---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 6592"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "6592"
heading: "Limitation on compensation of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/6592"
units:
  - "Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration"
  - "Subchapter III — Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate"
  - "Part A — Organization and Personnel"
---

# §6592. Limitation on compensation of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate


The [Sergeant at Arms](/usc/2/6624.md?p=a-1) and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, other than the salary prescribed by law.


## Source credit

(June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 85.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 62 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Similar Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were also contained in act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, 18 Stat. 344.