[United States Senate Manual, 117th Congress]
[S. Doc. 117-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
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                            STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

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            [The 1979 general revision of the rules was accomplished by 
                the adoption of S. Res. 274 on Nov. 14, 1979, a 
                resolution submitted by Mr. Robert C. Byrd for himself 
                and Mr. Baker; the preparation of the proposed revision 
                was pursuant to the adoption of S. Res. 156 on May 10, 
                1976, a resolution by Mr. Robert C. Byrd; the general 
                revision of the rules set forth in S. Res. 274 was 
                somewhat altered in form by the adoption of S. Res. 389 
                on Mar. 25, 1980, to consolidate and renumber certain 
                standing rules of the Senate.

            [Changes to Senate rules since the last general revision in 
                1979 are indicated by footnotes in each succeeding 
                edition of the Senate Manual.

            [For the origin of various changes in Senate procedure 
                between 1884 and 1979, as set forth in rules changes, 
                adopted resolutions, and Legislative Reorganization 
                Acts, see the table on p. XVI of Riddick's Senate 
                Procedure, 1992.]

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         1                             RULE I

                        APPOINTMENT OF A SENATOR TO THE CHAIR

       1.1      1. In the absence of the Vice President, the Senate 
            shall choose a President pro tempore, who shall hold the 
            office and execute the duties thereof during the pleasure of 
            the Senate and until another is elected or his term of 
            office as a Senator expires.
       1.2      2. In the absence of the Vice President, and pending the 
            election of a President pro tempore, the Acting President 
            pro tempore or the Secretary of the Senate, or in his 
            absence the Assistant Secretary, shall perform the duties of 
            the Chair.
       1.3      3. The President pro tempore shall have the right to 
            name in open Senate or, if absent, in writing, a Senator to 
            perform the duties of the Chair, including the signing of 
            duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions but such 
            substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except 
            by unanimous consent; and the Senator so named shall have 
            the right to name in open session, or, if absent, in 
            writing, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair, but 
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            extend beyond an adjournment, except by unanimous consent.

         2                             RULE II

               PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS AND QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE

       2.1      1. The presentation of the credentials of Senators elect 
            or of Senators designate and other questions of privilege 
            shall always be in order, except during the reading and 
            correction of the Journal, while a question of order or a 
            motion to adjourn is pending, or while the Senate is voting 
            or ascertaining the presence of a quorum; and all questions 
            and motions arising or made upon the presentation of such 
            credentials shall be proceeded with until disposed of.
       2.2      2. The Secretary shall keep a record of the certificates 
            of election and certificates of appointment of Senators by 
            entering in a well-bound book kept for that purpose the date 
            of the election or appointment, the name of the person 
            elected or appointed, the date of the certificate, the name 
            of the governor and the secretary of state signing and 
            counter-signing the same, and the state from which such 
            Senator is elected or appointed.
       2.3      3. The Secretary of the Senate shall send copies of the 
            following recommended forms to the governor and secretary of 
            state of each state wherein an election is about to take 
            place or an appointment is to be made so that they may use 
            such forms if they see fit.
            
            THE RECOMMENDED FORMS FOR CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND 
                CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS:\1\

                     ``CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR SIX-YEAR TERM

            ``To the President of the Senate of the United States:
                ``This is to certify that on the -- day of --, 20--, A--
            -- B---- was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the 
            State of ---- a Senator from said State to represent said 
            State in the Senate of the United States for the term of six 
            years, beginning on the 3d day of January, 20--.
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                ``Witness: His excellency our governor ----, and our 
            seal hereto affixed at ---- this -- day of --, in the year 
            of our Lord 20--.

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                ``By the governor:
                                              ``C---- D----,
                                                         ``Governor.
                ``E---- F----,
                  ``Secretary of State.''

