    [United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 106-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
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                NONSTATUTORY STANDING ORDERS NOT EMBRACED IN THE RULES, AND
                      RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE BUSINESS OF THE SENATE

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            60    PUBLIC ACCESS TO SENATE RECORDS AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

          60.1
          60.1      Resolved, That any records of the Senate or any
                committee of the Senate which are transferred to the General
                Services Administration under rule XI of the Standing Rules
                of the Senate and section 2114 of title 44, United States
                Code, and which have been made public prior to their
                transfer may be made available for public use.
          60.2
          60.2      Sec. 2. (a) Subject to such rules or regulations as the
                Secretary of the Senate may prescribe, any other records of
                the Senate or any committee of the Senate which are so
                transferred may be made available for public use--
                            (1) in the case of investigative files relating
                        to individuals and containing personal data,
                        personnel records, and records of executive
                        nominations, when such files and records have been
                        in existence for fifty years; and
                            (2) in the case of all other such records, when
                        such records have been in existence for twenty
                        years.
                    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a),
                any committee of the Senate may, by action of the full
                committee, prescribe a different time when any of its
                records may be made available for public use, under specific
                conditions to be fixed by such committee, by giving notice
                thereof to the Secretary of the Senate and the Administrator
                of General Services.
          60.3
          60.3      Sec. 3. (a) This resolution shall not be construed to
                authorize the public disclosure of any record pursuant to
                section 2 if such disclosure is prohibited by law or
                Executive order of the President.
                    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2, the
                Secretary of the Senate may prohibit or restrict the public
                disclosure of any record so transferred, other than any

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                record of a Senate committee, if he determines that public
                disclosure of such record would not be in the public
                interest and so notifies the Administrator of General
                Services.
          60.4
          60.4      Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a
                copy of this resolution to the Administrator of General
                Services.

                                          [S. Res. 474, 96-2, Dec. 1, 1980.]

            61
            61                PRINTING IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

                    Resolved, That hereafter no written or printed matter
                shall be received for printing in the body of the
                Congressional Record as a part of the remarks of any Senator
                unless such matter (1) shall have been read orally by such
                Senator on the floor of the Senate, or (2) shall have been
                offered and received for printing in such manner as to
                indicate clearly that the contents thereof were not read
                orally by such Senator on the floor of the Senate. All such
                matter shall be printed in the Record in accordance with the
                rules prescribed by the Joint Committee on Printing. No
                request shall be entertained by the Presiding Officer to
                suspend by unanimous consent the requirements of this
                resolution.

                                        [S. Jour. 510, 80-1, July 23, 1947.]

            62
            62                        SPECIAL DEPUTIES

                    Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate is
                authorized and empowered from time to time to appoint such
                special deputies as he may think necessary to serve process
                or perform other duties devolved upon the Sergeant at Arms
                by law or the rules or orders of the Senate, or which may
                hereafter be devolved upon him, and in such case they shall
                be officers of the Senate; and any act done or return made
                by the deputies so appointed shall have like effect and be
                of the same validity as if performed or made by the Sergeant
                at Arms in person.

                                         [S. Jour. 47, 51-1, Dec. 17, 1889.]

            63
            63          PERSONS NOT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF SENATE \1\

                    Resolved, That hereafter, standing or select committees
                employing the services of persons who are not full-time
                employees of the Senate or any committee thereof shall
                submit monthly reports to the Senate (or to the Secretary
                during a recess or adjournment) showing (1) the name and
                address of any such person; (2) the name and address of

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                the department or organization by whom his salary is paid;
                and (3) the annual rate of compensation in each case.
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                    \1\See also paragraphs 4 and 6 of rule XLI of the
                Standing Rules of the Senate, Senate Manual sections 41.4,
                41.6.
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                                        [S. Jour. 407, 78-2, Aug. 23, 1944.]

            64
            64                  FLOWERS IN THE SENATE CHAMBER

                    Resolved, That until further orders the Sergeant at Arms
                is instructed not to permit flowers to be brought into the
                Senate Chamber.

                [S. Jour. 261, 58-3, Feb. 24, 1905.]

                    Resolved, That notwithstanding the resolution of the
                Senate of February 24, 1905, upon the death of a sitting
                Senator, the majority leader and the minority leader may
                permit a display of flowers to be placed upon the desk of
                the deceased Senator on the day set aside for eulogies.

                                        [S. Res. 221, 98-1, Sept. 15, 1983.]

            65
            65                          SENATE PAGES

          65.1
          65.1      Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Sergeant at
                Arms to classify the pages of the Senate, so that at the
                close of the present and each succeeding Congress, one-half
                the number shall be removed * * *.

                                        [S. Jour. 514, 33-1, July 17, 1854.]

          65.2
          65.2      Resolved, That until otherwise hereafter provided for by
                law, there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the
                Senate such amounts as may be necessary to enable the
                Secretary of the Senate to furnish educational services and
                related items for Senate Pages in accordance with this
                resolution.
                    Sec. 2. The Senate Page program shall be administered by
                the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate and the
                Secretaries for the majority and minority of the Senate. All
                policy decisions regarding the operation of the Senate Page
                program shall be made by the Senate management board, with
                the concurrence of the majority and minority leaders of the
                Senate.
                    Sec. 3. In order to provide educational services and
                related items for Senate Pages, the Secretary of the Senate
                is authorized to enter into a contract, agreement, or other
                arrangement with the Board of Education of the District of
                Columbia, or to provide such educational services and items
                in such other manner as he may deem appropriate.
                    Sec. 4. The educational services under the Senate Page
                program shall consist of an academic year comprising two
                terms, and a Page serving in such program shall be in the
                eleventh grade.

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                    Sec. 5. The resolution shall take effect as of the date
                of its approval.

                [S. Res. 184, 98-1, July 29, 1983.]

          65.3
          65.3      Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized
                to withhold from the salary of each Senate page who resides
                in the page residence hall an amount equal to the charge
                imposed for lodging, meals, and related services, furnished
                to such page in such hall. The amounts so withheld shall be
                transferred by the Secretary of the Senate to the Clerk of
                the House of Representatives for deposit by such Clerk in
                the revolving fund, within the contingent fund of the House
                of Representatives, for the page residence hall and page
                meal plan, as established by H. Res. 64, 98th Congress.

                [S. Res. 78, 98-1, Mar. 2, 1983.]

                                     SEAL OF THE SENATE

            66
            66      Resolved, That the Secretary shall have the custody of
                the seal, and shall use the same for the authentication of
                process transcripts, copies, and certificates whenever
                directed by the Senate; and may use the same to authenticate
                copies of such papers and documents in his office as he may
                lawfully give copies of.

                [S. Jour. 194, 49-1, Jan. 20, 1886.]

          66.1
          66.1                  SEAL OF PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

                    Resolved, That the President pro tempore of the Senate
                is authorized to adopt and use an official seal of his
                office.
                    Sec. 2. Expenses incident to the designing and
                procurement of such seal shall be paid from the contingent
                fund of the Senate upon vouchers signed by the President pro
                tempore of the Senate.
                    Sec. 3. A description and illustration of the seal
                adopted pursuant to this resolution shall be transmitted to
                the General Services Administration for publication in the
                Federal Register.

                [S. Jour. 686, 83-2, Aug. 14, 1954.]

            67
            67                 MARBLE BUSTS OF VICE PRESIDENTS

                    Resolved, That marble busts of those who have been Vice
                Presidents of the United States shall be placed in the
                Senate wing of the Capitol from time to time, that the
                Architect of the Capitol is authorized, subject to the
                advice and approval of the Senate committee on Rules and
                Administration, to carry into the execution the object of
                this resolution, and the expenses incurred in doing so shall
                be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate.

                 [S. Jour. 40, 55-2, Jan. 6, 1898; S. Jour. 173, 80-1, Mar.
                                                                  28, 1947.]

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            68
            68            READING OF WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

                    Ordered, That, unless otherwise directed, on the twenty-
                second day of February in each year, or if that day shall be
                on Sunday, then on the day following, immediately after the
                reading of the Journal, Washington's Farewell Address shall
                be read to the Senate by a Senator to be designated for the
                purpose by the Presiding Officer; and that thereafter the
                Senate will proceed with its ordinary business.

                                        [S. Jour. 103, 56-2, Jan. 24, 1901.]

            69
            69              REIMBURSEMENT OF WITNESS EXPENSES\1\

                    Resolved, That witnesses appearing before the Senate or
                any of its committees may be authorized reimbursement for
                per diem expenses incurred for each day while traveling to
                and from the place of examination and for each day in
                attendance. Such reimbursement shall be made on an actual
                expense basis which shall not exceed the daily rate
                prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration,
                unless such limitation is specifically waived by such
                committee. A witness may also be authorized reimbursement of
                the actual and necessary transportation expenses incurred by
                the witness in traveling to and from the place of
                examination.
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                    \1\The Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (July
                12, 1960, Public Law 86-628, 74 Stat. 449), contained the
                following restriction on advances of witness fees:
                    ``No part of any appropriation disbursed by the
                Secretary of the Senate shall be available hereafter for the
                payment to any person, at the time of the service upon him
                of a subpena requiring his attendance at any inquiry or
                hearing conducted by any committee of the Congress or of the
                Senate or any subcommittee of any such committee, of any
                witness fee or any sum of money as an advance payment of any
                travel or subsistence expense which may be incurred by such
                person in responding to that subpena.''
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                    Sec. 2. (a) The provisions of this resolution shall be
                effective with respect to all witness expenses incurred on
                or after October 1, 1987.
                    (b) Senate Resolution 538, agreed to December 8, 1980,
                is repealed effective on October 1, 1987.

                                         [S. Res. 259, 100-1, Aug. 5, 1987.]

            70
            70              COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORITY

                    Resolved, That for the purpose of obtaining and laying
                factual data and information before the Senate Committee on
                Appropriations, or any subcommittee thereof, for its
                consideration in the discharge of its functions, the
                chairman or acting chairman of said committee is hereby
                authorized and directed, within the limit of funds made
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                resolutions of the Senate, to appoint and employ such
                experts as he may deem necessary to obtain such data and
                information, and such experts, upon the written authority of
                the chairman or acting chairman, shall have the right to
                examine the books, documents, papers, reports, or other
                records of any department, agency, or establishment of the
                Federal Government in the District of Columbia and
                elsewhere; be it further
                    Resolved, That the said committee through its chairman
                is hereby authorized, within the limit of funds made
                available by resolutions of the Senate, to appoint
                additional clerical help and assistants.

                 [S. Res. 193, 78-1, Oct. 14, 1943; S. Res. 281, 96-2, Mar.
                                                                  11, 1980.]

            72
            72  CLOSING THE OFFICE OF A SENATOR OR SENATE LEADER WHO DIES OR
                                           RESIGNS

                    Resolved, That (a)(1) In the case of the death or
                resignation of a Senator during his term of office, the
                employees in the office of such Senator who are on the
                Senate payroll on the date of such death or resignation
                shall be continued on such payroll at their respective
                salaries for a period not to exceed sixty days, or such
                greater number of days as may, in any particular case, be
                established by the Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration as being required to complete the closing of
                the office of such Senator. Such employees so continued on
                the payroll of the Senate shall, while so continued, perform
                their duties under the direction of the Secretary of the
                Senate, and such Secretary shall remove from such payroll
                any such employees who are not attending to the duties for
                which their services are continued.
                    (2) If an employee of a Senator continued on the Senate
                payroll pursuant to paragraph (1) resigns or is terminated
                during the period required to complete the closing of the
                office of such Senator, the Secretary of the Senate may
                replace such employee by appointing another individual. Any
                individual appointed as a replacement under the authority of
                the preceding sentence shall be subject to the same terms of
                employment, except for salary, as the employee such
                individual replaces.
                    (b) In the case of the death or resignation of a Senator
                while holding the office of President pro tempore, Deputy
                President pro tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader,
                Majority Whip, Minority Whip, Secretary of the Conference of
                the Majority, or Secretary of the Conference of the Mi

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                nority, of the Senate, the employees of such office who are
                on the payroll of the Senate on the date of such death or
                resignation shall be continued on the Senate payroll in like
                manner and under the same conditions as are employees in the
                office of such Senator under subsection (a) of this section.
                    (c) No employee of the Senate who is continued on the
                payroll of the Senate under the preceding provisions of this
                section on account of the death or resignation of a Senator
                shall be continued on such payroll after the date of the
                expiration of the term of office of such Senator as a
                Senator, or, such later date as may, in any particular case,
                be established by the Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration as being required to complete the closing of
                the office of such Senator.
                    (d) Payment of salaries of employees who are continued
                on the Senate payroll under authority of this section, and
                payment of agency contributions with respect to such
                salaries, shall be made from the account for Miscellaneous
                Items within the contingent fund of the Senate.
                    (e) During any period for which the employees of the
                office of a Senator, who has died or resigned, are continued
                on the Senate payroll under the first section of this
                resolution, official office expenses which are necessary in
                closing such Senator's office (or offices in case of a
                Senator who dies or resigns while holding an office referred
                to in subsection (b) of this section) shall be made from the
                account for Miscellaneous Items within the contingent fund
                of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the
                Senate; except that the aggregate of such expenses shall not
                exceed an amount equal to one-tenth of such Senator's
                official office expense account for the year in which he
                died or resigned.
                    (f) Duties to be performed by the Secretary of the
                Senate under this section and under section 2 of this
                resolution shall be performed under the direction of the
                Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
                    Sec. 2. In the case of the death of any Senator, the
                Secretary of the Senate may, with respect to any item of
                expense for which payment had been authorized to be made
                from such Senator's official office expense account, certify
                for such deceased Senator for any sum already obligated but
                not certified to at the time of such Senator's death

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                for payment to the person or persons designated as entitled
                to such payment by such Secretary.
                    Sec. 3. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
                Senate shall make such arrangements as may be necessary, in
                accordance with such regulations as the Senate Committee on
                Rules and Administration may prescribe, for:
                            (1) the funeral of a deceased Senator; and
                            (2) any committee appointed to attend the
                        funeral of a deceased Senator.
                    (b) Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of
                subsection (a) of this section shall be paid from the
                account for Miscellaneous Items within the contingent fund
                of the Senate, on vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms
                and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
                    Sec. 4. The following Senate resolutions are repealed:
                S. Res. 5, 82d Congress (agreed to April 11, 1951), and S.
                Res. 354, 95th Congress (agreed to January 20, 1978).
                    Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
                section, the provisions of this resolution shall take effect
                upon the date it is agreed to by the Senate.
                    (b) The first section of this resolution shall take
                effect on the date that there is hereafter enacted a
                provision of law which (1) makes inapplicable to any
                employee of the Senate the provisions of the third paragraph
                under the heading ``Clerical assistance to Senators'' of the
                first section of the Legislative Appropriation Act for the
                fiscal year ending June 30, 1928 (2 U.S.C. 92a), and (2)
                repeals (A) the last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical
                assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the
                Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1944 (2 U.S.C. 92e),
                (B) the last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical
                assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the
                Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1945 (2 U.S.C. 92e),
                (C) the next-to-last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical
                assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the
                Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 92e),
                and (D) the next-to-last paragraph under the heading
                ``Clerical assistance to Senators'' of the first section of
                the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (2 U.S.C.
                92e).
                    (c) After the date this resolution is agreed to, the
                Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
                shall make no further certifications under authority of sec

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                tion 506(g) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2
                U.S.C. 58(g)).

