[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 457 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 457

    To provide for issuance of a summons and for related procedures 
 concerning the articles of impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2010

   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 issuance of a summons and for related procedures 
 concerning the articles of impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.

    Resolved, That a summons shall be issued which commands G. Thomas 
Porteous, Jr. to file with the Secretary of the Senate an answer to the 
articles of impeachment no later than April 7, 2010, and thereafter to 
abide by, obey, and perform such orders, directions, and judgments as 
the Senate shall make in the premises, according to the Constitution 
and laws of the United States.
    Sec. 2.  The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to utilize the services 
of the Deputy Sergeant at Arms or another employee of the Senate in 
serving the summons.
    Sec. 3.  The Secretary shall notify the House of Representatives of 
the filing of the answer and shall provide a copy of the answer to the 
House.
    Sec. 4.  The Managers on the part of the House may file with the 
Secretary of the Senate a replication no later than April 21, 2010.
    Sec. 5.  The Secretary shall notify counsel for G. Thomas Porteous, 
Jr. of the filing of a replication, and shall provide counsel with a 
copy.
    Sec. 6.  The Secretary shall provide the answer and the 
replication, if any, to the Presiding Officer of the Senate on the 
first day the Senate is in session after the Secretary receives them, 
and the Presiding Officer shall cause the answer and replication, if 
any, to be printed in the Senate Journal and in the Congressional 
Record. If a timely answer has not been filed, the Presiding Officer 
shall cause a plea of not guilty to be entered.
    Sec. 7.  The articles of impeachment, the answer, and the 
replication, if any, together with the provisions of the Constitution 
on impeachment, and the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate 
When Sitting on Impeachment Trials, shall be printed under the 
direction of the Secretary as a Senate document.
    Sec. 8.  The provisions of this resolution shall govern 
notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Rules of 
Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment 
Trials.
    Sec. 9.  The Secretary shall notify the House of Representatives of 
this resolution.
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