                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
               CHAPTER 9D--OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
 
Sec. 288g. Advisory and other functions


(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;
        (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 General Accounting 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 with regard to 
    obtaining private legal counsel for such Member, officer, or 
    employee;
        (5) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Secretary of 
    \1\ 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
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        (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.

(Pub. L. 95-521, title VII, Sec. 708, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1880.)
