[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 31 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 31

               To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 26 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
               To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate

    Resolved, That rule XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
    ``6.(a) At any time following the second day of consideration of a 
measure, regardless of the pendency, it shall twice be in order during 
a calendar day to move that no amendment, other than the reported 
committee amendments, which is not relevant to the subject matter of 
the measure or to the subject matter of an amendment proposed by the 
committee which reported the measure, shall thereafter be in order. The 
motion shall be privileged and shall be decided after two hours of 
debate, without any intervening action, to be equally divided and 
controlled by the Majority and the Minority leaders or their designees.
    ``(b) If a motion made under subparagraph (a) is agreed to by an 
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators voting, a quorum being 
present, no amendment not already agreed to (except amendments proposed 
by the committee which reported the measure) which is not relevant to 
the subject matter of the measure, or the subject matter of an 
amendment proposed by the committee which reported the measure, shall 
be in order.
    ``(c) When a motion made under subparagraph (a) has been agreed to 
as provided in subparagraph (b) with respect to a measure, points of 
order with respect to questions of relevancy of amendments shall be 
decided without debate, except that the Presiding Officer may entertain 
debate for his own guidance prior to ruling on the point of order. 
Appeals from the decision of the Presiding Officer on such points of 
order shall be decided without debate.
    ``(d) Whenever an appeal is taken from a decision of the Presiding 
Officer on the question of relevancy of an amendment, or whenever the 
Presiding Officer submits the question of relevancy of an amendment to 
the Senate, the vote necessary to overturn the decision of the 
Presiding Officer or hold the amendment relevant shall be three-fifths 
of the Senators voting, a quorum being present. No amendment proposing 
sense of the Senate or sense of the Congress language that does not 
directly relate to the measure or matter before the Senate shall be 
considered relevant.''.

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