2 U.S.C. § 288d : US Code - Section 288D: Enforcement of Senate subpena or order

Search 2 U.S.C. § 288d : US Code - Section 288D: Enforcement of Senate subpena or order

(a) Institution of civil actions
When directed to do so pursuant to section 288b(b) of this title,
the Counsel shall bring a civil action under any statute conferring
jurisdiction on any court of the United States (including section
1365 of title 28), to enforce, to secure a declaratory judgment
concerning the validity of, or to prevent a threatened failure or
refusal to comply with, any subpena or order issued by the Senate
or a committee or a subcommittee of the Senate authorized to issue
a subpena or order.
(b) Actions in name of committees and subcommittees
Any directive to the Counsel to bring a civil action pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section in the name of a committee or
subcommittee of the Senate shall, for such committee or
subcommittee, constitute authorization to bring such action within
the meaning of any statute conferring jurisdiction on any court of
the United States.
(c) Consideration of resolutions authorizing actions
It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a resolution
to direct the Counsel to bring a civil action pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section in the name of a committee or
subcommittee unless - 
(1) such resolution is reported by a majority of the members
voting, a majority being present, of such committee or committee
of which such subcommittee is a subcommittee, and
(2) the report filed by such committee or committee of which
such subcommittee is a subcommittee contains a statement of - 
(A) the procedure followed in issuing such subpena;
(B) the extent to which the party subpenaed has complied with
such subpena;
(C) any objections or privileges raised by the subpenaed
party; and
(D) the comparative effectiveness of bringing a civil action
under this section, certification of a criminal action for
contempt of Congress, and initiating a contempt proceeding
before the Senate.
(d) Rules of Senate
The provisions of subsection (c) of this section are enacted - 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, and,
as such, they shall be considered as part of the rules of the
Senate, and such rules shall supersede any other rule of the
Senate only to the extent that rule is inconsistent therewith;
and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the
Senate to change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure
in the Senate) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same
extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.
(e) Committee reports
A report filed pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this section
shall not be receivable in any court of law to the extent such
report is in compliance with such subsection.
(f) Omitted
(g) Certification of failure to testify; contempt
Nothing in this section shall limit the discretion 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 entity in contempt of
the Senate.