[United States Senate Manual, 113th 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      PROVISION FOR EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO SENATE 
                              ADJOURNMENTS AND RECESSES

                Resolved, That the presiding officer of the Senate may 
            suspend any proceeding of the Senate, including a rollcall 
            vote or a quorum call, and declare a recess or adjournment 
            of the Senate subject to existing authorities or subject to 
            the call of the Chair, within the limits of article I, 
            section 5, clause 4, of the Constitution, whenever the 
            presiding officer has been notified of an imminent threat.
                Sec. 2. When the Senate is out of session, the majority 
            and minority leaders, or their designees, may, acting 
            jointly and within the limits of article I, section 5, 
            clause 4, of the Constitution, modify any order for the time 
            or place of the convening of the Senate when, in their 
            opinion, such action is warranted by intervening 
            circumstances.

                                     [S. Res. 296, 108-2, Feb. 3, 2004.]

        61    AUTHORIZING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF OFFICIAL 
                                      EQUIPMENT

                Resolved, That (a) the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration of the Senate may issue regulations to 
            authorize a Senator or officer or employee of the Senate to 
            use official equipment for purposes incidental to the 
            conduct of their official duties.
                (b) Any use under subsection (a) shall be subject to 
            such terms and conditions as set forth in the regulations.

                                     [S. Res. 238, 108-1, Oct. 2, 2003.]

        62             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.]

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        63  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, 1977.]

        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            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.]

        66           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.]

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        67             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.]

        68               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.]

        69  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.

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

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            sible, transmit such recordings to the Librarian of Congress 
            and to the Archivist of the United States.
                Sec. 5. (a) Radio coverage of Senate proceedings shall--
                        (1) begin as soon as the necessary equipment has 
                    been installed; and
                        (2) be provided continuously at all times when 
                    the Senate is in session (or is meeting in Committee 
                    of the Whole), except for any time when a meeting 
                    with closed doors is ordered.
                (b) As soon as practicable but no later than May 1, 
            there shall begin a test period during which tests of radio 
            and television coverage of Senate proceedings shall be 
            conducted by the staffs of the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration and of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
            Doorkeeper of the Senate. Television coverage of Senate 
            proceedings shall go live June 1, 1986. The test period 
            aforementioned shall end on July 15, 1986.
                (c) During such test period--
                        (1) final procedures for camera direction 
                    control shall be established;
                        (2) television coverage of Senate proceedings 
                    shall not be transmitted 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,

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

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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.
                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.]

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

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

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

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

        70                  READING OF CONFERENCE REPORTS

                Sec. 903. Beginning on the first day of the 107th 
            Congress, the Presiding Officer of the Senate shall apply 
            all of the precedents of the Senate under Rule XXVIII in 
            effect at the conclusion of the 103d Congress. Further that 
            there is now in effect a Standing order of the Senate that 
            the reading of conference reports is no longer required, if 
            the said conference report is available in the Senate.

              [Pub. L. 106-554, Div. A, ch. 9, Sec. 903, Dec. 21, 2000.]

        71  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBJECT TO A MEASURE 
                                      OR MATTER

                Resolved
                Sec. 1. Eliminating Secret Senate Holds.
                (a) In General.--
                        (1) Covered Request.--This standing order shall 
                    apply to a notice of intent to object to the 
                    following covered requests:
                                (A) A unanimous consent request to 
                            proceed to a bill, resolution, joint 
                            resolution, concurrent resolution, 
                            conference report, or amendment between the 
                            Houses.
                                (B) A unanimous consent request to pass 
                            a bill or joint resolution or adopt a 
                            resolution, concurrent resolution, 
                            conference report, or the disposition of an 
                            amendment between the Houses.

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                                (C) A unanimous consent request for the 
                            disposition of a nomination.
                        (2) Recognition of Notice of Intent.--The 
                    majority and minority leaders of the Senate or their 
                    designees shall recognize a notice of intent to 
                    object to a covered request of a Senator who is a 
                    member of their caucus if the Senator--
                                (A) submits the notice of intent to 
                            object in writing to the appropriate leader 
                            and grants in the notice of intent to object 
                            permission for the leader or designee to 
                            object in the Senator's name; and
                                (B) not later than 2 session days after 
                            submitting the notice of intent to object to 
                            the appropriate leader, submits a copy of 
                            the notice of intent to object to the 
                            Congressional Record and to the Legislative 
                            Clerk for inclusion in the applicable 
                            calendar section described in subsection 
                            (b).
                        (3) Form of Notice.--To be recognized by the 
                    appropriate leader a Senator shall submit the 
                    following notice of intent to object:
                                ``I, Senator --------------, intend to 
                            object to ------------, dated --------------
                            --. I will submit a copy of this notice to 
                            the Legislative Clerk and the Congressional 
                            Record within 2 session days and I give my 
                            permission to the objecting Senator to 
                            object in my name.''. The first blank shall 
                            be filled with the name of the Senator, the 
                            second blank shall be filled with the name 
                            of the covered request, the name of the 
                            measure or matter and, if applicable, the 
                            calendar number, and the third blank shall 
                            be filled with the date that the notice of 
                            intent to object is submitted.
                        (4) Notices on the Senate Floor.--The 
                    requirement to submit a notice of intent to object 
                    to the Legislative Clerk and the Congressional 
                    Record shall not apply in the event a Senator 
                    objects on the floor of the Senate and states the 
                    following:
                                ``I object to ----------------, on 
                            behalf of Senator ----------------.''
                (b) Calendar.--
                        (1) Objection.--Upon receiving the submission 
                    under subsection (a)(2)(B), the Legislative Clerk 
                    shall add the information from the notice of intent 
                    to object to the applicable Calendar section 
                    entitled `Notices

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                    of Intent to Object to Proceeding' created by Public 
                    Law 110-81. Each section shall include the name of 
                    each Senator filing a notice under subsection 
                    (a)(2)(B), the measure or matter covered by the 
                    calendar to which the notice of intent to object 
                    relates, and the date the notice of intent to object 
                    was filed.
                        (2) Objection on Behalf.--In the case of an 
                    objection made under subsection (a)(4), not later 
                    than 2 session days after the objection is made on 
                    the floor, the Legislative Clerk shall add the 
                    information from such objection to the applicable 
                    Calendar section entitled ``Notices of Intent to 
                    Object to Proceeding'' created by Public Law 110-81. 
                    Each section shall include the name of the Senator 
                    on whose behalf the objection was made, the measure 
                    or matter objected to, and the date the objection 
                    was made on the floor.
                (c) Removal.--A Senator may have notice of intent to 
            object relating to that Senator removed from a calendar to 
            which it was added under subsection (b) by submitting to the 
            Legislative Clerk the following notice:
                                ``I, Senator ------------------, do not 
                            object to ----------------, dated ----------
                            ------.'' The first blank shall be filled 
                            with the name of the Senator, the second 
                            blank shall be filled with the name of the 
                            covered request, the name of the measure or 
                            matter and, if applicable, the calendar 
                            number, and the third blank shall be filled 
                            with the date of the submission to the 
                            Legislative Clerk under this subsection.
                (d) Objecting on Behalf of a Member.--Except with 
            respect to objections made under subsection (a)(4), if a 
            Senator who has notified his or her leader of an intent to 
            object to a covered request fails to submit a notice of 
            intent to object under subsection (a)(2)(b) within 2 session 
            days following an objection to a covered request by the 
            leader or his or her designee on that Senator's behalf, the 
            Legislative Clerk shall list the Senator who made the 
            objection to the covered request in the applicable ``Notice 
            of Intent to Object to Proceeding'' calendar section.

