[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. Res. 228 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 473
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 228

                  To improve Senate floor procedures.


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                   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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                  To improve Senate floor procedures.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This resolution may be cited as the ``Senate 
Floor 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. Sense of the Senate amendments.
Sec. 3. Dispensing with the reading of conference reports.
Sec. 4. Nondebatable motion to proceed.
Sec. 5. Requirement of a three-fifths vote to overturn the chair post-
                            cloture.
Sec. 6. Restriction on amendments to appropriation bills.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE AMENDMENTS.

    Rule XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting 
at the end thereof the following:
    ``6. On a point of order made by any Senator, no amendment 
expressing the sense of the Senate or the sense of the Congress, or an 
amendment to such amendment, shall be received unless the amendment is 
signed by at least 10 Senators.''.

SEC. 3. DISPENSING WITH THE READING OF CONFERENCE REPORTS.

    Paragraph 1 of rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by striking ``and shall be determined without debate.'' and 
inserting the following: ``notwithstanding a request for the reading of 
the conference report (if such report is printed and available one day 
prior to the motion to consider), and shall be determined without 
debate.''.

SEC. 4. NONDEBATABLE MOTION TO PROCEED.

    Paragraph 2 of rule VIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting the 
following: ``; except those motions to proceed made by the majority 
leader, or his designee, on which there shall be a time limitation for 
debate of two hours equally divided between the majority and the 
minority leaders, or their designees. Any such motion to proceed, by 
the majority leader, or any other Senator, to any motion, resolution, 
or amendment to change any of the Standing Rules of the Senate shall be 
debatable.''.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT OF A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE TO OVERTURN THE CHAIR POST-
              CLOTURE.

    The third undesignated paragraph of paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: ``Appeals from the decision of the Presiding Officer 
shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly 
chosen and sworn--except on a measure or motion to amend the Senate 
rules, in which case the necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds 
of the Senators present and voting.''.

SEC. 6. RESTRICTION ON AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS.

    Paragraph 4 of rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by--
            (1) inserting ``as passed by the House or as reported to 
        the Senate,'' after ``contained in the bill'';
            (2) striking ``relevancy of amendments under this rule'' 
        and inserting ``relevancy or germaneness of amendments under 
        this paragraph'';
            (3) striking ``submitted to the Senate and be decided 
        without debate'' and inserting ``ruled on by the chair'';
            (4) inserting ``(a)'' after ``4.''; and
            (5) adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(b)(1) An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators, duly 
chosen and sworn, shall be required to overturn a ruling of the Chair 
regarding questions of germaneness, relevancy, or legislation under 
this paragraph.
    ``(2) This paragraph may be waived with respect to an amendment by 
the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators, duly chosen and 
sworn.''.
                                     





                                                       Calendar No. 473

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              S. RES. 228

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                               RESOLUTION

                  To improve Senate floor procedures.

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                June 16 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

                         Placed on the calendar