[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
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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Historical Documents: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