            [S. Res. 28, 112-1, January 27, 2011]

        72      PERMITTING THE WAIVING OF THE READING OF AN AMENDMENT

                Resolved,
                Sec. 1. Reading of Amendments.

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                        (a) Standing Order.--This section shall be a 
                    standing order of the Senate.
                        (b) Waiver.--The reading of an amendment may be 
                    waived by a non-debatable motion if the amendment--
                                (1) has been submitted at least 72 hours 
                            before the motion; and
                                (2) is available in printed or 
                            electronic form in the Congressional Record.

            [S. Res. 29, 112-1, January 27, 2011]

        73    TO PROVIDE FOR EXPEDITED SENATE CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN 
                      NOMINATIONS SUBJECT TO ADVICE AND CONSENT

                Resolved,
                Sec. 1. Procedure For Consideration.
                (a) Privileged Nominations; Information Requested--Upon 
            receipt by the Senate of a nomination described in section 
            2, the nomination shall--
                        (1) be placed on the Executive Calendar under 
                    the heading `Privileged Nominations--Information 
                    Requested'; and
                        (2) remain on the Executive Calendar under such 
                    heading until the Executive Clerk receives a written 
                    certification from the Chairman of the committee of 
                    jurisdiction under subsection (b).
                (b) Questionnaires--The Chairman of the committee of 
            jurisdiction shall notify the Executive Clerk in writing 
            when the appropriate biographical and financial 
            questionnaires have been received from an individual 
            nominated for a position described in section 2.
                (c) Privileged Nominations; Information Received--Upon 
            receipt of the certification under subsection (b), the 
            nomination shall--
                        (1) be placed on the Executive Calendar under 
                    the heading `Privileged Nomination--Information 
                    Received' and remain on the Executive Calendar under 
                    such heading for 10 session days; and
                        (2) after the expiration of the period referred 
                    to in paragraph (1), be placed on the `Nominations' 
                    section of the Executive Calendar.
                (d) Referral to Committee of Jurisdiction--During the 
            period when a nomination described in subsection (a) is 
            listed under the `Privileged Nomination--Information 
            Requested' section of the Executive Calendar described in 
            section (a)(1)

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            or the `Privileged Nomination--Information Received' section 
            of the Executive Calendar described in section (c)(1)--
                        (1) any Senator may request on his or her own 
                    behalf, or on the behalf of any identified Senator 
                    that the nomination be referred to the appropriate 
                    committee of jurisdiction; and
                        (2) if a Senator makes a request described in 
                    paragraph (1), the nomination shall be referred to 
                    the appropriate committee of jurisdiction.
                Sec. 2. Nominations Covered.
                The following nominations for the positions described 
            (including total number of individuals to be appointed for 
            the position) shall be considered under the provisions of 
            this resolution:
                        (1) The Chairman and the Members of the Advisory 
                    Board for Cuba Broadcasting (9 Members including 
                    Chairman).
                        (2) The Chairman and the Members of the 
                    Corporation for National and Community Service (15 
                    Members including Chairman).
                        (3) The Chairman and the Members of the Federal 
                    Retirement Thrift Investment Boards (5 Members 
                    including Chairman).
                        (4) The Members of the Internal Revenue Service 
                    Oversight Board (7 Members).
                        (5) The Members of the Board of the Millennium 
                    Challenge Corporation (4 Members).
                        (6) The Members of the National Council on the 
                    Arts (18 Members).
                        (7) The Members of the National Council for the 
                    Humanities (26 Members).
                        (8) The Members of the Board of Directors of the 
                    Overseas Private Investment Corporation (8 Members).
                        (9) The Members of the Peace Corps National 
                    Advisory Council (15 Members).
                        (10) The Chairman, Vice Chairman, and the 
                    Members of the Board of Directors for the United 
                    States Institute of Peace (12 Members including 
                    Chairman and Vice Chairman).
                        (11) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (5 
                    Members).
                        (12) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the National Consumer Cooperative Bank (3 Members).

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                        (13) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the National Institute of Building Sciences (6 
                    Members).
                        (14) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (5 
                    Members).
                        (15) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (3 
                    Members).
                        (16) The Members of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
                    Development Corporation Advisory Board (5 Members).
                        (17) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
                    National Environmental Policy Foundation (9 
                    Members).
                        (18) The Members the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (2 Members).
                        (19) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Federal Old Age and Survivors Trust Fund and 
                    Disability Insurance Trust Fund (2 Members).
                        (20) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund 
                    (2 Members).
                        (21) The Members of the Social Security Advisory 
                    Board (3 Members).
                        (22) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the African Development Foundation (7 Members).
                        (23) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Inter American Foundation (9 Members).
                        (24) The Commissioners of the United States 
                    Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (7 Members).
                        (25) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in 
                    Education Foundation (8 Members).
                        (26) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation (8 Members).
                        (27) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (6 
                    Members).
                        (28) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Legal Services Corporation (11 Members).
                        (29) The Members of the Foreign Claims 
                    Settlement Commission (2 Members).
                        (30) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the State Justice Institute (11 Members).
                        (31) Chief Financial Officer, from the 
                    following:

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                                (A) Department of Agriculture.
                                (B) Department of Commerce.
                                (C) Department of Defense.
                                (D) Department of Education.
                                (E) Department of Energy.
                                (F) Department of Environmental 
                            Protection Agency.
                                (G) Department of Health and Human 
                            Services.
                                (H) Department of Homeland Security.
                                (I) Department of Housing and Urban 
                            Development.
                                (J) Department of the Interior.
                                (K) Department of Labor.
                                (L) National Aeronautics and Space 
                            Administration.
                                (M) Department of State.
                                (N) Department of Transportation.
                                (O) Department of the Treasury.
                                (P) Department of Veterans Affairs.
                        (32) Assistant Secretary for Financial 
                    Management of the Air Force.
                        (33) Assistant Secretary for Financial 
                    Management of the Army.
                        (34) Assistant Secretary for Financial 
                    Management of Navy.
                        (35) Controller, Office of Federal Financial 
                    Management, Office of Management and Budget.
                        (36) Assistant Secretaries or other officials 
                    whose primary responsibility is legislative affairs 
                    from the following:
                                (A) Department of Agriculture.
                                (B) Department of Energy.
                                (C) Department of Defense.
                                (D) Department of Housing and Urban 
                            Development.
                                (E) Department of Commerce.
                                (F) Department of Treasury.
                                (G) Department of State.
                                (H) Department of Health and Human 
                            Services.
                                (I) United States Agency for 
                            International Development.
                                (J) Department of Education.
                                (K) Department of Labor.
                                (L) Department of Justice.
                                (M) Department of Veterans Affairs.

