A resolution amending the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials to ensure adequate access to witnesses and documents in impeachment trials of a President or Vice President, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 501 2022-02-08T23:25:31Z 2022-02-08T23:25:31Z Senate SRES 2020-02-13 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-02-13T19:36:06Z 2020-02-13 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S1079) IntroReferral 2020-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-02-13 True Congress Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Evidence and witnesses Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Legislative rules and procedure Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Senate Congress

00 2020-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-09T20:24:35Z This resolution revises Senate procedures for impeachment trials, including to

establish a process for obtaining testimony from witnesses and relevant documents in an impeachment trial of the President or the Vice President;
make it out of order to consider a resolution or motion that would modify, supersede, waive, or be inconsistent with specified impeachment trial rules; and
require the Presiding Officer to rule on any assertion of privilege or immunity in connection with the production of evidence in an impeachment trial of the President or the Vice President.

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A resolution amending the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials to ensure adequate access to witnesses and documents in impeachment trials of a President or Vice President, and for other purposes. Display Title A resolution amending the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials to ensure adequate access to witnesses and documents in impeachment trials of a President or Vice President, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A resolution amending the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials to ensure adequate access to witnesses and documents in impeachment trials of a President or Vice President, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres501is/xml/BILLS-116sres501is.xml 2020-02-13 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S1079) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.