[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 15639-15640]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS--June 19, 2003


                            [Corrected Text]

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SENATE RESOLUTION 177--TO DIRECT THE SENATE COMMISSION ON ART TO SELECT 
    AN APPROPRIATE SCENE COMMEMORATING THE GREAT COMPROMISE OF OUR 
    FOREFATHERS ESTABLISHING A BICAMERAL CONGRESS WITH EQUAL STATE 
REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, TO BE PLACED IN THE LUNETTE 
SPACE IN THE SENATE RECEPTION ROOM IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE ENTRANCE INTO 
 THE SENATE CHAMBER LOBBY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND 
 ADMINISTRATION TO OBTAIN TECHNICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN CARRYING 
                             OUT ITS DUTIES

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

                              S. Res. 177

       Whereas the reception room in the Capitol outside of the 
     Senate Chamber was originally designed to contain scenes of 
     American history, to be painted in lunette spaces on the 
     reception walls;
       Whereas only one such lunette space in the Senate reception 
     room has been completed;
       Whereas it is in the public interest to accomplish the 
     original objective of the design of the Senate reception room 
     by selecting important events of American History to be 
     painted in the remaining unfilled lunette spaces;
       Whereas on July 16, 1787, the framers of the United States 
     Constitution, meeting at Independence Hall, reached a 
     supremely important agreement, providing for a dual system of 
     congressional representation, such that in the House of 
     Representatives, each State would be assigned a number of 
     seats in proportion to its population, and in the Senate, all 
     States would have an equal number of seats, an agreement 
     which became known as the ``Great Compromise'' or the 
     ``Connecticut Compromise''; and
       Whereas an appropriate scene commemorating the Great 
     Compromise of our forefathers establishing a bicameral 
     Congress with equal State representation in the United States 
     Senate should be placed in the lunette space in the Senate 
     reception room immediately above the entrance into the Senate 
     chamber lobby: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. COMMEMORATION OF THE GREAT COMPROMISE.

       (a) In General.--The Senate Commission on Art, established 
     under section 901 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 
     1988 (40 U.S.C. 188b) (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Commission'') shall select an appropriate scene 
     commemorating the Great Compromise of our forefathers, to be 
     placed in the lunette space in the Senate reception room 
     immediately above the entrance into the Senate chamber lobby.
       (b) Consultation Authorized.--The Commission is authorized 
     to seek the advice of and recommendations from historians and 
     other sources in carrying out this section, and to reimburse 
     such sources for travel expenses, in accordance with Senate 
     Travel Regulations.
       (c) Timing.--The Commission shall make its selection 
     pursuant to this section, and shall commission an artist to 
     begin work, not later than the close of the 2d session of the 
     108th Congress.
       (d) Delegation Authority.--For purposes of making the 
     selection required by this section, a member of the 
     Commission may designate another Senator to act in place of 
     that member.
       (e) Funding.--The expenses of the Commission in carrying 
     out this section shall be made available from appropriations 
     under the subheading ``miscellaneous items'' under the 
     heading ``Contingent Expenses of the Senate'', on vouchers 
     signed by the Secretary of the Senate and approved by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.

     SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration may seek technical advice and assistance to 
     the Committee in carrying out its duties from individuals 
     from the public and private sectors, who shall serve without 
     compensation, at the pleasure of the Chairman.
       (b) Non-Governmental Status.--Individuals providing advice 
     and assistance described in subsection (a) shall not be 
     deemed to be--
       (1) Members, officers, or employees of the Senate; or
       (2) providing services to the Senate, for purposes of the 
     Senate Code of Official Conduct.

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       (c) Expenses.--Upon submission to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration of a routine voucher for actual 
     transportation expenses incurred in the performance of 
     providing advice and assistance to the Committee, individuals 
     described in subsection (a) may be reimbursed in accordance 
     with Senate Travel Regulations.

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