[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 21 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 21

To amend Senate Resolution 338 (which establishes the Select Committee 
   on Ethics) to change the membership of the select committee from 
               members of the Senate to private citizens.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Helms submitted the following resolution; which was ordered to lie 
                          over, under the rule

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To amend Senate Resolution 338 (which establishes the Select Committee 
   on Ethics) to change the membership of the select committee from 
               members of the Senate to private citizens.

    Resolved, That (a) subsection (a) of the first section of Senate 
Resolution 338, agreed to July 23, 1964 (88th Congress, 2d session), is 
amended to read as follows: ``(a)(1) there is hereby established a 
permanent select committee of the Senate to be known as the Select 
Committee on Ethics (referred to in this resolution as the `Select 
Committee') consisting of 6 members all of whom shall be private 
citizens. Three members of the Select Committee shall be selected by 
the Majority Leader and 3 shall be selected by the Minority Leader. 
Each member of the Select Committee shall serve 6 years except that the 
Majority Leader and the Minority Leader when making their initial 
appointments shall each designate 1 member to serve only 2 years and 1 
member to serve only 4 years. At least 2 members of the Select 
Committee shall be retired Federal judges, and at least 2 members of 
the Select Committee shall be former members of the Senate. Members of 
the Select Committee may be reappointed.
    ``(2) The Select Committee shall select a chairman and a vice 
chairman from among its members.
    ``(3) Members of the Select Committee shall serve without 
compensation but shall be entitled to travel and per diem expenses in 
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Senate.''.
    (b) Subsection (e) of the first section of Senate Resolution 338 
(as referred to in subsection (a)) is repealed.
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