[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S960-S961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 84--AMENDING THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE TO 
PROHIBIT THE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE UNLESS THE TEXT 
   OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED HAS BEEN MADE PUBLICLY 
   AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORM FOR A MANDATORY MINIMUM REVIEW PERIOD

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
Marshall, and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration:

                               S. Res. 84

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF TEXT OF LEGISLATION 
                   UNTIL COMPLETION OF MANDATORY MINIMUM REVIEW 
                   PERIOD.

       (a) In General.--Rule XII of the Standing Rules of the 
     Senate is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5)(a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 
     resolution, resolution, or conference report unless the text 
     of the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference 
     report which will be considered has been publicly available 
     in electronic form for the mandatory minimum review period.
       ``(b) Each Senator shall self certify that the Senator has 
     read a bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference 
     report before voting on the bill, joint resolution, 
     resolution, or conference report.
       ``(c) In this paragraph, the term `mandatory minimum review 
     period' means, with respect to a bill, joint resolution, 
     resolution, or conference report, the greater of--
       ``(i) the period--
       ``(I) that begins with the first hour beginning after the 
     text of the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference 
     report which

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     will be considered is first made publicly available in 
     electronic form; and
       ``(II) that consists of a number of minutes equal to two 
     times the number of pages of the text of the bill, joint 
     resolution, resolution, or conference report which will be 
     considered; and
       ``(ii) 72 hours after the text of the bill, joint 
     resolution, resolution, or conference report which will be 
     considered is first made publicly available in electronic 
     form.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
       The Standing Rules of the Senate is amended--
       (1) in paragraph 1 of rule VIII, by inserting ``the text of 
     which has been available for the mandatory minimum review 
     period, as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XII, and'' after 
     ``bills and resolutions'';
       (2) in rule XIV--
       (A) in paragraph 3, by striking ``on that day'' and 
     inserting ``before the expiration of the mandatory minimum 
     review period, as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XII,''; and
       (B) in paragraph 6, by striking ``one day'' and inserting 
     ``for the mandatory minimum review period, as defined in 
     paragraph 5 of rule XII,'';
       (3) in paragraph 5 of rule XVII, by striking ``two calendar 
     days (excluding Sundays and legal holidays'' and inserting 
     ``the mandatory minimum review period, as defined in 
     paragraph 5 of rule XII,''; and
       (4) in paragraph 5 of rule XXVIII, by striking ``shall be 
     immediately put'' and inserting ``shall be put after the 
     expiration of the mandatory minimum review period, as defined 
     in paragraph 5 of rule XII''.

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