                 [S. Res. 458, 98-2, Oct. 4, 1984; S. Res. 173, 100-1, Mar.
                                                                   4, 1987.]

          72.6
          72.6   PAY OF COMMITTEE STAFF DISPLACED BY CHANGE OF CHAIRMAN OR
                                 RANKING MINORITY MEMBER \1\
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                    \1\ S. Res. 9 established these provisions by amendment
                to S. Res. 458 (Sec. 72 above).
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                    Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section:
                            (1) The term ``committee'' means a standing,
                        select or special committee, or commission of the
                        Senate, or a joint committee of the Congress whose
                        funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
                            (2) The terms ``Chairman'' and ``Ranking
                        Minority Member'' means the Chairman, Vice Chairman,
                        Cochairman and Ranking Minority Member of a
                        committee.
                            (3) The term ``eligible staff member'' means an
                        individual who was an employee of a committee, or
                        subcommittee thereof, for at least one hundred and
                        eighty-three days (whether or not service was
                        continuous) prior to the termination of employment
                        as described in paragraph (4), and whose pay is
                        disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
                            (4) The term ``displaced staff member'' means an
                        eligible staff member whose service as an employee
                        of the Senate is terminated solely and directly as a
                        result of a change of the individual occupying the
                        position of Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of a
                        committee and who is certified as a displaced staff
                        member by the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member
                        of the committee to the Secretary of the Senate.
                        Such certification shall be made no later than 60
                        days from the date of such change.
                    (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the
                Committee on Rules and Administration of the name of each
                displaced staff member.
                    (c)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Committee on
                Rules and Administration each displaced staff member shall,
                upon application to the Secretary of the Senate and approval
                by the Committee on Rules and Administration, continue to be
                paid at their respective salaries for a period not to exceed
                60 days following the staff member's date of termination or
                until the staff member becomes otherwise gainfully employed,
                whichever is earlier.

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                    (2) A statement in writing by any such employee that he
                was not gainfully employed during such period or the portion
                thereof for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as
                prima facie evidence that he was not so employed.
                    (d) Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this
                section shall be available as set forth in section 1(d).

                                           [S. Res. 9, 103-1, Jan. 7, 1993.]

            73
            73      PAY OF CLERICAL AND OTHER ASSISTANTS AS AFFECTED BY
                        TERMINATION OF SERVICE OF APPOINTED SENATORS

                    Resolved, That in any case in which (1) a Senator is
                appointed to fill any portion of an unexpired term, (2) an
                election is thereafter held to fill the remainder of such
                unexpired term, and (3) the Senator so appointed is not a
                candidate or if a candidate is not elected at such election,
                his clerical and other assistants on the payroll of the
                Senate on the date of termination of his service shall be
                continued on such roll at their respective salaries until
                the expiration of thirty days following such date or until
                they become otherwise gainfully employed, whichever is
                earlier, such sums to be paid from the contingent fund of
                the Senate. A statement in writing by any such employee that
                he was not gainfully employed during such period or the
                portion thereof for which payment is claimed shall be
                accepted as prima facie evidence that he was not so
                employed. The provisions of this resolution shall not apply
                to an employee of any such Senator if on or before the date
                of termination of his service he notifies the Disbursing
                Office of the Senate in writing that he does not wish the
                provisions of this resolution to apply to such employee.

                [S. Jour. 421, 86-2, June 28, 1960.]

            75
            75                PRINTING OF THE EXECUTIVE JOURNAL

                    Resolved, That, beginning with the first session,
                Ninetieth Congress, the Secretary of the Senate is
                authorized to have printed not more than one hundred and
                fifty copies of the Executive Journal for a session of the
                Congress.

                                        [S. Jour. 167, 90-1, Feb. 17, 1967.]

            76
            76             LOYALTY CHECKS ON SENATE EMPLOYEES \1\

                    Resolved, That hereafter when any person is appointed as
                an employee of any committee of the Senate, of any

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                Senator, or of any office of the Senate the committee,
                Senator, or officer having authority to make such
                appointment shall transmit the name of such person to the
                Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with a request
                that such committee, Senator, or officer be informed as to
                any derogatory and rebutting information in the possession
                of such agency concerning the loyalty and reliability for
                security purposes of such person, and in any case in which
                such derogatory information is revealed such committee,
                Senator, or officer shall make or cause to be made such
                further investigation as shall have been considered
                necessary to determine the loyalty and reliability for
                security purposes of such person.
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                    \1\ This resolution has not been generally implemented
                since the Federal Bureau of Investigation took the position
                that it was not authorized to divulge the information
                referred to in the resolution. However, the Bureau and the
                Department of Defense cooperate with Senate committees and
                offices which request security checks of specific employees
                when it is considered necessary by a committee chairman or
                officer of the Senate.
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                    Every such committee, Senator, and officer shall
                promptly transmit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a
                list of the names of the incumbent employees of such
                committee, Senator, or officer together with a request that
                such committee, Senator, or officer be informed of any
                derogatory and rebutting information contained in the files
                of such agency concerning the loyalty and reliability for
                security purposes of such employee.

                [S. Jour. 144, 83-1, Mar. 6, 1953.]

            77
            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.]

            78
            78                      SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

                Whereas the continued vitality of our Republic depends, in
                    part, on the intelligent understanding of our political
                    processes and the functioning of our National Government
                    by the citizens of the United States; and
                Whereas the durability of a constitutional democracy is
                    dependent upon alert, talented, vigorous competition for
                    political leadership; and
                Whereas individual Senators have cooperated with various
                    private and university undergraduate and graduate
                    fellowship and internship programs relating to the work
                    of Congress; and
                Whereas, in the high schools of the United States, there
                    exists among students who have been elected to student-
                    body offices in their sophomore, junior, or senior year
                    a potential reservoir of young citizens who are
                    experiencing their first responsibilities of service to
                    a constituency and who should be encouraged to deepen
                    their interest in and understanding of their country's
                    political processes: Now, therefore, be it

                    Resolved, That the Senate hereby expresses its
                willingness to cooperate in a nationwide competitive high
                school Senate youth program which would give several
                representative high school students from each State a short
                indoctrination into the operation of the United States
                Senate and the Federal Government generally, if such a
                program can be satisfactorily arranged and completely
                supported by private funds with no expense to the Federal
                Government.
                    Sec. 2. The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
                shall investigate the possibility of establishing such a
                program and, if the committee determines such a program is
                possible and advisable, it shall make the necessary
                arrangements to establish the program.
                    Sec. 3. For the purpose of this resolution, the term
                ``State'' includes the Department of Defense education
                system for dependents in overseas areas.

                  [S. Res. 324, 87-2, May 17, 1962; S. Res. 146, 97-1, July
                                                                  30, 1981.]

          78.1
          78.1  Whereas by S. Res. 324 of the Eighty-seventh Congress,
                    agreed to May 17, 1962, the Senate expressed its
                    willingness to cooperate in a nationwide competitive
                    Senate

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                    youth program supported by private funds, which would
                    give representative high school students from each State
                    a short indoctrination into the operation of the United
                    States Senate and the Federal Government generally, and
                    authorized the Senate Committee on Rules and
                    Administration, if it should find such a program
                    possible and advisable, to make the necessary
                    arrangements therefor; and
                Whereas the Committee on Rules and Administration, after
                    appropriate investigation, having determined such a
                    program to be not only possible but highly desirable,
                    authorized its establishment and with the support of the
                    leaders and other Members of the Senate and the
                    cooperation of certain private institutions made the
                    necessary arrangements therefor; and
                Whereas, pursuant to such arrangements, and with the
                    cooperation of and participation by the offices of every
                    Member of the Senate and the Vice President, one hundred
                    and two student leaders representing all States of the
                    Union and the District of Columbia were privileged to
                    spend the period from January 28, 1963, through February
                    2, 1963, in the Nation's Capitol, thereby broadening
                    their knowledge and understanding of Congress and the
                    legislative process and stimulating their appreciation
                    of the importance of a freely elected legislature in the
                    perpetuation of our democratic system of government; and
                Whereas by S. Res. 147 of the Eighty-eighth Congress, agreed
                    to May 27, 1963, another group of student leaders from
                    throughout the United States spent approximately one
                    week in the Nation's Capitol, during January 1964; and
                Whereas it is the consensus of all who participated that the
                    above two programs were unqualifiedly successful, and in
                    all respects worthy and deserving of continuance; and
                Whereas the private foundation which financed the initial
                    programs has graciously offered to support a similar
                    program during the year ahead: Now, therefore, be it
                    Resolved, That, until otherwise directed by the Senate
                the Senate youth program authorized by S. Res. 324 of the
                Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to May 17, 1962, and
                extended by S. Res. 147, agreed to May 27, 1963, may be
                continued at the discretion of and under such conditions

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                as may be determined by the Committee on Rules and
                Administration.

                [S. Jour. 196, 88-2, Apr. 16, 1964.]

            79
            79                   SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

                    Resolved, That (a) there is hereby established a
                permanent select committee of the Senate to be known as the
                Select Committee on Ethics (referred to hereinafter as the
                ``Select Committee'') consisting of six Members of the
                Senate, of whom three shall be selected from members of the
                majority party and three shall be selected from members of
                the minority party. Members thereof shall be appointed by
                the Senate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1
                of rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the
                beginning of each Congress. The Select Committee shall
                select a chairman or a vice chairman from among its members.
                For purposes of paragraph 4\1\ of rule XXV of the Standing
                Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as a member or
                chairman of the Select Committee shall not be taken into
                account.
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                adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979.
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                    (b) Vacancies in the membership of the Select Committee
                shall not affect the authority of the remaining members to
                execute the functions of the committee, and shall be filled
                in the same manner as original appointments thereto are
                made.
                    (c)(1) A majority of the members of the Select Committee
                shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
                involving complaints and allegations of misconduct,
                including the consideration of matters involving sworn
                complaints, unsworn allegations or information, resultant
                preliminary inquiries, initial reviews, investigations,
                hearings, recommendations or reports, and matters relating
                to S. Res. 400, agreed to May 19, 1976.
                    (2) Three members shall constitute a quorum for the
                transaction of the routine business of the Select Committee
                not covered by the first paragraph of this subparagraph,
                including requests for opinions and interpretations
                concerning the Code of Official Conduct or any other statute
                or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Select
                Committee, if one member of the quorum is a member of the
                majority party and one member of the quorum is a member of
                the minority party. During the transaction of routine
                business any member of the Select Committee constituting

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                the quorum shall have the right to postpone further
                discussion of a pending matter until such time as a majority
                of the members of the Select Committee are present.
                    (3) The Select Committee may fix a lesser number as a
                quorum for the purpose of taking sworn testimony.
                    (d) (Repealed by S. Res. 271, 96-1, Oct. 31, 1979.)
                    (e)(1) A member of the Select Committee shall be
                ineligible to participate in any initial review or
                investigation relating to his own conduct, the conduct of
                any officer or employee he supervises, or the conduct of any
                employee of any officer he supervises, or relating to any
                complaint filed by him, and the determinations and
                recommendations of the Select Committee with respect
                thereto. For purposes of this subparagraph, a Member of the
                Select Committee and an officer of the Senate shall be
                deemed to supervise any officer or employee consistent with
                the provision of paragraph 11 of rule XXXVII\1\ of the
                Standing Rules of the Senate.
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                result of the adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979;
                further changed from ``paragraph 11 of rule XLV'' as a
                result of the adoption of S. Res. 389, 96-2, Mar. 25, 1980.
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                    (2) A member of the Select Committee may, at his
                discretion, disqualify himself from participating in any
                initial review or investigation pending before the Select
                Committee and the determinations and recommendations of the
                Select Committee with respect thereto. Notice of such
                disqualification shall be given in writing to the President
                of the Senate.
                    (3) Whenever any member of the Select Committee is
                ineligible under paragraph (1) to participate in any initial
                review or investigation or disqualifies himself under
                paragraph (2) from participating in any initial review or
                investigation, another Member of the Senate shall, subject
                to the provisions of subsection (d), be appointed to serve
                as a member of the Select Committee solely for purposes of
                such initial review or investigation and the determinations
                and recommendations of the Select Committee with respect
                thereto. Any Member of the Senate appointed for such
                purposes shall be of the same party as the Member who is
                ineligible or disqualifies himself.
                    Sec. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the Select Committee
                to--
                            (1) receive complaints and investigate
                        allegations of improper conduct which may reflect
                        upon the Senate, violations of law, violations of
                        the Senate Code

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                        of Official Conduct, and violations of rules and
                        regulations of the Senate, relating to the conduct
                        of individuals in the performance of their duties as
                        Members of the Senate, or as officers or employees
                        of the Senate, and to make appropriate findings of
                        fact and conclusions with respect thereto;
                            (2) recommend to the Senate by report or
                        resolution by a majority vote of the full committee
                        disciplinary action (including, but not limited to,
                        in the case of a Member: censure, expulsion, or
                        recommendation to the appropriate party conference
                        regarding such Member's seniority or positions of
                        responsibility; and, in the case of an officer or
                        employee: suspension or dismissal) to be taken with
                        respect to such violations which the Select
                        Committee shall determine, after according to the
                        individuals concerned due notice and opportunity for
                        hearing, to have occurred;
                            (3) recommend to the Senate, by report or
                        resolution, such additional rules or regulations as
                        the Select Committee shall determine to be necessary
                        or desirable to insure proper standards of conduct
                        by Members of the Senate, and by officers or
                        employees of the Senate, in the performance of their
                        duties and the discharge of their responsibilities;
                        and
                            (4) report violations by a majority vote of the
                        full committee of any law to the proper Federal and
                        State authorities.
                    (b)(1) Each sworn complaint filed with the Select
                Committee shall be in writing, shall be in such form as the
                Select Committee may prescribe by regulation, and shall be
                under oath.
                    (2) For purposes of this section, ``sworn complaint''
                means a statement of facts within the personal knowledge of
                the complainant alleging a violation of law, the Senate Code
                of Official Conduct, or any other rule or regulation of the
                Senate relating to the conduct of individuals in the
                performance of their duties as Members, officers, or
                employees of the Senate.
                    (3) Any person who knowingly and willfully swears
                falsely to a sworn complaint does so under penalty of
                perjury, and the Select Committee may refer any such case to
                the Attorney General for prosecution.
                    (4) For the purposes of this section, ``investigation''
                is a proceeding undertaken by the Select Committee after a

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                finding, on the basis of an initial review, that there is
                substantial credible evidence which provides substantial
                cause for the Select Committee to conclude that a violation
                within the jurisdiction of the Select Committee has
                occurred.
                    (c)(1) No investigation of conduct of a Member or
                officer of the Senate, and no report, resolution, or
                recommendation relating thereto, may be made unless approved
                by the affirmative recorded vote of not less than four
                members of the Select Committee.
                    (2) No other resolution, report, recommendation,
                interpretative ruling, or advisory opinion may be made
                without an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of
                the Select Committee voting.
                    (d)(1) When the Select Committee receives a sworn
                complaint against a Member or officer of the Senate, it
                shall promptly conduct an initial review of that complaint.
                The initial review shall be of duration and scope necessary
                to determine whether there is substantial credible evidence
                which provides substantial cause for the Select Committee to
                conclude that a violaton within the jurisdiction of the
                Select Committee has occurred.
                    (2) If as a result of an initial review under paragraph
                (1), the Select Committee determines by a recorded vote that
                there is not such substantial credible evidence, the Select
                Committee shall report such determination to the complainant
                and to the party charged, together with an explanation of
                the basis of such determination.
                    (3) If as a result of an initial review under paragraph
                (1), the Select Committee determines that a violation is
                inadvertent, technical, or otherwise of a de minimis nature,
                the Select Committee may attempt to correct or prevent such
                a violation by informal methods.
                    (4) If as the result of an initial review under
                paragraph (1), the Select Committee determines that there is
                such substantial credible evidence but that the violation,
                if proven, is neither of a de minimis nature nor
                sufficiently serious to justify any of the penalties
                expressly referred to in subsection (a)(2), the Select
                Committee may propose a remedy it deems appropriate. If the
                matter is thereby resolved, a summary of the Select
                Committee's conclusions and the remedy proposed shall be
                filed as a public record with the Secretary of the Senate
                and a notice of such filing shall be printed in the
                Congressional Record.

