    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 127-129]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            71  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBJECT TO A MEASURE
                                          OR MATTER

                    Resolved
                    Sec. 1. Eliminating Secret Senate Holds.
                    (a) In General.--
                            (1) Covered Request.--This standing order shall
                        apply to a notice of intent to object to the
                        following covered requests:
                                    (A) A unanimous consent request to
                                proceed to a bill, resolution, joint
                                resolution, concurrent resolution,
                                conference report, or amendment between the
                                Houses.
                                    (B) A unanimous consent request to pass
                                a bill or joint resolution or adopt a
                                resolution, concurrent resolution,
                                conference report, or the disposition of an
                                amendment between the Houses.

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                                    (C) A unanimous consent request for the
                                disposition of a nomination.
                            (2) Recognition of Notice of Intent.--The
                        majority and minority leaders of the Senate or their
                        designees shall recognize a notice of intent to
                        object to a covered request of a Senator who is a
                        member of their caucus if the Senator--
                                    (A) submits the notice of intent to
                                object in writing to the appropriate leader
                                and grants in the notice of intent to object
                                permission for the leader or designee to
                                object in the Senator's name; and
                                    (B) not later than 2 session days after
                                submitting the notice of intent to object to
                                the appropriate leader, submits a copy of
                                the notice of intent to object to the
                                Congressional Record and to the Legislative
                                Clerk for inclusion in the applicable
                                calendar section described in subsection
                                (b).
                            (3) Form of Notice.--To be recognized by the
                        appropriate leader a Senator shall submit the
                        following notice of intent to object:
                                    ``I, Senator --------------, intend to
                                object to ------------, dated --------------
                                --. I will submit a copy of this notice to
                                the Legislative Clerk and the Congressional
                                Record within 2 session days and I give my
                                permission to the objecting Senator to
                                object in my name.''. The first blank shall
                                be filled with the name of the Senator, the
                                second blank shall be filled with the name
                                of the covered request, the name of the
                                measure or matter and, if applicable, the
                                calendar number, and the third blank shall
                                be filled with the date that the notice of
                                intent to object is submitted.
                            (4) Notices on the Senate Floor.--The
                        requirement to submit a notice of intent to object
                        to the Legislative Clerk and the Congressional
                        Record shall not apply in the event a Senator
                        objects on the floor of the Senate and states the
                        following:
                                    ``I object to ----------------, on
                                behalf of Senator ----------------.''
                    (b) Calendar.--
                            (1) Objection.--Upon receiving the submission
                        under subsection (a)(2)(B), the Legislative Clerk
                        shall add the information from the notice of intent
                        to object to the applicable Calendar section
                        entitled `Notices

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                        of Intent to Object to Proceeding' created by Public
                        Law 110-81. Each section shall include the name of
                        each Senator filing a notice under subsection
                        (a)(2)(B), the measure or matter covered by the
                        calendar to which the notice of intent to object
                        relates, and the date the notice of intent to object
                        was filed.
                            (2) Objection on Behalf.--In the case of an
                        objection made under subsection (a)(4), not later
                        than 2 session days after the objection is made on
                        the floor, the Legislative Clerk shall add the
                        information from such objection to the applicable
                        Calendar section entitled ``Notices of Intent to
                        Object to Proceeding'' created by Public Law 110-81.
                        Each section shall include the name of the Senator
                        on whose behalf the objection was made, the measure
                        or matter objected to, and the date the objection
                        was made on the floor.
                    (c) Removal.--A Senator may have notice of intent to
                object relating to that Senator removed from a calendar to
                which it was added under subsection (b) by submitting to the
                Legislative Clerk the following notice:
                                    ``I, Senator ------------------, do not
                                object to ----------------, dated ----------
                                ------.'' The first blank shall be filled
                                with the name of the Senator, the second
                                blank shall be filled with the name of the
                                covered request, the name of the measure or
                                matter and, if applicable, the calendar
                                number, and the third blank shall be filled
                                with the date of the submission to the
                                Legislative Clerk under this subsection.
                    (d) Objecting on Behalf of a Member.--Except with
                respect to objections made under subsection (a)(4), if a
                Senator who has notified his or her leader of an intent to
                object to a covered request fails to submit a notice of
                intent to object under subsection (a)(2)(b) within 2 session
                days following an objection to a covered request by the
                leader or his or her designee on that Senator's behalf, the
                Legislative Clerk shall list the Senator who made the
                objection to the covered request in the applicable ``Notice
                of Intent to Object to Proceeding'' calendar section.

                [S. Res. 28, 112-1, January 27, 2011]