[United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
[S. Doc. 106-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 22-23]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        23                           RULE XXIII

                               PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR

                Other than the Vice President and Senators, no person 
            shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate while in 
            session, except as follows:
                The President of the United States and his private 
            secretary.
                The President elect and Vice President elect of the 
            United States.
                Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents of the United 
            States.
                Judges of the Supreme Court.
                Ex-Senators and Senators elect.
                The officers and employees of the Senate in the 
            discharge of their official duties.
                Ex-Secretaries and ex-Sergeants at Arms of the Senate.

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                Members of the House of Representatives and Members 
            elect.
                Ex-Speakers of the House of Representatives.
                The Sergeant at Arms of the House and his chief deputy 
            and the Clerk of the House and his deputy.
                Heads of the Executive Departments.
                Ambassadors and Ministers of the United States.
                Governors of States and Territories.
                Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
                The General Commanding the Army.
                The Senior Admiral of the Navy on the active list.
                Members of National Legislatures of foreign countries 
            and Members of the European Parliament.
                Judges of the Court of Claims.
                The Mayor of the District of Columbia.
                The Librarian of Congress and the Assistant Librarian in 
            charge of the Law Library.
                The Architect of the Capitol.
                The Chaplain of the House of Representatives.
                The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
                The Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate.
                Members of the staffs of committees of the Senate and 
            joint committees of the Congress when in the discharge of 
            their official duties and employees in the office of a 
            Senator when in the discharge of their official duties (but 
            in each case subject to such rules or regulations as may be 
            prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration). 
            Senate committee staff members and employees in the office 
            of a Senator must be on the payroll of the Senate and 
            members of joint committee staffs must be on the payroll of 
            the Senate or the House of Representatives.

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