[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 34 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 34 To amend Senate Resolution 338 (which establishes the Select Committee on Ethics) to change the membership of the select committee from members of the Senate to private citizens. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 26 (legislative day, January 5), 1993 Mr. Helms submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION To amend Senate Resolution 338 (which establishes the Select Committee on Ethics) to change the membership of the select committee from members of the Senate to private citizens. Resolved, That (a) subsection (a) of the first section of Senate Resolution 338, agreed to July 23, 1964 (88th Congress, 2d session), is amended to read as follows: ``(a)(1) there is hereby established a permanent select committee of the Senate to be known as the Select Committee on Ethics (referred to in this resolution as the `Select Committee') consisting of 6 members all of whom shall be private citizens. Three members of the Select Committee shall be selected by the Majority Leader and 3 shall be selected by the Minority Leader. Each member of the Select Committee shall serve 6 years except that the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader when making their initial appointments shall each designate 1 member to serve only 2 years and 1 member to serve only 4 years. At least 2 members of the Select Committee shall be retired Federal judges, and at least 2 members of the Select Committee shall be former members of the Senate. Members of the Select Committee may be reappointed. ``(2) The Select Committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. ``(3) Members of the Select Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to travel and per diem expenses in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Senate.''. (b) Subsection (e) of the first section of Senate Resolution 338 (as referred to in subsection (a)) is repealed. <all>