[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 259 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 259

  To authorize legal representation in Bell Aviation, Inc., et al. v. 
               Sino Swearingen Aircraft Co., L.P., et al.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 2003

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To authorize legal representation in Bell Aviation, Inc., et al. v. 
               Sino Swearingen Aircraft Co., L.P., et al.

Whereas, in the case of Bell Aviation, Inc., et al. v. Sino Swearingen 
        Aircraft Co., L.P., et al., Cause No. 03-02532, pending in the 
        District Court of Dallas County, Texas, the plaintiffs have 
        obtained from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 
        subpoenas for deposition testimony and document production by 
        Senator John D. Rockefeller IV and Terri Giles, a staff member 
        in the office of Senator Rockefeller;
Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(2) of the Ethics in 
        Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 288b(a) and 
        288c(a)(2), the Senate may direct its counsel to represent 
        Members and employees of the Senate with respect to any 
        subpoena, order, or request for testimony relating to their 
        official responsibilities;
Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of the United States and rule 
        XI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, no evidence under the 
        control or in the possession of the Senate may, by the judicial 
        or administrative process, be taken from such control or 
        possession but by permission of the Senate; and
Whereas, by rule VI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, no Senator 
        shall absent himself from the service of the Senate without 
        leave: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is authorized to represent 
Senator Rockefeller and Terri Giles in connection with the subpoenas 
issued in this action.
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