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§6596 Employment of Personnel by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate at Daily Rates of Compensation; Authorization; Limitation on Amount of Compensation
Title 2 › Chapter 65— SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter III— SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE › Part A— Organization and Personnel › § 6596
Summary
The Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper can hire people and pay them by the day. No one can get a daily pay rate higher than the per diem equal to the highest annual rate paid to standing-committee staff. All payments must come from the Sergeant at Arms’ account in the Senate contingent fund and be approved by him.
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Title 2, §6596
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The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in carrying out the duties of his office, is authorized to employ personnel at daily rates of compensation; no individual so employed shall be paid at a daily rate of compensation which is in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the Senate; and payments under authority of this section shall be made from the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”, upon vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 61f–9 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1985, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985.
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2 U.S.C. § 6596
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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