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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 458 

To provide for the appointment of a committee to receive and to report 

evidence with respect to articles of impeachment against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 17, 2010 

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. MCCONNELL) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

To provide for the appointment of a committee to receive 

and to report evidence with respect to articles of impeachment against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. 

1 Resolved, That pursuant to Rule XI of the Rules of 

2 Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Im3 peachment Trials, the Presiding Officer shall appoint a 

4 committee of twelve senators to perform the duties and 

5 to exercise the powers provided for in the rule. 

6 SEC. 2. The majority and minority leader shall each 

7 recommend six members, including a chairman and vice 

8 chairman, respectively, to the Presiding Officer for ap9 pointment to the committee. 


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1 SEC. 3. The committee shall be deemed to be a stand2 ing committee of the Senate for the purpose of reporting 

3 to the Senate resolutions for the criminal or civil enforce4 ment of the committee’s subpoenas or orders, and for the 

5 purpose of printing reports, hearings, and other docu6 ments for submission to the Senate under Rule XI. 

7 SEC. 4. During proceedings conducted under Rule XI 

8 the chairman of the committee is authorized to waive the 

9 requirement under the Rules of Procedure and Practice 

10 in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials that 

11 questions by a Senator to a witness, a manager, or counsel 

12 shall be reduced to writing and put by the Presiding Offi13 cer. 

14 SEC. 5. In addition to a certified copy of the tran15 script of the proceedings and testimony had and given be16 fore it, the committee is authorized to report to the Senate 

17 a statement of facts that are uncontested and a summary, 

18 with appropriate references to the record, of evidence that 

19 the parties have introduced on contested issues of fact. 

20 SEC. 6. (a) The actual and necessary expenses of the 

21 committee, including the employment of staff at an annual 

22 rate of pay, and the employment of consultants with prior 

23 approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration 

24 at a rate not to exceed the maximum daily rate for a 

25 standing committee of the Senate, shall be paid from the 


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1 contingent fund of the Senate from the appropriation ac2 count ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’ upon vouchers approved by 

3 the chairman of the committee, except that no voucher 

4 shall be required to pay the salary of any employee who 

5 is compensated at an annual rate of pay. 

6 (b) In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions 

7 under this resolution, the committee is authorized, in its 

8 discretion and with the prior consent of the Government 

9 department or agency concerned and the Committee on 

10 Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable, or 

11 nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel of any 

12 such department or agency. 

13 SEC. 7. The committee appointed pursuant to section 

14 one of this resolution shall terminate no later than 60 days 

15 after the pronouncement of judgment by the Senate on 

16 the articles of impeachment. 

17 SEC. 8. The Secretary shall notify the House of Rep18 resentatives and counsel for Judge G. Thomas Porteous, 

19 Jr. of this resolution. 

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