[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 216 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
S. RES. 216

  Establishing as a standing order of the Senate a requirement that a 
Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to object to proceeding to 
                         any measure or matter.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 1 (legislative day, July 21), 2003

     Mr. Lott (for himself, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Wyden) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                      on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Establishing as a standing order of the Senate a requirement that a 
Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to object to proceeding to 
                         any measure or matter.

    Resolved, That (a) the majority and minority leaders of the Senate 
or their designees shall recognize a notice of intent of a Senator who 
is a member of their caucus to object to proceeding to a measure or 
matter only if the Senator--
            (1) submits the notice of intent in writing to the 
        appropriate leader or their designee, and
            (2) submits, within 3 session days after the submission 
        under paragraph (1), the following notice for inclusion in the 
        Congressional Record and in the applicable calendar section 
        described in subsection (b):
            ``I, Senator ____, intend to object to proceeding to ____, 
        dated ____.''
    (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall establish for both the Senate 
Calendar of Business and the Senate Executive Calendar a separate 
section entitled ``Notices of Intent to Object to Proceeding''. Each 
such section shall include the name of each Senator filing a notice 
under subsection (a)(2), the measure or matter covered by the calendar 
which the Senator objects to, and the date the objection was filed.
    (c) A Senator may have an item with respect to the Senator removed 
from a calendar to which it was added under subsection (b) by 
submitting the following notice for inclusion in the Congressional 
Record:
            ``I, Senator ____, do not object to proceeding to ____, 
        dated ____.''
    (d) This resolution shall apply during the portion of the 108th 
Congress after the date of the adoption of this resolution.
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