[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 15-16]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENTS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send to the desk en bloc 12 unanimous-
consent requests, and I ask for their consideration en bloc, that the 
requests be agreed to en bloc, that the motions to reconsider the 
adoption of these requests be laid upon the table, and that they appear 
separately in the Record.
  Before the Chair rules, I would like to point out that these requests 
are routine and are done at the beginning of each new Congress. They 
entail issues such as authority for the Ethics Committee to meet and 
other such matters.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of the 
112th Congress, the Ethics Committee be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of the 
112th 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.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that during the 112th 
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.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent 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.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Parliamentarian of 
the House of Representatives and his four assistants be given the 
privileges of the floor during the 112th Congress.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent 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.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Appropriations be authorized during the 112th 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.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, for the duration of the 
112th Congress, the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to make 
technical and clerical corrections in the engrossments of all Senate-
passed bills and joint 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 Senate 
amendments to House bills or resolutions.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of the 
112th 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

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States, and--with the exception of House bills, joint resolutions and 
concurrent resolutions--messages from the House of Representatives, 
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.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of the 
112th 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 staff 
members as space allows.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of the 
112th 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.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of the 
112th Congress, Senators may be allowed to bring to the desk bills, 
joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions and simple resolutions, for 
referral to appropriate committees.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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