[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 28 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 28

To establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator publicly 
   disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any measure or matter.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 27, 2011

  Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Brown of 
Ohio, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Udall of 
Colorado, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Collins, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
 Gillibrand, Mr. Tester, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Begich, and Mr. 
 Manchin) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator publicly 
   disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any measure or matter.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATING SECRET SENATE HOLDS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Covered request.--This standing order shall apply to a 
        notice of intent to object to the following covered requests:
                    (A) A unanimous consent request to proceed to a 
                bill, resolution, joint resolution, concurrent 
                resolution, conference report, or amendment between the 
                Houses.
                    (B) A unanimous consent request to pass a bill or 
                joint resolution or adopt a resolution, concurrent 
                resolution, conference report, or the disposition of an 
                amendment between the Houses.
                    (C) A unanimous consent request for disposition of 
                a nomination.
            (2) Recognition of notice of intent.--The majority and 
        minority leaders of the Senate or their designees shall 
        recognize a notice of intent to object to a covered request of 
        a Senator who is a member of their caucus if the Senator--
                    (A) submits the notice of intent to object in 
                writing to the appropriate leader and grants in the 
                notice of intent to object permission for the leader or 
                designee to object in the Senator's name; and
                    (B) not later than 2 session days after submitting 
                the notice of intent to object to the appropriate 
                leader, submits a copy of the notice of intent to 
                object to the Congressional Record and to the 
                Legislative Clerk for inclusion in the applicable 
                calendar section described in subsection (b).
            (3) Form of notice.--To be recognized by the appropriate 
        leader a Senator shall submit the following notice of intent to 
        object:
                    ``I, Senator ___, intend to object to ___, dated 
                ___. I will submit a copy of this notice to the 
                Legislative Clerk and the Congressional Record within 2 
                session days and I give my permission to the objecting 
                Senator to object in my name.''. The first blank shall 
                be filled with the name of the Senator, the second 
                blank shall be filled with the name of the covered 
                request, the name of the measure or matter and, if 
                applicable, the calendar number, and the third blank 
                shall be filled with the date that the notice of intent 
                to object is submitted.
            (4) Notices on the senate floor.--The requirement to submit 
        a notice of intent to object to the Legislative Clerk and the 
        Congressional Record shall not apply in the event a Senator 
        objects on the floor of the Senate and states the following:
            ``I object to ___, on behalf of Senator ___.''
    (b) Calendar.--
            (1) Objection.--Upon receiving the submission under 
        subsection (a)(2)(B), the Legislative Clerk shall add the 
        information from the notice of intent to object to the 
        applicable Calendar section entitled `Notices of Intent to 
        Object to Proceeding' created by Public Law 110-81. Each 
        section shall include the name of each Senator filing a notice 
        under subsection (a)(2)(B), the measure or matter covered by 
        the calendar to which the notice of intent to object relates, 
        and the date the notice of intent to object was filed.
            (2) Objection on behalf.--In the case of an objection made 
        under subsection (a)(4), not later than 2 session days after 
        the objection is made on the floor, the Legislative Clerk shall 
        add the information from such objection to the applicable 
        Calendar section entitled ``Notices of Intent to Object to 
        Proceeding'' created by Public Law 110-81. Each section shall 
        include the name of the Senator on whose behalf the objection 
        was made, the measure or matter objected to, and the date the 
        objection was made on the floor.
    (c) Removal.--A Senator may have a notice of intent to object 
relating to that Senator removed from a calendar to which it was added 
under subsection (b) by submitting to the Legislative Clerk the 
following notice:
            ``I, Senator ___, do not object to ___, dated ___.'' The 
        first blank shall be filled with the name of the Senator, the 
        second blank shall be filled with the name of the covered 
        request, the name of the measure or matter and, if applicable, 
        the calendar number, and the third blank shall be filled with 
        the date of the submission to the Legislative Clerk under this 
        subsection.
    (d) Objecting on Behalf of a Member.--Except with respect to 
objections made under subsection (a)(4), if a Senator who has notified 
his or her leader of an intent to object to a covered request fails to 
submit a notice of intent to object under subsection (a)(2)(B) within 2 
session days following an objection to a covered request by the leader 
or his or her designee on that Senator's behalf, the Legislative Clerk 
shall list the Senator who made the objection to the covered request in 
the applicable ``Notice of Intent to Object to Proceeding'' calendar 
section.
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