[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 227 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 472
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 227

                To improve the operations of the Senate.


June 16 (legislative day, June 7), 1994________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 16 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

 Mr. Ford, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, reported the 
        following original resolution; which was placed on the calendar

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
                To improve the operations of the Senate.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This resolution may be cited as the ``Senate 
Procedures Reform Resolution of 1994''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Senate committee structure.
Sec. 3. Senate committee scheduling.
Sec. 4. Senate committee attendance.
Sec. 5. Report of unexpended funds.
Sec. 6. Effective date.

SEC. 2. SENATE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

    Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate are amended to read as follows:
    ``2. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, each 
of the following standing committees shall consist of the number of 
Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the name 
of that committee appears:

``Committee:
                                                                Members
        ``Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.............          17
        ``Appropriations...................................          28
        ``Armed Services...................................          16
        ``Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs..............          14
        ``Commerce, Science, and Transportation............          16
        ``Energy and Natural Resources.....................          17
        ``Environment and Public Works.....................          13
        ``Finance..........................................          19
        ``Foreign Relations................................          14
        ``Governmental Affairs.............................          16
        ``Judiciary........................................          16
        ``Labor and Human Resources........................          14
    ``3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
each of the following committees shall consist of the number of 
Senators (or Senate members, in the case of a joint committee) set 
forth in the following table on the line on which the name of that 
committee appears:

``Committee:
                                                                Members
        ``Aging............................................          14
        ``Budget...........................................          21
        ``Joint Economic...................................          10
        ``Rules and Administration.........................          11
        ``Small Business...................................          19
        ``Veterans' Affairs................................          11
    ``(b) The following committees shall consist of the number of 
Senators set forth in the following table:

``Committee:
                                                                Members
        ``Ethics...........................................           6
        ``Indian Affairs...................................          14
        ``Intelligence.....................................          13
    ``4. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph--
            ``(A) each Senator may serve on only two committees listed 
        in paragraph 2; and
            ``(B) each Senator may serve on only one committee listed 
        in paragraph 3(a).
    ``(2) No Senator may serve on--
            ``(A) both the Committee on Appropriations and the 
        Committee on Finance; or
            ``(B) both the Committee on Armed Services and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations.
    ``(b)(1) Each Senator may serve on not more than two subcommittees 
of each committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations) listed 
in paragraph 2 of which he is a member.
    ``(2) Each Senator may serve on not more than one subcommittee of a 
committee listed in paragraph 3(a) of which he is a member.
    ``(3) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), a Senator serving 
as chairman or ranking minority member of a standing, select, or 
special committee of the Senate or joint committee of the Congress may 
serve ex officio, without vote, as a member of any subcommittee of such 
committee or joint committee.
    ``(4) No committee of the Senate may establish any subunit of that 
committee other than a subcommittee, unless the Senate by resolution 
has given permission therefor. For purposes of this subparagraph, any 
subunit of a joint committee shall be treated as a subcommittee.
    ``(c) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and the 
minority leader, the membership of one or more standing committees may 
be increased temporarily from time to time by such number or numbers as 
may be required to accord to the majority party a majority of the 
membership of all standing committees. When any such temporary increase 
is necessary to accord to the majority party a majority of the 
membership of all standing committees, members of the majority party in 
such number as may be required for that purpose may serve as members of 
three standing committees listed in paragraph 2. No such temporary 
increase in the membership of any standing committee under this 
subparagraph shall be continued in effect after the need therefor has 
ended. No standing committee may be increased in membership under this 
subparagraph by more than two members in excess of the number 
prescribed for that committee by paragraph 2 or 3(a).
    ``(d) A Senator may serve as a member of any joint committee of the 
Congress the Senate members of which are required by law to be 
appointed from a standing committee of the Senate of which the Senator 
is a member, and service as a member of any such joint committee shall 
not be taken into account for purposes of subparagraph (a)(1).
    ``(e)(1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of more 
than one standing, select, or special committee of the Senate or joint 
committee of the Congress, except that a Senator may serve as chairman 
of any joint committee of the Congress having jurisdiction with respect 
to a subject matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a 
standing committee of which he is chairman.
    ``(2) A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a committee 
listed in paragraph 2 may serve at any time as the chairman of only one 
subcommittee of all committees listed in paragraph 2 of which he is a 
member and may serve at any time as the chairman of only one 
subcommittee of each committee listed in paragraph 3(a) of which he is 
a member. A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a committee 
listed in paragraph 3(a) may not serve as the chairman of any 
subcommittee of that committee, and may serve at any time as the 
chairman of only one subcommittee of each committee listed in paragraph 
2 of which he is a member. Any other Senator may serve as the chairman 
of only one subcommittee of each committee listed in paragraph 2 or 
3(a) of which he is a member.
    ``(f) The provisions of this paragraph may only be waived by the 
Senate by a resolution designating the Senator or Senators receiving 
the waiver and adopted by an affirmative yea-and-nay vote of the 
Senators duly chosen and sworn. The resolution shall be offered by the 
majority leader with the approval of the minority leader. The 
resolution shall be privileged and no amendment thereto shall be in 
order. Debate on the resolution shall be limited to one hour, equally 
divided.''.

