[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
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[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

                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.
                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.
                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.
                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                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                        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          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, 
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                                    [S. Jour. 407, 78-2, Aug. 23, 1944.]

        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                          SENATE PAGES

                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.]

                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.]

                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.]

        66                       SEAL OF THE SENATE

                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.]

        67                  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.]

        68                 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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        69            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.]

        70              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.]

        71              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 
            available by

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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  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.]

        73   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.]

        74      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     LEAVE WITHOUT PAY STATUS FOR CERTAIN SENATE EMPLOYEES 
                    PERFORMING SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES

                Sec. 1. Leave without pay status for certain senate 
            employees performing service in the uniformed services.
                (a) Definitions.--In this section--
                        (1) the terms ``employee'' and ``Federal 
                    executive agency'' have the meanings given those 
                    terms under section 4303 (3) and (5) of title 38, 
                    United States Code, respectively; and
                        (2) the term ``employee of the Senate'' means 
                    any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary 
                    of the Senate, except that the term does not include

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                    a member of the Capitol Police or a civilian 
                    employee of the Capitol Police.
                (b) Leave without pay status--An employee of the Senate 
            who is deemed to be on furlough or leave of absence under 
            section 4316(b)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, by 
            reason of service in the uniformed services--
                        (1) may be placed in a leave without pay status 
                    while so on furlough or leave of absence; and
                        (2) while placed in that status, shall be 
                    treated--
                                (A) subject to subparagraph (B), as an 
                            employee of a Federal executive agency in a 
                            leave without pay status for purposes of 
                            chapters 83, 84, 87, and 89 of title 5, 
                            United States Code; and
                                (B) as a Congressional employee for 
                            purposes of those chapters.
                (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
            October 1, 2001, and apply to fiscal year 2002 and each 
            fiscal year thereafter.  

            [S. Res. 193, 107-1, Dec. 18, 2001.]

        76                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.]

        77             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 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

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            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.]

        78              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 
            committee 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.]

        79                      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

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            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.]

            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 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

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

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

        80                   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

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            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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                (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 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

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            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 
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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 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 ac

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                    cording 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 
            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 
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            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.
                (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

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            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 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 
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            pensation 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 
            services, 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.

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                (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 
            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.

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                (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.
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            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;
                        (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;

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                        (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.]

        81      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.]

        82     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.]

        83     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 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

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            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.]

        84                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.]

        85           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 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.]

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

        87  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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                (a) The ideal concept of public office, expressed by the 
            words, ``A public office is a public trust'', signifies that 
            the

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            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.]

        88             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 for each Deputy President pro tempore at 
            not to exceed $18,584\1\ per annum.
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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

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            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.
                (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.]

        89  
            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--

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                        (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.]

        90  
            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

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            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.]

        91  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.]

        92                 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
                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.]

        93         CONSULTANTS FOR THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                Resolved, That within the limit of funds appropriated 
            for expenses of inquiries and investigations for the 
            Committee

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            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.]

        94                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 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;

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                        (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.
                (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

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            paragraph 4(e)(1)\2\ of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of 
            the Senate.
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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.
                                (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

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            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.
                (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 
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            ing 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.

                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.


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                (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\3\ 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 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 
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            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.
                (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 Sen

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            ate,\4\ 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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            ``paragraph 5 of rule XXVII'' as a result of the adoption of 
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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 Standing Rules of the 
            Senate\5\ (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

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            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\6\ 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.

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                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 
            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

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            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;
                        (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;

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                        (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.
                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,

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            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.]

        95                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--
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                        (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.]

        96          REORGANIZATION OF SENATE COMMITTEE SYSTEM\1\

                Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as the 
            ``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977''.
          
                TITLE 1.--SENATE COMMITTEES; JURISDICTIONS AND SIZES

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      96.1                   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\2\ 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 
            majority and minority 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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            Senate and various Senate resolutions, were temporary in 
            nature, or have been executed.
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                (2)\3\ 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,

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            the special committee shall be treated as a standing 
            committee of the Senate.\4\
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                \3\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.
                \4\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 
            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.

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                (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.)

      96.2                 COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS \5\

                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 \6\ 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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                \5\ Name changed from ``Select Committee on Indian 
            Affairs'' by provision of S. Res. 71, 103-1, Feb. 24, 1993.
                \6\ 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.
                (4) For purposes of paragraph 4 \7\ 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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                (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 
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            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.
                (d) The select committee shall cease to exist on January 
            2, 1984,\8\ 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.\9\
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                \8\ 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.
                \9\ 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.]

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      96.3         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.

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      96.4           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 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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                (c) Each committee of the Senate, and each subcommittee 
            thereof, shall notify the office designated by the Committee

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            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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      96.5       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.
                (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.

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

        97                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 
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            dent 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.]

        98  
            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 
            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

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            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.
                        (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.

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                        (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.]

        99   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.
                (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.]

       100     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 partici

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            pation 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.]

       101  
            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 or 
            dependents of Members, officers, or employees of the Senate.

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

       102  
            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

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            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
                        (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.]

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       103  TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCAST OF SENATE CHAMBER PROCEEDINGS

                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.
                (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.
                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,

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            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 possible, 
            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;

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                        (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.\2\ (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, 
            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.

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                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.

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                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?''.\3\ 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.]

                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.]

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       104                      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.]

       105             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.]

       106                    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.

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                (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 
            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

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                    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--
                        (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

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            Office of Senate Security but for the termination of such 
            Office shall be available for the Office of Senate Security.
                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.]

       107                         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.]

       108                     TORT CLAIMS PROCEDURES

                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

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            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.]

       109       ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND 
                                   ADMINISTRATION

                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.]

       110             DESIGNATION OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS DESK

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

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

       111    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.]

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       112  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.]

       113      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--
                (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.

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                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 Senator 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;

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                (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 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

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            $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.]

       114               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.]