[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 86 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 86

   Relating to jurisdiction and authority of the Committee on Indian 
                                Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                April 1 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

 Mr. Inouye submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
               the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Relating to jurisdiction and authority of the Committee on Indian 
                                Affairs.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    Section 105 of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to February 4, 1977 
(95th Congress), is amended to read as follows:

                     ``committee on indian affairs

    ``Sec. 105. (a)(1) There is established a Committee on Indian 
Affairs (hereafter in this section referred to as the `committee') 
which shall consist of 18 members, 10 to be appointed by the President 
of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the majority leader, from 
among members of the majority party and 8 to be appointed by the 
President of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the minority 
leader, from among the members of the minority party. The committee 
shall select a chairman and vice chairman from among its members.
    ``(2) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a 
quorum thereof for the transaction of business, except that the 
committee may fix a lesser number as a quorum for the purpose of taking 
testimony. The committee shall adopt rules of procedure not 
inconsistent with this section and the rules of the Senate governing 
standing committees of the Senate.
    ``(3) Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall not affect 
the authority of the remaining members to execute the functions of the 
committee.
    ``(4) For purposes of paragraph (4) of rule XXV of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as a member or chairman of 
the committee shall not be taken into account.
    ``(b)(1) All proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, 
and other matters relating to Native American affairs shall be referred 
to the committee.
    ``(2) It shall be the duty of the committee to conduct a study of 
any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of Native 
Americans, including but not limited to, Indian land management and 
trust responsibilities, Indian education, health, special services, and 
loan programs, and claims against the United States.
    ``(3) The committee shall from time to time report to the Senate, 
by bill or otherwise, on matters within its jurisdiction.
    ``(c)(1) For the purposes of this section, the committee is 
authorized, in its discretion--
            ``(A) to make investigations into any matter within its 
        jurisdiction;
            ``(B) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the 
        Senate;
            ``(C) to employ personnel;
            ``(D) to hold hearings;
            ``(E) to sit and act at any time or place during the 
        sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate;
            ``(F) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance 
        of witnesses and the production of correspondence, books, 
        papers, and documents;
            ``(G) to take depositions and other testimony;
            ``(H) to procure the services of individual consultants or 
        organizations thereof, in accordance with the provisions of 
        section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946; 
        and
            ``(I) with the prior consent of the Government department 
        or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and 
        Administration, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of 
        personnel of any such department or agency.
    ``(2) The chairman of the committee or any member thereof may 
administer oaths to witnesses.
    ``(3) Subpoenas authorized by the committee may be issued over the 
signature of the chairman, or any member of the committee designated by 
the chairman, and may be served by any person designated by the 
chairman or any member signing the subpoena.''.

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