[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 88 (Tuesday, June 12, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3970-S3972]
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AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND
ADMINISTRATION
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I wish to inform all Senators that on
Friday, May 25, 2012, the Committee on Rules and Administration adopted
amendments to the following regulations:
Senate Office Building Regulations; and
Smoking Policy--Rules X, Rules for Regulation of Senate
Wing.
These regulations as amended are effective immediately.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the
regulations as amended be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
Rule X
Smoking is prohibited in all public places and unassigned
space within the Senate Wing of the Capitol, the Senate
Office Buildings, and within twenty five feet from the
entrances thereto. Smoking is also prohibited under the
carriage entrance and the East Portico connected to the
Senate Wing of the Capitol. Each Senator, Chairman of a
Committee (after consultation with the Ranking Member), the
Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms, the Architect
of the Capitol, the Chaplain, and heads of support
organizations assigned space in the Senate Wing of the
Capitol or the Senate Office Buildings may establish
individual smoking policies for office space assigned to
them.
Senate Office Building Regulations
The members of the Committee on Rules and Administration
hereby issue the following regulations:
ARTICLE I--DEFINITIONS
Sec. 101. As used in these regulations, the term--
(1) ``Senate Office Buildings'' means the Richard Brevard
Russell Office Building, the Everett McKinley Dirksen Office
Building, the Philip A. Hart Office Building, the garages
used in connection with such Buildings, all buildings and
other structures (other than the Capitol Building or any part
thereof) under the jurisdiction and control of the United
States Senate, and all subways and enclosed passages
connecting two or more such buildings or structures and the
United States Capitol Building;
(2) ``Authorized person'' means--
a. Any Member of Congress; or
b. Any officer or employee of the Senate or of any Member
thereof, any officer or employee of the Congress, or any
officer or employee of any committee or subcommittee of the
Senate or of the Congress;
(3) ``Credentialed Member of the Press or Media of News
Dissemination'' means any reporter for a newspaper or
periodical, reporter of news or press association requiring
telegraph service to his/her membership, or a reporter for
news dissemination through radio,
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wire, wireless, and similar media of transmission, who is
authorized to use the reporter's galleries in the House of
Representatives or the Senate, or any other adjoining rooms
or facilities made available for the use of the media of news
dissemination.
(4) ``Auxiliary Personnel'' means any employee of a daily
newspaper or periodical, news or press association, or of any
radio, wire, wireless or similar media, whose services are
necessary in connection with any ``Credentialed Member of the
Press or Media of News Dissemination'' carrying out his
duties as such.
(5) ``Contract Employee'' means any individual who is an
officer or employee of any corporation or other entity,
pursuant to any contract or other agreement entered into
between such corporation or entity and an officer or employee
of the United States Senate, or the Congress, or any
committee or subcommittee thereof.
ARTICLE II--CLOSING TIME FOR THE SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
Sec. 201. On and after the effective date of these
regulations, the Senate Office Buildings shall be closed to
any individual other than an Authorized person, Credentialed
Member of the Press or Media of News Dissemination, or
Contract Employee or an individual within the purview of
section 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 401, 402, 403, or
404 of these regulations as follows:
(1) The Senate Office Buildings shall be closed Monday
through Friday from 8:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on the next
business day, except during published recess hours when such
buildings are closed at 7:00 p.m.
(2) The Senate Office Buildings shall be closed for all
National holidays from 8:00 p.m. on the day preceding such
holiday until 7:00 a.m. on the next business day following
such holiday unless such buildings are otherwise closed in
accordance with clause (1) of this section.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1), and
(2), of this section, the Senate Office Buildings shall be
open to the public all times during which the Senate is in
session, except that the Senate Office Buildings shall be
closed to the public after the expiration of the thirty
minute period following the termination of such session
unless such session is terminated during the period that such
Buildings are not otherwise closed to the general public in
accordance with paragraphs (1), or (2), of this section.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3) of this section, the Rules Committee may alter these
hours for any purpose in consultation with the U.S. Capitol
Police and the Sergeant at Arms.
ARTICLE III--INDIVIDUALS ENTITLED TO ADMISSION TO THE SENATE OFFICE
BUILDINGS
Sec. 301. Any individual shall be permitted to enter or
remain in the Senate Office Buildings during any period that
such Buildings are closed, if such individual is accompanied
by a Member of Congress or other authorized person.
Sec. 302. Any individual shall be permitted to enter or
remain in the Senate Office Buildings during any period that
such Buildings are closed, if such individual has a prior
appointment to meet with any Senator or authorized person. In
no case shall such individual be permitted by reason of this
section to remain in the Senate Office Buildings following
the termination of appointment.
Sec. 303. Any individual shall be permitted to enter or
remain in the Senate Office Buildings during any period that
such Buildings are closed, for the purpose of attending any
hearing before, or any deliberations of, any committee or
subcommittee of the Senate or the Congress, or special event
authorized by the Senate which is open to the public. In no
case shall such individual be authorized by reason of this
section to remain in any part of the Senate Office Buildings
other than such part within which such hearing or
deliberations or special event authorized by the Senate are
being conducted or carried out, or to remain in the Senate
Office Buildings following the adjournment or recess of such
hearing or deliberations.
