    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Rules for Regulation of the Senate Wing of the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings]
    [Page 202]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

           153                             RULE IV

                    TAKING OF PICTURES PROHIBITED; \1\ USE OF MECHANICAL
                                    EQUIPMENT IN CHAMBER

         153.1      1. The taking of pictures of any kind is prohibited in
                the Senate Chamber, the Senate Reading Rooms (Marble Room
                and Lobby), the Senate Cloakrooms, and the Private Dining
                Room of the Senate.
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                    \1\ Paragraph 1 of rule IV has been temporarily
                suspended on numerous occasions for the taking of official
                photographs of the Senate in session, and on Dec. 19, 1974,
                for telecasting the inauguration of Vice President Nelson A.
                Rockefeller. Senate authorization for the telecasting of the
                New Hampshire contested senatorial election debate was not
                utilized.
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         153.2      2. The Sergeant at Arms shall be authorized to admit
                into the Senate Chamber such mechanical equipment and/or
                devices which, in the judgment of the Sergeant at Arms, are
                necessary and proper in the conduct of official Senate
                business and which by their presence shall not in any way
                distract, interrupt, or inconvenience the business or
                Members of the Senate.