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                    (5) If as the result of an initial review under
                paragraph (1), the Select Committee determines that there is
                such substantial credible evidence, the Select Committee
                shall promptly conduct an investigation if (A) the
                violation, if proven, would be sufficiently serious, in the
                judgment of the Select Committee, to warrant imposition of
                one or more of the penalties expressly referred to in
                subsection (a)(2), or (B) the violation, if proven, is less
                serious, but was not resolved pursuant to paragraph (4)
                above. Upon the conclusion of such investigation, the Select
                Committee shall report to the Senate, as soon as
                practicable, the results of such investigation together with
                its recommendations (if any) pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
                    (6) Upon the conclusion of any other investigation
                respecting the conduct of a Member or officer undertaken by
                the Select Committee, the Select Committee shall report to
                the Senate, as soon as practicable, the results of such
                investigation together with its recommendations (if any)
                pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
                    (e) When the Select Committee receives a sworn complaint
                against an employee of the Senate, it shall consider the
                complaint according to procedures it deems appropriate. If
                the Select Committee determines that the complaint is
                without substantial merit, it shall notify the complainant
                and the accused of its determination, together with an
                explanation of the basis of such determination.
                    (f) The Select Committee may, in its discretion, employ
                hearing examiners to hear testimony and make findings of
                fact and/or recommendations to the Select Committee
                concerning the disposition of complaints.
                    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
                no initial review or investigation shall be made of any
                alleged violation of any law, the Senate Code of Official
                Conduct, rule, or regulation which was not in effect at the
                time the alleged violation occurred. No provision of the
                Senate Code of Official Conduct shall apply to or require
                disclosure of any act, relationship, or transaction which
                occurred prior to the effective date of the applicable
                provision of the Code. The Select Committee may conduct an
                initial review or investigation of any alleged violation of
                a rule or law which was in effect prior to the enactment of
                the Senate Code of Official Conduct if the alleged violation
                occurred while such rule or law was in effect and the
                violation was not

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                a matter resolved on the merits by the predecessor Select
                Committee.
                    (h) The Select Committee shall adopt written rules
                setting forth procedures to be used in conducting
                investigations of complaints.
                    (i) The Select Committee from time to time shall
                transmit to the Senate its recommendation as to any
                legislative measures which it may consider to be necessary
                for the effective discharge of its duties.
                    Sec. 3. (a) The Select Committee is authorized to (1)
                make such expenditures; (2) hold such hearings; (3) sit and
                act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses,
                and adjournment periods of the Senate; (4) require by
                subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and
                the production of such correpondence, books, papers, and
                documents; (5) administer such oaths; (6) take such
                testimony orally or by deposition; (7) employ and fix the
                compensation of a staff director, a counsel, an assistant
                counsel, one or more investigators, one or more hearing
                examiners, and such technical, clerical, and other
                assistants and consultants as it deems advisable; and (8) to
                procure the temporary services (not in excess of one year)
                or intermittent services of individual consultants, or
                organizations thereof, by contract as independent
                contractors or, in the case of individuals, by employment at
                daily rates of compensation not in excess of the per diem
                equivalent of the highest rate of compensation which may be
                paid to a regular employee of the Select Committee.
                    (b)(1) The Select Committee is authorized to retain and
                compensate counsel not employed by the Senate (or by any
                department or agency of the executive branch of the
                Government) whenever the Select Committee determines that
                the retention of outside counsel is necessary or appropriate
                for any action regarding any complaint or allegation, which,
                in the determination of the Select Committee is more
                appropriately conducted by counsel not employed by the
                Government of the United States as a regular employee.
                    (2) Any investigation conducted under section 2 shall be
                conducted by outside counsel as authorized in paragraph (1),
                unless the Select Committee determines not to use outside
                counsel.
                    (c) With the prior consent of the department or agency
                concerned, the Select Committee may (1) utilize the serv

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                ices, information, and facilities of any such department or
                agency of the Government, and (2) employ on a reimbursable
                basis or otherwise the services of such personnel of any
                such department or agency as it deems advisable. With the
                consent of any other committee of the Senate, or any
                subcommittee thereof, the Select Committee may utilize the
                facilities and the services of the staff of such other
                committee or subcommittee whenever the chairman of the
                Select Committee determines that such action is necessary
                and appropriate.
                    (d) Subpenas may be issued (1) by the Select Committee
                or (2) by the chairman and vice chairman, acting jointly.
                Any such subpena shall be signed by the chairman or the vice
                chairman and may be served by any person designated by such
                chairman or vice chairman. The chairman of the Select
                Committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to
                witnesses.
                    (e)(1) The Select Committee shall prescribe and publish
                such regulations as it feels are necessary to implement the
                Senate Code of Official Conduct.
                    (2) The Select Committee is authorized to issue
                interpretative rulings explaining and clarifying the
                application of any law, the Code of Official Conduct, or any
                rule or regulation of the Senate within its jurisdiction.
                    (3) The Select Committee shall render an advisory
                opinion, in writing within a reasonable time, in response to
                a written request by a Member or officer of the Senate or a
                candidate for nomination for election, or election to the
                Senate, concerning the application of any law, the Senate
                Code of Official Conduct, or any rule or regulation of the
                Senate within its jurisdiction to a specific factual
                situation pertinent to the conduct or proposed conduct of
                the person seeking the advisory opinion.
                    (4) The Select Committee may in its discretion render an
                advisory opinion in writing within a reasonable time in
                response to a written request by any employee of the Senate
                concerning the application of any law, the Senate Code of
                Official Conduct, or any rule or regulation of the Senate
                within its jurisdiction to a specific factual situation
                pertinent to the conduct or proposed conduct of the person
                seeking the advisory opinion.
                    (5) Notwithstanding any provision of the Senate Code of
                Official Conduct or any rule or regulation of the Senate,
                any person who relies upon any provision or finding of an

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                advisory opinion in accordance with the provisions of
                paragraphs (3) and (4) and who acts in good faith in
                accordance with the provisions and findings of such advisory
                opinion shall not, as a result of any such act, be subject
                to any sanction by the Senate.
                    (6) Any advisory opinion rendered by the Select
                Committee under paragraphs (3) and (4) may be relied upon by
                (A) any person involved in the specific transaction or
                activity with respect to which such advisory opinion is
                rendered: Provided, however, That the request for such
                advisory opinion included a complete and accurate statement
                of the specific factual situation; and (B) any person
                involved in any specific transaction or activity which is
                indistinguishable in all its material aspects from the
                transaction or activity with respect to which such advisory
                opinion is rendered.
                    (7) Any advisory opinion issued in response to a request
                under paragraph (3) or (4) shall be printed in the
                Congressional Record with appropriate deletions to assure
                the privacy of the individual concerned. The Select
                Committee shall to the extent practicable, before rendering
                an advisory opinion, provide any interested party with an
                opportunity to transmit written comments to the Select
                Committee with respect to the request for such advisory
                opinion. The advisory opinions issued by the Select
                Committee shall be compiled, indexed, reproduced, and made
                available on a periodic basis.
                    (8) A brief description of a waiver granted under
                section 102(a)(2)(B) of title I of Ethics in Government Act
                of 1978\1\ or paragraph 1 of rule XXXV\2\ of the Standing
                Rules of the Senate shall be made available upon request in
                the Select Committee office with appropriate deletions to
                assure the privacy of the individual concerned.
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                result of the adoption of S. Res. 220, 96-1, Aug. 3, 1979.
                    \2\Changed from ``paragraph 1 of rule XLIII'' as a
                result of the adoption of S. Res. 389, 96-2, Mar. 25, 1980.
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                    Sec. 4. The expenses of the Select Committee under this
                resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the
                Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Select
                Committee.
                    Sec. 5. As used in this resolution, the term ``officer
                or employee of the Senate'' means--
                            (1) an elected officer of the Senate who is not
                        a Member of the Senate;

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                            (2) an employee of the Senate, any committee or
                        subcommittee of the Senate, or any Member of the
                        Senate;
                            (3) the Legislative Counsel of the Senate or any
                        employee of his office;
                            (4) an Official Reporter of Debates of the
                        Senate and any person employed by the Official
                        Reporters of Debates of the Senate in connection
                        with the performance of their official duties;
                            (5) a member of the Capitol Police force whose
                        compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the
                        Senate;
                            (6) an employee of the Vice President if such
                        employee's compensation is disbursed by the
                        Secretary of the Senate;
                            (7) an employee of a joint committee of the
                        Congress whose compensation is disbursed by the
                        Secretary of the Senate.

                [S. Res. 338, 88-2, July 24, 1964; S. Res. 368, 93-2, July
                25, 1974; S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 4, 1977; S. Res. 110, 95-1,
                Apr. 1, 1977; S. Res. 230, 95-1, July 25, 1977; S. Res. 312,
                95-1, Nov. 1, 1977; S. Res. 271, 96-1, Oct. 31, 1979; S.
                Res. 78, 97-1, Feb. 24, 1981.]

          79.1
          79.1      SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS--ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

                    Resolved, That the Senate assigns responsibility for
                administering the reporting requirements of Title I of the
                Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to the Select Committee on
                Ethics.

                [S. Res. 223, 96-1, Aug. 2, 1979.]

        79.1-1
        79.1-1     SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS--CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN
                         LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANTS CLERK-HIRE ALLOWANCE

                    Resolved, That effective October 31, 1979, service of a
                Senator as the chairman or ranking minority member of the
                Select Committee on Ethics shall not be taken into account
                for purposes of applying section 111(b) of the Legislative
                Branch Appropriation Act, 1978.

                                         [S. Res. 290, 96-1, Nov. 27, 1979.]

        79.1-2
        79.1-2     AUTHORIZING THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS TO PROVIDE
                        TRAINING ASSISTANCE TO ITS PROFESSIONAL STAFF

                    Resolved, That the Select Committee on Ethics
                (hereinafter referred to as the ``Select Committee'') is
                authorized, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and
                Administration, to provide assistance for members of its
                professional staff in obtaining specialized training,
                whenever the

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                Select Committee determines that such training will aid it
                in the discharge of its responsibilities.
                    Sec. 2. (a) Assistance provided under authority of this
                resolution may be in the form of continuance of pay during
                periods of training or grants of funds to pay tuition, fees,
                or such other expenses of training, or both, as may be
                approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
                    (b) The Select Committee shall obtain from any employee
                receiving such assistance such agreement with respect to
                continued employment with the Select Committee as it may
                deem necessary to assure that it will receive the benefits
                of such employee's services upon completion of his training.
                    Sec. 3. The expenses of the Select Committee in
                providing assistance under authority of this resolution
                shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon
                vouchers approved by the chairman of the Select Committee.

                                         [S. Res. 425, 97-2, Aug. 12, 1982.]

          79.2
          79.2                AWARD OF SERVICE PINS OR EMBLEMS

                    Resolved, That the Committee on Rules and Administration
                is hereby authorized to provide for the awarding of service
                pins or emblems to Members, officers, and employees of the
                Senate, and to promulgate regulations governing the awarding
                of such pins or emblems. Such pins or emblems shall be of a
                type appropriate to be attached to the lapel of the wearer,
                shall be of such appropriate material and design, and shall
                contain such characters, symbols, or other matter, as the
                committee shall select.
                    Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate, under direction of
                the committee and in accordance with regulations promulgated
                by the committee, shall procure such pins or emblems and
                award them to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate
                who are entitled thereto.
                    Sec. 3. The expenses incurred in procuring such pins or
                emblems shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate
                on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee.

                [S. Jour. 45, 89-1, Sept. 10, 1965.]

          79.3
          79.3           DESIGNATION OF THE ``DANIEL WEBSTER DESK''

                    Resolved, That during the Ninety-fourth Congress and
                each Congress thereafter, the desk located within the Senate
                Chamber and commonly referred to as the ``Daniel Webster
                Desk'' shall, at the request of the senior Senator from the
                State of New Hampshire, be assigned to such

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                Senator for use in carrying out his or her Senatorial duties
                during that Senator's term of office.

                                         [S. Res. 469, 93-2, Dec. 19, 1974.]

          79.4
          79.4     COMMISSION ON ART AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE UNITED STATES
                                         SENATE \1\

          79.6
          79.6  STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND OFFICERS
                                 AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE

                    Resolved, It is declared to be the policy of the Senate
                that--
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                U.S.C. 188(a), (b); Senate Manual sections 522 a, b.
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                    (a) The ideal concept of public office, expressed by the
                words, ``A public office is a public trust'', signifies that
                the officer has been entrusted with public power by the
                people; that the officer holds this power in trust to be
                used only for their benefit and never for the benefit of
                himself or of a few; and that the officer must never conduct
                his own affairs so as to infringe on the public interest.
                All official conduct of Members of the Senate should be
                guided by this paramount concept of public office.
                    (b) These rules, as the written expression of certain
                standards of conduct, complement the body of unwritten but
                generally accepted standards that continue to apply to the
                Senate.

