[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. Res. 113 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 113

          To authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 3 (legislative day, May 1), 1995

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
          To authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.

Whereas, in the case of Committee for Judicial Review v. The United States 
        Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senator Orrin Hatch, No. 1:95CV0770, 
        pending in the United States District Court for the District of 
        Columbia, the plaintiff has filed a complaint, seeking, among other 
        relief, to restrain the Committee on the Judiciary from conducting 
        confirmation hearings on the nomination of Peter C. Economus, who has 
        been nominated to be a United States District Judge for the Northern 
        District of Ohio; and
Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(1) of the Ethics in Government 
        Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 288b(a) and 288c(a)(1) (1994), the 
        Senate may direct its counsel to defend committees and Members of the 
        Senate in civil actions relating to their official responsibilities: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is authorized to represent 
the Committee on the Judiciary, its chairman, Senator Orrin G. Hatch, 
and the other members of the Committee on the Judiciary in the case of 
Committee for Judicial Review v. The United States Senate Committee on 
the Judiciary, Senator Orrin Hatch.
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