    [United States Senate Manual, 113th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 113-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 140-142]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            74   TO IMPROVE PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
                                AND NOMINATIONS IN THE SENATE

                    Resolved,
                    sec. 1. Consideration of Legislation.
                            (a) Motion To Proceed and Consideration of
                        Amendments--A motion to proceed to the consideration
                        of a measure or matter made pursuant to this section
                        shall be debatable for no more than 4 hours, equally
                        divided in the usual form. If the motion to proceed
                        is agreed to the following conditions shall apply:
                                    (1) The first amendments in order to the
                                measure or matter shall be one first-degree
                                amendment each offered by the minority, the
                                majority, the minority, and the majority, in
                                that order. If an amendment is not offered
                                in its designated

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                                order under this paragraph, the right to
                                offer that amendment is forfeited.
                                    (2) If a cloture motion has been filed
                                pursuant to rule XXII of the Standing Rules
                                of the Senate on a measure or matter
                                proceeded to under this section, it shall
                                not be in order for the minority to propose
                                its first amendment unless it has been
                                submitted to the Senate Journal Clerk by
                                1:00 p.m. on the day following the filing of
                                that cloture motion, for the majority to
                                propose its first amendment unless it has
                                been submitted to the Senate Journal Clerk
                                by 3:00 p.m. on the day following the filing
                                of that cloture motion, for the minority to
                                propose its second amendment unless it has
                                been submitted to the Senate Journal Clerk
                                by 5:00 p.m. on the day following the filing
                                of that cloture motion, or for the majority
                                to propose its second amendment unless it
                                has been submitted to the Senate Journal
                                Clerk by 7:00 p.m. on the day following the
                                filing of that cloture motion. If an
                                amendment is not timely submitted under this
                                paragraph, the right to offer that amendment
                                is forfeited.
                                    (3) An amendment offered under paragraph
                                (1) shall be disposed of before the next
                                amendment in order under paragraph (1) may
                                be offered.
                                    (4) An amendment offered under paragraph
                                (1) is not divisible or subject to amendment
                                while pending.
                                    (5) An amendment offered under paragraph
                                (1), if adopted, shall be considered
                                original text for purpose of further
                                amendment.
                                    (6) No points of order shall be waived
                                by virtue of this section.
                                    (7) No motion to commit or recommit
                                shall be in order during the pendency of any
                                amendment offered pursuant to paragraph (1).
                                    (8) Notwithstanding rule XXII of the
                                Standing Rules of the Senate, if cloture is
                                invoked on the measure or matter before all
                                amendments offered under paragraph (1) are
                                disposed of, any amendment in order under
                                paragraph (1) but not actually pending upon
                                the expiration of post-cloture time may be
                                offered and may be debated for not

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                                to exceed 1 hour, equally divided in the
                                usual form. Any amendment offered under
                                paragraph (1) that is ruled non-germane on a
                                point of order shall not fall upon that
                                ruling, but instead shall remain pending and
                                shall require 60 votes in the affirmative to
                                be agreed to.
                            (b) Sunset--This section shall expire on the day
                        after the date of the sine die adjournment of the
                        113th Congress.
                    sec. 2. Consideration of Nominations.
                            (a) In General--
                                    (1) POST-CLOTURE CONSIDERATION--If
                                cloture is invoked in accordance with rule
                                XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate on
                                a nomination described in paragraph (2),
                                there shall be no more than 8 hours of post-
                                cloture consideration equally divided in the
                                usual form.
                                    (2) NOMINATIONS COVERED--A nomination
                                described in this paragraph is any
                                nomination except for the nomination of an
                                individual----
                                      (A) to a position at level I of the
                                Executive Schedule under section 5312 of
                                title 5, United States Code; or
                                      (B) to serve as a judge or justice
                                appointed to hold office during good
                                behavior.
                            (b) Special Rule for District Court Nominees--If
                        cloture is invoked in accordance with rule XXII of
                        the Standing Rules of the Senate on a nomination of
                        an individual to serve as a judge of a district
                        court of the United States, there shall be no more
                        than 2 hours of post-cloture consideration equally
                        divided in the usual form.
                            (c) Sunset--This section shall expire on the day
                        after the date of the sine die adjournment of the
                        113th Congress.

                [S. Res. 15, 113-1, January 24, 2013]