[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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       SENATE RESOLUTION 282--TO DIRECT THE SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

  Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. Dole) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 282

       Whereas, in the case of Rhonda Farmer v. Office of Senate 
     Fair Employment Practices, No. 94-6005, pending in the United 
     States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Office 
     of Senate Fair Employment Practices is the respondent in a 
     proceeding under section 309 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 
     2 U.S.C. Sec. 1209, to review a final decision concerning 
     allegations of discrimination in Senate employment;
       Whereas, section 303(f) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 2 
     U.S.C. Sec. 1203(f), provides that for the purpose of 
     representation by the Senate Legal Counsel, the Office of 
     Senate Fair Employment Practices shall be deemed a committee 
     within the meaning of title VII of the Ethics in Government 
     Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. Sec. 288, et seq.;
       Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(1) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 288b(a) 
     and 288c(a)(1), the Senate may direct its Counsel to defend a 
     committee of the Senate in any civil action in which there is 
     placed in issue any action taken by such committee in its 
     official capacity;
       Whereas, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2348, as made 
     applicable by section 309(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 
     2 U.S.C. Sec. 1209(b), the Office of the Sergeant at Arms of 
     the United States Senate, as a party in interest in the 
     underlying proceeding within the Senate, may intervene on 
     judicial review of the final decision in that proceeding. 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, The Senate Legal Counsel is directed to represent 
     the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in the case of 
     Rhoda Farmer v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices.
       Sec. 2. The Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the United 
     States Senate may as a matter of statutory right intervene 
     and be represented by its counsel of choice in the case of 
     Rhonda Farmer v. Office of the Senate Fair Employment 
     Practices.

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