[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S. 1772 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 176
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1772

 To require that all legislative matters be available and fully scored 
 by CBO 72 hours before consideration by any subcommittee or committee 
              of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 8, 2009

  Mr. Bunning introduced the following bill; which was read the first 
                                  time

                            October 13, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that all legislative matters be available and fully scored 
 by CBO 72 hours before consideration by any subcommittee or committee 
              of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF LEGISLATION AND THE COST OF THAT 
              LEGISLATION.

    (a) Committees.--Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:
    ``14. (a) It shall not be in order in a subcommittee or committee 
to proceed to any legislative matter unless the legislative matter and 
a final budget scoring by the Congressional Budget Office for the 
legislative matter has been publically available on the Internet as 
provided in subparagraph (b) in searchable form 72 hours (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except when the Senate is in session on 
such a day) prior to proceeding.
    ``(b) With respect to the requirements of subparagraph (a)--
            ``(1) the legislative matter shall be available on the 
        official website of the committee; and
            ``(2) the final score prepared in accordance with section 
        308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be 
        available on the official website of the Congressional Budget 
        Office.
    ``(c) This paragraph may be waived or suspended in the subcommittee 
or committee only by an affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members of the 
subcommittee or committee. An affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members 
of the subcommittee or committee shall be required to sustain an appeal 
of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
paragraph.
    ``(d)(1) It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed to a 
legislative matter if the legislative matter was proceeded to in a 
subcommittee or committee in violation of this paragraph.
    ``(2) This subparagraph may be waived or suspended in the Senate 
only by an affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members, duly chosen and 
sworn. An affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members of the Senate, duly 
chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal 
of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
subparagraph.
    ``(e) In this paragraph, the term `legislative matter' means any 
bill, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, conference report, or 
substitute amendment.''.
    (b) Senate.--Rule XVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:
    ``6. (a) It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed to any 
legislative matter unless the legislative matter and a final budget 
scoring by the Congressional Budget Office for the legislative matter 
has been publically available on the Internet as provided in 
subparagraph (b) in searchable form 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays and holidays except when the Senate is in session on such a 
day) prior to proceeding.
    ``(b) With respect to the requirements of subparagraph (a)--
            ``(1) the legislative matter shall be available on the 
        official website of the committee with jurisdiction over the 
        subject matter of the legislative matter; and
            ``(2) the final score prepared in accordance with section 
        308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be 
        available on the official website of the Congressional Budget 
        Office.
    ``(c) This paragraph may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 
by an affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
An affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen 
and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the 
ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this paragraph.
    ``(d) In this paragraph, the term `legislative matter' means any 
bill, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, conference report, or 
substitute amendment.''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

    Nothing in this resolution or any amendment made by it shall be 
interpreted to require or permit the declassification or posting on the 
Internet of classified information in the custody of the Senate. Such 
classified information shall be made available to Members in a timely 
manner as appropriate under existing laws and rules.
                                                       Calendar No. 176

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1772

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                                 A BILL

 To require that all legislative matters be available and fully scored 
 by CBO 72 hours before consideration by any subcommittee or committee 
              of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 13, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar