[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 219 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 219

  Amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to authorize the Majority 
   Leader to move to proceed to the en bloc consideration of certain 
                              nominations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2023

  Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. King, and Mr. Cardin) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to authorize the Majority 
   Leader to move to proceed to the en bloc consideration of certain 
                              nominations.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. EN BLOC CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN NOMINATIONS.

    Rule XXXI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``8.(a) In this paragraph, the term `covered nomination' means a 
nomination to a position that is not a position--
            ``(1) at level I of the Executive Schedule under section 
        5312 of title 5, United States Code;
            ``(2) as a judge of a court of appeals of the United 
        States; or
            ``(3) as Chief Justice of the United States or as an 
        Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
    ``(b) It shall be in order for the Majority Leader to move to 
proceed to the en bloc consideration of not more than 10 covered 
nominations that were reported to the Senate by the same committee of 
the Senate and placed on the calendar.
    ``(c) Consideration of a motion to proceed under subparagraph (b), 
and the en bloc consideration of the nominations that are the subject 
of the motion, shall be conducted in the same manner as if it were a 
motion to proceed to the consideration of a single nomination.''.
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