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                                (N) Department of Transportation.
                        (37) Commissioner, Rehabilitative Services 
                    Administration, Department of Education.
                        (38) Commissioner, Administration for Children, 
                    Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human 
                    Services.
                        (39) Commissioner, Administration for Native 
                    Americans, Department of Health and Human Services.
                        (40) Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas 
                    Transportation Projects.
                        (41) Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
                    Department of Commerce.
                Sec. 3. Executive Calendar.
                The Secretary of the Senate shall create the appropriate 
            sections on the Executive Calendar to reflect and effectuate 
            the requirements of this resolution.
                Sec. 4. Committee Justification for New Executive 
            Positions.
                The report accompanying each bill or joint resolution of 
            a public character reported by any committee shall contain 
            an evaluation and justification made by such committee for 
            the establishment in the measure being reported of any new 
            position appointed by the President within an existing or 
            new Federal entity.
                Sec. 5. Effective Date.
                This resolution shall take effect 60 days after the date 
            of adoption of this resolution.

            [S. Res. 116, 112-1, March 30, 2011]

        74   TO IMPROVE PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION 
                            AND NOMINATIONS IN THE SENATE

                Resolved,
                sec. 1. Consideration of Legislation.
                        (a) Motion To Proceed and Consideration of 
                    Amendments--A motion to proceed to the consideration 
                    of a measure or matter made pursuant to this section 
                    shall be debatable for no more than 4 hours, equally 
                    divided in the usual form. If the motion to proceed 
                    is agreed to the following conditions shall apply:
                                (1) The first amendments in order to the 
                            measure or matter shall be one first-degree 
                            amendment each offered by the minority, the 
                            majority, the minority, and the majority, in 
                            that order. If an amendment is not offered 
                            in its designated

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                            order under this paragraph, the right to 
                            offer that amendment is forfeited.
                                (2) If a cloture motion has been filed 
                            pursuant to rule XXII of the Standing Rules 
                            of the Senate on a measure or matter 
                            proceeded to under this section, it shall 
                            not be in order for the minority to propose 
                            its first amendment unless it has been 
                            submitted to the Senate Journal Clerk by 
                            1:00 p.m. on the day following the filing of 
                            that cloture motion, for the majority to 
                            propose its first amendment unless it has 
                            been submitted to the Senate Journal Clerk 
                            by 3:00 p.m. on the day following the filing 
                            of that cloture motion, for the minority to 
                            propose its second amendment unless it has 
                            been submitted to the Senate Journal Clerk 
                            by 5:00 p.m. on the day following the filing 
                            of that cloture motion, or for the majority 
                            to propose its second amendment unless it 
                            has been submitted to the Senate Journal 
                            Clerk by 7:00 p.m. on the day following the 
                            filing of that cloture motion. If an 
                            amendment is not timely submitted under this 
                            paragraph, the right to offer that amendment 
                            is forfeited.
                                (3) An amendment offered under paragraph 
                            (1) shall be disposed of before the next 
                            amendment in order under paragraph (1) may 
                            be offered.
                                (4) An amendment offered under paragraph 
                            (1) is not divisible or subject to amendment 
                            while pending.
                                (5) An amendment offered under paragraph 
                            (1), if adopted, shall be considered 
                            original text for purpose of further 
                            amendment.
                                (6) No points of order shall be waived 
                            by virtue of this section.
                                (7) No motion to commit or recommit 
                            shall be in order during the pendency of any 
                            amendment offered pursuant to paragraph (1).
                                (8) Notwithstanding rule XXII of the 
                            Standing Rules of the Senate, if cloture is 
                            invoked on the measure or matter before all 
                            amendments offered under paragraph (1) are 
                            disposed of, any amendment in order under 
                            paragraph (1) but not actually pending upon 
                            the expiration of post-cloture time may be 
                            offered and may be debated for not

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                            to exceed 1 hour, equally divided in the 
                            usual form. Any amendment offered under 
                            paragraph (1) that is ruled non-germane on a 
                            point of order shall not fall upon that 
                            ruling, but instead shall remain pending and 
                            shall require 60 votes in the affirmative to 
                            be agreed to.
                        (b) Sunset--This section shall expire on the day 
                    after the date of the sine die adjournment of the 
                    113th Congress.
                sec. 2. Consideration of Nominations.
                        (a) In General--
                                (1) POST-CLOTURE CONSIDERATION--If 
                            cloture is invoked in accordance with rule 
                            XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate on 
                            a nomination described in paragraph (2), 
                            there shall be no more than 8 hours of post-
                            cloture consideration equally divided in the 
                            usual form.
                                (2) NOMINATIONS COVERED--A nomination 
                            described in this paragraph is any 
                            nomination except for the nomination of an 
                            individual----
                                  (A) to a position at level I of the 
                            Executive Schedule under section 5312 of 
                            title 5, United States Code; or
                                  (B) to serve as a judge or justice 
                            appointed to hold office during good 
                            behavior.
                        (b) Special Rule for District Court Nominees--If 
                    cloture is invoked in accordance with rule XXII of 
                    the Standing Rules of the Senate on a nomination of 
                    an individual to serve as a judge of a district 
                    court of the United States, there shall be no more 
                    than 2 hours of post-cloture consideration equally 
                    divided in the usual form.
                        (c) Sunset--This section shall expire on the day 
                    after the date of the sine die adjournment of the 
                    113th Congress.

            [S. Res. 15, 113-1, January 24, 2013]

        75              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 resolutions of the Senate, to appoint and 
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            perts 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.]

        76         CONSULTANTS FOR THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

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

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

        77                   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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            adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979.
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                (b) Vacancies in the membership of the Select Committee 
            shall not affect the authority of the remaining members to 
            execute the functions of the committee, and shall be filled 
            in the same manner as original appointments thereto are 
            made.
                (c)(1) A majority of the members of the Select Committee 
            shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business 
            involving complaints and allegations of misconduct, 
            including the consideration of matters involving sworn 
            complaints, unsworn allegations or information, resultant 
            preliminary inquiries, initial reviews, investigations, 
            hearings, recommendations or reports, and matters relating 
            to S. Res. 400, agreed to May 19, 1976.
                (2) Three members shall constitute a quorum for the 
            transaction of the routine business of the Select Committee 
            not covered by the first paragraph of this subparagraph, 
            including requests for opinions and interpretations 
            concerning the Code of Official Conduct or any other statute 
            or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Select 
            Committee, if one member of the quorum is a member of the 
            majority party and one member of the quorum is a member of 
            the minority party. During the transaction of routine 
            business any member of the Select Committee constituting 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 
            result of the adoption of S. Res. 389, 96-2, Mar. 25, 1980.
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                (2) A member of the Select Committee may, at his 
            discretion, disqualify himself from participating in any 
            initial review or investigation pending before the Select 
            Committee and the determinations and recommendations of the 
            Select Committee with respect thereto. Notice of such 
            disqualification shall be given in writing to the President 
            of the Senate.
                (3) Whenever any member of the Select Committee is 
            ineligible under paragraph (1) to participate in any initial 
            review or investigation or disqualifies himself under 
            paragraph (2) from participating in any initial review or 
            investigation, another Member of the Senate shall, subject 
            to the provisions of subsection (d), be appointed to serve 
            as a member of the Select Committee solely for purposes of 
            such initial review or investigation and the determinations 
            and recommendations of the Select Committee with respect 
            thereto. Any Member of the Senate appointed for such 
            purposes shall be of the same party as the Member who is 
            ineligible or disqualifies himself.
                Sec. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the Select Committee 
            to--
                        (1) receive complaints and investigate 
                    allegations of improper conduct which may reflect 
                    upon the Senate, violations of law, violations of 
                    the Senate Code 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 violation 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 
            subpoena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and 
            the production of such correspondence, books, papers, and 
            documents; (5) administer such oaths; (6) take such 
            testimony orally or by deposition; (7) employ and fix the 
            com

