[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 188 (Monday, December 10, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S15059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CONFERENCE REPORTS

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I wish to notify all Senators that the 
Committee on Rules and Administration adopted Regulations Governing the 
Public Availability of Conference Reports, effective December 7, 2007.
  These regulations were promulgated pursuant to Public Law 110-81, the 
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007.
  I ask unanimous consent that the regulations be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

  Regulations Governing the Public Availability of Conference Reports

 (Adopted by the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States 
                  Senate, Effective December 7, 2007)

       1. Section 511 (b)(1) of Public Law 110-81, enacted on 
     September 14, 2007, authorizes the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration to promulgate regulations implementing the 
     requirements of paragraph 9 of Rule XXVIII of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate.
       2. Under the direction of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration, the Government Printing Office shall create 
     and maintain a publicly accessible website that shall make 
     available conference committee reports.
       3. The Government Printing Office shall affix a time stamp 
     to each conference report noting the date and time the report 
     was made available to the public on the website. The 
     Government Printing Office shall also notify, in writing or 
     by e-mail, designated staff of the Secretary of the Senate 
     and the Clerk of the House of the date and time the report 
     was posted on the website. The 48-hour period of public 
     availability of a conference report prior to a vote on the 
     adoption of the report, required by Section 511 (b)(1) of 
     P.L. 110-81, shall commence on the date and time of the time 
     stamp, unless there is an earlier public posting on a 
     Congressionally authorized website.
       4. The Government Printing Office shall provide public 
     notification of this website through communications with the 
     Library of Congress and the Federal Depository Library 
     system.

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