[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 622 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 622

                        To stop secret spending.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 2010

  Mr. Coburn (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill) submitted the following 
     resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                        To stop secret spending.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Stop Secret Spending 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. STOPPING SECRET SPENDING.

    (a) Notice Requirement.--In the Senate, legislation that has been 
subject to a hotline notification may not pass by unanimous consent 
unless the hotline notification has been posted on the public website 
of the Senate for at least 3 calendar days as provided in subsection 
(b).
    (b) Posting on Senate Webpage.--At the same time as a hotline 
notification occurs with respect to any legislation, the majority 
leader shall post in a prominent place on the public webpage of the 
Senate a notice that the legislation has been hotlined and the 
legislation's number, title, link to full text, and sponsor and the 
estimated cost to implement and the number of new programs created by 
the legislation.
    (c) Legislative Calendar.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Senate shall 
        establish for both the Senate Calendar of Business and the 
        Senate Executive Calendar a separate section entitled ``Notice 
        of Intent To Pass by Unanimous Consent''.
            (2) Content.--The section required by paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) include any legislation posted as required by 
                subsection (b) and the date the hotline notification 
                occurred; and
                    (B) be updated as appropriate.
            (3) Removal.--Items included on the calendar under this 
        subsection shall be removed from the calendar once passed by 
        the Senate.
    (d) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply--
            (1) if a quorum of the Senate is present at the time the 
        unanimous consent is propounded to pass the bill;
            (2) to any legislation relating to an imminent or ongoing 
        emergency, as jointly agreed to by the majority and minority 
        leaders; and
            (3) to legislation dealing solely with post office namings.
    (e) Suspension.--The Presiding Officer shall not entertain any 
request to suspend this section by unanimous consent.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``hotline notification'' means when the 
        majority leader in consultation with the minority leader, 
        provides notice of intent to pass legislation by unanimous 
        consent by contacting each Senate office with a message on a 
        special alert line (commonly referred to as the hotline) that 
        provides information on what bill or bills the majority leader 
        is seeking to pass through unanimous consent; and
            (2) the term ``legislation'' means a bill or joint 
        resolution.
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