3.0.0 260 2023-01-12T17:52:42Z 2023-01-12T17:52:42Z Senate S SRES 2007-06-28 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-28T20:16:48Z 2007-06-28 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8714) IntroReferral 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. N Congress Appropriations Congressional conference committees Economics and Public Finance Senate rules and procedure Congress 00 2007-06-28 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-26T20:38:46Z Permits a point of order to be made by any Senator against any item contained in a conference report that includes or consists of any matter not committed to the conferees by either chamber.

Declares that the point of order may be made and disposed of separately for each item in violation of this resolution.

Provides for disposition of such point of order.

States that the term "matter not committed to the conferees by either chamber" includes items which consist of specific provisions containing specific levels of funding for specific accounts, specific programs, specific projects, or specific activities, when no such specific funding was provided in the original measure committed to the conferees by either chamber.

Applies the same meaning to the term under Rule XXVIII (Conference committees, reports, open meetings) of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

]]> A resolution strengthening the point of order against matters out of scope in conference reports. Display Title A resolution strengthening the point of order against matters out of scope in conference reports. Official Title as Introduced A resolution strengthening the point of order against matters out of scope in conference reports. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2007-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110sres260is/xml/BILLS-110sres260is.xml 2007-06-28 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8714) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.