SEC. 3. SENATE COMMITTEE SCHEDULING.

    Paragraph 3 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``3. (a) Each standing committee (except the Committee on 
Appropriations) shall fix regular weekly, biweekly, or monthly meeting 
days for the transaction of business before the committee and 
additional meetings may be called by the chairman as the chairman may 
deem necessary.
    ``(b)(1) The provisions of this subparagraph apply to the 
committees' meetings (including meetings to conduct hearings) of 
committees listed in paragraphs 2 and 3(a) of rule XXV held on Tuesday, 
Wednesday, or Thursday.
    ``(2) On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, only those committees listed in 
paragraph 2 of rule XXV (except the Committee on Appropriations) shall 
meet for the transaction of business before the committee.
    ``(3) On Thursdays, only those committees listed in paragraph 3(a) 
of rule XXV (except the Committee on the Budget) shall meet for the 
transaction of business before the committee.
    ``(4) Subcommittees of a full committee referred to in division (2) 
or (3) may only meet on a day that the full committee may meet. 
Subcommittees may not meet when the full committee is meeting.
    ``(5) No committee referred to in division (2) or (3) or any 
subcommittee thereof may meet, without special leave, on a day on which 
such committee or subcommittee is not authorized to meet unless consent 
therefore has been obtained from the majority leader and the minority 
leader (or in the event of the absence of either of such leader, from 
the designee of the leaders). The majority leader or the designee of 
the majority leader shall announce to the Senate whenever consent has 
been given under this division and shall state the time and place of 
such meeting. The right to make such announcement of consent shall have 
the same priority as the filing of a cloture motion.
    ``(c) If at least three members of any standing committee (except 
the Committee on Appropriations) desire that a special meeting of the 
committee be called by the chairman and subject to the provisions of 
subparagraph (b), those members may file in the offices of the 
committee their written request to the chairman for that special 
meeting. Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk of the 
committee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the request. If, 
within three calendar days after the filing of the request, the 
chairman does not call the requested special meeting, to be held within 
seven calendar days after the filing of the request, a majority of the 
members of the committee may file in the offices of the committee their 
written notice that a special meeting of the committee will be held, 
specifying the date and hour of that special meeting. The committee 
shall meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the 
notice, the clerk of the committee shall notify all members of the 
committee that such special meeting will be held and inform them of its 
date and hour. If the chairman of any such committee is not present at 
any regular, additional, or special meeting of the committee, the 
ranking member of the majority party on the committee who is present 
shall preside at that meeting.''.

SEC. 4. SENATE COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE.

    Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following:
            ``(14) The chairman of each committee of the Senate shall 
        maintain a record of committee attendance and voting records 
        that shall be available to the public.''.

SEC. 5. REPORT OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS.

    Not later than January 31, 1995, and by that date each year 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate shall certify and publish in 
the Congressional Record a list identifying each member of the Senate 
who has used less than the amount allocated to the personal office of 
the member during the preceding fiscal year and the amount of such 
unused allocation.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This resolution and the amendments made by this resolution shall 
take effect on January 3, 1995.




                                                       Calendar No. 472

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              S. RES. 227

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION

                To improve the operations of the Senate.

_______________________________________________________________________

                June 16 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

                         Placed on the calendar