2 U.S.C. § 288e : US Code - Section 288E: Intervention or appearance

Search 2 U.S.C. § 288e : US Code - Section 288E: Intervention or appearance

(a) Actions or proceedings
When directed to do so pursuant to section 288b(c) of this title,
the Counsel shall intervene or appear as amicus curiae in the name
of the Senate, or in the name of an officer, committee,
subcommittee, or chairman of a committee or subcommittee of the
Senate in any legal action or proceeding pending in any court of
the United States or of a State or political subdivision thereof in
which the powers and responsibilities of Congress under the
Constitution of the United States are placed in issue. The Counsel
shall be authorized to intervene only if standing to intervene
exists under section 2 of article III of the Constitution of the
United States.
(b) Notification; publication
The Counsel shall notify the Joint Leadership Group of any legal
action or proceeding in which the Counsel is of the opinion that
intervention or appearance as amicus curiae under subsection (a) of
this section is in the interest of the Senate. Such notification
shall contain a description of the legal action or proceeding
together with the reasons that the Counsel is of the opinion that
intervention or appearance as amicus curiae is in the interest of
the Senate. The Joint Leadership Group shall cause said
notification to be published in the Congressional Record for the
Senate.
(c) Powers and responsibilities of Congress
The Counsel shall limit any intervention or appearance as amicus
curiae in an action or proceeding to issues relating to the powers
and responsibilities of Congress.