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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 622 

Providing for the issuance of a summons, providing for the appointment 

of a committee to receive and to report evidence, and establishing related 

procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Alejandro 

Nicholas Mayorkas. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2024 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. LEE, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. HAGERTY) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the issuance of a summons, providing for the 

appointment of a committee to receive and to report 

evidence, and establishing related procedures concerning 

the articles of impeachment against Alejandro Nicholas 

Mayorkas. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SUMMONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—A summons shall be issued which 

4 commands Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to file with the 

5 Secretary of the Senate (in this resolution referred to as 

6 the ‘‘Secretary’’) an answer to the articles of impeachment 

7 with respect to Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas no later than 


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1 7 session days after the date on which the articles of im2 peachment are transmitted, and thereafter to abide by, 

3 obey, and perform such orders, directions, and judgments 

4 as the Senate shall make in the premises, according to 

5 the Constitution and laws of the United States. 

6 (b) SERVICE.—The Sergeant at Arms and Door7 keeper of the Senate is authorized to utilize the services 

8 of the Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 

9 Senate or another employee of the Senate in serving the 

10 summons. 

11 (c) NOTICE OF ANSWER.—The Secretary shall notify 

12 the House of Representatives of the filing of the answer 

13 and shall provide a copy of the answer to the House of 

14 Representatives. 

15 (d) FILING OF REPLICATION.—The Managers on the 

16 part of the House of Representatives may file with the 

17 Secretary a replication no later than 7 session days after 

18 the date on which the articles of impeachment are trans19 mitted. 

20 (e) NOTICE TO COUNSEL.—The Secretary shall no21 tify counsel for Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas of the filing 

22 of a replication, and shall provide counsel with a copy. 

23 (f) DELIVERY AND PRINTING OF ANSWER AND REP24 LICATION; ENTRY OF PLEA.—The Secretary shall provide 

25 the answer and the replication, if any, to the Presiding 


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1 Officer of the Senate on the first day the Senate is in 

2 session after the Secretary receives them, and the Pre3 siding Officer shall cause the answer and replication, if 

4 any, to be printed in the Senate Journal and in the Con5 gressional Record. If a timely answer has not been filed, 

6 the Presiding Officer shall cause a plea of not guilty to 

7 be entered. 

8 (g) PRINTING AS SENATE DOCUMENT.—The articles 

9 of impeachment, the answer, and the replication, if any, 

10 together with the provisions of the Constitution of the 

11 United States on impeachment, and the Rules of Proce12 dure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeach13 ment Trials, shall be printed under the direction of the 

14 Secretary as a Senate document. 

15 (h) RELATION TO RULES.—The provisions of this 

16 section shall govern notwithstanding any provisions to the 

17 contrary in the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the 

18 Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials. 

19 (i) MOTION TO TABLE.—A motion to table the arti20 cles of impeachment shall not be in order. 

21 SEC. 2. COMMITTEE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to rule XI of the Rules 

23 of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on 

24 Impeachment Trials (in this section referred to as ‘‘rule 

25 XI’’), not later than 7 session days after the date on which 


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1 the articles of impeachment are transmitted, the Presiding 

2 Officer shall appoint a committee of 12 Senators to per3 form the duties and to exercise the powers provided for 

4 in rule XI (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘com5 mittee’’). 

6 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The majority leader and 

7 minority leader, in consultation with their respective con8 ference, shall each recommend 6 members, including a 

9 chair and vice chair, respectively, to the Presiding Officer 

10 for appointment to the committee. 

11 (c) AUTHORITY AS A STANDING COMMITTEE.—The 

12 committee shall be deemed to be a standing committee of 

13 the Senate for the purpose of reporting to the Senate reso14 lutions for the criminal or civil enforcement of the commit15 tee’s subpoenas or orders, and for the purpose of printing 

16 reports, hearings, and other documents for submission to 

17 the Senate under rule XI. 

18 (d) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REQUIREMENTS RELAT19 ING TO QUESTIONS.—During proceedings conducted 

20 under rule XI, the chair of the committee is authorized 

21 to waive the requirement under the Rules of Procedure 

22 and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment 

23 Trials that questions by a Senator to a witness, a man24 ager, or counsel shall be reduced to writing and put by 

25 the Presiding Officer. 


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1 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 calendar days after 

2 the date on which all members of the committee are ap3 pointed under subsection (a), the committee shall submit 

4 to the Senate a report compiling all evidence, exhibits, and 

5 witness testimony received by the committee, which— 

6 (1) shall include a certified copy of the tran7 script of the proceedings had and testimony given 

8 before the committee; and 

9 (2) may include a statement of facts that are 

10 uncontested and a summary, with appropriate ref11 erences to the record, of evidence that the parties 

12 have introduced on contested issues of fact. 

13 (f) STAFFING AND EXPENSES.—The actual and nec14 essary expenses of the committee, including the employ15 ment of staff at an annual rate of pay, and the employ16 ment of consultants with prior approval of the Committee 

17 on Rules and Administration at a rate not to exceed the 

18 maximum daily rate for a standing committee of the Sen19 ate, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate 

20 from the appropriation account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’ 

21 upon vouchers approved by the chair of the committee, 

22 except that no voucher shall be required to pay the salary 

23 of any employee who is compensated at an annual rate 

24 of pay. 


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1 (g) TERMINATION.—The committee shall terminate 

2 not later than 45 calendar days after the pronouncement 

3 of judgment by the Senate on the articles of impeachment 

4 against Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas. 

5 SEC. 3. CONVENING AS COURT OF IMPEACHMENT. 

6 At 1 p.m. on the first day on which the Senate is 

7 in session after the date that is 90 calendar days after 

8 the date on which all members of the committee estab9 lished under section 2 are appointed, the Senate shall con10 vene as a Court of Impeachment to consider the articles 

11 of impeachment against Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas. 

12 SEC. 4. NOTICE. 

13 The Secretary shall notify the House of Representa14 tives and counsel for Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas of this 

15 resolution. 

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