    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Rules for Regulation of the Senate Wing of the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings]
    [Page 201]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

           150                             RULE I

                                      SERGEANT AT ARMS

                    The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, under the direction
                of the Presiding Officer, shall be the Executive Officer of
                the body for the enforcement of all rules made by the
                Committee on Rules and Administration for the regulation of
                the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate Office
                Buildings. The Senate floor shall be at all times under his
                immediate supervision, and he shall see that the various
                subordinate officers of his department perform the duties to
                which they are especially assigned.
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                    The Sergeant at Arms shall see that the messengers
                assigned to the doors upon the Senate floor are at their
                posts and that the floor, cloakrooms, and lobby are cleared
                at least five minutes before the opening of daily sessions
                of all persons not entitled to remain there. In the absence
                of the Sergeant at Arms the duties of his office, so far as
                they pertain to the enforcement of the rules, shall devolve
                upon the Deputy Sergeant at Arms.