[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S8]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I send to the desk en bloc 12 unanimous 
consent requests, and I ask for their immediate consideration en bloc, 
that the requests be agreed to en bloc, and the motion to reconsider 
the adoption of these requests be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The unanimous consent requests are as follows:

       That for the duration of the 107th Congress, the Ethics 
     Committee be authorized to meet during the session of the 
     Senate;
       That for the duration of the 107th Congress, there be a 
     limitation of 15 minutes each upon any rollcall vote, with 
     the warning signal to be sounded at the midway point, 
     beginning at the last 7\1/2\ minutes, and when rollcall votes 
     are of 10-minute duration, the warning signal be sounded at 
     the beginning of the last 7\1/2\ minutes;
       That during the 107th Congress, it be in order for the 
     Secretary of the Senate to receive reports at the desk when 
     presented by a Senator at any time during the day of the 
     session of the Senate;
       That the majority and minority leaders may daily have up to 
     10 minutes each on each calendar day following the prayer and 
     disposition of the reading of, or the approval of, the 
     Journal;
       That the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives 
     and his three assistants be given the privileges of the floor 
     during the 107th Congress;
       That, notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXVIII, 
     conference reports and statements accompanying them not be 
     printed as Senate reports when such conference reports and 
     statements have been printed as a House report unless 
     specific request is made in the Senate in each instance to 
     have such a report printed;
       That the Committee on Appropriations be authorized during 
     the 107th Congress to file reports during adjournments or 
     recesses of the Senate on appropriations bills, including 
     joint resolutions, together with any accompanying notices of 
     motions to suspend rule XVI, pursuant to rule V, for the 
     purpose of offering certain amendments to such bills or joint 
     resolutions, which proposed amendments shall be printed;
       That, for the duration of the 107th Congress, the Secretary 
     of the Senate be authorized to make technical and clerical 
     corrections in the engrossments of all Senate-passed bills 
     and resolutions, Senate amendments to House bills and 
     resolutions, Senate amendments to House amendments to Senate 
     bills and resolutions, and Senate amendments to House 
     amendments to House bills or resolution;
       That for the duration of the 107th Congress, when the 
     Senate is in recess or adjournment, the Secretary of the 
     Senate is authorized to receive messages from the President 
     of the United States, and--with the exception of House bills, 
     joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions--messages from 
     the House of Representatives; and that they be appropriately 
     referred; and that the President of the Senate, the President 
     pro tempore, and the Acting President pro tempore be 
     authorized to sign duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions;
       That for the duration of the 107th Congress, Senators be 
     allowed to leave at the desk with the Journal Clerk the names 
     of two staff members who will be granted the privilege of the 
     floor during the consideration of the specific matter noted, 
     and that the Sergeant-at-Arms be instructed to rotate such 
     staff members as space allows;
       That for the duration of the 107th Congress, it be in order 
     to refer treaties and nominations on the day when they are 
     received from the President, even when the Senate has no 
     executive session that day;
       That no bills or further resolutions, or committee-reported 
     legislation, other than those whose introduction and 
     consideration have been agreed to by the majority leader, 
     following consultation with the Republican leader; be in 
     order prior to January 22, and further that for the remainder 
     of the 107th Congress, Senators may be allowed to bring to 
     the desk bill, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and 
     simple resolutions, for referral to appropriate committees.

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