                    ``CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR UNEXPIRED TERM

            ``To the President of the Senate of the United States:
                ``This is to certify that on the -- day of ----, 20--,
            A---- B---- was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the 
            State of ---- a Senator for the unexpired term ending at 
            noon on the 3d day of January, 20--, to fill the vacancy in 
            the representation from said State in the Senate of the 
            United States caused by the -- of C---- D----.
                ``Witness: His excellency our governor ----, and our 
            seal hereto affixed at ---- this -- day of --, in the year 
            of our Lord 20--.
                ``By the governor:
                                              ``E---- F----,
                                                         ``Governor.
                ``G---- H----,
                  ``Secretary of State.''

                            ``CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT

            ``To the President of the Senate of the United States:
                ``This is to certify that, pursuant to the power vested 
            in me by the Constitution of the United States and the laws 
            of the State of ----, I, A---- B----, the governor of said 
            State, do hereby appoint C---- D---- a Senator from said 
            State to represent said State in the Senate of the United 
            States until the vacancy therein caused by the ---- of E---- 
            F----, is filled by election as provided by law.
                ``Witness: His excellency our governor ----, and our 
            seal hereto affixed at ---- this -- day of --, in the year 
            of our Lord 20--.
                ``By the governor:
                                              ``G---- H----,
                                                         ``Governor.
                ``I---- J----,
                  ``Secretary of State.''

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         3                            RULE III

                                        OATHS

                The oaths or affirmations required by the Constitution 
            and prescribed by law shall be taken and subscribed by each 
            Senator, in open Senate, before entering upon his duties.

            OATH REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND BY LAW TO BE TAKEN BY 
                                      SENATORS

                ``I, A---- B---- do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I 
            will support and defend the Constitution of the United 
            States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I 
            will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take 
            this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
            purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully 
            discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to 
            enter: So help me God.'' (5 U.S.C. 3331.)

         4                             RULE IV

                           COMMENCEMENT OF DAILY SESSIONS

      4.1a      1. (a)\2\ The Presiding Officer having taken the chair, 
            following the prayer by the Chaplain, and after the 
            Presiding Officer, or a Senator designated by the Presiding 
            Officer, leads the Senate from the dais in reciting the 
            Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States, and a 
            Quorum being present, the Journal of the preceding day shall 
            be read unless by nondebatable motion the reading shall be 
            waived, the question being, ``Shall the Journal stand 
            approved to date?'', and any mistake made in the entries 
            corrected. Except as provided in subparagraph (b) the 
            reading of the Journal shall not be suspended unless by 
            unanimous consent; and when any motion shall be made to 
            amend or correct the same, it shall be deemed a privileged 
            question, and proceeded with until disposed of.
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      4.1b      (b) Whenever the Senate is proceeding under paragraph 2 
            of rule XXII, the reading of the Journal shall be dispensed 
            with and shall be considered approved to date.
      4.1c      (c) The proceedings of the Senate shall be briefly and 
            accurately stated on the Journal. Messages of the President 
            in full; titles of bills and resolutions, and such parts as 
            shall be affected by proposed amendments; every vote, and

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            a brief statement of the contents of each petition, 
            memorial, or paper presented to the Senate, shall be 
            entered.
      4.1d      (d) The legislative, the executive, the confidential 
            legislative proceedings, and the proceedings when sitting as 
            a Court of Impeachment, shall each be recorded in a separate 
            book.
       4.2      2. During a session of the Senate when that body is in 
            continuous session, the Presiding Officer shall temporarily 
            suspend the business of the Senate at noon each day for the 
            purpose of having the customary daily prayer by the 
            Chaplain.

         5                             RULE V

                        SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF THE RULES

       5.1      1. No motion to suspend, modify, or amend any rule, or 
            any part thereof, shall be in order, except on one day's 
            notice in writing, specifying precisely the rule or part 
            proposed to be suspended, modified, or amended, and the 
            purpose thereof. Any rule may be suspended without notice by 
            the unanimous consent of the Senate, except as otherwise 
            provided by the rules.
       5.2      2. The rules of the Senate shall continue from one 
            Congress to the next Congress unless they are changed as 
            provided in these rules.

