[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 76 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 76

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

             February 1 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

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

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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(as referred to in subsection (a)) is repealed.
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