[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]