                                         * * * * * *

                                        [S. Jour. 247, 90-2, Mar. 22, 1968.]

          79.7
          79.7             OFFICE OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

                    Resolved, That, effective January 5, 1977, there is
                hereby established in the United States Senate the Office of
                Deputy President Pro Tempore.
                    Sec. 2. Any Member of the Senate who has held the Office
                of President of the United States or Vice President of the
                United States shall be a Deputy President pro tempore.
                    Sec. 3. [Superseded.]
                    Sec. 4. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is
                authorized (a) to provide, by lease or purchase, and
                maintain an automobile for each Deputy President pro
                tempore, and (b) to employ and fix the compensation of a
                driver-messenger

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                for each Deputy President pro tempore at not to exceed
                $18,584\1\ per annum.
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                1981, Sec. 116, 95 Stat. 963. See Senate Manual section
                258.5.
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                    Sec. 5. [Superseded.]
                    Sec. 6. [Superseded.]
                    Sec. 7. Until otherwise provided by law, the Secretary
                of the Senate is authorized to pay from the contingent fund
                of the Senate such amounts as may be necessary, for salaries
                and expenses, to carry out the provisions of this
                resolution. Expenses incurred under section 4(a) of this
                resolution shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the
                Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. Vouchers shall not be
                required for the disbursement of salaries of employees paid
                under authority of this resolution.

                [S. Res. 17, 95-1, Jan. 10, 1977.]

                    Resolved, That (a) In addition to Senators who hold the
                office of Deputy President pro tempore under authority of S.
                Res. 17 of the 95th Congress (agreed to January 10, 1977),
                any other Member of the Senate who is designated as such by
                the Senate in a Senate resolution shall be the Deputy
                President pro tempore of the Senate, and shall hold office
                at the pleasure of the Senate during the 100th Congress.
                    (b) The Deputy President pro tempore who is designated
                as such pursuant to the authority contained in this
                resolution is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation
                of such employees as he deems appropriate: Provided, That
                the gross compensation paid to such employees shall not
                exceed $90,000 for any fiscal year.
                    (c) The following provisions shall not be applicable to
                the Deputy President pro tempore who is designated as such
                pursuant to the authority contained in this resolution:
                    (1) the provisions of S. Res. 17 of the 95th Congress
                (agreed to January 10, 1977);
                    (2) the provisions relating to compensation of a Deputy
                President pro tempore which appear in chapter VIII of title
                I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, and which
                are carried in section 32a of title 2, United States Code;
                and
                    (3) the provisions relating to staff of a Deputy
                President pro tempore which appear in chapter VIII of title
                I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, and which
                are carried in section 611 of title 2, United States Code.

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                    (d) Salaries under authority of this section shall be
                paid from any funds available in the Senate appropriation
                account for Salaries, Officers and Employees.
                    Sec. 2. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is
                authorized to provide, by lease or purchase, and maintain an
                automobile for the former President pro tempore.
                    (b) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to pay
                from the contingent fund of the Senate such amounts as may
                be necessary for expenses to carry out the provisions of
                this section. Such expenses shall be paid upon vouchers
                approved by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.

                                         [S. Res. 90, 100-1, Jan. 28, 1987.]

          79.8
          79.8
                designating the old senate office building and the new
                    senate office building as the ``richard brevard russell
                    senate office building'' and the ``everett mckinley
                    dirksen senate office building'', respectively

                    Resolved, That insofar as concerns the Senate--
                            (1) the Senate Office building referred to as
                        the Old Senate Office Building and constructed under
                        authority of the Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat.
                        452, 481), is designated, and shall be known as, the
                        ``Richard Brevard Russell Senate Office Building'';
                        and
                            (2) the additional office building for the
                        Senate referred to as the New Senate Office Building
                        and constructed under the provisions of the Second
                        Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1948 (62 Stat.
                        1928), is designated, and shall be known as, the
                        ``Everett McKinley Dirksen Senate Office Building''.
                    Sec. 2. Any rule, regulation, document, or record of the
                Senate, in which reference is made to either building
                referred to in the first section of this resolution, shall
                be held and considered to be a reference to such building by
                the name designated for such building by the first section
                of this resolution.
                    Sec. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration shall
                place appropriate markers or inscriptions at suitable
                locations within the buildings referred to in the first
                section of this resolution to commemorate and designate such
                buildings as provided in this resolution. Expenses incurred
                under this resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund
                of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the
                committee.

                [S. Jour. 1197, 92-2, Oct. 11, 1972; S. Res. 295, 96-1, Dec.
                                                                   3, 1979.]

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          79.9
          79.9
                designating the extension to the dirksen senate office
                    building as the ``philip a. hart senate office
                    building''

                    Resolved, That insofar as concerns the Senate, the
                extension of the Senate Office Building presently under
                construction pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations
                Act, 1973 (86 Stat. 1510), is designated and shall be known
                as the ``Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building'', when
                completed.
                    Sec. 2. Any rule, regulation, document, or record of the
                Senate, in which reference is made to the building referred
                to in the first section of this resolution, shall be held
                and considered to be a reference to such building by the
                name designated for such building by the first section of
                this resolution.
                    Sec. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration shall
                place appropriate markers or inscriptions at suitable
                locations within the building referred to in the first
                section of this resolution to commemorate and designate such
                building as provided in this resolution. Expenses incurred
                under this resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund
                of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the
                committee.

                 [S. Res. 525, 94-2, Aug. 30, 1976; S. Res. 295, 96-1, Dec.
                                                                   3, 1979.]

         79.10
         79.10  PRINTING OF MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO DECEASED FORMER MEMBERS OF
                                         THE SENATE

                    Resolved, That when the Senate orders the printing as a
                Senate document of the legislative proceedings in the United
                States Congress relating to the death of a former United
                States Senator, such document shall be prepared, printed,
                bound, and distributed, except to the extent otherwise
                provided by the Joint Committee on Printing under chapter 1
                of title 44, United States Code, in the same manner and
                under the same conditions as memorial addresses on behalf of
                Members of Congress dying in office are printed under
                sections 723 and 724 of such title.

                                         [S. Jour. 293, 93-1, Apr. 6, 1973.]

         79.11
         79.11                 SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN EMERITUS

                Whereas the Senate has been advised of the retirement of its
                    Parliamentarian, Floyd M. Riddick, at the end of this
                    session: Therefore be it

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                    Resolved, That, effective at the sine die adjournment of
                this session, as a token of the appreciation of the Senate
                for his long and faithful service, Floyd M. Riddick is
                hereby designated as Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United
                States Senate.

                [S. Jour. 1519, 93-2, Dec. 5, 1974.]

                    Resolved, That Murray Zweben be, and he is hereby,
                designated as a Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United
                States Senate.

                [S. Res. 297, 98-1, Nov. 18, 1983.]

                    Resolved, That Robert B. Dove be, and he is hereby,
                designated as a Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United
                States Senate.

                [S. Res. 32, 100-1, Jan. 6, 1987.]

                    Resolved, That Alan Scott Frumin be, and he is hereby
                designated as a Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United
                States Senate.

                [S. Res. 23, 105-1, Jan. 23, 1997.]

         79.12
         79.12         CONSULTANTS FOR THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                    Resolved, That within the limit of funds appropriated
                for expenses of inquiries and investigations for the
                Committee on Appropriations, the committee may expend such
                sums as it deems appropriate and necessary for the
                procurement of the services of individual consultants or
                organizations. Such services in the case of individuals or
                organizations may be procured by contract as independent
                contractors, or in the case of individuals by employment at
                daily rates of compensation not in excess of the per diem
                equivalent of the highest gross rate of compensation which
                may be paid to a regular employee of the committee. Such
                contracts may be made in the same manner and subject to the
                same conditions with respect to advertising as required of
                other standing committees of the Senate under section
                202(i)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as
                amended.

                [S. Res. 140, 94-1, May 14, 1975.]

         79.13
         79.13                SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

                    Resolved, That it is the purpose of this resolution to
                establish a new select committee of the Senate, to be known
                as the Select Committee on Intelligence, to oversee and make
                continuing studies of the intelligence activities and
                programs of the United States Government, and to submit to
                the Senate appropriate proposals for legislation and report
                to the Senate concerning such intelligence activities and
                programs. In carrying out this purpose, the Select Committee
                on Intelligence shall make every effort to assure

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                that the appropriate departments and agencies of the United
                States provide informed and timely intelligence necessary
                for the executive and legislative branches to make sound
                decisions affecting the security and vital interests of the
                Nation. It is further the purpose of this resolution to
                provide vigilant legislative oversight over the intelligence
                activities of the United States to assure that such
                activities are in conformity with the Constitution and laws
                of the United States.
                    Sec. 2. (a) (1) There is hereby established a select
                committee to be known as the Select Committee on
                Intelligence (hereinafter in this resolution referred to as
                the ``select committee''). The select committee shall be
                composed of fifteen\1\ members appointed as follows:
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                            (A) two members from the Committee on
                        Appropriations;
                            (B) two members from the Committee on Armed
                        Services;
                            (C) two members from the Committee on Foreign
                        Relations;
                            (D) two members from the Committee on the
                        Judiciary; and
                            (E) seven members to be appointed from the
                        Senate at large.
                    (2) Members appointed from each committee named in
                clauses (A) through (D) of paragraph (1) shall be evenly
                divided between the two major political parties and shall be
                appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon
                the recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of
                the Senate. Four of the members appointed under clause (E)
                of paragraph (1) shall be appointed by the President pro
                tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the
                majority leader of the Senate and three shall be appointed
                by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the
                recommendation of the minority leader of the Senate.
                    (3) The majority leader of the Senate and the minority
                leader of the Senate shall be ex officio members of the
                select committee but shall have no vote in the committee and
                shall not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum.

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                    (b) No Senator may serve on the select committee for
                more than eight years of continuous service, exclusive of
                service by any Senator on such committee during the Ninety-
                fourth Congress. To the greatest extent practicable, one-
                third of the Members of the Senate appointed to the select
                committee at the beginning of the Ninety-seventh Congress
                and each Congress thereafter shall be Members of the Senate
                who did not serve on such committee during the preceding
                Congress.
                    (c) At the beginning of each Congress, the Members of
                the Senate who are members of the majority party of the
                Senate shall elect a chairman for the select committee, and
                the Members of the Senate who are from the minority party of
                the Senate shall elect a vice chairman for such committee.
                The vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of the
                chairman in the absence of the chairman. Neither the
                chairman nor the vice chairman of the select committee shall
                at the same time serve as chairman or ranking minority
                member of any other committee referred to in paragraph
                4(e)(1)\1\ of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
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                adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979.
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                    Sec. 3. (a) There shall be referred to the select
                committee all proposed legislation, messages, petitions,
                memorials, and other matters relating to the following:
                            (1) The Central Intelligence Agency and the
                        Director of Central Intelligence.
                            (2) Intelligence activities of all other
                        departments and agencies of the Government,
                        including, but not limited to, the intelligence
                        activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the
                        National Security Agency, and other agencies of the
                        Department of Defense; the Department of State; the
                        Department of Justice; and the Department of the
                        Treasury.
                            (3) The organization or reorganization of any
                        department or agency of the Government to the extent
                        that the organization or reorganization relates to a
                        function or activity involving intelligence
                        activities.
                            (4) Authorizations for appropriations, both
                        direct and indirect, for the following:
                                    (A) The Central Intelligence Agency and
                                Director of Central Intelligence.
                                    (B) The Defense Intelligence Agency.

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                                    (C) The National Security Agency.
                                    (D) The intelligence activities of other
                                agencies and subdivisions of the Department
                                of Defense.
                                    (E) The intelligence activities of the
                                Department of State.
                                    (F) The intelligence activities of the
                                Federal Bureau of Investigation, including
                                all activities of the Intelligence Division.
                                    (G) Any department, agency, or
                                subdivision which is the successor to any
                                agency named in clause (A), (B), or (C); and
                                the activities of any department, agency, or
                                subdivision which is the successor to any
                                department, agency, bureau, or subdivision
                                named in clause (D), (E), or (F) to the
                                extent that the activities of such successor
                                department, agency, or subdivision are
                                activities described in clause (D), (E), or
                                (F).
                    (b) Any proposed legislation reported by the select
                committee, except any legislation involving matters
                specified in clause (1) or (4)(A) of subsection (a),
                containing any matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of
                any standing committee shall, at the request of the chairman
                of such standing committee, be referred to such standing
                committee for its consideration of such matter and be
                reported to the Senate by such standing committee within
                thirty days after the day on which such proposed legislation
                is referred to such standing committee; and any proposed
                legislation reported by any committee, other than the select
                committee, which contains any matter within the jurisdiction
                of the select committee shall, at the request of the
                chairman of the select committee, be referred to the select
                committee for its consideration of such matter and be
                reported to the Senate by the select committee within thirty
                days after the day on which such proposed legislation is
                referred to such committee. In any case in which a committee
                fails to report any proposed legislation referred to it
                within the time limit prescribed herein, such committee
                shall be automatically discharged from further consideration
                of such proposed legislation on the thirtieth day following
                the day on which such proposed legislation is referred to
                such committee unless the Senate provides otherwise. In
                computing any thirty-day period under this paragraph there
                shall be excluded from such computation any days on which
                the Senate is not in session.

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                    (c) Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as
                prohibiting or otherwise restricting the authority of any
                other committee to study and review any intelligence
                activity to the extent that such activity directly affects a
                matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such committee.
                    (d) Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as
                amending, limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of
                any standing committee of the Senate to obtain full and
                prompt access to the product of the intelligence activities
                of any department or agency of the Government relevant to a
                matter otherwise within the jurisidiction of such committee.
                    Sec. 4. (a) The select committee, for the purposes of
                accountability to the Senate, shall make regular and
                periodic reports to the Senate on the nature and extent of
                the intelligence activities of the various departments and
                agencies of the United States. Such committee shall promptly
                call to the attention of the Senate or to any other
                appropriate committee or committees of the Senate any
                matters requiring the attention of the Senate or such other
                committee or committees. In making such report, the select
                committee shall proceed in a manner consistent with section
                8(c)(2) to protect national security.
                    (b) The select committee shall obtain an annual report
                from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the
                Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the
                Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such
                reports shall review the intelligence activities of the
                agency or department concerned and the intelligence
                activities of foreign countries directed at the United
                States or its interest. An unclassified version of each
                report may be made available to the public at the discretion
                of the select committee. Nothing herein shall be construed
                as requiring the public disclosure in such reports of the
                names of individuals engaged in intelligence activities for
                the United States or the divulging of intelligence methods
                employed or the sources of information on which such reports
                are based or the amount of funds authorized to be
                appropriated for intelligence activities.

