[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 4, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S7]
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                       UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUESTS

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I have 13 unanimous consent requests which 
have been cleared on the other side. The requests are the routine 
requests agreed to at the beginning of each Congress and include the 
allocation of leader time, floor privileges, the filing of reports, and 
the like. I now ask unanimous consent that the requests be agreed to en 
bloc and that the requests be printed separately as part of the Record.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The unanimous consent requests agreed to en bloc are as follows:

       1. That for the duration of the 109th Congress, the Ethics 
     Committee be authorized to meet during the session of the 
     Senate;
       2. That for the duration of the 109th 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;
       3. That during the 109th 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;
       4. 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;
       5. That the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives 
     and his five assistants be given the privileges of the floor 
     during the 109th Congress;
       6. 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;
       7. That the Committee on Appropriations be authorized 
     during the 109th 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;
       8. That, for the duration of the 109th 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 resolutions;
       9. That for the duration of the 109th 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;
       10. That for the duration of the 109th 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;
       11. That for the duration of the 109th 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; and
       12. That for the duration of the 109th Congress, Senators 
     may be allowed to bring to the desk bills, joint resolutions, 
     concurrent resolutions, and simple resolutions, for referral 
     to appropriate committees.
       13. That it not be in order to introduce bills or 
     resolutions until January 24, 2005.

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