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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) Subpoenas may be issued (1) by the Select Committee 
            or (2) by the chairman and vice chairman, acting jointly. 
            Any such subpoena 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.
                \2\Changed from ``paragraph 1 of rule XLIII'' as a 
            result of the adoption of S. Res. 389, 96-2, Mar. 25, 1980.
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                Sec. 4. The expenses of the Select Committee under this 
            resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 
            Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Select 
            Committee.
                Sec. 5. As used in this resolution, the term ``officer 
            or employee of the Senate'' means--
                        (1) an elected officer of the Senate who is not 
                    a Member of the Senate;
                        (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.]

        78      SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS--ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

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

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

        79     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.]

        80     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.]

        81                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 not to exceed fifteen Members appointed as 
            follows:
                        (A) two members from the Committee on 
                    Appropriations;
                        (B) two members from the Committee on Armed 
                    Services;
                        (C) two members from the Committee on Foreign 
                    Relations;
                        (D) two members from the Committee on the 
                    Judiciary; and
                        (E) not to exceed 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. Of any members appointed under paragraph (1)(E), 
            the majority leader shall appoint the ma

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            jority members and the minority leader shall appoint the 
            minority members, with the majority having a one vote 
            margin.
                (3)(A) 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) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
            Armed Services (if not already a member of the select 
            Committee) 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) At the beginning of each Congress, the Majority 
            Leader of the Senate shall select a chairman of the select 
            Committee and the Minority Leader shall select a vice 
            chairman for the select Committee. The vice chairman shall 
            act in the place and stead of the chairman in the absence of 
            the chairman. Neither the chairman nor the vice chairman of 
            the select committee shall at the same time serve as 
            chairman or ranking minority member of any other committee 
            referred to in paragraph 4(e)(1) of rule XXV of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate.
                (c) The select Committee may be organized into 
            subcommittees. Each subcommittee shall have a chairman and a 
            vice chairman who are selected by the Chairman and Vice 
            Chairman of the select Committee, respectively.
                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 Office of the Director of National 
                    Intelligence and the Director of National 
                    Intelligence.
                        (2) The Central Intelligence Agency and the 
                    Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
                        (3) 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.
                        (4) 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.

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                        (5) Authorizations for appropriations, both 
                    direct and indirect, for the following:
                                (A) The Office of the Director of 
                            National Intelligence and the Director of 
                            National Intelligence.
                                (B) The Central Intelligence Agency and 
                            the Director of the Central Intelligence 
                            Agency.
                                (C) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
                                (D) The National Security Agency.
                                (E) The intelligence activities of other 
                            agencies and subdivisions of the Department 
                            of Defense.
                                (F) The intelligence activities of the 
                            Department of State.
                                (G) The intelligence activities of the 
                            Federal Bureau of Investigation.
                                (H) Any department, agency, or 
                            subdivision which is the successor to any 
                            agency named in clause (A), (B), (C) or (D); 
                            and the activities of any department, 
                            agency, or subdivision which is the 
                            successor to any department, agency, bureau, 
                            or subdivision named in clause (E), (F), or 
                            (G) to the extent that the activities of 
                            such successor department, agency, or 
                            subdivision are activities described in 
                            clause (E), (F), or (G).
                (b)(1) Any proposed legislation reported by the select 
            Committee except any legislation involving matters specified 
            in clause (1), (2), (5)(A), or (5)(B) 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 10 
            days after the day on which such proposed legislation, in 
            its entirety and including annexes, 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 10 days after the day 
            on which such proposed legislation, in its entirety and 
            including annexes, is referred to such committee.
                (2) In any case in which a committee fails to report any 
            proposed legislation referred to it within the time limit 
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            scribed in this subsection, such Committee shall be 
            automatically discharged from further consideration of such 
            proposed legislation on the 10th day following the day on 
            which such proposed legislation is referred to such 
            committee unless the Senate provides otherwise, or the 
            Majority Leader or Minority Leader request, prior to that 
            date, an additional 5 days on behalf of the Committee to 
            which the proposed legislation was sequentially referred. At 
            the end of that additional 5 day period, if the Committee 
            fails to report the proposed legislation within that 5 day 
            period, the Committee shall be automatically discharged from 
            further consideration of such proposed legislation unless 
            the Senate provides otherwise.
                (3) In computing any 10 or 5 day period under this 
            subsection there shall be excluded from such computation any 
            days on which the Senate is not in session.
                (4) The reporting and referral processes outlined in 
            this subsection shall be conducted in strict accordance with 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate. In accordance with such 
            rules, committees to which legislation is referred are not 
            permitted to make changes or alterations to the text of the 
            referred bill and its annexes, but may propose changes or 
            alterations to the same in the form of amendments.
                (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 jurisdiction of such committee.
                Sec. 4. (a) The select committee, for the purposes of 
            accountability to the Senate, shall make regular and 
            periodic, but not less than quarterly, reports to the Senate 
            on the nature and extent of the intelligence activities of 
            the various departments and agencies of the United States. 
            Such committee shall promptly call to the attention of the 
            Senate or to any other appropriate committee or committees 
            of the Senate any matters requiring the attention of the 
            Senate or such other committee or committees. In making such

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            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 National Intelligence, 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 
            subpoena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the 
            production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents, 
            (7) to take depositions and other testimony, (8) to procure 
            the service of individual consultants or organizations 
            thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i) 
            of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and (9) with 
            the prior consent of the government department or agency 
            concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to 
            use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any 
            such department or agency.
                (b) The chairman of the select committee or any member 
            thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
                (c) Subpoenas authorized by the select committee may be 
            issued over the signature of the chairman, the vice

