
Pub. L. 91–382 provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 91–382 is effective Aug. 1, 1970.Pub. L. 92–310 title II § 220(g) · 86 Stat. 201
Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 6532
Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which related to the bond of the Financial Clerk
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which related to the bond of the Financial Clerk.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(g) The last paragraph under the heading “Senate” in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926 (84 Stat. 810; 2 U.S.C. 64a), relating to the bond of the Financial Clerk of the Senate in case of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, is amended by striking out. “, under his bond as Financial Clerk,”.Pub. L. 98–367 title I § 2(a) · 98 Stat. 472
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 6532
Pub. L. 98–367 substituted “For any period during which both the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate are unable (because of death, resignation, or disability) to discharge such Secretary’s duties as disbursing officer of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed to be the successor of such Secretary as disbursing officer” for “In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed his successor as a disbursing officer and he shall serve as such disbursing officer until the end of the quarterly period during which a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified, or such disability shall have been ended”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 98–367 substituted “For any period during which both the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate are unable (because of death, resignation, or disability) to discharge such Secretary’s duties as disbursing officer of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed to be the successor of such Secretary as disbursing officer” for “In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed his successor as a disbursing officer and he shall serve as such disbursing officer until the end of the quarterly period during which a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified, or such disability shall have been ended”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) The last paragraph under the heading “Senate” in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926 (44 Stat. 162; 2 U.S.C. 64a) is amended to read as follows: “For any period during which both the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate are unable (because of death, resignation, or disability) to discharge such Secretary’s duties as disbursing officer of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed to be the successor of such Secretary as disbursing officer.”.
3 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 64a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments1969–1984 · 4 rounds
1984
Pub. L. 98–367 substituted “For any period during which both the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate are unable (because of death, resignation, or disability) to discharge such Secretary’s duties as disbursing officer of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed to be the successor of such Secretary as disbursing officer” for “In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed his successor as a disbursing officer and he shall serve as such disbursing officer until the end of the quarterly period during which a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified, or such disability shall have been ended”.
1972
Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which related to the bond of the Financial Clerk.
1970
Pub. L. 91–382 substituted “Financial Clerk” for “Comptroller”.
1969
Pub. L. 91–105 substituted the Comptroller of the Senate for the Financial Clerk of the Senate as the successor of the Secretary of the Senate in the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Pub. L. 91–382 provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 91–382 is effective .
Certification of Disability
Secretary of the Senate to be considered as disabled for purposes of this section 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 he is unable to perform his duties, see section 6533 of this title.
Credits
1926–1984 · 5 acts
- 1926Mar. 3, 1926, ch. 44, § 1, 44 Stat. 162
- 1969Pub. L. 91–105, § 2, , 83 Stat. 169
- 1970Pub. L. 91–382, , 84 Stat. 810
- 1972Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 220(g), , 86 Stat. 204
- 1984Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 2(a), , 98 Stat. 474.
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(Mar. 3, 1926, ch. 44, § 1, 44 Stat. 162; Pub. L. 91–105, § 2, , 83 Stat. 169; Pub. L. 91–382, , 84 Stat. 810; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 220(g), , 86 Stat. 204; Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 2(a), , 98 Stat. 474.)