    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 103-107]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            70  TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCAST OF SENATE CHAMBER PROCEEDINGS

                    Resolved, That (a) the Senate hereby authorizes and
                directs that there be both television and radio broadcast
                coverage (together with videotape and audio recordings) of
                proceedings in the Senate Chamber.
                    (b) Such broadcast coverage shall be--
                            (1) provided in accordance with provisions of
                        this resolution;
                            (2) provided continuously, except for any time
                        when the Senate is conducting a quorum call, or when
                        a meeting with closed doors is ordered; and

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                            (3) provided subject to the provisions
                        pertaining to the Senate gallery contained in the
                        following Standing Rules of the Senate: rule XIX,
                        paragraphs 6 and 7; rule XXV, paragraph 1(n); and
                        rule XXXIII, paragraph 2.
                    Sec. 2. The radio and television broadcast of Senate
                proceedings shall be supervised and operated by the Senate.
                    Sec. 3. The television broadcast of Senate proceedings
                shall follow the Presiding Officer and Senators who are
                speaking, clerks, and the chaplain except during rollcall
                votes when the television cameras shall show the entire
                Chamber.
                    Sec. 4. (a) The broadcast coverage by radio and
                television of the proceedings of the Senate shall be
                implemented as provided in this section.
                    (b) The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with
                the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall--
                            (1) construct necessary broadcasting facilities
                        for both radio and television (including a control
                        room and the modification of Senate sound and
                        lighting fixtures);
                            (2) employ necessary expert consultants; and
                            (3) acquire and install all necessary equipment
                        and facilities to (A) produce a broadcast-quality
                        ``live'' audio and color video signal of such
                        proceedings, and (B) provide an archive-quality
                        audio and color video tape recording of such
                        proceedings:
                Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol, in carrying out
                the duties specified in clauses (1) through (3) of this
                subsection, shall not enter into any contract for the
                purchase or installation of equipment, for employment of any
                consultant, or for the provision of training to any person,
                unless the same shall first have been approved by the
                Committee on Rules and Administration.
                    (c)(1) \1\ The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
                Senate shall--
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                    \1\ As amended, S. Res. 459, 100-2, Sept. 14, 1988.
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                            (A) employ such staff as may be necessary,
                        working in conjunction with the Senate Recording and
                        Photographic Studios, to operate and maintain all
                        broadcast audio and color video equipment installed
                        pursuant to this resolution;

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                            (B) make audio and video tape recordings, and
                        copies thereof as requested by the Secretary under
                        paragraph (2) of Senate proceedings; and
                            (C) retain for 30 session-days after the day any
                        Senate proceedings took place, such recordings
                        thereof, and as soon thereafter as possible,
                        transmit to the Secretary of the Senate copies of
                        such recordings.
                The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in
                carrying out the duties specified in subparagraphs (A) and
                (B), shall comply with appropriate Senate procurement and
                other regulations.
                    (2) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to obtain
                from the Sergeant at Arms archival quality video recordings
                of Senate proceedings and, as soon thereafter as possible,
                transmit such recordings to the Librarian of Congress and to
                the Archivist of the United States.
                    Sec. 5. (a) Radio coverage of Senate proceedings shall--
                            (1) begin as soon as the necessary equipment has
                        been installed; and
                            (2) be provided continuously at all times when
                        the Senate is in session (or is meeting in Committee
                        of the Whole), except for any time when a meeting
                        with closed doors is ordered.
                    Sec. 6.\2\ (a) The use of any tape duplication of radio
                or television coverage of the proceedings of the Senate for
                political campaign purposes is strictly prohibited.
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                    \2\ As amended, S. Res. 431, 100-2, June 7, 1988.
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                    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any tape
                duplication of radio or television coverage of the
                proceedings of the Senate furnished to any person or
                organization shall be made on the condition, agreed to in
                writing, that the tape duplication shall not be used for
                political campaign purposes.
                    (2) Any public or commercial news organization furnished
                a tape duplication described in paragraph (1) shall be
                subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) but shall not be
                required to enter into a written agreement.
                    Sec. 7. Any changes in the regulations made by this
                resolution shall be made only by Senate resolution. However,
                the Committee on Rules and Administration may adopt such
                procedures and such regulations, which do not contravene the
                regulations made by this resolution, as it deems necessary
                to assure the proper implementation of the purposes of this
                resolution.

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                    Sec. 8. Such funds as may be necessary (but not in
                excess of $3,500,000) to carry out this resolution shall be
                expended from the contingent fund of the Senate.

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                    Sec. 14. Provided, that if the Senate authorizes the
                permanent televising of the Senate pursuant to section 15,
                that radio and television coverage of the Senate shall be
                made available on a ``live'' basis and free of charge to (1)
                any accredited member of the Senate Radio and Television
                Correspondents Gallery, (2) the coaxial cable system of the
                Architect of the Capitol, and (3) such other news gathering,
                educational, or information distributing entity as may be
                authorized by the Committee on Rules and Administration to
                receive such broadcasts.
                    Sec. 15. Television coverage of the Senate shall cease
                at the close of business July 15, 1986, and television
                coverage of the Senate and the rules changes contained
                herein shall continue, if the Senate agrees to the question,
                which shall be put one hour after the Senate convenes on
                July 29, 1986, ``Shall radio and television coverage
                continue after this date, and shall the rules changes
                contained herein continue?''.\3\ There shall be twelve hours
                of debate on this question, to be equally divided and
                controlled in the usual form, at the end of which any
                Senator may propose as an alternative the question, ``Shall
                the test period continue for thirty days?''. On this
                question there shall be one hour of debate, equally divided
                and controlled in the usual form. If this question is
                decided in the affirmative, then thirty days hence, one hour
                after the Senate convenes, the Senate shall proceed to vote
                without intervening action on the question, ``Shall radio
                and television coverage continue after this date and shall
                the rules changes contained herein continue?''.
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                    \3\ Pursuant to this provision, the question was
                considered and decided in the affirmative by a vote of 78-
                21. See Daily Cong. Rec., 99th Cong., 2d sess., July 29,
                1986, pp. 9750-9775.
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                    Sec. 16. Provided, that official noting of a Senator's
                absence from committees while the Senate is on television is
                prohibited.

                [S. Res. 28, 99-2, Feb. 27, 1986.]

                    Sec. 17. The Secretary of the Senate shall, subject to
                the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and
                Administration, contract with the Secretary of Education to
                provide closed captioning of the Senate floor proceedings.
                The Senate authorizes the Secretary of Education to have ac

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                cess to the audio and video broadcast of the Senate floor
                proceedings for the purpose of captioning. Such funds as may
                be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section are
                authorized to be paid from the contingent fund of the
                Senate.

                [S. Res. 13, 101-1, June 21, 1989.]

                    Resolved, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
                S. Res. 28, agreed to February 27, 1986, television coverage
                of the Senate shall resume July 21, 1986 under the same
                basis as provided during the live test period under section
                5 of S. Res. 28 unless the Senate votes pursuant to section
                15 of S. Res. 28 to end coverage.

                [S. Res. 444, 99-2, July 15, 1986.]