         6                             RULE VI

                       QUORUM--ABSENT SENATORS MAY BE SENT FOR

       6.1      1. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the Senators 
            duly chosen and sworn.
       6.2      2. No Senator shall absent himself from the service of 
            the Senate without leave.
       6.3      3. If, at any time during the daily sessions of the 
            Senate, a question shall be raised by any Senator as to the 
            presence of a quorum, the Presiding Officer shall forthwith 
            direct the Secretary to call the roll and shall announce the 
            result, and these proceedings shall be without debate.
       6.4      4. Whenever upon such roll call it shall be ascertained 
            that a quorum is not present, a majority of the Senators 
            present may direct the Sergeant at Arms to request, and, 
            when necessary, to compel the attendance of the absent 
            Senators, which order shall be determined without debate; 
            and pending its execution, and until a quorum shall be 
            present, no debate nor motion, except to adjourn, or to re

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            cess pursuant to a previous order entered by unanimous 
            consent, shall be in order.

         7                            RULE VII

                                  MORNING BUSINESS

       7.1      1. On each legislative day after the Journal is read, 
            the Presiding Officer on demand of any Senator shall lay 
            before the Senate messages from the President, reports and 
            communications from the heads of Departments, and other 
            communications addressed to the Senate, and such bills, 
            joint resolutions, and other messages from the House of 
            Representatives as may remain upon his table from any 
            previous day's session undisposed of. The Presiding Officer 
            on demand of any Senator shall then call for, in the 
            following order:
                        The presentation of petitions and memorials.
                        Reports of committees.
                        The introduction of bills and joint resolutions.

                        The submission of other resolutions.
            All of which shall be received and disposed of in such 
            order, unless unanimous consent shall be otherwise given, 
            with newly offered resolutions being called for before 
            resolutions coming over from a previous legislative day are 
            laid before the Senate.

       7.2      2. Until the morning business shall have been concluded, 
            and so announced from the Chair, or until one hour after the 
            Senate convenes at the beginning of a new legislative day, 
            no motion to proceed to the consideration of any bill, 
            resolution, report of a committee, or other subject upon the 
            Calendar shall be entertained by the Presiding Officer, 
            unless by unanimous consent: Provided, however, That on 
            Mondays which are the beginning of a legislative day the 
            Calendar shall be called under rule VIII, and until two 
            hours after the Senate convenes no motion shall be 
            entertained to proceed to the consideration of any bill, 
            resolution, or other subject upon the Calendar except the 
            motion to continue the consideration of a bill, resolution, 
            or other subject against objection as provided in rule VIII, 
            or until the call of the Calendar has been completed.
       7.3      3. The Presiding Officer may at any time lay, and it 
            shall be in order at any time for a Senator to move to lay, 
            before the Senate, any bill or other matter sent to the 
            Senate by the President or the House of Representatives for 
            appropriate action allowed under the rules and any question

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            pending at that time shall be suspended for this purpose. 
            Any motion so made shall be determined without debate.
       7.4      4. Petitions or memorials shall be referred, without 
            debate, to the appropriate committee according to subject 
            matter on the same basis as bills and resolutions, if signed 
            by the petitioner or memorialist. A question of receiving or 
            reference may be raised and determined without debate. But 
            no petition or memorial or other paper signed by citizens or 
            subjects of a foreign power shall be received, unless the 
            same be transmitted to the Senate by the President.
       7.5      5. Only a brief statement of the contents of petitions 
            and memorials shall be printed in the Congressional Record; 
            and no other portion of any petition or memorial shall be 
            printed in the Record unless specifically so ordered by vote 
            of the Senate, as provided for in paragraph 4 of rule XI, in 
            which case the order shall be deemed to apply to the body of 
            the petition or memorial only; and names attached to the 
            petition or memorial shall not be printed unless specially 
            ordered, except that petitions and memorials from the 
            legislatures or conventions, lawfully called, of the 
            respective States, Territories, and insular possessions 
            shall be printed in full in the Record whenever presented.
       7.6      6. Senators having petitions, memorials, bills, or 
            resolutions to present after the morning hour may deliver 
            them in the absence of objection to the Presiding Officer's 
            desk, endorsing upon them their names, and with the approval 
            of the Presiding Officer, they shall be entered on the 
            Journal with the names of the Senators presenting them and 
            in the absence of objection shall be considered as having 
            been read twice and referred to the appropriate committees, 
            and a transcript of such entries shall be furnished to the 
            official reporter of debates for publication in the 
            Congressional Record, under the direction of the Secretary 
            of the Senate.

