3.0.0 12 2023-01-11T13:20:42Z 2023-01-11T13:20:42Z Senate S SRES 2011-01-05 112 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-05T23:08:18Z A resolution to improve the debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations in the Senate. 112 10 SRES 2011-01-27 Returned to the Calendar. Under Over, Under the Rule. Related bill CRS 2011-01-05 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S66-67) IntroReferral 2011-01-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-01-05 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-01-05 True Congress Congressional committees Federal officials Legislative rules and procedure Senate Congress 00 2011-01-05 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-02T19:42:54Z Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators present and voting (instead of, as currently, chosen and sworn) for passage of a motion to close debate (cloture) on all matters except motions or measures to amend the Standing Rules.

Amends Rule VIII (Order of Business) to repeal the rule that motions: (1) made during the first two hours of a new legislative day to proceed to consideration of any matter be determined without debate; or (2) made after the two-hour period be subject to debate.

Limits a motion to proceed to consideration of any matter, and any related debatable motion or appeal, to four hours, equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. Exempts from such restriction on debate a motion to: (1) proceed to a proposal to change the Standing Rules (as in the current Rule); or (2) go into executive session to consider a specified item of executive business and a motion to proceed to consider any privileged matter.

Amends Rule XXII to state that, if a complete substitute amendment for a measure is agreed to after consideration under cloture, the Senate shall proceed to a final disposition of the measure without intervening action or debate (filibuster) except one quorum call if requested.

Amends Rule XXVIII (Conference Committees; Reports; Open Meetings) to establish a new motion by which the Majority Leader can combine three existing motions necessary to go to conference. Subjects this motion to a four-hour debate limit, to be evenly divided and controlled by the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. Declares such a motion neither divisible nor subject to amendment.

Amends Rule XXII to require the Presiding Officer, 24 hours after the filing of a cloture motion (currently, one hour after the Senate meets, after two days of Senate session), to lay it before the Senate.

Requires any proposed amendment in the first degree, except by unanimous consent, to be filed within 12 hours after the filing of a cloture motion (currently, by 1 o'clock p.m. on the day following the filing of the cloture motion).

Requires the maximum 30 hours of consideration of a matter on which cloture has been invoked (postcloture) to be equally divided between the Majority and Minority.

Requires the Senate to proceed immediately to vote on final disposition of a nomination upon invoking cloture on it. (Thus eliminates postcloture debate time on nominations.)

Amends Rule XXVI (Committee Procedure) to repeal the requirement that, when the Senate is in session, the Majority and the Minority Leader must consent to any committee or subcommittee meetings that occur after the Senate has been session for two hours or after 2:00pm. (Thus allows the committees to meet without consent.)

Amends Rule XV (Amendments and Motions) to permit waiver of the reading of an amendment by a nondebatable motion if the amendment has been printed in the Congressional Record and available for at least 24 hours before the motion.

Makes it in order to offer a nondebatable motion to set aside any pending amendments in order to offer another germane amendment. Restricts in any calendar day: (1) a Senator to one such motion; and (2) Senate consideration to no more than five such motions.

Makes it in order to offer a debatable motion to waive this germaneness requirement.

Requires: (1) three-fifths (60) of the Senators chosen and sworn to agree to a waiver; and (2) an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senators chosen and sworn to sustain an appeal of a ruling by the chair on a point of order raised under this Rule.

]]> A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to reform the filibuster rules to improve the daily process of the Senate. Display Title A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to reform the filibuster rules to improve the daily process of the Senate. Official Title as Introduced A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to reform the filibuster rules to improve the daily process of the Senate. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2011-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112sres12is/xml/BILLS-112sres12is.xml 2011-01-05 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S66-67) 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.