    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 165-168]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            99  CLOSING THE OFFICE OF A SENATOR OR SENATE LEADER WHO DIES OR
                                           RESIGNS

                    Resolved, That (a)(1) In the case of the death or
                resignation of a Senator during his term of office, the
                employees in the office of such Senator who are on the
                Senate payroll on the date of such death or resignation
                shall be continued on such payroll at their respective
                salaries, unless adjusted by the Secretary of the Senate
                with the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration, for a period not to exceed sixty days, or
                such greater number of days as may, in any particular case,
                be established by the Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration as being required to complete the closing of
                the office of such Senator. Such employees so continued on
                the payroll of the Senate shall, while so continued, perform
                their duties under the direction of the Secretary of the
                Senate, and such Secretary shall remove from such payroll
                any such employees who are not attending to the duties for
                which their services are continued.
                    (2) If an employee of a Senator continued on the Senate
                payroll pursuant to paragraph (1) resigns or is terminated
                during the period required to complete the closing of the
                office of such Senator, the Secretary of the Senate may
                replace such employee by appointing another individual. Any
                individual appointed as a replacement under the authority of
                the preceding sentence shall be subject to the same terms of
                employment, except for salary, as the employee such
                individual replaces.

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                    (b) In the case of the death or resignation of a Senator
                while holding the office of President pro tempore, Deputy
                President pro tempore, President pro tempore emeritus,
                Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority
                Whip, Secretary of the Conference of the Majority, Secretary
                of the Conference of the Minority, of the Senate, the
                Chairman of the Conference of the Majority, the Chairman of
                the Conference of the Minority, the Chairman of the Majority
                Policy Committee, or the Chairman of the Minority Policy
                Committee, the employees of such office who are on the
                payroll of the Senate on the date of such death or
                resignation shall be continued on the Senate payroll in like
                manner and under the same conditions as are employees in the
                office of such Senator under subsection (a) of this section.
                    (c) No employee of the Senate who is continued on the
                payroll of the Senate under the preceding provisions of this
                section on account of the death or resignation of a Senator
                shall be continued on such payroll after the date of the
                expiration of the term of office of such Senator as a
                Senator, or, such later date as may, in any particular case,
                be established by the Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration as being required to complete the closing of
                the office of such Senator.
                    (d) Payment of salaries of employees who are continued
                on the Senate payroll under authority of this section, and
                payment of agency contributions with respect to such
                salaries, shall be made from the account for Miscellaneous
                Items within the contingent fund of the Senate.
                    (e) During any period for which the employees of the
                office of a Senator, who has died or resigned, are continued
                on the Senate payroll under the first section of this
                resolution, official office expenses which are necessary in
                closing such Senator's office (or offices in case of a
                Senator who dies or resigns while holding an office referred
                to in subsection (b) of this section) shall be made from the
                account for Miscellaneous Items within the contingent fund
                of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the
                Senate; except that the aggregate of such expenses shall not
                exceed an amount equal to one-tenth of such Senator's
                official office expense account for the year in which he
                died or resigned.
                    (f) Duties to be performed by the Secretary of the
                Senate under this section and under section 2 of this
                resolution

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                shall be performed under the direction of the Senate
                Committee on Rules and Administration.
                    Sec. 2. In the case of the death of any Senator, the
                Secretary of the Senate may, with respect to any item of
                expense for which payment had been authorized to be made
                from such Senator's official office expense account, certify
                for such deceased Senator for any sum already obligated but
                not certified to at the time of such Senator's death for
                payment to the person or persons designated as entitled to
                such payment by such Secretary.
                    Sec. 3. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
                Senate shall make such arrangements as may be necessary, in
                accordance with such regulations as the Senate Committee on
                Rules and Administration may prescribe, for:
                            (1) the funeral of a deceased Senator; and
                            (2) any committee appointed to attend the
                        funeral of a deceased Senator.
                    (b) Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of
                subsection (a) of this section shall be paid from the
                account for Miscellaneous Items within the contingent fund
                of the Senate, on vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms
                and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
                    Sec. 4. The following Senate resolutions are repealed:
                S. Res. 5, 82d Congress (agreed to April 11, 1951), and S.
                Res. 354, 95th Congress (agreed to January 20, 1978).
                    Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
                section, the provisions of this resolution shall take effect
                upon the date it is agreed to by the Senate.
                    (b) The first section of this resolution shall take
                effect on the date that there is hereafter enacted a
                provision of law which (1) makes inapplicable to any
                employee of the Senate the provisions of the third paragraph
                under the heading ``Clerical assistance to Senators'' of the
                first section of the Legislative Appropriation Act for the
                fiscal year ending June 30, 1928 (2 U.S.C. 92a), and (2)
                repeals (A) the last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical
                assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the
                Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1944 (2 U.S.C. 92e),
                (B) the last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical
                assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the
                Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1945 (2 U.S.C. 92e),
                (C) the next-to-last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical
                assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the
                Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946

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                (2 U.S.C. 92e), and (D) the next-to-last paragraph under the
                heading ``Clerical assistance to Senators'' of the first
                section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (2
                U.S.C. 92e).
                    (c) After the date this resolution is agreed to, the
                Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
                shall make no further certifications under authority of
                section 506(g) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973
                (2 U.S.C. 58(g)).

                 [S. Res. 458, 98-2, Oct. 4, 1984; S. Res. 173, 100-1, Mar.
                  24, 1987, S. Res. 478, 108-2, Nov. 19, 2004; S. Res. 238,
                                                      110-1, June 18, 2007.]