[United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
[S. Doc. 104-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Pages 111-112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        77              AUTHORIZING SUIT BY SENATE COMMITTEES

                Resolved, That hereafter any committee of the Senate is 
            hereby authorized to bring suit on behalf of and in the name 
            of the United States in any court of competent jurisdiction 
            if the committee is of the opinion that the suit is 
            necessary to the adequate performance of the powers vested 
            in it or the duties imposed upon it by the Constitution, 
            resolution of the Senate, or other law. Such suit may be 
            brought and prosecuted to final determination irrespective 
            of whether or not the Senate is in session at the time the 
            suit is brought or thereafter. The committee may be 
            represented in the suit either by such attorneys as it may 
            designate or by such officers of the Department of Justice 
            as the Attorney General may designate upon the request of 
            the committee. No expenditures shall be made in connection 
            with any such suit in excess of the amount of funds 
            available to the said committee. As used in this resolution, 
            the term ``committee'' means any standing or special com-

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            mittee of the Senate, or any duly authorized subcommittee 
            thereof, or the Senate members of any joint committee.

                                     [S. Jour. 572, 70-1, May 28, 1928.]