[United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
[S. Doc. 106-1]
[Front Matter]
[Pages i-vii]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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106th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - Senate Document 106-1
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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

                            Lory Breneman

                         Under the Direction of

                          Tamara S. Somerville

                              Staff Director

                   Committee on Rules and Administration

                           United States Senate

                        One Hundred Sixth Congress


                      U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
                              WASHINGTON : 2000

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For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
                  Washington, D.C. 20402 (Paper Cover)



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                  COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

                   MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky, Chairman
JESSE HELMS, North Carolina            CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut
TED STEVENS, Alaska                    ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
JOHN WARNER, Virginia                  DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi              DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New 
RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania               York
DON NICKLES, Oklahoma                  DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California
TRENT LOTT, Mississippi                ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas            CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York
                        Tamara S. Somerville, Staff Director
         Kennie L. Gill, Democratic Staff Director and Chief Counsel

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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 ofthe Senate ....................  55
   Nonstatutory Standing Orders and Resolutions Affecting the 
     Business of the Senate .......................................  60
   Rules for Regulation of the Senate Wing of the Capitol and 
     Senate Office Buildings ......................................  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 106th 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 106th Cong.) ............. 799 
        Index ..................................................... 900
   Electoral Votes for President and Vice President (1789-1996) ... 901
   Supreme Court Justices (1789-2000) ............................. 950
   Cabinet Officers (1789-2000) ................................... 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 
            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

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