[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.