3.0.0 63 2023-01-11T13:19:39Z 2023-01-11T13:19:39Z Senate S SRES 2009-03-04 111 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-04T20:01:09Z 2009-03-04 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2773) IntroReferral 2009-03-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2773-2774) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2009-03-04 True Congress Appropriations Congressional committees Government information and archives Legislative rules and procedure Senate Congress 00 2009-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-16T21:26:28Z Amends Rule XLIV (Congressionally Directed Spending and Related Items) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require all congressionally directed spending items to be included in the text of an appropriations or authorization bill and its conference report.

Requires a Senator's request for such an item, together with specified information, to be posted on the Senator's website within 48 hours of the request.

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate legislation that contains a congressionally directed spending item for a private for-profit or non profit entity.

Authorizes a Senator to raise a point of order against one or more provisions of a conference report if they constitute a congressionally directed spending item that was not included in the measure originally committed to the conferees by either chamber.

Makes it out of order to vote on the adoption of a conference report unless it is available in a searchable format on a publicly accessible congressional website at least 48 hours before such vote.

Requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Members of the Senate to waive application of such points of order.

Requires each committee of jurisdiction to make required statements and certifications under the Rule about each congressionally directed spending item available for public inspection on the Internet within 48 hours after receipt of a request.

]]> A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to ensure that all congressionally directed spending items in appropriations and authorization legislation fall under the oversight and transparency provisions of S. 1, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. Display Title A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to ensure that all congressionally directed spending items in appropriations and authorization legislation fall under the oversight and transparency provisions of S. 1, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. Official Title as Introduced A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to ensure that all congressionally directed spending items in appropriations and authorization legislation fall under the oversight and transparency provisions of S. 1, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2009-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111sres63is/xml/BILLS-111sres63is.xml 2009-03-04 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2773) 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.