[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
[S. Doc. 107-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Pages 156-159]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
113 SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE YEAR 2000 TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM
Sec. 1. Establishment of the special committee
(a) Establishment.--There is established a special
committee of the Senate to be known as the Special Committee
on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (hereafter in this
resolution referred to as the ``special committee'').
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the special committee is--
(1) to study the impact of the year 2000 technology
problem on the Executive and Judicial Branches of the
Federal Government, State governments, and private sector
operations in the United States and abroad;
(2) to make such findings of fact as are warranted and
appropriate; and
(3) to make such recommendations, including
recommendations for new legislation and amendments to
existing laws and any administrative or other actions, as
the special committee may determine to be necessary or
desirable.
No proposed legislation shall be referred to the special
committee, and the committee shall not have power to report
by bill, or otherwise have legislative jurisdiction.
(c) Treatment as Standing Committee.--For purposes of
paragraphs 1, 2, 7(a)(1)-(2), and 10(a) of rule XXVI and
rule XXVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and section
202 (i) and (j) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946, the special committee shall be treated as a standing
committee of the Senate.
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Sec. 2. Membership and organization of the special
committee
(a) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The special committee shall consist of
7 members of the Senate--
(A) 4 of whom shall be appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate from the majority party of the Senate
upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader of the
Senate; and
(B) 3 of whom shall be appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate from the minority party of the Senate
upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the
Appropriations Committee shall be appointed ex-offico
members.
(2) Vacancies.--Vacancies in the membership of the
special committee shall not affect the authority of the
remaining members to execute the functions of the special
committee and shall be filled in the same manner as original
appointments to it are made.
(3) Service.--For the purpose of paragraph 4 of rule XXV
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as
a member, chairman, or vice chairman of the special
committee shall not be taken into account.
(b) Chairman.--The chairman of the special committee shall
be selected by the Majority Leader of the Senate and the
vice chairman of the special committee shall be selected by
the Minority Leader of the Senate. The vice chairman shall
discharge such responsibilities as the special committee or
the chairman may assign.
Sec. 3. Authority of special committee
(a) In general.--For the purposes of this resolution,
the special committee is authorized, in its discretion--
(1) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the
Senate;
(2) to employ personnel;
(3) to hold hearings;
(4) to sit and act at any time or place during the
sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate;
(5) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance
of witnesses and the production of correspondence, books,
papers, and documents;
(6) to take depositions and other testimony;
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(7) to procure the services of individual consultations
or organizations thereof, in accordance with the provisions
of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946; and
(8) with the prior consent of the Government department
or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and
Administration, to use on a nonreimbursable basis the
services of personnel of any such department or agency.
(b) Oaths for Witnesses.--The chairman of the special
committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to
witnesses.
(c) Subpoenas.--Subpoenas authorized by the special
committee may be issued over the signature of the chairman
after consultation with the vice chairman, or any member of
the special committee designated by the chairman after
consultation with the vice chairman, and may be served by
any person designated by the chairman or the member signing
the subpoena.
(d) Other Committee Staff.--The special committee may use,
with the prior consent of the chairman of any other Senate
committee or the chairman of any subcommittee of any
committee of the Senate and on a nonreimbuseable basis, the
facilities or services of any members of the staff of such
other Senate committee whenever the special committee or its
chairman, following consultation with the vice chairman,
considers that such action is necessary or appropriate to
enable the special committee to make the investigation and
study provided for in this resolution.
(e) Use of Office Space.--The staff of the special
committee may be located in the personal office of a Member
of the special committee.
Sec. 4. Report and termination
The special committee shall report its findings, together
with such recommendations as it deems advisable, to the
Senate at the earliest practicable date.
Sec. 5. Funding
(a) In general.--From the date this resolution is agreed
to through February 29, 2000, the expenses of the special
committee incurred under this resolution shall not exceed
$575,000 for the period beginning on the date of adoption of
this resolution through February 28, 1999, and $575,000 for
the period of March 1, 1999 through February 29, 2000, of
which amount not to exceed
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$200,000 shall be available for each period for the
procurement of the services of individual consultants, or
organizations thereof, as authorized by section 202(i) of
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.
(b) Payment of Benefits.--The retirement and health
benefits of employees of the special committee shall be paid
out of the contingent fund of the Senate.
[S. Res. 208, 105-2, Apr. 2, 1998.]