                    (c) On or before March 15 of each year, the select
                committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the
                Senate the views and estimates described in section 301(c)
                of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters
                within the jurisdiction of the select committee.

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                    Sec. 5. (a) For the purposes of this resolution, the
                select committee is authorized in its discretion (1) to make
                investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, (2)
                to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate,
                (3) to employ personnel, (4) to hold hearings, (5) to sit
                and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses,
                and adjourned periods of the Senate, (6) to require, by
                subpena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the
                production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents,
                (7) to take depositions and other testimony, (8) to procure
                the service of individual consultants or organizations
                thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i)
                of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and (9) with
                the prior consent of the Government department or agency
                concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to
                use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any
                such department or agency.

                    (b) The chairman of the select committee or any member
                thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.

                    (c) Subpenas authorized by the select committee may be
                issued over the signature of the chairman, the vice chairman
                or any member of the select committee designated by the
                chairman, and may be served by any person designated by the
                chairman or any member signing the subpenas.
                    Sec. 6. No employee of the select committee or any
                person engaged by contract or otherwise to perform services
                for or at the request of such committee shall be given
                access to any classified information by such committee
                unless such employee or person has (1) agreed in writing and
                under oath to be bound by the rules of the Senate (including
                the jurisdiction of the Select Committee on Standards and
                Conduct\1\ and of such committee as to the security of such
                information during and after the period of his employment or
                contractual agreement with such committee; and (2) received
                an appropriate security clearance as determined by such
                committee in consultation with the Director of Central
                Intelligence. The type of security clearance to be required
                in the case of any such employee or person shall, within the
                determination of such committee in consultation with the
                Director of Central Intelligence, be commensurate with the
                sensitivity of the classified information

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                to which such employee or person will be given access by
                such committee.
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                    Sec. 7. The select committee shall formulate and carry
                out such rules and procedures as it deems necessary to
                prevent the disclosure, without the consent of the person or
                persons concerned, of information in the possession of such
                committee which unduly infringes upon the privacy or which
                violates the constitutional rights of such person or
                persons. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent such
                committee from publicly disclosing any such information in
                any case in which such committee determines the national
                interest in the disclosure of such information clearly
                outweighs any infringement on the privacy of any person or
                persons.
                    Sec. 8. (a) The select committee may, subject to the
                provisions of this section, disclose publicly any
                information in the possession of such committee after a
                determination by such committee that the public interest
                would be served by such disclosure. Whenever committee
                action is required to disclose any information under this
                section, the committee shall meet to vote on the matter
                within five days after any member of the committee requests
                such a vote. No member of the select committee shall
                disclose any information, the disclosure of which requires a
                committee vote, prior to a vote by the committee on the
                question of the disclosure of such information or after such
                vote except in accordance with this section.
                    (b)(1) In any case in which the select committee votes
                to disclose publicly any information which has been
                classified under established security procedures, which has
                been submitted to it by the executive branch, and which the
                executive branch requests be kept secret, such committee
                shall notify the President of such vote.
                    (2) The select committee may disclose publicly such
                information after the expiration of a five-day period
                following the day on which notice of such vote is
                transmitted to the President, unless, prior to the
                expiration of such five-day period, the President,
                personally in writing, notifies the committee that he
                objects to the disclosure of such information, provides his
                reasons therefor, and certifies that the threat to the
                national interest of the United States posed by such
                disclosure is of such gravity that it outweighs any public
                interest in the disclosure.

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                    (3) If the President, personally in writing, notifies
                the select committee of his objections to the disclosure of
                such information as provided in paragraph (2), such
                committee may, by majority vote, refer the question of the
                disclosure of such information to the Senate for
                consideration. The committee shall not publicly disclose
                such information without leave of the Senate.
                    (4) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the
                question of disclosure of any information to the Senate
                under paragraph (3), the chairman shall not later than the
                first day on which the Senate is in session following the
                day on which the vote occurs, report the matter to the
                Senate for its consideration.
                    (5) One hour after the Senate convenes on the fourth day
                on which the Senate is in session following the day on which
                any such matter is reported to the Senate, or at such
                earlier time as the majority leader and the minority leader
                of the Senate jointly agree upon in accordance with
                paragraph 5 of rule XVII of the Standing Rules of the
                Senate,\1\ the Senate shall go into closed session and the
                matter shall be the pending business. In considering the
                matter in closed session the Senate may--
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                Reorganization Act of 1946'' as a result of the adoption of
                S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979; further changed from
                ``paragraph 5 of rule XXVII'' as a result of the adoption of
                S. Res. 389, 96-2, Mar. 25, 1980.
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                            (A) approve the public disclosure of all or any
                        portion of the information in question, in which
                        case the committee shall publicly disclose the
                        information ordered to be disclosed,
                            (B) disapprove the public disclosure of all or
                        any portion of the information in question, in which
                        case the committee shall not publicly disclose the
                        information ordered not to be disclosed, or
                            (C) refer all or any portion of the matter back
                        to the committee, in which case the committee shall
                        make the final determination with respect to the
                        public disclosure of the information in question.
                Upon conclusion of the consideration of such matter in
                closed session, which may not extend beyond the close of the
                ninth day on which the Senate is in session following the
                day on which such matter was reported to the Senate, or the
                close of the fifth day following the day agreed upon jointly
                by the majority and minority leaders in accordance with
                paragraph 5 of rule XVII of the

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                Standing Rules of the Senate\1\ (whichever the case may be),
                the Senate shall immediately vote on the disposition of such
                matter in open session, without debate, and without
                divulging the information with respect to which the vote is
                being taken. The Senate shall vote to dispose of such matter
                by one or more of the means specified in clauses (A), (B),
                and (C) of the second sentence of this paragraph. Any vote
                of the Senate to disclose any information pursuant to this
                paragraph shall be subject to the right of a Member of the
                Senate to move for reconsideration of the vote within the
                time and pursuant to the procedures specified in rule XIII
                of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and the disclosure of
                such information shall be made consistent with that right.
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                    (c)(1) No information in the possession of the select
                committee relating to the lawful intelligence activities of
                any department or agency of the United States which has been
                classified under established security procedures and which
                the select committee, pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of
                this section, has determined should not be disclosed shall
                be made available to any person by a Member, officer, or
                employee of the Senate except in a closed session of the
                Senate or as provided in paragraph (2).
                    (2) The select committee may, under such regulations as
                the committee shall prescribe to protect the confidentiality
                of such information, make any information described in
                paragraph (1) available to any other committee or any other
                Member of the Senate. Whenever the select committee makes
                such information available, the committee shall keep a
                written record showing, in the case of any particular
                information, which committee or which Members of the Senate
                received such information. No Member of the Senate who, and
                no committee which, receives any information under this
                subsection, shall disclose such information except in a
                closed session of the Senate.
                    (d) It shall be the duty of the Select Committee on
                Standards and Conduct\2\ to investigate any unauthorized
                disclosure of intelligence information by a Member, officer
                or employee of the Senate in violation of subsection (c) and
                to report to the Senate concerning any allegation which it
                finds to be substantiated.
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                    (e) Upon the request of any person who is subject to any
                such investigation, the Select Committee on Standards and
                Conduct\1\ shall release to such individual at the
                conclusion of its investigation a summary of its
                investigation together with its findings. If, at the
                conclusion of its investigation, the Select Committee on
                Standards and Conduct\1\ determines that there has been a
                significant breach of confidentiality or unauthorized
                disclosure by a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate,
                it shall report its findings to the Senate and recommend
                appropriate action such as censure, removal from committee
                membership, or expulsion from the Senate, in the case of a
                Member, or removal from office or employment or punishment
                for contempt, in the case of an officer or employee.
                    Sec. 9. The select committee is authorized to permit any
                personal representative of the President, designated by the
                President to serve as a liaison to such committee, to attend
                any closed meeting of such committee.
                    Sec. 10. Upon expiration of the Select Committee on
                Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence
                Activities, established by Senate Resolution 21, Ninety-
                fourth Congress, all records, files, documents, and other
                materials in the possession, custody, or control of such
                committee, under appropriate conditions established by it,
                shall be transferred to the select committee.
                    Sec. 11. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that the head
                of each department and agency of the United States should
                keep the select committee fully and currently informed with
                respect to intelligence activities, including any
                significant anticipated activities, which are the
                responsibility of or engaged in by such department or
                agency: Provided, That this does not constitute a condition
                precedent to the implementation of any such anticipated
                intelligence activity.
                    (b) It is the sense of the Senate that the head of any
                department or agency of the United States involved in any
                intelligence activities should furnish any information or
                document in the possession, custody, or control of the
                department or agency, or person paid by such department or
                agency, whenever requested by the select committee with
                respect to any matter within such committee's jurisdiction.
                    (c) It is the sense of the Senate that each department
                and agency of the United States should report immediately

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                upon discovery to the select committee any and all
                intelligence activities which constitute violations of the
                constitutional rights of any person, violations of law, or
                violations of Executive orders, presidential directives, or
                departmental or agency rules or regulations; each department
                and agency should further report to such committee what
                actions have been taken or are expected to be taken by the
                departments or agencies with respect to such violations.
                    Sec. 12. Subject to the Standing Rules of the Senate, no
                funds shall be appropriated for any fiscal year beginning
                after September 30, 1976, with the exception of a continuing
                bill or resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference
                report thereon, to, or for use of, any department or agency
                of the United States to carry out any of the following
                activities, unless such funds shall have been previously
                authorized by a bill or joint resolution passed by the
                Senate during the same or preceding fiscal year to carry out
                such activity for such fiscal year:
                            (1) The activities of the Central Intelligence
                        Agency and the Director of Central Intelligence.
                            (2) The activities of the Defense Intelligence
                        Agency.
                            (3) The activities of the National Security
                        Agency.
                            (4) The intelligence activities of other
                        agencies and subdivisions of the Department of
                        Defense.
                            (5) The intelligence activities of the
                        Department of State.
                            (6) The intelligence activities of the Federal
                        Bureau of Investigation, including all activities of
                        the Intelligence Division.
                    Sec. 13. (a) The select committee shall make a study
                with respect to the following matters, taking into
                consideration with respect to each such matter, all relevant
                aspects of the effectiveness of planning, gathering, use,
                security, and dissemination of intelligence:
                            (1) the quality of the analytical capabilities
                        of United States foreign intelligence agencies and
                        means for integrating more closely analytical
                        intelligence and policy formulation;
                            (2) the extent and nature of the authority of
                        the departments and agencies of the executive branch
                        to engage in intelligence activities and the
                        desirability of developing charters for each
                        intelligence agency or department;

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                            (3) the organization of intelligence activities
                        in the executive branch to maximize the
                        effectiveness of the conduct, oversight, and
                        accountability of intelligence activities; to reduce
                        duplication or overlap; and to improve the morale of
                        the personnel of the foreign intelligence agencies;
                            (4) the conduct of covert and clandestine
                        activities and the procedures by which Congress is
                        informed of such activities;
                            (5) the desirability of changing any law, Senate
                        rule or procedure, or any Executive order, rule, or
                        regulation to improve the protection of intelligence
                        secrets and provide from disclosure of information
                        for which there is no compelling reason for secrecy;
                            (6) the desirability of establishing a standing
                        committee of the Senate on intelligence activities;
                            (7) the desirability of establishing a joint
                        committee of the Senate and the House of
                        Representatives on intelligence activities in lieu
                        of having separate committees in each House of
                        Congress, or of establishing procedures under which
                        separate committees on intelligence activities of
                        the two Houses of Congress would receive joint
                        briefings from the intelligence agencies and
                        coordinate their policies with respect to the
                        safeguarding of sensitive intelligence information;
                            (8) the authorization of funds for the
                        intelligence activities of the Government and
                        whether disclosure of any of the amounts of such
                        funds is in the public interest; and
                            (9) the development of a uniform set of
                        definitions for terms to be used in policies or
                        guidelines which may be adopted by the executive or
                        legislative branches to govern, clarify, and
                        strengthen the operation of intelligence activities.
                    (b) The select committee may, in its discretion, omit
                from the special study required by this section any matter
                it determines has been adequately studied by the Select
                Committee To Study Governmental Operations With Respect to
                Intelligence Activities, established by Senate Resolution
                21, Ninety-fourth Congress.
                    (c) The select committee shall report the results of the
                study provided for by this section to the Senate, together
                with any recommendations for legislative or other actions it
                deems appropriate, no later than July 1, 1977, and from time
                to time thereafter as it deems appropriate.

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                    Sec. 14. (a) As used in this resolution, the term
                ``intelligence activities'' includes (1) the collection,
                analysis, production, dissemination, or use of information
                which relates to any foreign country, or any government,
                political group, party, military force, movement, or other
                association in such foreign country, and which relates to
                the defense, foreign policy, national security, or related
                policies of the United States, and other activity which is
                in support of such activities; (2) activities taken to
                counter similar activities directed against the United
                States; (3) covert or clandestine activities affecting the
                relations of the United States with any foreign government,
                political group, party, military force, movement or other
                association; (4) the collection, analysis, production,
                dissemination, or use of information about activities of
                persons within the United States, its territories and
                possessions, or nationals of the United States abroad whose
                political and related activities pose, or may be considered
                by any department, agency, bureau, office, division,
                instrumentality, or employee of the United States to pose, a
                threat to the internal security of the United States, and
                covert or clandestine activities directed against such
                persons. Such term does not include tactical foreign
                military intelligence serving no national policymaking
                function.
                    (b) As used in this resolution, the term ``department or
                agency'' includes any organization, committee, council,
                establishment, or office within the Federal Government.
                    (c) For purposes of this resolution, reference to any
                department, agency, bureau, or subdivision shall include a
                reference to any successor department, agency, bureau, or
                subdivision to the extent that such successor engages in
                intelligence activities now conducted by the department,
                agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in this
                resolution.
                    Sec. 15. (This section authorized funds for the select
                committee for the period May 19, 1976, through Feb. 28,
                1977.)
                    Sec. 16. Nothing in this resolution shall be construed
                as constituting acquiescence by the Senate in any practice,
                or in the conduct of any activity, not otherwise authorized
                by law.

                [S. Res. 400, 94-2, May 19, 1976; S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 4,
                    1977.]

