[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 88 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 88

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of 
      the House are not immune from having their offices searched.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2007

 Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida (for herself, Mr. Shays, Mrs. Miller 
  of Michigan, Mr. Castle, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. 
  Myrick, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Porter, Mr. McCotter, Mr. 
 Pitts, and Mr. Jindal) submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of 
      the House are not immune from having their offices searched.

Whereas Members of the House of Representatives are not above the law;
Whereas Members have a public trust to uphold;
Whereas Members are elected to represent the interests of their constituents, 
        not to protect their own interests;
Whereas only certain legislative activities are protected from interference by 
        the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution of the United States; 
        and
Whereas the courts have ruled that the Speech or Debate Clause does not shield 
        Members from investigation of and prosecution for criminal activity: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that if there is an ongoing criminal investigation into the activities 
of a Member of the House of Representatives, the Member's congressional 
office may be subject to searches and seizures by appropriate executive 
branch officials in possession of a valid court order.
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