[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress] [S. Doc. 107-1] [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate] [Pages 100-103] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] 72 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 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. (b) In the case of the death or resignation of a Senator while holding the office of President pro tempore, Deputy President pro tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority Whip, Secretary of the Conference of the Majority, or Secretary of the Conference of the Mi [[Page 101]] nority, of the Senate, 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 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 [[Page 102]] 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 (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 sec [[Page 103]] tion 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. 4, 1987.]