[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 62 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 62

 To direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the 
   name of the Senate in Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. 
   Federal Communications Commission, et al. and consolidated cases.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 3 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

    Mr. Mitchell (for himself and Mr. Dole) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the 
   name of the Senate in Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. 
   Federal Communications Commission, et al. and consolidated cases.

Whereas, in the case of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. Federal 
        Communications Commission, et al., No. 92-2247, and consolidated cases 
        Nos. 92-2292, 92-2494, 92-2495, 92-2558, pending before a three-judge 
        court of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 
        the plaintiffs have challenged the constitutionality of sections 4 and 5 
        of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, 
        Pub. L. No. 102-385, 106 Stat. 1460, 1471-81, which require cable 
        operators to carry the signals of certain local commercial and 
        noncommercial educational television stations; and
Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(c), 706(a), and 713(a) of the Ethics in 
        Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. 288b(c), 288e(a), and 288l(a) (1988), 
        the Senate may direct its Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name 
        of the Senate in any legal action in which the powers and 
        responsibilities of Congress under the Constitution are placed in issue: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is directed to appear as 
amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in Turner Broadcasting System, 
Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., and 
consolidated cases in support of the constitutionality of sections 4 
and 5 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act 
of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-385, 106 Stat. 1460, 1471-81.

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