         8                            RULE VIII

                                  ORDER OF BUSINESS

       8.1      1. At the conclusion of the morning business at the 
            beginning of a new legislative day, unless upon motion the 
            Senate shall at any time otherwise order, the Senate shall 
            proceed to the consideration of the Calendar of Bills and 
            Resolutions, and shall continue such consideration until 2 
            hours after the Senate convenes on such day (the end of the 
            morning hour); and bills and resolutions that are not ob

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            jected to shall be taken up in their order, and each Senator 
            shall be entitled to speak once and for five minutes only 
            upon any question; and an objection may be interposed at any 
            stage of the proceedings, but upon motion the Senate may 
            continue such consideration; and this order shall commence 
            immediately after the call for ``other resolutions'', or 
            after disposition of resolutions coming ``over under the 
            rule'', and shall take precedence of the unfinished business 
            and other special orders. But if the Senate shall proceed on 
            motion with the consideration of any matter notwithstanding 
            an objection, the foregoing provisions touching debate shall 
            not apply.
       8.2      2. All motions made during the first two hours of a new 
            legislative day to proceed to the consideration of any 
            matter shall be determined without debate, except motions to 
            proceed to the consideration of any motion, resolution, or 
            proposal to change any of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
            shall be debatable. Motions made after the first two hours 
            of a new legislative day to proceed to the consideration of 
            bills and resolutions are debatable.

         9                             RULE IX

                                      MESSAGES

       9.1      1. Messages from the President of the United States or 
            from the House of Representatives may be received at any 
            stage of proceedings, except while the Senate is voting or 
            ascertaining the presence of a quorum, or while the Journal 
            is being read, or while a question of order or a motion to 
            adjourn is pending.
       9.2      2. Messages shall be sent to the House of 
            Representatives by the Secretary, who shall previously 
            certify the determination of the Senate upon all bills, 
            joint resolutions, and other resolutions which may be 
            communicated to the House, or in which its concurrence may 
            be requested; and the Secretary shall also certify and 
            deliver to the President of the United States all 
            resolutions and other communications which may be directed 
            to him by the Senate.

        10                             RULE X

                                   SPECIAL ORDERS

      10.1      1. Any subject may, by a vote of two-thirds of the 
            Senators present, be made a special order of business for 
            consideration and when the time so fixed for its 
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            arrives the Presiding Officer shall lay it before the 
            Senate, unless there be unfinished business in which case it 
            takes its place on the Calendar of Special Orders in the 
            order of time at which it was made special, to be considered 
            in that order when there is no unfinished business.
      10.2      2. All motions to change such order, or to proceed to 
            the consideration of other business, shall be decided 
            without debate.

