    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Page 168]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            85              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.]