[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 203 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 203

To provide for the appointment of a committee to receive and to report 
 evidence with respect to articles of impeachment against Judge Samuel 
                                B. Kent.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2009

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To provide for the appointment of a committee to receive and to report 
 evidence with respect to articles of impeachment against Judge Samuel 
                                B. Kent.

    Resolved, That pursuant to rule XI of the Rules of Procedure and 
Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials, the 
Presiding Officer shall appoint a committee of twelve senators to 
perform the duties and to exercise the powers provided for in the rule.
    Sec. 2.  The majority and minority leader shall each recommend six 
members and a chairman and vice chairman respectively to the Presiding 
Officer for appointment to the committee.
    Sec. 3.  The committee shall be deemed to be a standing committee 
of the Senate for the purpose of reporting to the Senate resolutions 
for the criminal or civil enforcement of the committee's subpoenas or 
orders, and for the purpose of printing reports, hearings, and other 
documents for submission to the Senate under rule XI.
    Sec. 4.  During proceedings conducted under rule XI the chairman of 
the committee is authorized to waive the requirement under the Rules of 
Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials 
that questions by a Senator to a witness, a manager, or counsel shall 
be reduced to writing and put by the Presiding Officer.
    Sec. 5.  In addition to a certified copy of the transcript of the 
proceedings and testimony had and given before it, the committee is 
authorized to report to the Senate a statement of facts that are 
uncontested and a summary, with appropriate references to the record, 
of evidence that the parties have introduced on contested issues of 
fact.
    Sec. 6.  The actual and necessary expenses of the committee, 
including the employment of staff at an annual rate of pay, and the 
employment of consultants with prior approval of the Committee on Rules 
and Administration at a rate not to exceed the maximum daily rate for a 
standing committee of the Senate, shall be paid from the contingent 
fund of the Senate from the appropriation account ``Miscellaneous 
Items'' upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee, except 
that no voucher shall be required to pay the salary of any employee who 
is compensated at an annual rate of pay.
    Sec. 7.  The Committee appointed pursuant to section one of this 
resolution shall terminate no later than 45 days after the 
pronouncement of judgment by the Senate on the articles of impeachment.
    Sec. 8.  The Secretary shall notify the House of Representatives 
and counsel for Judge Samuel B. Kent of this resolution.
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