Sec. 304. (a) Any individual shall be permitted to enter or
remain in the Senate Office Buildings during any period that
such buildings are closed, for the purpose of attending any
hearing before, or any deliberations of, any committee or
subcommittee of the Senate or of the Congress, which is being
conducted within such Buildings, and which is not open to the
public, if the presence of such individual at such hearing or
deliberations is authorized or required by the Chairman of
such committee or subcommittee. In no case shall such
individual be authorized by reason of this section to enter
or remain in any part of the Senate Office Buildings other
than such part within which such hearing or deliberations are
being conducted or carried out, or to remain in the Senate
Office Buildings following the adjournment or recess of such
hearing or deliberations.
(b) Nothing in these regulations shall be construed as
prohibiting any Credentialed Member of the Press or Media of
News Dissemination or Auxiliary Personnel approved by the
Superintendent of the House or Senate Press Gallery, Press
Photographers Gallery, Radio-Television Gallery, or
Periodical Press Gallery, from entering or remaining in the
Senate Office Buildings within which such hearings or
deliberations are being conducted, but such member or
personnel shall not be authorized, by reason of this
subsection to attend any such hearing or deliberation which
is not open to the public.
Sec. 305. Nothing in these regulations shall be construed
as prohibiting any Credentialed Member of the Press or Media
of News Dissemination or Auxiliary Personnel approved by the
Superintendent of the House or Senate Press Gallery, Press
Photographers Gallery, Radio-Television Gallery, or
Periodical Press Gallery, from entering or remaining in the
Senate Office Buildings during any period that such Buildings
are closed, for the purpose of carrying out his duties as
such, or utilizing any rooms or facilities set aside for the
use of such member.
Sec. 306. Nothing in these regulations shall be construed
as prohibiting any employee of a Member of the House of
Representatives, or any officer or employee of the House of
Representatives, or of any committee or subcommittee of the
House of Representatives, or any individual in the company of
any such officer or employee, from entering the Senate Office
Buildings during periods that such Buildings are closed,
solely for the purpose of utilizing such Buildings as a
passageway, except that such officer or employee and
individual shall be required to comply with the provisions of
section 404 (a).
Sec. 307. A Contract Employee who is authorized to perform
services or other duties within the Senate Office Buildings,
shall be permitted to enter or remain within the Senate
Office Buildings, during any period that such Buildings are
closed, if such individual's entry or remaining therein is
necessary in connection with the performance of such services
or the discharge of such duties as provided for under the
aforementioned contract or agreement. All Contract Employees
are required to obtain and display a valid Congressional
Identification Badge. No Contract Employees shall be
authorized by reason of this section to enter or remain in
any part of the Senate Office Buildings other than such part
within which such services are to be performed or such duties
discharged, or to remain in such Buildings following the
completion of such services or duties.
ARTICLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Nothing in these regulations shall be construed
as prohibiting any individual from entering or remaining in
the Senate Office Buildings during any period that such
Buildings or part thereof are closed, if such individual's
entering or remaining therein is necessary in connection with
the health or safety of any other individuals therein, the
protection of life or property therein, or any other
emergency requiring the entering or remaining of such
individual within the Senate Office Buildings or such part.
Sec. 402. In any case in which a function or other activity
is held by any authorized person in any office or other room
assigned to such person and located in the Senate Office
Buildings or in which a function or other activity is held by
any Member of the Senate in a room located in such Buildings
and which is made available to such Member for that purpose
by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, any
individual shall be permitted to enter or remain in such
Buildings during any period that such Buildings are closed
for the purpose of attending such function or activity, if
such individual is there by reason of an invitation extended
by such authorized person. In no case shall such individual
be permitted by reason of this section to enter or remain in
any part of the Senate Office Buildings other than such part
within which such function or activity is being carried out,
or to remain in such Buildings following the termination of
such function or activity.
Sec. 403. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, or
designee, or the United States Capitol Police is authorized,
at any time, to issue an order temporarily closing the Senate
Office Buildings or any part or area thereof, or temporarily
cordoning off any part or area of the Senate Office
Buildings, if he/she or designee determines that such closing
or cordoning off is necessary in order to assure the security
or safety of any Member of Congress, the President of the
United States, the Vice President of the United States, or
any other person, the preservation of the peace or good
order, the securing of the Senate Office Buildings from
defacement, or the protection of the public property therein.
(b) No individual (other than an authorized person or an
individual within the purview of Section 401 of these
regulations) shall be permitted to enter or remain in the
Senate Office Buildings, or any part or other area of any
such Buildings, during any period that such Buildings, part,
or area are closed pursuant to subsection (a); except that
nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any
individual accompanied by a Member of the Senate from
accompanying such Member to an office or other room assigned
to that Member notwithstanding the fact that such office or
room is located within any such Buildings, part, or area
closed pursuant to this section, but such individual shall
not be authorized to remain in any part of such Buildings
other than that part within which such office or room is
located.