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            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 subpoenas.
                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 Ethics) 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 National 
            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 National Intelligence, be commensurate with the 
            sensitivity of the classified information to which such 
            employee or person will be given access by such committee.
                Sec. 7. The select committee shall formulate and carry 
            out such rules and procedures as it deems necessary to 
            prevent the disclosure, without the consent of the person or 
            persons concerned, of information in the possession of such 
            committee which unduly infringes upon the privacy or which 
            violates the constitutional rights of such person or 
            persons. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent such 
            committee from publicly disclosing any such information in 
            any case in which such committee determines the national 
            interest in the disclosure of such information clearly 
            outweighs any infringement on the privacy of any person or 
            persons.
                Sec. 8. (a) The select committee may, subject to the 
            provisions of this section, disclose publicly any 
            information in the possession of such committee after a 
            determination by such committee that the public interest 
            would be served by such disclosure. Whenever committee 
            action is required to disclose any information under this 
            section, the committee shall meet to vote on the matter 
            within five days after any member of the committee requests 
            such a vote. No member of the select committee shall 
            disclose any information, the disclosure of which requires a 
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            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--
                        (A) first, notify the Majority Leader and 
                    Minority Leader of the Senate of such vote; and
                        (B) second, consult with the Majority Leader and 
                    Minority Leader before notifying 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 Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 
            and 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 therefore, 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 Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate and 
            the select Committee of his objections to the disclosure of 
            such information as provided in paragraph (2), the Majority 
            Leader and Minority Leader jointly or the select Committee, 
            by majority vote, may refer the question of the disclosure 
            of such information to the Senate for consideration.
                (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, 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--
                        (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 
            (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.
                (c)(1) No information in the possession of the select 
            committee relating to the lawful intelligence activities of 
            any department or agency of the United States which has been 
            classified under established security procedures and which 
            the select committee, pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of 
            this section, has determined should not be disclosed shall 
            be made available to any person by a Member, officer, or 
            employee of the Senate except in a closed session of the 
            Senate or as provided in paragraph (2).

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                (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 
            Ethics 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.
                (e) Upon the request of any person who is subject to any 
            such investigation, the Select Committee on Ethics 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 Ethics determines that there has 
            been a significant breach of confidentiality or unauthorized 
            disclosure by a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate, 
            it shall report its findings to the Senate and recommend 
            appropriate action such as censure, removal from committee 
            membership, or expulsion from the Senate, in the case of a 
            Member, or removal from office or employment or punishment 
            for contempt, in the case of an officer or employee.
                Sec. 9. The select committee is authorized to permit any 
            personal representative of the President, designated by the 
            President to serve as a liaison to such committee, to attend 
            any closed meeting of such committee.
                Sec. 10. Upon expiration of the Select Committee on 
            Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence 
            Activities, established by Senate Resolution 21, Ninety-
            fourth Congress, all records, files, documents, and other 
            materials in the possession, custody, or control of such 
            committee, under appropriate conditions established by it, 
            shall be transferred to the select committee.
                Sec. 11. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that the head 
            of each department and agency of the United States should

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            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 the 
            Senate during the same or preceding fiscal year to carry out 
            such activity for such fiscal year:
                        (1) The activities of the Office of the Director 
                    of National Intelligence and the Director of 
                    National Intelligence.
                        (2) The activities of the Central Intelligence 
                    Agency and the Director of the Central Intelligence 
                    Agency.
                        (3) The activities of the Defense Intelligence 
                    Agency.
                        (4) The activities of the National Security 
                    Agency.

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                        (5) The intelligence activities of other 
                    agencies and subdivisions of the Department of 
                    Defense.
                        (6) The intelligence activities of the 
                    Department of State.
                        (7) The intelligence activities of the Federal 
                    Bureau of Investigation.
                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 for disclosure of information 
                    for which there is no compelling reason for secrecy;
                        (6) the desirability of establishing a standing 
                    committee of the Senate on intelligence activities;
                        (7) the desirability of establishing a joint 
                    committee of the Senate and the House of 
                    Representatives on intelligence activities in lieu 
                    of having separate committees in each House of 
                    Congress, or of establishing procedures under which 
                    separate committees on intelligence activities of 
                    the two Houses of Congress would receive joint 
                    briefings from the intelligence agencies and 
                    coordinate their policies with respect to the 
                    safeguarding of sensitive intelligence information;

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                        (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, 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.

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                (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. (a) In addition to other committee staff 
            selected by the select Committee, the select Committee shall 
            hire or appoint one employee for each member of the select 
            Committee to serve as such Member's designated 
            representative on the select Committee. The select Committee 
            shall only hire or appoint an employee chosen by the 
            respective Member of the select Committee for whom the 
            employee will serve as the designated representative on the 
            select Committee.
                (b) The select Committee shall be afforded a supplement 
            to its budget, to be determined by the Committee on Rules 
            and Administration, to allow for the hire of each employee 
            who fills the position of designated representative to the 
            select Committee. The designated representative shall have 
            office space and appropriate office equipment in the select 
            Committee spaces. Designated personal representatives shall 
            have the same access to Committee staff, information, 
            records, and databases as select Committee staff, as 
            determined by the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
                (c) The designated employee shall meet all the 
            requirements of relevant statutes, Senate rules, and 
            committee security clearance requirements for employment by 
            the select Committee.
                (d) Of the funds made available to the select Committee 
            for personnel--
                        (1) not more than 60 percent shall be under the 
                    control of the Chairman; and
                        (2) not less than 40 percent shall be under the 
                    control of the Vice Chairman.
                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.

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                Sec. 17. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in 
            subsection (b), the select Committee shall have jurisdiction 
            for reviewing, holding hearings, and reporting the 
            nominations of civilian persons nominated by the President 
            to fill all positions within the intelligence community 
            requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.
                (2) Other committees with jurisdiction over the 
            nominees' executive branch department may hold hearings and 
            interviews with such persons, but only the select Committee 
            shall report such nominations.
                (b)(1) With respect to the confirmation of the Assistant 
            Attorney General for National Security, or any successor 
            position, the nomination of any individual by the President 
            to serve in such position shall be referred to the Committee 
            on the Judiciary and, if and when reported, to the select 
            Committee for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in 
            cases when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in 
            recess, the select Committee shall have 5 additional 
            calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the 
            nomination.
                (2) If, upon the expiration of the period described in 
            paragraph (1), the select Committee has not reported the 
            nomination, such nomination shall be automatically 
            discharged from the select Committee and placed on the 
            Executive Calendar.

             [S. Res. 400, 94-2, May 19, 1976; S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 8, 
               1977; S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004, Pub. L. 109-177, 
            Sec.  506. 120 Stat. 247 (2005), and S. Res. 50, 110-1, Feb 
                                                              14, 2007].

        82          HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT

                To eliminate certain restrictions on service of a 
            Senator on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. \1\
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                \1\ Omitted portions amended S. Res. 400, 94-2, May 19, 
            1976.
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                Resolved, It is the purpose of titles I through V of 
            this resolution to improve the effectiveness of the Senate 
            Select Committee on Intelligence, especially with regard to 
            its oversight of the Intelligence Community of the United 
            States Government, and to improve the Senate's oversight of 
            homeland security.
                Sec. 101. Homeland security.
                (a) Committee on Homeland Security and Government 
            Affairs.--The Committee on Governmental Affairs is renamed 
            as the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
            Affairs.

