[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 241 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 241

   To amend rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate relating to 
            amendments to appropriation bills in the Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 13 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

Mr. Byrd submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   To amend rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate relating to 
            amendments to appropriation bills in the Senate.

    Resolved, That 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.''.
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