[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 111 (Wednesday, July 16, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S4559]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 504--TO DIRECT THE SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL TO APPEAR AS 
     AMICUS CURIAE IN THE NAME OF THE SENATE IN MENACHEM BINYAMIN 
  ZIVOTOFSKY, BY HIS PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, ARI Z. AND NAOMI SIEGMAN 
         ZIVOTOFSKY V. JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE (S. CT.)

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

                              S. Res. 504

       Whereas, in the case of Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By 
     His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman 
     Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Secretary of State, No. 13-628, 
     pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, the 
     constitutionality of section 214(d) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, FY 2003, Pub. L. No. 107-228, 116 Stat. 
     1350, 1366 (2002), has been placed in issue;
       Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(c), 706(a), and 713(a) of 
     the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. 288b(c), 
     288e(a), and 288l(a), the Senate may direct its counsel to 
     appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in any 
     legal action in which the powers and responsibilities of 
     Congress under the Constitution are placed in issue: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is directed to 
     appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in the case 
     of Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and 
     Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, 
     Secretary of State, to defend the constitutionality of 
     section 214(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 
     2003.

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