SRES 227
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A resolution to clarify the rules regarding the acceptance of pro bono legal services by Senators.
Introduced: March 19, 2002
Introduced by:
McConnell, Mitch
Republican
· Kentucky
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2002
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2161; text as passed Senate: CR S2161)
Mar 20, 2002
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2161; text as passed Senate: CR S2161)
Mar 19, 2002
Submitted in the Senate and ordered held at desk. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2090)
Mar 19, 2002
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Declares that 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 shall not: (1) be deemed a gift to the Member nor a contribution to the Member's office account; or (2) require the establishment of a legal expense trust fund. Subjects such services, however, to the Select Committee on Ethics Regulations Regarding Disclosure of Pro Bono Legal Services, adopted February 13, 1997, or any revision thereto.
States that this resolution shall supersede Senate Resolution 321 (certain pro bono legal services provided to a Member of the Senate) adopted by the Senate on October 3, 1996.
What's happening now
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2161; text as passed Senate: CR S2161)