[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1962]
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    SENATE RESOLUTION 76--RELATIVE TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

  Mr. HELMS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Rules and Administration:

                               S. Res. 76

       Resolved, That (a) subsection (a) of the first section of 
     Senate Resolution 338, agreed to July 23, 1964 (88th 
     Congress, 2d session), is amended to read as follows: 
     ``(a)(1) there is hereby established a permanent select 
     committee of the Senate to be known as the Select Committee 
     on Ethics (referred to in this resolution as the `Select 
     Committee') consisting of 6 members all of whom shall be 
     private citizens. Three members of the Select Committee shall 
     be selected by the Majority Leader and 3 shall be selected by 
     the Minority Leader. Each member of the Select Committee 
     shall serve 6 years except that the Majority Leader and the 
     Minority Leader when making their initial appointments shall 
     each designate 1 member to serve only 2 years and 1 member to 
     serve only 4 years. At least 2 members of the Select 
     Committee shall be retired Federal judges, and at least 2 
     members of the Select Committee shall be former members of 
     the Senate. Members of the Select Committee may be 
     reappointed.
       ``(2) The Select Committee shall select a chairman and a 
     vice chairman from among its members.
       ``(3) Members of the Select Committee shall serve without 
     compensation but shall be entitled to travel and per diem 
     expenses in accordance with the rules and regulations of the 
     Senate.''.
       (b) Subsection (e) of the first section of Senate 
     Resolution 338 (as referred to in subsection (a)) is 
     repealed.
     

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