§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, §7, 56 Stat. 350 ; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, §220(i), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 205 ; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, §204(19), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732 .)

Amendments

1996-Pub. L. 104–186, §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, §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, §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, §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.