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         79.14
         79.14                EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES\1\

                Whereas the Senate supports the principle that each
                    individual is entitled to the equal protection of the
                    laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Article of Amendment
                    to the Constitution of the United States; and
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                Whereas the Senate as an employer is not compelled by law to
                    provide to its employees the protections against
                    discrimination established in the Equal Pay Act of 1963
                    or title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Now,
                    therefore, be it
                    Resolved, That (a) no Member, officer, or employee of
                the Senate shall, with respect to employment by the Senate
                or any office thereof--
                            (1) fail or refuse to hire an individual,
                            (2) discharge an individual, or
                            (3) otherwise discriminate against an individual
                        with respect to promotion, compensation, or terms,
                        conditions, or privileges of employment,
                on the basis of such individual's race, color, religion,
                sex, national origin or state of handicap.
                    (b) Each Member, officer, and employee of the Senate
                shall encourage the hiring of women and members of minority
                groups at all levels of employment on the staffs of Members,
                officers, and committees of the Senate.

                                         [S. Res. 534, 94-2, Sept. 8, 1976.]

         79.15
         79.15          REORGANIZATION OF SENATE COMMITTEE SYSTEM\2\

                    Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as the
                ``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977''.

                     TITLE 1--SENATE COMMITTEES; JURISDICTIONS AND SIZES

                                        * * * * * * *

         79.16
         79.16                   SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

                    Sec. 104. (a)(1) There is established a Special
                Committee on Aging (hereafter in this section referred to as
                the ``special committee'') which shall consist of
                nineteen\3\ members. The members and chairman of the special
                committee shall be appointed in the same manner and at the
                same time as the members and chairman of a standing
                committee of the Senate. After the date on which the
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                nority members of the special committee are initially
                appointed on or after the effective date of title I of the
                Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977, each
                time a vacancy occurs in the membership of the special
                committee, the number of members of the special committee
                shall be reduced by one until the number of members of the
                special committee consists of nine Senators.
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                    \2\Omitted portions amended the Standing Rules of the
                Senate and various Senate resolutions, were temporary in
                nature, or have been executed.
                    \3\See paragraph 3(b) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules,
                Senate Manual section 25.3b for current membership.
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                    (2)\1\ For purposes of paragraph 1 of rule XXV;
                paragraphs 1, 7(a)(1)-(2), 9, and 10(a) of rule XXVI; and
                paragraphs 1(a)-(d), and 2 (a) and (d) of rule XXVII of the
                Standing Rules of the Senate; and for purposes of section
                202 (i) and (j) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
                1946, the special committee shall be treated as a standing
                committee of the Senate.\2\
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                    \1\The references in this paragraph were changed as a
                result of the adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979;
                and further changed as a result of the adoption of S. Res.
                389, 96-2, Mar. 25, 1980.
                    \2\As amended, S. Res. 78, 95-1, Feb. 11, 1977; S. Res.
                376, 95-2, Mar. 6, 1978.
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                    (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the special committee to
                conduct a continuing study of any and all matters pertaining
                to problems and opportunities of older people, including,
                but not limited to, problems and opportunities of
                maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding
                employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding
                activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary,
                of obtaining care or assistance. No proposed legislation
                shall be referred to such committee, and such committee
                shall not have power to report by bill, or otherwise have
                legislative jurisdiction.
                    (2) The special committee shall, from time to time (but
                not less often than once each year), report to the Senate
                the results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph
                (1), together with such recommendation as it considers
                appropriate.
                    (c)(1) For the purposes of this section, the special
                committee is authorized, in its discretion, (A) to make
                investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, (B)
                to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate,
                (C) to employ personnel, (D) to hold hearings, (E) to sit
                and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses,
                and adjourned periods of the Senate, (F) to require, by
                subpena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the
                production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents,
                (G) to take depositions and other testimony, (H) to procure

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                the services of individual consultations or organizations
                thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i)
                of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and (I) with
                the prior consent of the Government department or agency
                concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to
                use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any
                such department or agency.
                    (2) The chairman of the special committee or any member
                thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
                    (3) Subpenas authorized by the special committee may be
                issued over the signature of the chairman, or any member of
                the special committee designated by the chairman, and may be
                served by any person designated by the chairman or the
                member signing the subpena.
                    (d) All records and papers of the temporary Special
                Committee on Aging established by Senate Resolution 33,
                Eighty-seventh Congress, are transferred to the special
                committee.
                    (e) (Executed.)

         79.17
         79.17                 COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS \1\

                    Sec. 105. (a)(1) There is established a temporary Select
                Committee on Indian Affairs (hereafter in this section
                referred to as the ``select committee'') which shall consist
                of seven \2\ members, four to be appointed by the President
                of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the majority
                leader, from among members of the majority party and three
                to be appointed by the President of the Senate, upon the
                recommendation of the minority leader, from among the
                members of the minority party. The select committee shall
                select a chairman from among its members.
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                    \1\ Name changed from ``Select Committee on Indian
                Affairs'' by provision of S. Res. 71, 103-1, Feb. 24, 1993.
                    \2\ See paragraph 3(c) of rule XXV of the Standing
                Rules, Senate Manual section 25.3c, for current membership.
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                    (2) A majority of the members of the committee shall
                constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of business,
                except that the select committee may fix a lesser number as
                a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony. The select
                committee shall adopt rules of procedure not inconsistent
                with this section and the rules of the Senate governing
                standing committees of the Senate.
                    (3) Vacancies in the membership of the select committee
                shall not affect the authority of the remaining members to
                execute the functions of the select committee.

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                    (4) For purposes of paragraph 4 \1\ of rule XXV of the
                Standing Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as a
                member or chairman of the select committee shall not be
                taken into account.
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                adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979.
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                    (b)(1) All proposed legislation, messages, petitions,
                memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs
                shall be referred to the select committee.
                    (2) It shall be the duty of the select committee to
                conduct a study of any and all matters pertaining to
                problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not
                limited to, Indian land management and trust
                responsibilities, Indian education, health, special
                services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the
                United States.
                    (3) The select committee shall from time to time report
                to the Senate, by bill or otherwise, its recommendations
                with respect to matters referred to the select committee or
                otherwise within its jurisdiction.
                    (c)(1) For the purposes of this section, the select
                committee is authorized, in its discretion, (A) to make
                investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, (B)
                to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate,
                (C) to employ personnel, (D) to hold hearings, (E) to sit
                and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses,
                and adjourned periods of the Senate, (F) to require, by
                subpena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the
                production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents,
                (G) to take depositions and other testimony, (H) to procure
                the services of individual consultants or organizations
                thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i)
                of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and (I) with
                the prior consent of the Government department or agency
                concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to
                use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any
                such department or agency.
                    (2) The chairman of the select committee or any member
                thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
                    (3) Subpenas authorized by the select committee may be
                issued over the signature of the chairman, or any member of
                the select committee designated by the chairman, and may be
                served by any person designated by the chairman or the
                member signing the subpena.

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                    (d) The select committee shall cease to exist on January
                2, 1984,\1\ and effective on January 3, 1984, jurisdiction
                over the matters specified in subsection (b)(1) and the duty
                specified in subsection (b)(2) are transferred to the
                Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.\2\
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                    \1\ The Senate, by unanimous consent, Nov. 18, 1983,
                provided for the continuation of the select committee with
                all of its jurisdictional responsibilities until July 1,
                1984. S. Res. 127, agreed to June 6, 1984, established the
                Select Committee on Indian Affairs as a permanent committee
                of the Senate.
                    \2\ Name changed from Committee on Human Resources to
                Committee on Labor and Human Resources by S. Res. 30, 96-1,
                Mar. 7, 1979. Name changed to Committee on Health,
                Education, Labor, and Pensions by S. Res. 28, 106-1, Jan.
                21, 1999.
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                [Sec. 105 of S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 4, 1977; S. Res. 405, 95-
                2, Oct. 15, 1978; S. Res. 448, 96-2, Dec. 11, 1980; Cong.
                Rec., Nov. 18, 1983; S. Res. 127, 98-2, June 6, 1984.]

         79.18
         79.18         TITLE II--COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS; CHAIRMANSHIPS

                    Sec. 201. * * *
                    (f) It is the sense of the Senate that, in adopting
                rules, each committee of the Senate should include a
                provision to insure that assignment of Senators to
                subcommittees will occur in an equitable fashion; namely,
                that no member of a committee will receive assignment to a
                second subcommittee until, in order of seniority, all
                members of the committee have chosen assignments to one
                subcommittee, and no member shall receive assignment to a
                third subcommittee until, in order of seniority, all members
                have chosen assignments to two subcommittees.

                                        * * * * * * *

         79.19
         79.19           TITLE IV--SCHEDULING OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

                    Sec. 401. (a) In consultation with the Majority Leader
                and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Rules and
                Administration shall establish and maintain a computerized
                schedule of all meetings of committees of the Senate and
                subcommittees thereof, and of all meetings of joint
                committees of the Congress and subcommittees thereof. Such
                schedule shall be maintained online to terminals in the
                offices of all Senators, committees of the Senate, and
                permanent joint committees of the Congress, and shall be
                updated immediately upon receipt of notices of meetings or
                cancellations thereof under this section.
                    (b) Each committee of the Senate, and each subcommittee
                thereof, shall notify the office designated by the Committee
                on Rules and Administration of each meeting

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                of such committee or subcommittee, including the time period
                or periods (as prescribed in paragraph 6 of rule XXVI \1\ of
                the Standing Rules of the Senate), the place, and the
                purpose of such meeting. The Senate members of any joint
                committee of the Congress or of a subcommittee thereof shall
                cause notice to be given to the office designated by the
                Committee on Rules and Administration of each meeting of
                such joint committee or subcommittee, including the time,
                place, and purposes of such meeting. Notice under this
                subsection shall be given immediately upon scheduling a
                meeting.
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                of the adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979.
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                    (c) Each committee of the Senate, and each subcommittee
                thereof, shall notify the office designated by the Committee
                on Rules and Administration immediately upon the
                cancellation of a meeting of such committee or subcommittee.
                The Senate members of any joint committee of the Congress or
                any subcommittee thereof shall cause notice to be given to
                the office designated by the Committee on Rules and
                Administration immediately upon the cancellation of a
                meeting of such joint committee or subcommittee.
                    (d) For purposes of this section, the term ``joint
                committee of the Congress'' includes a committee of
                conference.

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         79.20
         79.20       TITLE V--CONTINUING REVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM

                    Sec. 501. (a) The Committee on Rules and Administration,
                in consultation with the Majority Leader and the Minority
                Leader, shall review, on a continuing basis, the committee
                system of the Senate and the Standing Rules and other rules
                of the Senate related thereto.
                    (b) During the second regular session of each Congress,
                the Committee on Rules and Administration shall submit to
                the Senate a report of the results of its review under
                subsection (a) during that Congress. Such report shall
                include its recommendations (if any) for changes in the
                committee system of the Senate and the Standing Rules and
                other rules of the Senate related thereto. The Committee on
                Rules and Administration may submit, from time to time, such
                other reports and recommendations with respect to such
                committee system and rules as it deems appropriate.

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                    (c) The Committee on Rules and Administration, the
                Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader may request the
                Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the
                Minority to provide assistance in carrying out their duties
                and responsibilities under this section.

                                        * * * * * * *

                                            [S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 4, 1977.]

         79.21
         79.21                SENIOR CITIZEN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

                    Resolved, That (a) each Senator is authorized to employ
                for not more than fourteen consecutive days each year during
                the month of May a senior citizen intern or interns to serve
                in his office in Washington, District of Columbia.
                    (b) To be eligible to serve as a senior citizen intern
                an individual shall certify to the Secretary of the Senate
                that he has attained the age of sixty years, is a bona fide
                resident of the State of his employing Senator, and is a
                citizen of the United States.
                    (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes
                of payment of compensation and travel expenses, senior
                citizen interns employed pursuant to this resolution shall
                be subject to the same limitations and restrictions
                applicable to Senators and Senate employees.
                    (2) An outside vendor may provide for the travel and per
                diem expenses only of senior citizen interns in the Senior
                Citizen Intern Program subject to approval by the Committee
                on Rules and Administration. Documentation provided by such
                vendor may be accepted as official travel expense
                documentation for the purpose of reimbursing interns in the
                program for travel expenses.
                    Sec. 2. Compensation and payment under this resolution
                shall be paid from and charged against the clerk-hire and
                travel allowances of the Senator employing such senior
                citizen intern.
                    Sec. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration is
                authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as it
                determines necessary to carry out this resolution.

                [S. Res. 219, 95-2, May 5, 1978, S. Res. 96, 102-1, Apr. 24,
                                                                      1991.]

         79.22
         79.22
                transportation costs and travel expenses incurred by members
                    and employees of the senate when engaged in authorized
                    foreign travel

                    Resolved, That until otherwise provided by law or
                resolution of the Senate, the contingent fund of the Senate
                is made available, as provided in this resolution, to defray

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                the costs of transportation and the ordinary and necessary
                travel expenses of Members and employees of the Senate when
                engaged in authorized foreign travel. The Secretary of the
                Senate is authorized to advance funds, under authority of
                this resolution, in the same manner provided for committees
                of the Senate under the authority of Public Law 118, Eighty-
                first Congress, approved June 22, 1949.
                    Sec. 2. (a) Transportation costs and ordinary and
                necessary travel expenses incurred by a Member or employee
                engaged in authorized foreign travel shall be paid upon
                certification of such Member or employee, and upon vouchers
                approved by the Senator who authorized such foreign travel.
                    (b) Transportation costs and ordinary and necessary
                travel expenses which are incurred for a group of Members or
                employees engaged in authorized foreign travel shall be paid
                upon certification of the Member who is chairman of such
                group (or, if no chairman has been designated, upon
                certification of the ranking Member of such group) or, if
                the group does not include a Member, upon certification of
                the senior employee in such group, and upon vouchers
                approved by the Senator who authorized such foreign travel.
                    (c) The reports of the Secretary of the Senate setting
                forth amounts paid from the contingent fund under authority
                of this resolution shall, at the request of the chairman of
                the Select Committee on Intelligence, omit any matter which
                would identify the foreign countries in which Members and
                employees of the Select Committee traveled on behalf of the
                Select Committee.
                    Sec. 3. Payment of transportation costs and ordinary and
                necessary travel expenses may not be paid under this
                resolution to the extent that appropriated funds or foreign
                currencies under section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act
                of 1954 are utilized to defray such costs and expenses. Such
                funds and currencies shall be used to the maximum extent
                possible.
                    Sec. 4. For purposes of this resolution--
                            (1) The term ``foreign travel'' means travel
                        outside the United States and includes travel within
                        the United States which is the beginning or end of
                        travel outside the United States.

