[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6205]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGAL AUTHORIZATION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 422.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 422) to authorize written testimony, 
     document production, and representation in Montana Fish, 
     Wildlife and Parks Foundation, Inc. v. United States.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this resolution concerns a subpoena to a 
Senate employee in a civil action pending in the Court of Federal 
Claims. The plaintiff in this case is an organization serving as 
trustee for a trust set up by Congress, through legislation sponsored 
by Senator Max Baucus, to promote conservation and recreational use of 
land in Montana. The suit arises out of a dispute between plaintiff and 
the Department of the Interior over the Department's amendment of the 
trust agreement with plaintiff. As part of discovery in the case, 
plaintiff has issued a subpoena to Holly Luck, a former employee of 
then-Senator Baucus, seeking information and documents involving this 
matter.
  This resolution would authorize Ms. Luck to provide written testimony 
and to produce documents from Senator Baucus's office, except where a 
privilege should be asserted, with representation by the Senate Legal 
Counsel.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 422) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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