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2 U.S.C. § 288g — Advisory and other functions
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**(a) Cooperation with persons, committees, subcommittees, and offices** The Counsel shall advise, consult, and cooperate with—
(1) the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia with respect to any criminal proceeding for contempt of Congress certified by the President pro tempore of the Senate pursuant to [section 194 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section194&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the committee of the Senate with the responsibility to identify any court proceeding or action which is of vital interest to the Senate;
(3) the Comptroller General, the Government Accountability Office, the Office of Legislative Counsel of the Senate, and the Congressional Research Service, except that none of the responsibilities and authority assigned by this chapter to the Counsel shall be construed to affect or infringe upon any functions, powers, or duties of the aforementioned;
(4) any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate not represented under [section 288c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section288c&num=0&edition=prelim) with regard to obtaining private legal counsel for such Member, officer, or employee;
(5) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Secretary of 11 So in original. Probably should be “of the”. Senate, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and the Parliamentarian of the Senate, regarding any subpena, order, or request for withdrawal of papers presented to the Senate which raises a question of the privileges of the Senate; and
(6) any committee or subcommittee of the Senate in promulgating and revising their rules and procedures for the use of congressional investigative powers and with respect to questions which may arise in the course of a
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**(a) Cooperation with persons, committees, subcommittees, and offices** The Counsel shall advise, consult, and cooperate with—
(1) the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia with respect to any criminal proceeding for contempt of Congress certified by the President pro tempore of the Senate pursuant to [section 194 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section194&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the committee of the Senate with the responsibility to identify any court proceeding or action which is of vital interest to the Senate;
(3) the Comptroller General, the Government Accountability Office, the Office of Legislative Counsel of the Senate, and the Congressional Research Service, except that none of the responsibilities and authority assigned by this chapter to the Counsel shall be construed to affect or infringe upon any functions, powers, or duties of the aforementioned;
(4) any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate not represented under [section 288c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section288c&num=0&edition=prelim) with regard to obtaining private legal counsel for such Member, officer, or employee;
(5) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Secretary of 11 So in original. Probably should be “of the”. Senate, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and the Parliamentarian of the Senate, regarding any subpena, order, or request for withdrawal of papers presented to the Senate which raises a question of the privileges of the Senate; and
(6) any committee or subcommittee of the Senate in promulgating and revising their rules and procedures for the use of congressional investigative powers and with respect to questions which may arise in the course of any investigation.
**(b) Legal research files** The Counsel shall compile and maintain legal research files of materials from court proceedings which have involved Congress, a House of Congress, an office or agency of Congress, or any committee, subcommittee, Member, officer, or employee of Congress. Public court papers and other research memoranda which do not contain information of a confidential or privileged nature shall be made available to the public consistent with any applicable procedures set forth in such rules of the Senate as may apply and the interests of the Senate.
**(c) Miscellaneous duties** The Counsel shall perform such other duties consistent with the purposes and limitations of this chapter as the Senate may direct.
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Whenever a witness summoned as mentioned in [section 192 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section192&num=0&edition=prelim) fails to appear to testify or fails to produce any books, papers, records, or documents, as required, or whenever any witness so summoned refuses to answer any question pertinent to the subject under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or any committee or subcommittee of either House of Congress, and the fact of such failure or failures is reported to either House while Congress is in session or when Congress is not in session, a statement of fact constituting such failure is reported to and filed with the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House, it shall be the duty of the said President of the Senate or Speaker of the House, as the case may be, to certify, and he shall so certify, the statement of facts aforesaid under the seal of the Senate or House, as the case may be, to the appropriate United States attorney, whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action.
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[Section 5503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section5503&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to officers of the Senate.
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**(a) Establishment; appointment of Counsel and Deputy Counsel; Senate approval; reappointment; compensation**
(1) There is established, as an office of the Senate, the Office of Senate Legal Counsel (hereinafter referred to as the “Office”), which shall be headed by a Senate Legal Counsel (hereinafter referred to as the “Counsel”); and there shall be a Deputy Senate Legal Counsel (hereinafter referred to as the “Deputy Counsel”) who shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Counsel and who, during any absence, disability, or vacancy in the position of the Counsel, shall serve as Acting Senate Legal Counsel.
