Secretary of the Senate: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties

Publication Date: August 2003

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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The Secretary of the Senate is an officer of the Senate with financial, administrative, and legislative responsibilities. The Secretary is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the Senate. The duties of the Secretary of the Senate are mandated by the Constitution, law, Senate rules, custom, resolutions and precedents of the Senate, directives of Senate leadership, and policies and regulations set by the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration in the exercise of their oversight roles. For more information on the legislative process, see [http://www.crs.gov/products/guides/guidehome.shtml].