                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 64b. Death, resignation, or disability of Secretary of 
        Senate; Assistant Secretary of Senate to act as Secretary; 
        written designation of absent status
        
    In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the 
Secretary of the Senate, the Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall act 
as Secretary in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of that 
office in all matters until such time as a new Secretary shall have been 
elected and qualified or such disability shall have been ended. For 
purposes of this section and section 64a of this title, the Secretary 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 Secretary is unable 
to perform his duties. In the event that the Secretary of the Senate is 
absent or is to be absent for reasons other than disability (as provided 
in this paragraph), and makes a written designation that he is or will 
be so absent, the Assistant Secretary shall act during such absence as 
the Secretary in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the 
office in all matters. The designation may be revoked in writing at any 
time by the Secretary, and is revoked whenever the Secretary making the 
designation dies, resigns, or is considered disabled in accordance with 
this paragraph.

(Pub. L. 92-184, ch. IV, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 635; Pub. L. 93-371, 
Sec. 1, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 427; Pub. L. 98-367, title I, Sec. 2(b), 
July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 474.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-367 struck out provisions relating to exception for 
duties of the Secretary as disbursing officer of the Senate.
    1974--Pub. L. 93-371 inserted provisions relating to the absence of 
Secretary of Senate for reasons other than disability and the written 
designation of such absent status.
