,,iii ,calendar ,no4 #cge #aadth        
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 ,,res4   
#cgg ,report ,no4 #aad-bad ,,in ,,the   
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,february #bi1 #bjaf,mr4 ,johnson1 from 
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs1 reported the
 following original resolution2 which   
was placed on the calendar  ,,resolution
  ,directing the ,senate ,legal ,counsel
 to bring a civil action to enforce a   
subpoena of the ,permanent ,subcommittee
 on ,investigations4  ,whereas the      
,senate ,permanent ,subcommittee on     
,investigations 7in this preamble       
referred to as the ,subcommittee7 is    
currently conducting a duly authorized  
investigation of human trafficking on   
the ,internet pursuant to section       
#ab7;e77#c7 of ,senate ,resolution #gc1 
#aadth ,congress1 agreed to ,february   
#ab1 #bjae1 which authorizes the        
,subcommittee to issue subpoenas for the
 production of documents2 ,whereas on   
,october #a1 #bjae1 the ,subcommittee   

issued a duly authorized subpoena to    
,carl ,ferrer1 ,chief ,executive        
,officer of ,backpage4com1 ,,llc1       
directing him to produce certain        
documents to the ,subcommittee by #aj3jj
 a4m4 on ,october #bc1 #bjae2 ,whereas  
on ,october #bc1 #bjae1 counsel for ,mr4
 ,ferrer and ,backpage4com1 ,,llc       
submitted to the ,subcommittee legal    
objections to the compelled production  
of documents under the subpoena issued  
by the ,subcommittee and declined to    
comply with the subpoena2 ,whereas1     
having considered the legal objections  
that had been submitted by counsel for  
,mr4 ,ferrer and ,backpage4com1 ,,llc1  
on ,november #c1 #bjae1 the             
,subcommittee overruled those objections
 in their entirety and ordered and      
directed that ,mr4 ,ferrer comply with  
the subpoena issued by the ,subcommittee
 by #aj3jj a4m4 on ,november #ab1 #bjae2
 ,whereas ,mr4 ,ferrer has refused to   
comply with the subpoena issued by the  
,subcommittee as ordered and directed by

 the ,subcommittee2 and ,whereas under  
sections #gjc7;b7 and #gje of the       
,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh 7#b
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bhh;b7b7 and #bhh;d71 the   
,senate ,legal ,counsel shall bring a   
civil action under section #acfe of     
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
enforce a subpoena of a ,senate         
subcommittee when directed to do so by  
the adoption of a resolution by the     
,senate3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that  
the ,senate ,legal ,counsel shall bring 
a civil action in the name of the       
,senate ,permanent ,subcommittee on     
,investigations to enforce the subpoena 
issued by the ,subcommittee to ,carl    
,ferrer1 ,chief ,executive ,officer of  
,backpage4com1 ,,llc1 and that the      
,senate ,legal ,counsel shall conduct   
all related civil contempt proceedings4 
,february #bi1 #bjaf,placed on the      
calendar