(2) The Counsel and the Deputy Counsel each shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from among recommendations submitted by the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. Any appointment made under this paragraph shall be made without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position. Any person appointed as Counsel or Deputy Counsel shall be learned in the law, a member of the bar of a State or the District of Columbia, and shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment during the term of such appointment.
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(A) Any appointment made under paragraph (2) shall become effective upon approval by resolution of the Senate. The Counsel and the Deputy Counsel shall each be appointed for a term of service which shall expire at the end of the Congress following the Congress during which the Counsel or Deputy Counsel, respectively, is appointed except that the Senate may, by resolution, remove either the Counsel or the Deputy Counsel prior to the termination of any term of service. The Counsel and the Deputy Counsel may be reappointed at the termination of
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**(a)** The district courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, of any civil action commenced by any person against an insurer who by contract has insured an individual, who is, or was at the time of the tortious act or omission, a member of a mission (within the meaning of section 2(3) of the Diplomatic Relations Act ([22 U.S.C. 254a(3)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section254a/3&num=0&edition=prelim))) or a member of the family of such a member of a mission, or an individual described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13, 1946, against liability for personal injury, death, or damage to property.
**(b)** Any direct action brought against an insurer under subsection (a) shall be tried without a jury, but shall not be subject to the defense that the insured is immune from suit, that the insured is an indispensable party, or in the absence of fraud or collusion, that the insured has violated a term of the contract, unless the contract was cancelled before the claim arose.
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**(a)** Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), when directed to do so pursuant to [section 288b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section288b/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Counsel shall—
(1) defend the Senate, a committee, subcommittee, Member, officer, or employee of the Senate in any civil action pending in any court of the United States or of a State or political subdivision thereof, in which the Senate, such committee, subcommittee, Member, officer, or employee is made a party defendant and in which there is placed in issue the validity of any proceeding of, or action, including issuance of any subpena or order, taken by the Senate, or such committee, subcommittee, Member, officer, or employee in its or his official or representative capacity; or
(2) defend the Senate or a committee, subcommittee, Member, officer, or employee of the Senate in any proceeding with respect to any subpena or order directed to the Senate or such committee, subcommittee, Member, officer, or employee in its or his official or representative capacity.
**(b)** Representation of a Member, officer, or employee under subsection (a) shall be undertaken by the Counsel only upon the consent of such Member, officer, or employee.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 288g
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘of the’’.
(f) Omitted
(g) Certification of failure to testify; contempt
Nothing in this section shall limit the discre-
tion of—
(1) the President pro tempore of the Senate
in certifying to the United States Attorney for
the District of Columbia any matter pursuant
to section 194 of this title; or
(2) the Senate to hold any individual or enti-
ty in contempt of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 705, Oct. 26, 1978, 92
Stat. 1878; Pub. L. 99–336, § 6(a)(2), June 19, 1986,
100 Stat. 639.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Subsec. (f) of this section amended title 28 by adding
section 1364 and by adding item 1364 to the chapter
analysis.
AMENDMENTS
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–336 substituted ‘‘section
1365 of title 28’’ for ‘‘section 1364 of title 28’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 3, 1979, see section 717 of Pub.
L. 95–521, set out as a note under section 288 of this
title.
§ 288e. Intervention or appearance
(a) Actions or proceedings
When directed to do so pursuant to section
288b(c) of this title, the Counsel shall intervene
or appear as amicus curiae in the name of the
Senate, or in the name of an officer, committee,
subcommittee, or chairman of a committee or
subcommittee of the Senate in any legal action
or proceeding pending in any court of the United
States or of a State or political subdivision
thereof in which the powers and responsibilities
of Congress under the Constitution of the United
States are placed in issue. The Counsel shall be
authorized to intervene only if standing to in-
tervene exists under section 2 of article III of
the Constitution of the United States.
(b) Notification; publicatio
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