[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 483 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 483

     To provide for related procedures concerning the articles of 
 impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2020

            Mr. McConnell submitted the following resolution

             January 22 (legislative day, January 21), 2020

                        Considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     To provide for related procedures concerning the articles of 
 impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States.

    Resolved, That the House of Representatives shall file its record 
with the Secretary of the Senate, which will consist of those publicly 
available materials that have been submitted to or produced by the 
House Judiciary Committee, including transcripts of public hearings or 
mark-ups and any materials printed by the House of Representatives or 
the House Judiciary Committee pursuant to House Resolution 660. 
Materials in this record will be admitted into evidence subject to any 
hearsay, evidentiary, or other objections that the President may make 
after opening presentations are concluded. All materials filed pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be printed and made available to all parties.
     The President and the House of Representatives shall have until 
9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, to file any motions permitted 
under the rules of impeachment with the exception of motions to 
subpoena witnesses or documents or any other evidentiary motions. 
Responses to any such motions shall be filed no later than 11:00 a.m. 
on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. All materials filed pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be filed with the Secretary and be printed and made 
available to all parties.
    Arguments on such motions shall begin at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 
January 22, 2020, and each side may determine the number of persons to 
make its presentation, following which the Senate shall deliberate, if 
so ordered under the impeachment rules, and vote on any such motions.
    Following the disposition of such motions, or if no motions are 
made, then the House of Representatives shall make its presentation in 
support of the articles of impeachment for a period of time not to 
exceed 24 hours, over up to 3 session days. Following the House of 
Representatives' presentation, the President shall make his 
presentation for a period not to exceed 24 hours, over up to 3 session 
days. Each side may determine the number of persons to make its 
presentation.
    Upon the conclusion of the President's presentation, Senators may 
question the parties for a period of time not to exceed 16 hours.
    Upon the conclusion of questioning by the Senate, there shall be 4 
hours of argument by the parties, equally divided, followed by 
deliberation by the Senate, if so ordered under the impeachment rules, 
on the question of whether it shall be in order to consider and debate 
under the impeachment rules any motion to subpoena witnesses or 
documents. The Senate, without any intervening action, motion, or 
amendment, shall then decide by the yeas and nays whether it shall be 
in order to consider and debate under the impeachment rules any motion 
to subpoena witnesses or documents.
    Following the disposition of that question, other motions provided 
under the impeachment rules shall be in order.
    If the Senate agrees to allow either the House of Representatives 
or the President to subpoena witnesses, the witnesses shall first be 
deposed and the Senate shall decide after deposition which witnesses 
shall testify, pursuant to the impeachment rules. No testimony shall be 
admissible in the Senate unless the parties have had an opportunity to 
depose such witnesses.
    At the conclusion of the deliberations by the Senate, the Senate 
shall vote on each article of impeachment.
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