    [United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 104-1]
    [Front Matter]
    [Pages i-vii]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                104th Congress, 1st Session -  -  -  - Senate Document 104-1

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                                        SENATE MANUAL

                                       containing the

                STANDING RULES, ORDERS, LAWS, AND RESOLUTIONS AFFECTING THE
                                          BUSINESS

                                           of the

                                    UNITED STATES SENATE

                                 declaration of independence

                                  articles of confederation

                                      ordinance of 1787

                                           and the

                              constitution of the united states

                                         Prepared by

                                        Lana R. Slack

                                   Under the Direction of

                                     Grayson Winterling

                                       Staff Director

                            Committee on Rules and Administration

                                    United States Senate

                                 One Hundred Fourth Congress

                               U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                                      WASHINGTON : 1995

                ____________________________________________________________

                For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
                                       Printing Office

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                            COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

                               JOHN WARNER, Virginia, Chairman

                MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon       WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky
                JESSE HELMS, North Carolina    CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
                ROBERT DOLE, Kansas            ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
                TED STEVENS, Alaska            DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii
                MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky      DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New
                THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi          York
                RICK SANTORUM, Pennsyulvania   CHRISTOPHER J. DODD,
                DON NICKLES, Oklahoma              Connecticut
                                               DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California

                             Grayson Winterling, Staff Director

                 Kennie L. Gill, Democratic Staff Director and Chief Counsel

                          Lana R. Slack, Professional Staff Member

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                           Printed pursuant to 44 U.S.C. Sec. 720.

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                                      TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                Senate
                                                                Manual
                                                               Section
                Rules, Laws, Procedures:
                        Standing Rules of the Senate............     1

                           (Itemized list on page vii)

                                Index to Standing Rules of the
                                    Senate......................    50
                                Cross-reference Table to
                                    Provisions of the
                                    Congressional Budget and
                                    Impoundment Control Act of
                                    1974, as amended, Relating
                                    to the Operation of the
                                    Senate......................    55
                        Nonstatutory Standing Orders and
                            Resolutions Affecting the Business
                            of the Senate.......................    60
                        Rules for Regulation of the Senate Wing
                            of the Capitol......................    80
                        Rules for Impeachment Trials............   100
                        Cleaves' Manual of Conferences and
                            Conference Reports..................   127
                                Index...........................   188
                        General and Permanent Laws Relating to
                            the Senate (Extracts from the United
                            States Code):
                                Contents........................   200
                                Text............................   201
                Historical Documents:
                        Declaration of Independence.............   755
                        Articles of Confederation...............   756
                        Ordinance of 1787.......................   757
                        Constitution of the United States.......   760
                                Ratification...................... 769
                                Amendments........................ 770
                                Index...........................   797.5
                Statistical Data:
                        Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate
                            (1st to 104th Cong.)................   798
                        Deputy President Pro Tempore of the
                            Senate..............................   798.3
                        Permanent Acting President Pro Tempore
                            of the Senate (88th to 95th Cong.)..   798.5
                        Senators of the United States (1st to
                            104th Cong.)........................   799
                                Index...........................   900
                        Electoral Votes for President and Vice
                            President (1789-1992)...............   901
                        Supreme Court Justices (1789-1995)......   950
                        Cabinet Officers (1789-1995)............   951
                        Ratification of the Constitution by the
                            Thirteen Original States............   970
                        States Admitted into the Union Since the
                            Adoption of the Constitution........   971
                        The District of Columbia................   972
                        The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
                            Insular Possessions, and Trust
                            Territory of the Pacific Islands....   973
                        Apportionments of Representatives.......   974
                General Index...................................   999

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                                   RULES, LAWS, PROCEDURES

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                                STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

                     Rule                                             Senate
                                                                      Manual
                                                                      Section
                        I.  Appointment of a Senator to the Chair.....     1
                       II.  Presentation of credentials and questions
                                of privilege..........................     2
                      III.  Oaths.....................................     3
                       IV.  Commencement of daily sessions............     4
                        V.  Suspension and amendment of the rules.....     5
                       VI.  Quorum--absent Senators may be sent for...     6
                      VII.  Morning business..........................     7
                     VIII.  Order of business.........................     8
                       IX.  Messages..................................     9
                        X.  Special orders............................    10
                       XI.  Papers--withdrawal, printing, reading of,
                                and reference.........................    11
                      XII.  Voting procedure..........................    12
                     XIII.  Reconsideration...........................    13
                      XIV.  Bills, joint resolutions, and preambles
                                thereto...............................    14
                       XV.  Amendments and motions....................    15
                      XVI.  Appropriations and amendments to general
                                appropriations bills..................    16
                     XVII.  Reference to committees; motions to
                                discharge; reports of committees; and
                                hearings available....................    17
                    XVIII.  Business continued from session to session    18
                      XIX.  Debate....................................    19
                       XX.  Questions of order........................    20
                      XXI.  Session with closed doors.................    21
                     XXII.  Precedence of motions.....................    22
                    XXIII.  Privilege of the floor....................    23
                     XXIV.  Appointment of committees.................    24
                      XXV.  Standing committees.......................    25
                     XXVI.  Committee procedure.......................    26
                    XXVII.  Committee staff...........................    27
                   XXVIII.  Conference committees; reports; open
                                meetings..............................    28
                     XXIX.  Executive sessions........................    29
                      XXX.  Executive session--proceedings on treaties    30
                     XXXI.  Executive session--proceedings on
                                nominations...........................    31
                    XXXII.  The President furnished with copies of
                                records of executive sessions.........    32
                   XXXIII.  Senate Chamber--Senate wing of the Capitol    33
                    XXXIV.  Public financial disclosure...............    34
                     XXXV.  Gifts.....................................    35
                    XXXVI.  Outside earned income.....................    36
                   XXXVII.  Conflict of interest......................    37
                  XXXVIII.  Prohibition of unofficial office accounts.    38
                    XXXIX.  Foreign travel............................    39
                       XL.  Franking privilege and radio and
                                television studios....................    40
                      XLI.  Political fund activity; definitions......    41
                     XLII.  Employment practices......................    42
                    XLIII.  Representation by Members.................    43