This joint resolution establishes the procedural rules the Senate would follow if it moved forward with an impeachment trial for Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of Homeland Security. It sets specific deadlines for key steps, requiring the Senate to take up the articles within 7 session days of receiving them, and giving Mayorkas and the House of Representatives set windows to file answers, replications, and trial briefs. The resolution also lays out a detailed trial schedule, including rules for submitting evidence, filing and arguing pretrial motions, and structured time limits for each side's presentations, capped at 24 hours over three session days per side, followed by up to 16 hours of senator questioning and 4 hours of closing arguments. It further addresses how the Senate would handle requests to subpoena witnesses or documents, requiring depositions before any testimony could be admitted at trial. The measure was introduced by Senator Lee in March 2024 and placed on the Senate calendar in April 2024, but does not itself decide whether Mayorkas is impeached; it only governs how such a trial would proceed if the House sends impeachment articles to the Senate.
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