    [United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 107-1]
    [Front Matter]
    [Pages i-vi]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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       107th Congress, 1st Session -  -  -  -  -  -  - Senate Document 107-1

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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

                                        Andrea LaRue

                                   Under the Direction of

                                       Kennie L. Gill

                              Staff Director and Chief Counsel

                            Committee on Rules and Administration

                                    United States Senate

                                One Hundred Seventh Congress

                               U.S. Government Printing Office

                                      Washington : 2002

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                            COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

                         CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut, Chairman

                ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia  MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky
                DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii       JOHN WARNER, Virginia
                DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California   JESSE HELMS, North Carolina
                ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New      TED STEVENS, Alaska
                    Jersey                     THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
                CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York   RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania
                JOHN B. BREAUX, Louisiana      DON NICKLES, Oklahoma
                TOM DASCHLE, South Dakota      TRENT LOTT, Mississippi
                MARK DAYTON, Minnesota         KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas
                RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois

                      Kennie L. Gill, Staff Director and Chief Counsel

                       Tamara S. Somerville, Republican Staff Director

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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
                        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...........................   120
                        Rules for Impeachment Trials............   140
                        Cleaves' Manual of Conferences and
                            Conference Reports..................   170
                                Index...........................   231
                        General and Permanent Laws Relating to
                            the Senate
                            (Extracts from the United States
                            Code):
                                Contents........................   250
                                Text............................   251
                Historical Documents:
                        Declaration of Independence.............  1230
                        Articles of Confederation...............  1231
                        Ordinance of 1787.......................  1232
                        Constitution of the United States.......  1240
                                Ratification......................1249
                                Amendments........................1250
                                Index...........................  1278
                Statistical Data:
                        Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate
                            (1st-106th Cong.)...................  1280
                        Deputy President Pro Tempore of the
                            Senate..............................  1281
                        Permanent Acting President Pro Tempore
                            of the Senate (88th-95th Cong.).....  1282
                        Senators of the United States (1st to
                            106th Cong.)........................  1283
                                Index...........................  1385
                        Electoral Votes, President and Vice
                            President (1789-1996)...............  1386
                        Supreme Court Justices (1789-2000)......  1450
                        Cabinet Officers (1789-2000)............  1451
                        Ratification of the Constitution by the
                            Thirteen Original States............  1470
                        States Admitted into the Union Since the
                            Adoption of the Constitution........  1471
                        The District of Columbia................  1472
                        The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
                            Insular Possessions, and Trust
                            Territory of the Pacific Islands....  1473
                        Apportionments of Representatives.......  1474
                General Index...................................  1500

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                                   RULES, LAWS, PROCEDURES

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                                STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

                                                                      Senate
                                                                      Manual
                                                                      Section
                            Rule
                        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

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