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                (b) Jurisdiction.--There shall be referred to the 
            committee all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
            memorials, and other matters relating to the following 
            subjects:
                        (1) Department of Homeland Security, except 
                    matters relating to--
                                (A) the Coast Guard, the Transportation 
                            Security Administration, the Federal Law 
                            Enforcement Training Center or the Secret 
                            Service; and
                                (B)(i) the United States Citizenship and 
                            Immigration Service; or
                                (ii) the immigration functions of the 
                            United States Customs and Border Protection 
                            or the United States Immigration and Custom 
                            Enforcement or the Directorate of Border and 
                            Transportation Security; and
                                (C) the following functions performed by 
                            any employee of the Department of Homeland 
                            Security--
                                  (i) any customs revenue function 
                            including any function provided for in 
                            section 415 of the Homeland Security Act of 
                            2002 (Public Law 107-296);
                                  (ii) any commercial function or 
                            commercial operation of the Bureau of 
                            Customs and Border Protection or Bureau of 
                            Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
                            including matters relating to trade 
                            facilitation and trade regulation; or
                                  (iii) any other function related to 
                            clause (i) or (ii) that was exercised by the 
                            United States Customs Service on the day 
                            before the effective date of the Homeland 
                            Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296).
                The jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland Security 
            and Governmental Affairs in this paragraph shall supersede 
            the jurisdiction of any other committee of the Senate 
            provided in the rules of the Senate: Provided, That the 
            jurisdiction provided under section 101(b)(1) shall not 
            include the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, or 
            functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency related 
            thereto.
                        (2) Archives of the United States.
                        (3) Budget and accounting measures, other than 
                    appropriations, except as provided in the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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                        (4) Census and collection of statistics, 
                    including economic and social statistics.
                        (5) Congressional organization, except for any 
                    part of the matter that amends the rules or orders 
                    of the Senate.
                        (6) Federal Civil Service.
                        (7) Government information.
                        (8) Intergovernmental relations.
                        (9) Municipal affairs of the District of 
                    Columbia, except appropriations therefor.
                        (10) Organization and management of United 
                    States nuclear export policy.
                        (11) Organization and reorganization of the 
                    executive branch of the Government.
                        (12) Postal Service.
                        (13) Status of officers and employees of the 
                    United States, including their classification, 
                    compensation, and benefits.
                (c) Additional Duties.--The committee shall have the 
            duty of--
                        (1) receiving and examining reports of the 
                    Comptroller General of the United States and of 
                    submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it 
                    deems necessary or desirable in connection with the 
                    subject matter of such reports;
                        (2) studying the efficiency, economy, and 
                    effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the 
                    Government;
                        (3) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to 
                    reorganize the legislative and executive branches of 
                    the Government; and
                        (4) studying the intergovernmental relationships 
                    between the United States and the States and 
                    municipalities, and between the United States and 
                    international organizations of which the United 
                    States is a member.
                (d) Jurisdiction of Budget Committee.--Notwithstanding 
            paragraph (b)(3) of this section, and except as otherwise 
            provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
            Committee on the Budget shall have exclusive jurisdiction 
            over measures affecting the congressional budget process, 
            which are--
                        (1) the functions, duties, and powers of the 
                    Budget Committee;

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                        (2) the functions, duties, and powers of the 
                    Congressional Budget Office;
                        (3) the process by which Congress annually 
                    establishes the appropriate levels of budget 
                    authority, outlays, revenues, deficits or surpluses, 
                    and public debt--including subdivisions thereof--and 
                    including the establishment of mandatory ceilings on 
                    spending and appropriations, a floor on revenues, 
                    timetables for congressional action on concurrent 
                    resolutions, on the reporting of authorization 
                    bills, and on the enactment of appropriation bills, 
                    and enforcement mechanisms for budgetary limits and 
                    timetables;
                        (4) the limiting of backdoor spending devices;
                        (5) the timetables for Presidential submission 
                    of appropriations and authorization requests;
                        (6) the definitions of what constitutes 
                    impoundment--such as ``rescissions'' and 
                    ``deferrals'';
                        (7) the process and determination by which 
                    impoundments must be reported to and considered by 
                    Congress;
                        (8) the mechanisms to insure Executive 
                    compliance with the provisions of the Impoundment 
                    Control Act, title X--such as GAO review and 
                    lawsuits; and
                        (9) the provisions which affect the content or 
                    determination of amounts included in or excluded 
                    from the congressional budget or the calculation of 
                    such amounts, including the definition of terms 
                    provided by the Budget Act.
                (e) OMB Nominees.--The Committee on the Budget and the 
            Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
            shall have joint jurisdiction over the nominations of 
            persons nominated by the President to fill the positions of 
            Director and Deputy Director for Budget within the Office of 
            Management and Budget, and if one committee votes to order 
            reported such a nomination, the other must report within 30 
            calendar days session, or be automatically discharged.

                                    * * * * * * *

                Sec. 301. Committee status.
                (a) Homeland Security.--The Committee on Homeland 
            Security and Governmental Affairs shall be treated as the 
            Committee on Governmental Affairs listed under paragraph 2 
            of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate for purposes 
            of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

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                (b) Intelligence.--The Select Committee on Intelligence 
            shall be treated as a committee listed under paragraph 2 of 
            rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate for purposes of 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate.
                Sec. 401. Subcommittee related to intelligence 
            oversight.
                (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Select 
            Committee on Intelligence a Subcommittee on Oversight which 
            shall be in addition to any other subcommittee established 
            by the select Committee.
                (b) Responsibility.--The Subcommittee on Oversight shall 
            be responsible for ongoing oversight of intelligence 
            activities.
                Sec. 402. Subcommittee related to intelligence 
            appropriations.
                (a) Establishment.--There is established in the 
            Committee on Appropriations a Subcommittee on Intelligence. 
            The Committee on Appropriations shall reorganize into 13 
            subcommittees as soon as possible after the convening of the 
            109th Congress.
                (b) Jurisdiction.--The Subcommittee on Intelligence of 
            the Committee on Appropriations shall have jurisdiction over 
            funding for intelligence matters, as determined by the 
            Senate Committee on Appropriations.
                Sec. 501. Effective date.
                This resolution shall take effect on the convening of 
            the 109th Congress.

                                      [S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004]

        83          REORGANIZATION OF SENATE COMMITTEE SYSTEM\1\
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                Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as the 
            ``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977''.

                TITLE 1.--SENATE COMMITTEES; JURISDICTIONS AND SIZES

                                    * * * * * * *

      83.1                   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

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            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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                (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, the special committee shall be treated as a standing 
            committee of the Senate.\4\
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            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 
            subpoena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the 
            production of correspondence, books, papers, and docu

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            ments, (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) Subpoenas 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 subpoena.
                (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.)

      83.2                 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.

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                (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 
            responsibilities, Indian education, health, special 
            services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the 
            United States.
                (3) The select committee shall from time to time report 
            to the Senate, by bill or otherwise, its recommendations 
            with respect to matters referred to the select committee or 
            otherwise within its jurisdiction.
                (c)(1) For the purposes of this section, the select 
            committee is authorized, in its discretion, (A) to make 
            investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, (B) 
            to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, 
            (C) to employ personnel, (D) to hold hearings, (E) to sit 
            and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses, 
            and adjourned periods of the Senate, (F) to require, by 
            subpoena 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) Subpoenas 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,

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            and may be served by any person designated by the chairman 
            or the member signing the subpoena.
                (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.]

