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  SA 1297. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 
488, to provide for related procedures concerning the articles of 
impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the matter following the 
     resolving clause, insert the following:
       Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, 
     pursuant to rules V and VI of the Rules of Procedure and 
     Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials, 
     the Chief Justice of the United States, through the Secretary 
     of the Senate, shall issue a subpoena for the taking of 
     testimony on oral deposition and subsequent testimony before 
     the Senate of John Robert Bolton, and the Sergeant at Arms is 
     authorized to utilize the services of the Deputy Sergeant at 
     Arms or any other employee of the Senate in serving the 
     subpoena authorized to be issued by this paragraph.
       The deposition authorized by this resolution shall be taken 
     before, and presided over by, the Chief Justice of the United 
     States, who shall administer to the witness the oath 
     prescribed by rule XXV of the Rules of Procedure and Practice 
     in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials. The Chief 
     Justice shall have authority to rule, as an initial matter, 
     upon any question arising out of

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     the deposition. All objections to a question shall be noted 
     by the Chief Justice upon the record of the deposition but 
     the examination shall proceed, and the witness shall answer 
     such question. The witness may refuse to answer a question 
     only when necessary to preserve a legally recognized 
     privilege, or constitutional right, and must identify such 
     privilege cited if refusing to answer a question.
       Examination of the witness at a deposition shall be 
     conducted by the Managers on the part of the House of 
     Representatives or their counsel, and by counsel for the 
     President. The witness shall be examined by not more than 2 
     persons each on behalf of the Managers and counsel for the 
     President. The witness may be accompanies by counsel. The 
     scope of the examination by the Managers and counsel for both 
     parties shall be limited to subject matters reflected in the 
     Senate record. The party taking a deposition shall present to 
     the other party, not less than 18 hours in advance of the 
     deposition, copies of all exhibits which the deposing party 
     intends to enter into the deposition. No exhibits outside of 
     the Senate record shall be employed, except for articles and 
     materials in the press, including electronic media. Any party 
     may interrogate the witness as if the witness were declared 
     adverse.
       The deposition shall be videotaped and a transcript of the 
     proceeding shall be made. The deposition shall be conducted 
     in private. No person shall be admitted to the deposition 
     except for the following: The witness, counsel for the 
     witness, the Managers on the part of the House of 
     Representatives, counsel for the Managers, counsel for the 
     President, and the Chief Justice; further, such persons whose 
     presence is required to make and preserve a record of the 
     proceeding in videotaped and transcript forms, and staff 
     members to the Chief Justice whose presence is required to 
     assist the Chief Justice in presiding over the deposition, or 
     for other purposes, as determined by the Chief Justice. All 
     persons present must maintain the confidentiality of the 
     proceeding.
       The Chief Justice at the deposition shall file the 
     videotaped and transcribed records of the deposition with the 
     Secretary of the Senate, who shall maintain them as 
     confidential proceedings of the Senate. The Sergeant at Arms 
     is authorized to make available for review at secure 
     locations, any of the videotapes or transcribed deposition 
     records to Members of the Senate, one designated staff member 
     per Senator, and the Chief Justice. The Senate may direct the 
     Secretary of the Senate to distribute such materials, and to 
     use whichever means of dissemination, including printing as 
     Senate documents, printing in the Congressional Record, 
     photo- and video- duplication, and electronic dissemination, 
     he determines to be appropriate to accomplish any 
     distribution of the videotaped or transcribed deposition 
     records that he is directed to make pursuant to this 
     paragraph.
       The deposition authorized by this resolution shall be 
     deemed to be proceedings before the Senate for purposes of 
     rule XXIX of the Standing Rules of the Senate, sections 101, 
     102, and 104 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 191, 192, and 
     194), sections 703, 705, and 707 of the Ethics in Government 
     Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. 288b, 288d, and 288f), sections 6002 
     and 6005 of title 18, United States Code, and section 1365 of 
     title 28, United States Code. The Secretary of the Senate 
     shall arrange for stenographic assistance, including 
     videotaping, to record the depositions as provided in section 
     205. Such expenses as may be necessary shall be paid from the 
     ``Appropriation Account--Miscellaneous Items'' in the 
     contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the 
     Secretary.
       The deposition authorized by this resolution may be 
     conducted for a period of time not to exceed 1 day. The 
     period of time for the subsequent testimony before the Senate 
     authorized by this resolution shall not exceed 1 day. The 
     deposition and the subsequent testimony before the Senate 
     shall both be completed not later than 5 days after the date 
     on which this resolution is adopted.
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