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                            (2) The term ``authorized foreign travel'' means
                        foreign travel on official business on behalf of the
                        Senate or a committee of the Senate which is
                        authorized--
                                    (A) in the case of foreign travel on
                                behalf of the Senate, by the President pro
                                tempore, Majority Leader, or Minority Leader
                                of the Senate; and
                                    (B) in the case of foreign travel on
                                behalf of a committee of the Senate, by the
                                chairman of that committee.
                            (3) The term ``committee of the Senate''
                        includes all standing, select, and special
                        committees of the Senate and all joint committees of
                        the Congress whose funds are disbursed by the
                        Secretary of the Senate.
                            (4) The term ``employee of the Senate'' includes
                        an individual (other than a Member) whose salary is
                        disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or who is
                        treated as an employee of the Senate for purposes of
                        the Senate Code of Official Conduct.
                            (5) The term ``ordinary and necessary travel
                        expenses'' includes, in the case of a group of
                        Members engaged in authorized foreign travel, such
                        special expenses as the chairman (or, if there is no
                        chairman, the ranking Member) deems appropriate,
                        including, to the extent not otherwise provided,
                        reimbursements to any agency of the Government for
                        (A) expenses incurred on behalf of the group, (B)
                        compensation (including overtime) of employees of
                        such agency officially detailed to the group, and
                        (C) expenses incurred in connection with providing
                        appropriate hospitality.

                                          [S. Res. 179, 95-1, May 25, 1977.]

         79.23
         79.23   DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REIMBURSEMENTS OUT OF SENATORS'
                              OFFICIAL OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS

                    Resolved, That (a) no payments or reimbursements for
                expenses shall be made from the contingent fund of the
                Senate, unless the vouchers presented for such expenses are
                accompanied by supporting documentation.
                    (b) The Committee on Rules and Administration is
                authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the
                purpose of this resolution and to except specific vouchers
                from the requirements of subsection (a) of this resolution.
                    (c) This resolution shall apply with respect to vouchers
                submitted for payment or reimbursement on and after October
                1, 1987, or upon the adoption of this resolution if such
                adoption occurs at a later date.

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                    (d) Senate Resolution 170, 96th Congress (agreed to
                August 2, 1979), is repealed as of October 1, 1987, or upon
                adoption of this resolution if such adoption occurs at a
                later date. Any regulations adopted by the Committee on
                Rules and Administration to implement Senate Resolution 170
                shall remain in effect, after the repeal of Senate
                Resolution 170, until modified or repealed by such
                committee, and shall be held and considered to be
                regulations adopted to implement this resolution.

                [S. Res. 258, 100-1, Oct. 1, 1987.]

         79.24
         79.24     INTERPARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES AND RECEPTION OF CERTAIN
                                      FOREIGN OFFICIALS

                    Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Relations is
                authorized from March 1, 1981, until otherwise provided by
                law, to expend not to exceed $25,000 each fiscal year to
                assist the Senate properly to discharge and coordinate its
                activities and responsibilities in connection with
                participation in various interparliamentary institutions and
                to facilitate the interchange and reception in the United
                States of members of foreign legislative bodies and
                prominent officials of foreign governments and
                intergovernmental organizations.
                    Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized and
                directed to pay from the contingent fund of the Senate the
                actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with
                activities authorized by this resolution and approved in
                advance by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign
                Relations upon vouchers certified by the Senator incurring
                such expenses and approved by the chairman.

                [S. Res. 247, 87-2, Feb. 7, 1962; S. Res. 91, 94-1, Mar. 18,
                1975; S. Res. 281, 96-2, Mar. 11, 1980.]

         79.25
         79.25
                relative to contributions for costs of civil, criminal, or
                    other legal investigations of members, officers, or
                    employees of the senate

                    Resolved, That nothing in the provisions of the Standing
                Rules of the Senate shall be construed to limit
                contributions to defray investigative, civil, criminal, or
                other legal expenses of Members, officers, or employees of
                the Senate relating to their service in the United States
                Senate, subject to limitations, regulations, procedures, and
                reporting requirements which shall be promulgated by the
                Select Committee on Ethics. Nothing in the provisions of the
                Standing Rules of the Senate shall be construed to limit
                contributions to defray the legal expenses of the spouses

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                or dependents of Members, officers, or employees of the
                Senate.

                [S. Res. 508, 96-2, Sept. 4, 1980.]

         79.27
         79.27
                restrictions on certain expenses payable or reimbursable
                    from a senator's official office expense account

                    Resolved, That except for section 3, this resolution
                applies only to payments and reimbursements from the
                contingent fund of the Senate under paragraphs (5) and (9)
                of section 506(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
                1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(a)). For purposes of such paragraphs, the
                terms ``official office expenses'' and ``other official
                expenses'' mean ordinary and necessary business expenses
                incurred by a Senator and his staff in the discharge of
                their official duties.
                    Sec. 2. Reimbursements and payments from the contingent
                fund of the Senate under paragraphs (5) and (9) of section
                506(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2
                U.S.C. 58(a)) shall not be made for:
                            (1) commuting expenses, including parking fees
                        incurred in commuting;
                            (2) expenses incurred for the purchase of
                        holiday greeting cards, flowers, trophies, awards,
                        and certificates;
                            (3) donations or gifts of any type, except gifts
                        of flags which have been flown over the United
                        States Capitol, copies of the book ``We, the
                        People'', and copies of the calendar ``We The
                        People'' published by the United States Capitol
                        Historical Society.
                            (4) dues or assessments;
                            (5) expenses incurred for the purchases of radio
                        or television time, or for space in newspaper or
                        other print media (except classified advertising for
                        personnel to be employed in a Senator's office);
                            (6) expenses incurred by an individual who is
                        not an employee (except as specifically authorized
                        by subsections (e) and (h) of such section 506);
                            (7) travel expenses incurred by an employee
                        which are not reimbursable under subsection (e) of
                        such section 506;
                            (8) relocation expenses incurred by an employee
                        in connection with the commencement or termination
                        of employment or a change of duty station; and

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                            (9) compensation paid to an individual for
                        personal services performed in a normal employer-
                        employee relationship.
                    Sec. 3. Payment of or reimbursement for the following
                expenses is specifically prohibited by law and
                reimbursements and payments from the contingent fund of the
                Senate shall not be made therefor:
                            (1) expenses incurred for entertainment or meals
                        (2 U.S.C. 58(a));
                            (2) payment of additional salary or compensation
                        to an employee (2 U.S.C. 68); and
                            (3) expenses incurred for maintenance or care of
                        private vehicles (Legislative Branch Appropriation
                        Acts).
                    Sec. 4. This resolution shall apply with respect to
                expenses incurred on or after the date on which this
                resolution is agreed to.

                [S. Res. 294, 96-2, Apr. 29, 1980; S. Res. 176, 104-1, Sept.
                                                                  28, 1995.]

         79.28
         79.28  TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCAST OF SENATE CHAMBER PROCEEDINGS
                                             \1\

                    Resolved, That (a) the Senate hereby authorizes and
                directs that there be both television and radio broadcast
                coverage (together with videotape and audio recordings) of
                proceedings in the Senate Chamber.
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                    (b) Such broadcast coverage shall be--
                            (1) provided in accordance with provisions of
                        this resolution;
                            (2) provided continuously, except for any time
                        when the Senate is conducting a quorum call, or when
                        a meeting with closed doors is ordered; and
                            (3) provided subject to the provisions
                        pertaining to the Senate gallery contained in the
                        following Standing Rules of the Senate: rule XIX,
                        paragraphs 6 and 7; rule XXV, paragraph 1(n); and
                        rule XXXIII, paragraph 2.
                    Sec. 2. The radio and television broadcast of Senate
                proceedings shall be supervised and operated by the Senate.
                    Sec. 3. The television broadcast of Senate proceedings
                shall follow the Presiding Officer and Senators who are
                speaking, clerks, and the chaplain except during rollcall
                votes when the television cameras shall show the entire
                Chamber.

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                    Sec. 4. (a) The broadcast coverage by radio and
                television of the proceedings of the Senate shall be
                implemented as provided in this section.
                    (b) The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with
                the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall--
                            (1) construct necessary broadcasting facilities
                        for both radio and television (including a control
                        room and the modification of Senate sound and
                        lighting fixtures);
                            (2) employ necessary expert consultants; and
                            (3) acquire and install all necessary equipment
                        and facilities to (A) produce a broadcast-quality
                        ``live'' audio and color video signal of such
                        proceedings, and (B) provide an archive-quality
                        audio and color video tape recording of such
                        proceedings:
                Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol, in carrying out
                the duties specified in clauses (1) through (3) of this
                subsection, shall not enter into any contract for the
                purchase or installation of equipment, for employment of any
                consultant, or for the provision of training to any person,
                unless the same shall first have been approved by the
                Committee on Rules and Administration.
                    (c)(1) \1\ The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
                Senate shall--
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                            (A) employ such staff as may be necessary,
                        working in conjunction with the Senate Recording and
                        Photographic Studios, to operate and maintain all
                        broadcast audio and color video equipment installed
                        pursuant to this resolution;
                            (B) make audio and video tape recordings, and
                        copies thereof as requested by the Secretary under
                        paragraph (2) of Senate proceedings; and
                            (C) retain for 30 session-days after the day any
                        Senate proceedings took place, such recordings
                        thereof, and as soon thereafter as possible,
                        transmit to the Secretary of the Senate copies of
                        such recordings.
                The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in
                carrying out the duties specified in subgragraphs (A) and
                (B), shall comply with appropriate Senate procurement and
                other regulations.
                    (2) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to obtain
                from the Sergeant at Arms archival quality video recordings
                of Senate proceedings and, as soon thereafter as pos

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                sible, transmit such recordings to the Librarian of Congress
                and to the Archivist of the United States.
                    Sec. 5. (a) Radio coverage of Senate proceedings shall--
                            (1) begin as soon as the necessary equipment has
                        been installed; and
                            (2) be provided continuously at all times when
                        the Senate is in session (or is meeting in Committee
                        of the Whole), except for any time when a meeting
                        with closed doors is ordered.
                    (b) As soon as practicable but no later than May 1,
                there shall begin a test period during which tests of radio
                and television coverage of Senate proceedings shall be
                conducted by the staffs of the Committee on Rules and
                Administration and of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
                Doorkeeper of the Senate. Television coverage of Senate
                proceedings shall go live June 1, 1986. The test period
                aforementioned shall end on July 15, 1986.
                    (c) During such test period--
                            (1) final procedures for camera direction
                        control shall be established;
                            (2) television coverage of Senate proceedings
                        shall not be transmittted between May 1st and June
                        1st, except that, at the direction of the chairman
                        of the Committee on Rules and Administration, such
                        coverage may be transmitted over the coaxial cable
                        system of the Architect of the Capitol; and
                            (3) recording of Senate proceedings shall be
                        retained by the Secretary of the Senate.
                    Sec. 6.\1\ (a) The use of any tape duplication of radio
                or television coverage of the proceedings of the Senate for
                political campaign purposes is strictly prohibited.
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                    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any tape
                duplication of radio or television coverage of the
                proceedings of the Senate furnished to any person or
                organization shall be made on the condition, agreed to in
                writing, that the tape duplication shall not be used for
                political campaign purposes.
                    (2) Any public or commercial news organization furnished
                a tape duplication described in paragraph (1) shall be
                subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) but shall not be
                required to enter into a written agreement.
                    Sec. 7. Any changes in the regulations made by this
                resolution shall be made only by Senate resolution. However,

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                the Committee on Rules and Administration may adopt such
                procedures and such regulations, which do not contravene the
                regulations made by this resolution, as it deems necessary
                to assure the proper implementation of the purposes of this
                resolution.
                    Sec. 8. Such funds as may be necessary (but not in
                excess of $3,500,000) to carry out this resolution shall be
                expended from the contingent fund of the Senate.

                                        * * * * * * *

                    Sec. 14. Provided, that if the Senate authorizes the
                permanent televising of the Senate pursuant to section 15,
                that radio and television coverage of the Senate shall be
                made available on a ``live'' basis and free of charge to (1)
                any accredited member of the Senate Radio and Television
                Correspondents Gallery, (2) the coaxial cable system of the
                Architect of the Capitol, and (3) such other news gathering,
                educational, or information distributing entity as may be
                authorized by the Committee on Rules and Administration to
                receive such broadcasts.
                    Sec. 15. Television coverage of the Senate shall cease
                at the close of business July 15, 1986, and television
                coverage of the Senate and the rules changes contained
                herein shall continue, if the Senate agrees to the question,
                which shall be put one hour after the Senate convenes on
                July 29, 1986, ``Shall radio and television coverage
                continue after this date, and shall the rules changes
                contained herein continue?''.\1\ There shall be twelve hours
                of debate on this question, to be equally divided and
                controlled in the usual form, at the end of which any
                Senator may propose as an alternative the question, ``Shall
                the test period continue for thirty days?''. On this
                question there shall be one hour of debate, equally divided
                and controlled in the usual form. If this question is
                decided in the affirmative, then thirty days hence, one hour
                after the Senate convenes, the Senate shall proceed to vote
                without intervening action on the question, ``Shall radio
                and television coverage continue after this date and shall
                the rules changes contained herein continue?''.
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                considered and decided in the affirmative by a vote of 78-
                21. See Daily Cong. Rec., 99th Cong., 2d sess., July 29,
                1986, pp. 9750-9775.
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                    Sec. 16. Provided, that official noting of a Senator's
                absence from committees while the Senate is on television is
                prohibited.

                [S. Res. 28, 99-2, Feb. 27, 1986.]

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                    Sec. 17. The Secretary of the Senate shall, subject to
                the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration, contract with the Secretary of Education to
                provide closed captioning of the Senate floor proceedings.
                The Senate authorizes the Secretary of Education to have
                access to the audio and video broadcast of the Senate floor
                proceedings for the purpose of captioning. Such funds as may
                be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section are
                authorized to be paid from the contingent fund of the
                Senate.

                [S. Res. 13, 101-1, June 21, 1989.]

                    Resolved, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
                S. Res. 28, agreed to February 27, 1986, television coverage
                of the Senate shall resume July 21, 1986 under the same
                basis as provided during the live test period under section
                5 of S. Res. 28 unless the Senate votes pursuant to section
                15 of S. Res. 28 to end coverage.

                [S. Res. 444, 99-2, July 15, 1986.]

         79.29
         79.29                      OFFICIAL SENATE FLAG

                    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized
                and directed to design an official Senate flag utilizing the
                seal of the Senate as the principal symbol on such flag.
                Expenses incident to the designing and procurement of such
                flag shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate
                upon vouchers signed by the Secretary of the Senate.
                    Sec. 2. The Senate flag shall be available for purchase
                and use by Senators, or former Senators, only subject to the
                following conditions--
                            (1) purchase of the flag shall be limited to--
                                    (A) two flags for each Senator, or
                                former Senator, subject to replacement for
                                loss, destruction, or wear and tear;
                                    (B) two flags for each Senate committee,
                                as determined by the chairman and ranking
                                member, subject to replacement for loss,
                                destruction, or wear and tear; and
                                    (C) two flags for each officer of the
                                Senate, subject to replacement for loss,
                                destruction, or wear and tear; and
                            (2) the flag shall not be utilized or displayed
                        for commercial purposes.
                Senators who leave the Senate may retain their flags subject
                to the preceding restrictions.