Sec. 404. (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in
subsection (b) of this section, any individual, including an
authorized person (other than a Member of Congress)
authorized pursuant to these regulations to enter or remain
in the Senate Office Buildings during the period that such
Buildings are closed pursuant to these regulations, shall be
required to present a valid Congressional Identification
Badge, or in the case of visitors, a valid government-issued
ID, and to sign in or out, or both (as the case may be).
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(b) (1) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section
shall not be applicable with respect to any individual or
individuals who are accompanied by a Member of Congress,
except that the Officer on duty at the affected entrance
shall record on the sign-in or sign-out record, or both (as
the case may be), the name of the Member of Congress, the
number of such individuals whom the Member is accompanying,
the time such Member and individual or individuals were
checked-in, or checked-out, or both (as the case may be), and
their destination within the Senate Office Buildings
following their entry.
(2) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section will
not be applicable with respect to any individual within the
purview of section 401 of this regulation who is entering or
leaving the Senate Office Buildings under circumstances
involving an emergency, or to any authorized person during
the period of 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. each calendar day, if
such person is otherwise identified by the officer at the
affected entrance.
Sec. 405. (a) In recognition of the obligation imposed on
the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration for the
control and supervision of the Senate Office Buildings, on
and after the effective date of these regulations, no
individual shall:
(1) Act in a manner so as to cause a disturbance
unreasonably interfering with the preservation of peace and
good therein; or
(2) Congregate with another individual or individuals in
any corridor, hallway, passageway, rotunda, or other public
space in the Senate Office Buildings in a manner so as to:
a. Unreasonably interfere with the passing or movement of
any other individual through such corridor, hallway,
passageway, rotunda or other public space; or
b. Create any unreasonable risk to such works of art or
other public property therein;
(b) And in no case shall any individual, at any time, sit,
lie, or crouch down upon the floor or any other area of such
corridor, hallway, passageway, rotunda, or other public space
(including sitting, lying or crouching on any chair, bench,
cot, stool, or other device) except that nothing in this
section shall be construed as prohibiting any individual (not
otherwise in violation of this section) from sitting on any
chair, bench, cot, stool, or other device authorized for such
purposes by the Congress, the Senate, or any committee or
subcommittee thereof, or any officers of the Congress, or the
Senate.
(c) If any individual engaging in any conduct prohibited by
this section, when ordered by any officer of the U.S. Capitol
Police to cease and desist in such conduct, refuses or fails
to do so, such individual shall, when ordered by the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, or designee immediately leave
the Senate Office Buildings by means of the closest available
exit. The refusal or failure of such individual to
immediately so leave such Buildings after being ordered to do
so by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate or designee shall
constitute an unlawful remaining in the Senate Office
Buildings subject to the criminal penalty provision in 22
D.C. Code Sec. 3302.
(d) In any case in which an individual enters or remains in
the Senate Office Buildings in violation of these
regulations, such individual, when ordered by the Sergeant-
at-Arms of the Senate or designee to leave such Buildings,
shall immediately leave the Senate Office Buildings by means
of the closest available exit. The refusal or failure of such
individual to leave after being so ordered shall constitute
an unlawful remaining in Senate Office Buildings subject to
the criminal penalty provisions in 22 D.C. Code Sec. 3302.
ARTICLE V--PACKAGE INSPECTION
Sec. 501 (a) On and after the effective date of these
regulations, any individual entering the Senate Office
Buildings carrying or having any briefcase, attache case,
luggage, tote bag, shopping bag, or other container or item
the contents of which are not readily visible to the officer
or member of the Capitol Police on duty, shall be required to
submit such item to the officer on duty for security
screening.
(b) On and after the effective date of these regulations,
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be
applicable with respect to any individual entering the Senate
Office Buildings carrying or having a briefcase, attache
case, or other container or item referred to in subsection
(a) of this section which, as reported by such individual,
contains classified documents or materials under Presidential
Seal, delivered by credentialed U.S. Government carriers.
Such items will be subjected to electronic inspection or X-
ray but shall not be opened.
(c) No sealed packages or envelopes shall be delivered
directly into any Senate Office Building. Any sealed
envelopes or packages must be delivered to the Congressional
Acceptance Site (CAS) for inspection, testing and retention.
Once cleared, the items will be delivered to the office of
the addressee by Senate Post Office employees who will obtain
a signature from the recipient.
(d) If any individual subject to the requirement of
subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section, when ordered by
an officer of the U.S. Capitol Police to comply refuses or
fails to do so, such individual shall, when ordered by the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, or designee immediately leave
the Senate Office Buildings by means of the closest available
exit. The refusal or failure of such individual to
immediately so leave such Buildings after being so ordered
shall constitute an unlawful remaining in the Senate Office
Buildings subject to the criminal penalty provisions in 22
D.C. Code Sec. 3302.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable
with respect to any Member of Congress.
ARTICLE VI--EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 601. These regulations shall take effect as of the
date of their approval.
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