S.Amdt. 2659
What it does: Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TESTIMONY OF CERTAIN OIL COMPANY EXECUTIVES wherever appropriate
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)What it changes
1 change to S. 2020
Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TESTIMONY OF CERTAIN OIL COMPANY EXECUTIVES wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TESTIMONY OF CERTAIN OIL COMPANY EXECUTIVES.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) On November 9, 2005, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a joint hearing on "Energy Pricing and Profits".
Inserted: (2) The chief executive officers of the 5 largest oil companies appeared as witnesses at the joint hearing on "Energy Prices and Profits".
Inserted: (3) Section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, prohibits any "materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation" at a Senate hearing.
Inserted: (4) A White House document obtained by The Washington Post contradicts the testimony of some of these witnesses.
Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General of the United States should promptly begin an investigation to determine whether the testimony given by any of the oil company executives at the November 9, 2005, joint hearing (referred to in subsection (a)(1)) violated section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, or other applicable statutes.
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SA 2659. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2020, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TESTIMONY OF CERTAIN OIL COMPANY EXECUTIVES.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) On November 9, 2005, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a joint hearing on “Energy Pricing and Profits”.
(2) The chief executive officers of the 5 largest oil companies appeared as witnesses at the joint hearing on “Energy Prices and Profits”.
(3) Section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, prohibits any “materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation” at a Senate hearing.
(4) A White House document obtained by The Washington Post contradicts the testimony of some of these witnesses.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General of the United States should promptly begin an investigation to determine whether the testimony given by any of the oil company executives at the November 9, 2005, joint hearing (referred to in subsection (a)(1)) violated section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, or other applicable statutes.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 17, 2005