2 U.S.C. § 288g : US Code - Section 288G: Advisory and other functions

Search 2 U.S.C. § 288g : US Code - Section 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 Government Accountability
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
(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.