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§6593 Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to Act on Death, Resignation, Disability, or Absence of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate

Title 2 › Chapter 65— SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter III— SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE › Part A— Organization and Personnel › § 6593

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper dies, resigns, becomes disabled, or is absent, the Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper must take over all duties. The deputy stays in charge until a new Sergeant at Arms is elected and qualified or the disability ends. A disability only counts when the Majority Leader, Minority Leader, and the President Pro Tempore together tell the Senate the Sergeant at Arms cannot do the job.

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Title 2, §6593

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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.

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

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2 U.S.C. § 6593

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Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60