[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 163 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
S. RES. 163

    To require the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate to hold 
    hearings in any case involving a Senator in which the committee 
 determines that there is substantial credible evidence which provides 
substantial cause to conclude that a violation within the jurisdiction 
                 of the Select Committee has occurred.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 11 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

 Mrs. Boxer submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Select Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    To require the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate to hold 
    hearings in any case involving a Senator in which the committee 
 determines that there is substantial credible evidence which provides 
substantial cause to conclude that a violation within the jurisdiction 
                 of the Select Committee has occurred.
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. ETHICS HEARINGS INVOLVING SERIOUS ETHICS VIOLATIONS BY 
              MEMBERS.

    Section 2(d)(5) of Senate Resolution 338, agreed to July 24, 1964, 
is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``The 
Select Committee shall hold hearings in any investigation conducted 
under subparagraph (A) that involves a complaint against a Member. The 
hearing requirement may be waived by the Select Committee by a recorded 
majority vote of the members of the Select Committee.''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall apply to any investigation 
within the jurisdiction of the Select Committee on Ethics pending on 
the date of adoption of this resolution and any investigation commenced 
after the date of adoption.
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