        11                             RULE XI

               PAPERS--WITHDRAWAL, PRINTING, READING OF, AND REFERENCE

      11.1      1. No memorial or other paper presented to the Senate, 
            except original treaties finally acted upon, shall be 
            withdrawn from its files except by order of the Senate.
      11.2      2. The Secretary of the Senate shall obtain at the close 
            of each Congress all the noncurrent records of the Senate 
            and of each Senate committee and transfer them to the 
            General Services Administration for preservation, subject to 
            the orders of the Senate.
      11.3      3. When the reading of a paper is called for, and 
            objected to, it shall be determined by a vote of the Senate, 
            without debate.
      11.4      4. Every motion or resolution to print documents, 
            reports, and other matter transmitted by the executive 
            departments, or to print memorials, petitions, accompanying 
            documents, or any other paper, except bills of the Senate or 
            House of Representatives, resolutions submitted by a 
            Senator, communications from the legislatures or 
            conventions, lawfully called, of the respective States, 
            shall, unless the Senate otherwise order, be referred to the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration. When a motion is made 
            to commit with instructions, it shall be in order to add 
            thereto a motion to print.
      11.5      5. Motions or resolutions to print additional numbers 
            shall also be referred to the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration; and when the committee shall report 
            favorably, the report shall be accompanied by an estimate of 
            the probable cost thereof; and when the cost of printing 
            such additional numbers shall exceed the sum established by 
            law, the concurrence of the House of Representatives shall 
            be necessary for an order to print the same.
      11.6      6. Every bill and joint resolution introduced or 
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            ceived from the House of Representatives, and all reports of 
            committees, shall be printed, unless, for the dispatch of 
            the business of the Senate, such printing may be dispensed 
            with.

        12                            RULE XII

                                  VOTING PROCEDURE

      12.1      1. When the yeas and nays are ordered, the names of 
            Senators shall be called alphabetically; and each Senator 
            shall, without debate, declare his assent or dissent to the 
            question, unless excused by the Senate; and no Senator shall 
            be permitted to vote after the decision shall have been 
            announced by the Presiding Officer, but may for sufficient 
            reasons, with unanimous consent, change or withdraw his 
            vote. No motion to suspend this rule shall be in order, nor 
            shall the Presiding Officer entertain any request to suspend 
            it by unanimous consent.
      12.2      2. When a Senator declines to vote on call of his name, 
            he shall be required to assign his reasons therefor, and 
            having assigned them, the Presiding Officer shall submit the 
            question to the Senate: ``Shall the Senator for the reasons 
            assigned by him, be excused from voting?'' which shall be 
            decided without debate; and these proceedings shall be had 
            after the rollcall and before the result is announced; and 
            any further proceedings in reference thereto shall be after 
            such announcement.
      12.3      3. A Member, notwithstanding any other provisions of 
            this rule, may decline to vote, in committee or on the 
            floor, on any matter when he believes that his voting on 
            such a matter would be a conflict of interest.
      12.4      4. No request by a Senator for unanimous consent for the 
            taking of a final vote on a specified date upon the passage 
            of a bill or joint resolution shall be submitted to the 
            Senate for agreement thereto until after a quorum call 
            ordered for the purpose by the Presiding Officer, it shall 
            be disclosed that a quorum of the Senate is present; and 
            when a unanimous consent is thus given the same shall 
            operate as the order of the Senate, but any unanimous 
            consent may be revoked by another unanimous consent granted 
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        13                            RULE XIII

                                   RECONSIDERATION

      13.1      1. When a question has been decided by the Senate, any 
            Senator voting with the prevailing side or who has not voted 
            may, on the same day or on either of the next two days of 
            actual session thereafter, move a reconsideration; and if 
            the Senate shall refuse to reconsider such a motion entered, 
            or if such a motion is withdrawn by leave of the Senate, or 
            if upon reconsideration the Senate shall affirm its first 
            decision, no further motion to reconsider shall be in order 
            unless by unanimous consent. Every motion to reconsider 
            shall be decided by a majority vote, and may be laid on the 
            table without affecting the question in reference to which 
            the same is made, which shall be a final disposition of the 
            motion.
      13.2      2. When a bill, resolution, report, amendment, order, or 
            message, upon which a vote has been taken, shall have gone 
            out of the possession of the Senate and been communicated to 
            the House of Representatives, the motion to reconsider shall 
            be accompanied by a motion to request the House to return 
            the same; which last motion shall be acted upon immediately, 
            and without debate, and if determined in the negative shall 
            be a final disposition of the motion to reconsider.