      83.3         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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      83.4           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

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            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 
            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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      83.5       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.

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

                                    * * * * * * *

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

        84       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.]

        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.]

        90                        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

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            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.]

        91             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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            1981, Sec. 116, 95 Stat. 963. See Senate Manual section 
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                Sec. 5. [Superseded.]
                Sec. 6. [Superseded.]
                Sec. 7. Until otherwise provided by law, the Secretary 
            of the Senate is authorized to pay from the contingent fund 
            of the Senate such amounts as may be necessary, for salaries 
            and expenses, to carry out the provisions of this 
            resolution. Expenses incurred under section 4(a) of this 
            resolution shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the 
            Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. Vouchers shall not be 
            required for the disbursement of salaries of employees paid 
            under authority of this resolution.

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

                Resolved, That (a) In addition to Senators who hold the 
            office of Deputy President pro tempore under authority of S. 
            Res. 17 of the 95th Congress (agreed to January 10, 1977), 
            any other Member of the Senate who is designated as such by 
            the Senate in a Senate resolution shall be the Deputy 
            President pro tempore of the Senate, and shall hold

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            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.]

        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.]

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                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          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 the 
            department or organization by whom his salary is paid; and 
            (3) the annual rate of compensation in each case.
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                                    [S. Jour. 407, 78-2, Aug. 23, 1944.]

        94                          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.

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                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.
                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.]

        95  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, unless adjusted by the Secretary of the Senate 
            with the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and 
            Administration, 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.

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                (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, President pro tempore emeritus, 
            Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority 
            Whip, Secretary of the Conference of the Majority, Secretary 
            of the Conference of the Minority, of the Senate, the 
            Chairman of the Conference of the Majority, the Chairman of 
            the Conference of the Minority, the Chairman of the Majority 
            Policy Committee, or the Chairman of the Minority Policy 
            Committee, 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 sub

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            section (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 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 end

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            ing 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 
            section 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, S. Res. 478, 108-2, Nov. 19, 2004; S. Res. 238, 
                                                  110-1, June 18, 2007.]

        96   PAY OF COMMITTEE STAFF DISPLACED BY CHANGE OF CHAIRMAN OR 
                             RANKING MINORITY MEMBER \1\
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            to S. Res. 458 (Sec. 95 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'' mean the Chairman, Vice Chairman, 
                    Cochairman and Ranking Minority Member of a 
                    committee.
                        (3) The term ``eligible staff member'' means an 
                    individual--
                                (A) who was an employee--
                                  (i) of a committee or subcommittee 
                            thereof or a Senate leadership office 
                            described in subsection (b) of the first 
                            section of this resolution, or
                                  (ii) in an office of a Senator on the 
                            expiration of the term of office of such 
                            Senator as a Senator, but only if the 
                            Senator is not serving as a Senator

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                            for the next term of office and was a 
                            candidate in the general election for such 
                            next term,
                                (B) whose employment described in 
                            subparagraph (A) was at least 183 days 
                            (whether or not service was continuous) 
                            before the date of termination of employment 
                            described in paragraph (4), and
                                (C) whose pay is disbursed by the 
                            Secretary of the Senate.
                        The term ``eligible staff member'' shall not 
                    include an employee to whom the first section of 
                    this resolution applies.
                        (4) The term ``displaced staff member'' means an 
                    eligible staff member--
                                (A) whose service as an employee of the 
                            Senate is terminated solely and directly as 
                            a result of--
                                  (i) in the case of employment 
                            described in paragraph (3)(A)(i), a change 
                            in the individual occupying the position of 
                            Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of a 
                            committee or in the individual occupying the 
                            Senate leadership office, and
                                  (ii) in the case of employment 
                            described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), the 
                            expiration of the term of office of the 
                            Senator, and
                                (B) who is certified, not later than 60 
                            days after the date of the change or 
                            expiration of term of office, whichever is 
                            applicable, as a displaced staff member by 
                            the Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of 
                            the committee, the Senator occupying the 
                            Senate leadership office, or the Senator 
                            whose term is expiring, whichever is 
                            applicable, to the Secretary of the Senate.
                (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; S. Res. 478, 108-2, Nov. 
                                                              19, 2004.]

        97      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.]

        98     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.]

        99             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 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 
            deroga

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            tory 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.]

       100                EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES\2\

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

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

       101                      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.]

       102                SENIOR CITIZEN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

                Resolved, That (a) each Senator is authorized to employ 
            for not more than fourteen consecutive days each year during 
            the month of May a senior citizen intern or interns to serve 
            in his office in Washington, District of Columbia.
                (b) To be eligible to serve as a senior citizen intern 
            an individual shall certify to the Secretary of the Senate 
            that he has attained the age of sixty years, is a bona fide 
            resident of the State of his employing Senator, and is a 
            citizen of the United States.
                (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes 
            of payment of compensation and travel expenses, senior

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            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.]

       105  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 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

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            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.
                        (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,

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                    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.]

       106   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.]


       107  RESTRICTION 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.

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

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                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.]

       108                         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.]

       109                     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 of the Senate on a voucher 
            approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration.

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                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.]

       110              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 subpoena 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 subpoena.''
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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.]

       111  AUTHORIZING THE SENATE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT TRANSIT 
                                      PROGRAMS

                Resolved, That (a) the Senate shall participate in State 
            and local government transit programs to encourage employees 
            of the Senate to use public transportation pursuant to 
            section 629 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General 
            Government Appropriations Act, 1991.
            (b) The Committee on Rules and Administration is authorized 
            to issue regulations pertaining to Senate participation in 
            State and local government transit programs through, and at 
            the discretion of, its Members, committees, officers, and 
            officials.

                                     [S. Res. 318, 102-2, June 23, 1992]

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       115   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.]

       116    CLARIFYING RULES REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF PRO BONO LEGAL 
                                SERVICES BY SENATORS

                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, or Senate 
            Resolution 321, adopted by the Senate on October 3, 1996, 
            pro bono legal services provided to a Member of the Senate 
            with respect to any civil action challenging the 
            constitutionality of a Federal statute that expressly 
            authorizes a Member either to file an action or to intervene 
            in 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;
                        (3) shall not require the establishment of a 
                    legal expense trust fund; and
                        (4) shall be governed by the Select Committee on 
                    Ethics Regulations Regarding Disclosure of Pro Bono 
                    Legal Services, adopted February 13, 1997, or any 
                    revision thereto.
                (b) This resolution shall supersede Senate Resolution 
            321, adopted by the Senate on October 3, 1996.

                                    [S. Res. 227, 107-2, Mar. 20, 2002.]

       117  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 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.]

       120                       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.]

       121                      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

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                                (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.]

       122                SEAL OF THE 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.]

       123                 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.]

       124                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 em

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            blems 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.]

