[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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