§ 75a. — Death, resignation, etc., of Chief Administrative Officer of House; accounts and payments; liability of Chief Administrative Officer for acts and defaults of disbursing clerk.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC75a]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 75a. Death, resignation, etc., of Chief Administrative
Officer of House; accounts and payments; liability of Chief
Administrative Officer for acts and defaults of disbursing clerk
On and after June 8, 1942, in case of the death, resignation,
separation from office, or disability of the Chief Administrative
Officer of the House of Representatives, the accounts of the Chief
Administrative Officer may be continued and payments made in his name by
the disbursing clerk of the House of Representatives for a period
extending not beyond the quarterly period during which a new Chief
Administrative Officer shall have been appointed. Such accounts and
payments shall be allowed and settled in the General Accounting Office,
and the checks signed in the name of the former Chief Administrative
Officer shall be honored by the Treasurer of the United States, in the
same manner as if the former Chief Administrative Officer had continued
in office. The former Chief Administrative Officer or his estate shall
not be subject to any legal liability or penalty for the official acts
and defaults of such disbursing clerk acting in the name or in the place
of the former Chief Administrative Officer under this section, but such
disbursing clerk shall be responsible therefor. The accounts and
payments referred to in the second sentence shall be audited by the
Inspector General of the House of Representatives.
(June 8, 1942, ch. 396, Sec. 7, 56 Stat. 350; Pub. L. 92-310, title II,
Sec. 220(i), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 205; Pub. L. 104-186, title II,
Sec. 204(19), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(19)(A), in first sentence,
substituted ``Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives, the accounts of the Chief Administrative Officer'' for
``Clerk of the House of Representatives, the accounts of such Clerk''
and ``new Chief Administrative Officer shall have been appointed'' for
``new Clerk of the House of Representatives shall have been elected and
qualified''.
Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(19)(B), in second sentence, struck out ``,
audited,'' after ``shall be allowed'' and substituted ``name of the
former Chief Administrative Officer'' for ``name of the former Clerk of
the House of Representatives'' and ``the former Chief Administrative
Officer'' for ``such former Clerk''.
Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(19)(C), in third sentence, substituted
``The former Chief Administrative Officer'' for ``The former Clerk'' and
``the former Chief Administrative Officer'' for ``such former Clerk''.
Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(19)(D), inserted at end ``The accounts and
payments referred to in the second sentence shall be audited by the
Inspector General of the House of Representatives.''
1972--Pub. L. 92-310 struck out provisions which related to the
sureties on the bond of the former clerk, and which required the
disbursing clerk to give a bond.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 75a-1 of this title.