        14                            RULE XIV

            BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND PREAMBLES THERETO

      14.1      1. Whenever a bill or joint resolution shall be offered, 
            its introduction shall, if objected to, be postponed for one 
            day.
      14.2      2. Every bill and joint resolution shall receive three 
            readings previous to its passage which readings on demand of 
            any Senator shall be on three different legislative days, 
            and the Presiding Officer shall give notice at each reading 
            whether it be the first, second, or third: Provided, That 
            each reading may be by title only, unless the Senate in any 
            case shall otherwise order.
      14.3      3. No bill or joint resolution shall be committed or 
            amended until it shall have been twice read, after which it 
            may be referred to a committee; bills and joint resolutions 
            introduced on leave, and bills and joint resolutions from 
            the House of Representatives, shall be read once, and

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            may be read twice, if not objected to, on the same day for 
            reference, but shall not be considered on that day nor 
            debated, except for reference, unless by unanimous consent.
      14.4      4. Every bill and joint resolution reported from a 
            committee, not having previously been read, shall be read 
            once, and twice, if not objected to, on the same day, and 
            placed on the Calendar in the order in which the same may be 
            reported; and every bill and joint resolution introduced on 
            leave, and every bill and joint resolution of the House of 
            Representatives which shall have received a first and second 
            reading without being referred to a committee, shall, if 
            objection be made to further proceeding thereon, be placed 
            on the Calendar.
      14.5      5. All bills, amendments, and joint resolutions shall be 
            examined under the supervision of the Secretary of the 
            Senate before they go out of the possession of the Senate, 
            and all bills and joint resolutions which shall have passed 
            both Houses shall be examined under the supervision of the 
            Secretary of the Senate, to see that the same are correctly 
            enrolled, and, when signed by the Speaker of the House and 
            the President of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate 
            shall forthwith present the same, when they shall have 
            originated in the Senate, to the President of the United 
            States and report the fact and date of such presentation to 
            the Senate.
      14.6      6. All other resolutions shall lie over one day for 
            consideration, if not referred, unless by unanimous consent 
            the Senate shall otherwise direct. When objection is heard 
            to the immediate consideration of a resolution or motion 
            when it is submitted, it shall be placed on the Calendar 
            under the heading of ``Resolutions and Motions over, under 
            the Rule,'' to be laid before the Senate on the next 
            legislative day when there is no further morning business 
            but before the close of morning business and before the 
            termination of the morning hour.
      14.7      7. When a bill or joint resolution shall have been 
            ordered to be read a third time, it shall not be in order to 
            propose amendments, unless by unanimous consent, but it 
            shall be in order at any time before the passage of any bill 
            or resolution to move its commitment; and when the bill or 
            resolution shall again be reported from the committee it 
            shall be placed on the Calendar.
      14.8      8. When a bill or resolution is accompanied by a 
            preamble, the question shall first be put on the bill or 
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            tion and then on the preamble, which may be withdrawn by a 
            mover before an amendment of the same, or ordering of the 
            yeas and nays; or it may be laid on the table without 
            prejudice to the bill or resolution, and shall be a final 
            disposition of such preamble.
      14.9      9. Whenever a private bill, except a bill for a pension, 
            is under consideration, it shall be in order to move the 
            adoption of a resolution to refer the bill to the Chief 
            Commissioner of the Court of Claims for a report in 
            conformity with section 2509 of Title 28, United States 
            Code.
     14.10      10. No private bill or resolution (including so-called 
            omnibus claims or pension bills), and no amendment to any 
            bill or resolution, authorizing or directing (1) the payment 
            of money for property damages, personal injuries, or death, 
            for which a claim may be filed under chapter 171 of Title 
            28, United States Code, or for a pension (other than to 
            carry out a provision of law or treaty stipulation); (2) the 
            construction of a bridge across a navigable stream; or (3) 
            the correction of a military or naval record, shall be 
            received or considered.

