[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]