    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 168-170]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            91             OFFICE OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

                    Resolved, That, effective January 5, 1977, there is
                hereby established in the United States Senate the Office of
                Deputy President Pro Tempore.
                    Sec. 2. Any Member of the Senate who has held the Office
                of President of the United States or Vice President of the
                United States shall be a Deputy President pro tempore.
                    Sec. 3. [Superseded.]

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                    Sec. 4. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is
                authorized (a) to provide, by lease or purchase, and
                maintain an automobile for each Deputy President pro
                tempore, and (b) to employ and fix the compensation of a
                driver-messenger for each Deputy President pro tempore at
                not to exceed $18,584\1\ per annum.
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                    \1\ Superseded by 2 U.S.C. 61f-7, Pub.L. 97-51, Oct. 1,
                1981, Sec. 116, 95 Stat. 963. See Senate Manual section 394.
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                    Sec. 5. [Superseded.]
                    Sec. 6. [Superseded.]
                    Sec. 7. Until otherwise provided by law, the Secretary
                of the Senate is authorized to pay from the contingent fund
                of the Senate such amounts as may be necessary, for salaries
                and expenses, to carry out the provisions of this
                resolution. Expenses incurred under section 4(a) of this
                resolution shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the
                Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. Vouchers shall not be
                required for the disbursement of salaries of employees paid
                under authority of this resolution.

                                          [S. Res. 17, 95-1, Jan. 10, 1977.]

                    Resolved, That (a) In addition to Senators who hold the
                office of Deputy President pro tempore under authority of S.
                Res. 17 of the 95th Congress (agreed to January 10, 1977),
                any other Member of the Senate who is designated as such by
                the Senate in a Senate resolution shall be the Deputy
                President pro tempore of the Senate, and shall hold office
                at the pleasure of the Senate during the 100th Congress.
                    (b) The Deputy President pro tempore who is designated
                as such pursuant to the authority contained in this
                resolution is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation
                of such employees as he deems appropriate: Provided, That
                the gross compensation paid to such employees shall not
                exceed $90,000 for any fiscal year.
                    (c) The following provisions shall not be applicable to
                the Deputy President pro tempore who is designated as such
                pursuant to the authority contained in this resolution:
                    (1) the provisions of S. Res. 17 of the 95th Congress
                (agreed to January 10, 1977);
                    (2) the provisions relating to compensation of a Deputy
                President pro tempore which appear in chapter VIII of Title
                I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, and which
                are carried in section 32a of Title 2, United States Code;
                and

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                    (3) the provisions relating to staff of a Deputy
                President pro tempore which appear in chapter VIII of Title
                I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, and which
                are carried in section 611 of Title 2, United States Code.
                    (d) Salaries under authority of this section shall be
                paid from any funds available in the Senate appropriation
                account for Salaries, Officers and Employees.
                    Sec. 2. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is
                authorized to provide, by lease or purchase, and maintain an
                automobile for the former President pro tempore.
                    (b) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to pay
                from the contingent fund of the Senate such amounts as may
                be necessary for expenses to carry out the provisions of
                this section. Such expenses shall be paid upon vouchers
                approved by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.

                                         [S. Res. 90, 100-1, Jan. 28, 1987.]