                [S. Res. 369, 98-2, Sept. 7, 1984; S. Res. 135, 101-1, June
                    2, 1989.]

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         79.30
         79.30             VOTES SHALL BE CAST FROM ASSIGNED DESK

                    Resolved, That it is a standing order of the Senate that
                during yea and nay votes in the Senate, each Senator shall
                vote from the assigned desk of the Senator.

                                         [S. Res. 480, 98-2, Oct. 11, 1984.]

         79.31
         79.31                    OFFICE OF SENATE SECURITY

                    Resolved, That (a) there is established, within the
                Office of the Secretary of the Senate (hereinafter referred
                to as the ``Secretary''), the Office of Senate Security
                (hereinafter referred to as the ``Office''), which shall be
                headed by a Director of Senate Security (hereinafter
                referred to as the ``Director''). The Office shall be under
                the policy direction of the Majority and Minority Leaders of
                the Senate, and shall be under the administrative direction
                and supervision of the Secretary.
                    (b)(1) The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary
                after consultation with the Majority and Minority Leaders.
                The Secretary shall fix the compensation of the Director.
                Any appointment under this subsection shall be made solely
                on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the
                position and without regard to political affiliation.
                    (2) The Director, with the approval of the Secretary,
                and after consultation with the Chairman and Ranking Member
                of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
                may establish such policies and procedures as may be
                necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution.
                Commencing one year from the effective date of this
                resolution, the Director shall submit an annual report to
                the Majority and Minority Leaders and the Chairman and
                Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration
                on the status of security matters and the handling of
                classified information in the Senate, and the progress of
                the Office in achieving the mandates of this resolution.
                    Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary shall appoint and fix the
                compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry
                out the provisions of this resolution. The Director, with
                the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe the duties
                and responsibilities of such personnel. If a Director is not
                appointed, the Office shall be headed by an Acting Director.
                The Secretary shall appoint and fix the compensation of the
                Acting Director.
                    (b) The Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate may
                each designate a Majority staff assistant and a Minority

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                staff assistant to serve as their liaisons to the Office.
                Upon such designation, the Secretary shall appoint and fix
                the compensation of the Majority and Minority liaison
                assistants.
                    Sec. 3. (a) The Office is authorized, and shall have the
                responsibility, to develop, establish, and carry out
                policies and procedures with respect to such matters as:
                            (1) the receipt, control, transmission, storage,
                        destruction or other handling of classified
                        information addressed to the United States Senate,
                        the President of the Senate, or Members and
                        employees of the Senate;
                            (2) the processing of security clearance
                        requests and renewals for officers and employees of
                        the Senate;
                            (3) establishing and maintaining a current and
                        centralized record of security clearances held by
                        officers and employees of the Senate, and developing
                        recommendations for reducing the number of
                        clearances held by such employees;
                            (4) consulting and presenting briefings on
                        security matters and the handling of classified
                        information for the benefit of Members and employees
                        of the Senate;
                            (5) maintaining an active liaison on behalf of
                        the Senate, or any committee thereof, with all
                        departments and agencies of the United States on
                        security matters; and
                            (6) conducting periodic review of the practices
                        and procedures employed by all offices of the Senate
                        for the handling of classified information.
                    (b) Within 180 days after the Director takes office, he
                shall develop, after consultation with the Secretary, a
                Senate Security Manual, to be printed and distributed to all
                Senate offices. The Senate Security Manual will prescribe
                the policies and procedures of the Office, and set forth
                regulations for all other Senate offices for the handling of
                classified information. [Executed.]
                    (c) Within 90 days after taking office, the Director
                shall conduct a survey to determine the number of officers
                and employees of the Senate that have security clearances
                and report the findings of the survey to the Majority and
                Minority Leaders and Secretary of the Senate together with
                recommendations regarding the feasibility of reducing the
                number of employees with such clearances.
                    (d) The Office shall have authority--

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                            (1) to provide appropriate facilities in the
                        United States Capitol for hearings of committees of
                        the Senate at which restricted data or other
                        classified information is to be presented or
                        discussed;
                            (2) to establish and operate a central
                        repository in the United States Capitol for the
                        safeguarding of classified information for which the
                        Office is responsible; which shall include the
                        classified records, transcripts, and materials of
                        all closed sessions of the Senate; and
                            (3) to administer and maintain oaths of secrecy
                        under paragraph (2) of rule XXIX of the Standing
                        Rules of the Senate and to establish such procedures
                        as may be necessary to implement the provisions of
                        such paragraph.
                    Sec. 4. Funds appropriated for the fiscal year 1987
                which would be available to carry out the purposes of the
                Interim Office of Senate Security\1\ but for the termination
                of such Office shall be available for the Office of Senate
                Security.
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                Interim Office of Senate Security to which all documents,
                facilities and functions of the Office of Classified
                National Security Information were transferred for the
                period June 6 to July 10, 1987. See Senate Manual section
                276.
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                    Sec. 5. (a) All records, documents, data, materials,
                rooms, and facilities in the custody of the Interim Office
                of Senate Security at the time of its termination on July
                10, 1987, are transferred to the Office established by
                subsection (a) of the first section of this resolution.
                    (b) This resolution shall take effect on July 11, 1987.

                                         [S. Res. 243, 100-1, July 1, 1987.]

         79.32
         79.32                         DEBT COLLECTION

                    Resolved, That, for purposes of subchapters I and II of
                chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code (relating to
                claims of or against the United States Government), the
                United States Senate shall be considered to be a legislative
                agency (as defined in section 3701(a)(4) of such title), and
                the Secretary of the Senate shall be deemed to be the head
                of such legislative agency.
                    Sec. 2. Regulations prescribed by the Secretary pursuant
                to section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, shall not
                become effective until they are approved by the Senate
                Committee on Rules and Administration.

                                        [S. Res. 147, 101-1, June 20, 1989.]

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        79.33                           TORT CLAIMS PROCEDURES

         79.33      Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, in
                accordance with regulations prescribed by the Attorney
                General and such regulations as the Committee on Rules and
                Administration may prescribe, may consider and ascertain
                and, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and
                Administration, determine, compromise, adjust, and settle,
                in accordance with the provisions of chapter 171 of title
                28, United States Code, any claim for money damages against
                the United States for injury of loss of property or personal
                injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or
                omission of any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate
                while acting within the scope of his office or employment,
                under circumstances where the United States, if a private
                person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with
                the law of the place where the act or omission occurred. The
                Committee on Rules and Administration may, from time to
                time, delegate any or all of its authority under this
                resolution to the chairman. Any compromise, adjustment, or
                settlement of any such claim not exceeding $2,500 shall be
                paid from the contingent fund of the Senate on a voucher
                approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and
                Administration.
                    Sec. 2. The Committee on Rules and Administration is
                authorized to issue such regulations as it may determine
                necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution.

                                         [S. Res. 492, 97-2, Dec. 10, 1982.]

         79.34            ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND
                                       ADMINISTRATION

         79.34      Sec. 4. The Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration, on behalf of the Senate, may accept a gift
                if the gift does not involve any duty, burden, or condition,
                or is not made dependent upon some future performance by the
                United States Senate. The Committee on Rules and
                Administration is authorized to promulgate regulations to
                carry out this section.

                [S. Res. 158, 104-1, July 28, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996.]

         79.35                  DESIGNATION OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS DESK

         79.35      Resolved, That during the One Hundred Fourth Congress
                and each Congress thereafter, the desk located within the
                Senate Chamber and used by Senator Jefferson Davis shall, at
                the request of the senior Senator from the State of
                Mississippi, be assigned to such Senator, for use in car

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                rying out his or her senatorial duties during that Senator's
                term of office.

                [S. Res. 161, 104-1, Aug. 8, 1995.]

         79.36
         79.36    ACCEPTANCE OF PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES BY A MEMBER OF THE
                                           SENATE

                    Resolved, That (a) notwithstanding the provisions of the
                Standing Rules of the Senate or Senate Resolution 508,
                adopted by the Senate on September 4, 1980, pro bono legal
                services provided to a Member of the Senate with respect to
                a civil action challenging the validity of a Federal statute
                that expressly authorizes a Member to file an action--
                            (1) shall not be deemed a gift to the Member;
                            (2) shall not be deemed to be a contribution to
                        the office account of the Member; and
                            (3) shall not require the establishment of a
                        legal expense trust fund.
                    (b) The Select Committee on Ethics shall establish
                regulations providing for the public disclosure of
                information relating to pro bono legal services performed as
                authorized by this resolution.

                                         [S. Res. 321, 104-2, Oct. 3, 1996.]

         79.37
         79.37  TO PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY WITH ACCESS TO THE
                SENATE FLOOR TO BRING NECESSARY SUPPORTING AIDS AND SERVICES

                    Resolved, That an individual with a disability who has
                or is granted the privilege of the Senate floor under rule
                XXIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate may bring
                necessary supporting aids and services (including service
                dogs, wheelchairs, and interpreters) on the Senate floor,
                unless the Senate Sergeant at Arms determines that the use
                of such supporting aids and services would place a
                significant difficulty or expense on the operations of the
                Senate in accordance with paragraph 2 of rule 4 of the Rules
                for Regulation of the Senate Wing of the United States
                Capitol.

                                        [S. Res. 110, 105-1, July 31, 1997.]

         79.38
         79.38      SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE YEAR 2000 TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM

                Sec. 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
                  (a) Establishment.--There is established a special
                committee of the Senate to be known as the Special Committee
                on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (hereafter in this
                resolution referred to as the ``special committee'').
                  (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the special committee is--

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                    (1) to study the impact of the year 2000 technology
                problem on the Executive and Judicial Branches of the
                Federal Government, State governments, and private sector
                operations in the United States and abroad;
                    (2) to make such findings of fact as are warranted and
                appropriate; and
                    (3) to make such recommendations, including
                recommendations for new legislation and amendments to
                existing laws and any administrative or other actions, as
                the special committee may determine to be necessary or
                desirable.

                No proposed legislation shall be referred to the special
                committee, and the committee shall not have power to report
                by bill, or otherwise have legislative jurisdiction.
                  (c) Treatment as Standing Committee.--For purposes of
                paragraphs 1, 2, 7(a)(1)-(2), and 10(a) of rule XXVI and
                rule XXVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and section
                202 (i) and (j) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
                1946, the special committee shall be treated as a standing
                committee of the Senate.
                Sec. 2. MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
                  (a) Membership.--
                    (1) In general.--The special committee shall consist of
                7 members of the Senate--
                    (A) 4 of whom shall be appointed by the President pro
                tempore of the Senate from the majority party of the Senate
                upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader of the
                Senate; and
                    (B) 3 of whom shall be appointed by the President pro
                tempore of the Senate from the minority party of the Senate
                upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader of the
                Senate.

                The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the
                Appropriations Committee shall be appointed ex-offico
                members.
                    (2) Vacancies.--Vacancies in the membership of the
                special committee shall not affect the authority of the
                remaining members to execute the functions of the special
                committee and shall be filled in the same manner as original
                appointments to it are made.
                    (3) Service.--For the purpose of paragraph 4 of rule XXV
                of the Standing Rules of the Senate, service of a Sen

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                ator as a member, chairman, or vice chairman of the special
                committee shall not be taken into account.
                  (b) Chairman.--The chairman of the special committee shall
                be selected by the Majority Leader of the Senate and the
                vice chairman of the special committee shall be selected by
                the Minority Leader of the Senate. The vice chairman shall
                discharge such responsibilities as the special committee or
                the chairman may assign.
                Sec. 3. AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE
                    (a) In General.--For the purposes of this resolution,
                the special committee is authorized, in its discretion--
                    (1) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the
                Senate;
                    (2) to employ personnel;
                    (3) to hold hearings;
                    (4) to sit and act at any time or place during the
                sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate;
                    (5) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance
                of witnesses and the production of correspondence, books,
                papers, and documents;
                    (6) to take depositions and other testimony;
                    (7) to procure the services of individual consultations
                or organizations thereof, in accordance with the provisions
                of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
                1946; and
                    (8) with the prior consent of the Government department
                or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and
                Administration, to use on a nonreimbursable basis the
                services of personnel of any such department or agency.
                  (b) Oaths for Witnesses.--The chairman of the special
                committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to
                witnesses.
                  (c) Subpoenas.--Subpoenas authorized by the special
                committee may be issued over the signature of the chairman
                after consultation with the vice chairman, or any member of
                the special committee designated by the chairman after
                consultation with the vice chairman, and may be served by
                any person designated by the chairman or the member signing
                the subpoena.
                  (d) Other Committee Staff.--The special committee may use,
                with the prior consent of the chairman of any other Senate
                committee or the chairman of any subcommittee of any
                committee of the Senate and on a nonreimbuseable basis, the
                facilities or services of any

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                members of the staff of such other Senate committee whenever
                the special committee or its chairman, following
                consultation with the vice chairman, considers that such
                action is necessary or appropriate to enable the special
                committee to make the investigation and study provided for
                in this resolution.
                  (e) Use of Office Space.--The staff of the special
                committee may be located in the personal office of a Member
                of the special committee.
                Sec. 4. REPORT AND TERMINATION
                  The special committee shall report its findings, together
                with such recommendations as it deems advisable, to the
                Senate at the earliest practicable date.
                Sec. 5. FUNDING
                  (a) In General.--From the date this resolution is agreed
                to through February 29, 2000, the expenses of the special
                committee incurred under this resolution shall not exceed
                $575,000 for the period beginning on the date of adoption of
                this resolution through February 28, 1999, and $575,000 for
                the period of March 1, 1999 through February 29, 2000, of
                which amount not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for
                each period for the procurement of the services of
                individual consultants, or organizations thereof, as
                authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative
                Reorganization Act of 1946.
                  (b) Payment of Benefits.--The retirement and health
                benefits of employees of the special committee shall be paid
                out of the contingent fund of the Senate.

                                         [S. Res. 208, 105-2, Apr. 2, 1998.]

         79.39
         79.39               DESIGNATION OF THE HENRY CLAY DESK

                    Resolved, That during the One Hundred Sixth Congress and
                each Congress thereafter, the desk located within the Senate
                Chamber and used by Senator Henry Clay shall, at the request
                of the senior Senator from the State of Kentucky, be
                assigned to that Senator for use in carrying out his or her
                senatorial duties during that Senator's term of office.

                                         [S. Res. 89, 106-1, Apr. 28, 1999.]