    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [Front Matter]
    [Pages i-viii]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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            112th Congress, 1st Session -  -  -  -  Senate Document 112-1
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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

                                       MATTHEW  McGOWAN

                                   Under the Direction of

                                    JEAN PARVIN BORDEWICH

                                       Staff Director

                            COMMITTEE ON  RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

                                Chairman, CHARLES E. SCHUMER

                                    UNITED STATES SENATE

                                ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

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                            COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

                           CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York, Chairman

                DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii       LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee
                DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California   MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky
                RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois    THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
                E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska   KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas
                PATTY MURRAY, Washington       SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia
                MARK L. PRYOR, Arkansas        PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
                TOM UDALL, New Mexico          RICHARD SHELBY, Alabama
                MARK WARNER, Virginia          ROY BLUNT, Missouri
                PATRICK LEAHY, Vermont

                            Jean Parvin Bordewich, Staff Director

                         Mary Suit Jones, Republican Staff Director

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                           Printed pursuant to 44 U.S.C. Sec. 720.

                    The Committee would like to acknowledge and thank Sara
                Jones, Office of Senate Legal Counsel, and Beth Hahn, Senate
                Historical Office, for their significant assistance in
                compiling and editing this document.

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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 not
                            embraced in the Rules, and
                            Resolutions Affecting the Business
                            of the Senate.......................    60
                        Rules for Regulation of the Senate Wing
                            of the Capitol and Senate Office
                            Buildings...........................   150
                        Rules for Impeachment Trials............   170
                        Cleaves' Manual of Conferences and
                            Conference Reports..................   200
                                Index...........................   261
                        General and Permanent Laws Relating to
                            the Senate
                            (Extracts from the United States
                            Code):
                                Contents........................   270
                                Text............................   275
                Historical Documents:
                        Declaration of Independence.............  1700
                        Articles of Confederation...............  1701
                        Ordinance of 1787.......................  1702
                        Constitution of the United States.......  1710
                                Ratification......................1719
                                Amendments........................1720
                                Index...........................  1750
                Statistical Data:
                        Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate
                            (1st-112th Cong.)...................  1800
                        Deputy President Pro Tempore of the
                            Senate..............................  1801
                        Permanent Acting President Pro Tempore
                            of the Senate (88th-95th Cong.).....  1802
                        President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the
                            Senate (107th-110th Cong.)..........  1803
                        Senators of the United States (1st-112th
                            Cong.)..............................  1804
                                Index...........................  1905
                        Electoral Votes, President and Vice
                            President (1789-2013)...............  1906
                        Supreme Court Justices (1789-2011)......  1970
                        Cabinet Officers (1789-2011)............  1971
                        Ratification of the Constitution by the
                            Thirteen Original States............  1990
                        States Admitted into the Union Since the
                            Adoption of the Constitution........  1991
                        The District of Columbia................  1992
                        The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
                            Insular Possessions, and Trust
                            Territory of the Pacific Islands....  1993
                        Apportionments of Representatives.......  1994
                General Index...................................  2000

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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, 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
                              Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry....  25.1a

                              Appropriations..........................  25.1b

                              Armed Services..........................  25.1c

                              Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.....  25.1d

                              Budget..................................  25.1e

                              Commerce, Science, and Transportation...  25.1f

                              Energy and Natural Resources............  25.1g

                              Environment and Public Works............  25.1h

                              Finance.................................  25.1i

                              Foreign Relations.......................  25.1j

                              Governmental Affairs....................  25.1k

                              Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions..  25.1l

                              Judiciary...............................  25.1m

                              Rules and Administration................  25.1n

                              Small Business and Entrepreneurship.....  25.1o

                              Veterans' Affairs.......................  25.1p

                              Number of members.......................  25.2-
                                                                        25.3c

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                                                                      Senate
                                                                      Manual
                                                                      Section
                            Rule
                              Limitations and exceptions in respect to
                                committee membership..................  25.4
                     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
                     XLIV.  Congressionally directed spending and
                                related items.........................    44

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