[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 390 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 390

Prohibiting text messaging by employees of the Senate while driving on 
                           official business.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2010

Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Rockefeller) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Prohibiting text messaging by employees of the Senate while driving on 
                           official business.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON TEXT MESSAGING BY EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE 
              WHILE DRIVING ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this resolution--
            (1) the term ``employee of the Senate'' means any employee 
        whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate; and
            (2) the term ``text messaging'' means reading from or 
        entering data into any handheld or other electronic device, 
        including for the purpose of SMS texting, e-mailing, instant 
        messaging, obtaining navigational information, or engaging in 
        any other form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data 
        communication.
    (b) Prohibition.--An employee of the Senate may not engage in text 
messaging when--
            (1) driving a Government owned or leased vehicle;
            (2) driving a privately owned or leased vehicle while on 
        official business; or
            (3) using text messaging equipment provided by any office 
        or committee of the Senate while driving any vehicle at any 
        time.
    (c) Effective Date and Application.--This resolution shall apply to 
the 111th Congress and each Congress thereafter.
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