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<dc:title>116 SRES 483 ATS: To provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States. </dc:title>
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<dc:date>2020-01-22</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">III</distribution-code><congress display="yes">116th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num>S. RES. 483</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date>January 21, 2020</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S174">Mr. McConnell</sponsor> submitted the following resolution</action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20200122" legis-day="20200121">January 22 (legislative day, January 21), 2020</action-date><action-desc>Considered and agreed to</action-desc></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump,
			 President of the United States. </official-title></form>
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 <section display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="S1" section-type="undesignated-section"><enum></enum><text>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.</text>
 <subsection id="id963A89CEE9334AB0A7EFFB242E661885"><enum></enum><text>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.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="ID8627E23CE9584541A0555C629D33B331"><enum></enum><text>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.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="idF1B64F3FD0084776B72F5EC3073F8587"><enum></enum><text>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.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="ID2677DF1FE6334C3DBC8710AC36C0F304"><enum></enum><text>Upon the conclusion of the President’s presentation, Senators may question the parties for a period of time not to exceed 16 hours.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="ID8A769B7C30BE4B72AEAE8B215B85DA47"><enum></enum><text>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.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="ID47C452DC06B64D88908F4EBD8F4489D0"><enum></enum><text>Following the disposition of that question, other motions provided under the impeachment rules shall be in order.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="ID1A9A056506A846A881009007D15B4C76"><enum></enum><text>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.</text>
 </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID11F0912B5DD84201A85E035FF0B22763"><enum></enum><text>At the conclusion of the deliberations by the Senate, the Senate shall vote on each article of impeachment.</text></subsection></section></resolution-body></resolution>


