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		<distribution-code display="yes">III</distribution-code>

		<congress display="yes">109th CONGRESS</congress>

		<session display="yes">2d Session</session>

		<legis-num>S. RES. 391</legis-num>

		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>

		<action display="yes">

			<action-date date="20060306">March 6, 2006</action-date>

			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S241">Mr. Frist</sponsor> (for himself

			 and <cosponsor name-id="S198">Mr. Reid</cosponsor>) submitted the following

			 resolution; which was considered and agreed to</action-desc>

		</action>

		<legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type>

		<official-title display="yes">To authorize representation by the Senate

		  Legal Counsel in the case of Timothy P. Toms v. Alan Hantman, et

		  al.</official-title>

	</form>

	<preamble>

		<whereas><text>Whereas, in the case of Timothy P. Toms v. Alan Hantman,

			 et al., No. 1:05–CV–01981, pending in the United States District Court for the

			 District of Columbia, the plaintiff has named as a defendant Carolyn E.

			 Apostolou, Clerk of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Senate

			 Committee on Appropriations; and</text>

		</whereas><whereas><text>Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(1) of the

			 Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. §§ 288b(a) and 288c(a)(1), the

			 Senate may direct its counsel to defend Members, officers, and employees of the

			 Senate in civil actions relating to their official responsibilities: Now,

			 therefore, be it</text>

		</whereas></preamble>

	<resolution-body>

		<section display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="S1" section-type="undesignated-section"><enum></enum><text>That the Senate Legal Counsel is

			 authorized to represent Carolyn E. Apostolou in the case of Timothy P. Toms v.

			 Alan Hantman, et al.</text>

		</section></resolution-body>

</resolution>

