[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 333 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 333

 To direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the 
name of the Senate in Bank Markazi, The Central Bank of Iran v. Deborah 
                      D. Peterson, et al. (S. Ct.)


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2015

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the 
name of the Senate in Bank Markazi, The Central Bank of Iran v. Deborah 
                      D. Peterson, et al. (S. Ct.)

Whereas, in the case of Bank Markazi, The Central Bank of Iran v. Deborah D. 
        Peterson, et al., No. 14-770, pending in the Supreme Court of the United 
        States, the constitutionality of section 502 of the Iran Threat 
        Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-158, 126 
        Stat. 1214, 1258 (2012), codified at 22 U.S.C. Sec. 8772, has been 
        placed in issue;
Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(c), 706(a), and 713(a) of the Ethics in 
        Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. 288b(c), 288e(a), and 288l(a), the 
        Senate may direct its counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of 
        the Senate in any legal action in which the powers and responsibilities 
        of Congress under the Constitution are placed in issue: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is directed to appear as 
amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in the case of Bank Markazi, The 
Central Bank of Iran v. Deborah D. Peterson, et al., to defend the 
constitutionality of section 502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012.
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