       125     DESIGNATING THE OLD SENATE OFFICE BUILDING AND THE NEW
                SENATE OFFICE BUILDING AS THE "RICHARD BREVARD RUSSELL
                SENATE OFFICE BUILDING" AND THE "EVERETT 
                MCKINLEY DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING", RESPECTIVELY
                

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

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

       126  DESIGNATING THE EXTENSION TO THE DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE
                BUILDING AS THE "PHILLIP A. HART SENATE OFFICE
                BUILDING"
            
                
                Resolved, That insofar as concerns the Senate, the 
            extension of the Senate Office Building presently under con

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

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

       127  PROHIBITION ON THE REMOVAL OF ART AND HISTORIC OBJECTS FROM 
             THE SENATE WING OF THE CAPITOL AND SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
                                  FOR PERSONAL USE

                Resolved, That (a) a Member of the Senate or any other 
            person may not remove a work of art, historical object, or 
            an exhibit from the Senate wing of the Capitol or any Senate 
            office building for personal use.
                (b) For purposes of this resolution, the term ``work of 
            art, historical object, or an exhibit'' means an item, 
            including furniture, identified on the list (and any 
            supplement to the list) required by section 4 of Senate 
            Resolution 382, 90th Congress, as enacted into law by 
            section 901(a) of Public Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2104).
                (c) For purposes of this resolution, the Senate 
            Commission on Art shall update the list required by section 
            4 of Senate Resolution 382, 90th Congress (2 U.S.C. 2104) 
            every 6 months after the date of adoption of this resolution 
            and shall provide a copy of the updated list to the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration.

                                    [S. Res. 178, 108-1, June 27, 2003.]

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       128     COMMISSION ON ART AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE UNITED STATES 
                                     SENATE \1\
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                \1\ Became Senate Commission on Art, and enacted into 
            permanent law by Pub.L. 100-696, Nov. 18, 1988. See 2 U.S.C. 
            Sec. Sec. 2101-2108; Senate Manual sections 738-745.
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                                       [Pub. L. 100-696, Nov. 18, 1988.]

       129     INTERPARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES AND RECEPTION OF CERTAIN 
                                  FOREIGN OFFICIALS

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

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

       130   AUTHORIZING THE DISPLAY OF THE SENATE LEADERSHIP PORTRAIT 
                           COLLECTION IN THE SENATE LOBBY

                Resolved, That (a) portraits in the Senate Leadership 
            Portrait Collection may be displayed in the Senate Lobby at 
            the direction of the Senate Commission on Art in accordance 
            with guidelines prescribed pursuant to subsection (d).
                (b) The Senate Leadership Portrait Collection shall 
            consist of portraits selected by the Senate Commission on 
            Art of Majority or Minority Leaders and Presidents pro 
            tempore of the Senate.
                (c) Any portrait for the Senate Leadership Portrait 
            Collection that is acquired on or after the date of adoption 
            of this resolution shall be of an appropriate size for 
            display in the Senate Lobby, as determined by the Senate 
            Commission on Art.

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                (d) The Senate Commission on Art shall prescribe such 
            guidelines as it deems necessary, subject to the approval of 
            the Committee on Rules and Administration, to carry out this 
            resolution.

                                     [S. Res. 148, 109-1, May 18, 2005.]

       131  ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR AFFIXING AND REMOVING PERMANENT 
            ARTWORK AND SEMI-PERMANENT ARTWORK IN THE SENATE WING OF THE 
                     CAPITOL AND IN THE SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

                Resolved,  No permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
            artwork may be affixed to or removed from the walls, floors, 
            or ceilings of the public spaces and committee rooms of the 
            Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate office buildings 
            unless--
                        (1) the Senate Commission on Art--
                                (A) has recommended the affixation or 
                            removal; and
                                (B) in the case of an affixation of 
                            permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                            artwork--
                                  (i) has recommended an appropriate 
                            location for the affixation; and
                                  (ii) has determined that--
                                    (I) not less than 25 years have 
                            passed since the death of any subject in a 
                            portrait included in the permanent artwork 
                            or semi-permanent artwork; and
                                    (II) not less than 25 years have 
                            passed since the commemorative event that is 
                            to be portrayed in the permanent artwork or 
                            semi-permanent artwork; and
                        (2) the Senate has passed a Senate resolution 
                    approving the recommendation of the Senate 
                    Commission on Art.
                Sec. 2. Sense of the Senate.
                It is the sense of the Senate that prior to making a 
            recommendation to affix any permanent artwork or semi-
            permanent artwork to the walls, floors, or ceilings of the 
            public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the 
            Capitol and the Senate office buildings, the Senate 
            Commission on Art should consider, at a minimum, the 
            following:
                        (1) The significance of the original, intended, 
                    or existing permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                    artwork in the installation space proposed for the 
                    additional permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                    artwork.

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                        (2) The existing conditions of the surface of 
                    the proposed installation space.
                        (3) The last time fixed art was added to the 
                    proposed installation space.
                        (4) The amount of area available for the 
                    installation of permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                    artwork in the proposed installation space.
                        (5) The opinion of the Curatorial Advisory Board 
                    on such affixation.
                Sec. 3. Creation of artwork.
                If a request to affix permanent artwork or semi-
            permanent artwork to the walls, floors, or ceilings of the 
            public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the 
            Capitol and the Senate office buildings meets the 
            requirements of section 1, the Senate Commission on Art 
            shall select the artist and shall supervise and direct the 
            creation of the artwork and the application of the artwork 
            to the selected surface.
                Sec. 4. Definitions.
                In this resolution--
                (1) permanent artwork.--The term ``permanent artwork'' 
            means artwork that when applied directly to a wall, ceiling, 
            or floor has become part of the fabric of the building, 
            based on a consideration of relevant factors including--
                        (A) the original intent when the artwork was 
                    applied;
                        (B) the method of application;
                        (C) the adaptation or essentialness of the 
                    artwork to the building; and
                        (D) whether the removal of the artwork would 
                    cause damage to either the artwork or the surface 
                    that contains it.
                (2) semi-permanent artwork.--The term ``semi-permanent 
            artwork'' means artwork that when applied directly to the 
            surface of a wall, ceiling, or floor can be removed without 
            damaging the artwork or the surface to which the artwork is 
            applied.

                                     [S. Res. 629, 109-2, Dec. 7, 2006.]

       135    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

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            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 
            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.]

       136              PRINTING IN THE 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

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            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.]

       137                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.]

       138  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.]

       139                    OFFICE OF SENATE SECURITY

                Resolved, That (a) there is established, within the 
            Office of the Secretary of the Senate (hereinafter referred 
            to as the ``Secretary''), the Office of Senate Security 
            (hereinafter referred to as the ``Office''), which shall be 
            headed by a Director of Senate Security (hereinafter 
            referred to as the ``Director''). The Office shall be under 
            the policy direction of the Majority and Minority Leaders of 
            the Senate, and shall be under the administrative direction 
            and supervision of the Secretary.
                (b)(1) The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary 
            after consultation with the Majority and Minority Leaders. 
            The Secretary shall fix the compensation of the Director. 
            Any appointment under this subsection shall be made solely 
            on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the 
            position and without regard to political affiliation.
                (2) The Director, with the approval of the Secretary, 
            and after consultation with the Chairman and Ranking Member 
            of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the

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            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 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

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                        (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 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.]