[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 60 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4842]
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     AUTHORIZING PRODUCTION OF RECORDS BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
                              INTELLIGENCE

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 230, 
submitted earlier today by Senator Lott and Senator Daschle.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 230) to authorize the production of 
     records by the Select Committee on Intelligence.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, the Select Committee on Intelligence has 
received a request from the Office of the Inspector General of the 
Department of Justice for copies of committee records relevant to the 
Inspector General's pending inquiry into the handling by the Department 
of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of certain foreign 
intelligence and counterintelligence information obtained in the course 
of the Department's ongoing campaign finance investigation.
  This resolution would authorize the chairman and vice chairman of the 
Intelligence Committee, acting jointly, to provide committee records in 
response to this request, utilizing appropriate security procedures.
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to; that the preamble be agreed to; that the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; and that a statement of 
explanation by the majority leader be placed at the appropriate place 
in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 230) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                              S. Res. 230

       Whereas, the Office of the Inspector General of the United 
     States Department of Justice has requested that the Senate 
     Select Committee on Intelligence provide it with copies of 
     committee records relevant to the Office's pending inquiry 
     into the handling and dissemination by the Department of 
     Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of certain 
     foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information;
       Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of the United 
     States and Rule XI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, no 
     evidence under the control or in the possession of the Senate 
     can, by administrative or judicial process, be taken from 
     such control or possession but by permission of the Senate;
       Whereas, when it appears that documents, papers, and 
     records under the control or in the possession of the Senate 
     may promote the administration of justice, the Senate will 
     take such action as will promote the ends of justice 
     consistently with the privileges of the Senate: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate 
     Select Committee on Intelligence, acting jointly, are 
     authorized to provide to the Office of Inspector General of 
     the United States Department of Justice, under appropriate 
     security procedures, copies of committee records relevant to 
     the Office's pending inquiry into the handling and 
     dissemination by the Department of Justice and the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation of certain foreign intelligence and 
     counterintelligence information.

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