        15                             RULE XV

                               AMENDMENTS AND MOTIONS

     15.1a      1. (a)\3\ An amendment and any instruction accompanying 
            a motion to recommit shall be reduced to writing and read 
            and identical copies shall be provided by the Senator 
            offering the amendment or instruction to the desks of the 
            Majority Leader and the Minority Leader before being 
            debated.
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     15.1b      (b) A motion shall be reduced to writing, if desired by 
            the Presiding Officer or by any Senator, and shall be read 
            before being debated.
      15.2      2. Any motion, amendment, or resolution may be withdrawn 
            or modified by the mover at any time before a decision, 
            amendment, or ordering of the yeas and nays, except a motion 
            to reconsider, which shall not be withdrawn without leave.
      15.3      3. If the question in debate contains several 
            propositions, any Senator may have the same divided, except 
            a motion to strike out and insert, which shall not be 
            divided; but the rejection of a motion to strike out and 
            insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike 
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            a different proposition; nor shall it prevent a motion 
            simply to strike out; nor shall the rejection of a motion to 
            strike out prevent a motion to strike out and insert. But 
            pending a motion to strike out and insert, the part to be 
            stricken out and the part to be inserted shall each be 
            regarded for the purpose of amendment as a question, and 
            motions to amend the part to be stricken out shall have 
            precedence.
      15.4      4. When an amendment proposed to any pending measure is 
            laid on the table, it shall not carry with it, or prejudice, 
            such measure.
      15.5      5. It shall not be in order to consider any proposed 
            committee amendment (other than a technical, clerical, or 
            conforming amendment) which contains any significant matter 
            not within the jurisdiction of the committee proposing such 
            amendment.

        16                            RULE XVI

              APPROPRIATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS 
                                        BILLS

      16.1      1. On a point of order made by any Senator, no 
            amendments shall be received to any general appropriation 
            bill the effect of which will be to increase an 
            appropriation already contained in the bill, or to add a new 
            item of appropriation, unless it be made to carry out the 
            provisions of some existing law, or treaty stipulation, or 
            act or resolution previously passed by the Senate during 
            that session; or unless the same be moved by direction of 
            the Committee on Appropriations or of a committee of the 
            Senate having legislative jurisdiction of the subject 
            matter, or proposed in pursuance of an estimate submitted in 
            accordance with law.
      16.2      2. The Committee on Appropriations shall not report an 
            appropriation bill containing amendments to such bill 
            proposing new or general legislation or any restriction on 
            the expenditure of the funds appropriated which proposes a 
            limitation not authorized by law if such restriction is to 
            take effect or cease to be effective upon the happening of a 
            contingency, and if an appropriation bill is reported to the 
            Senate containing amendments to such bill proposing new or 
            general legislation or any such restriction, a point of 
            order may be made against the bill, and if the point is 
            sustained, the bill shall be recommitted to the Committee on 
            Appropriations.

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      16.3      3. All amendments to general appropriation bills moved 
            by direction of a committee having legislative jurisdiction 
            of the subject matter proposing to increase an appropriation 
            already contained in the bill, or to add new items of 
            appropriation, shall, at least one day before they are 
            considered, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 
            and when actually proposed to the bill no amendment 
            proposing to increase the amount stated in such amendment 
            shall be received on a point of order made by any Senator.
      16.4      4. On a point of order made by any Senator, no amendment 
            offered by any other Senator which proposes general 
            legislation shall be received to any general appropriation 
            bill, nor shall any amendment not germane or relevant to the 
            subject matter contained in the bill be received; nor shall 
            any amendment to any item or clause of such bill be received 
            which does not directly relate thereto; nor shall any 
            restriction on the expenditure of the funds appropriated 
            which proposes a limitation not authorized by law be 
            received if such restriction is to take effect or cease to 
            be effective upon the happening of a contingency; and all 
            questions of relevancy of amendments under this rule, when 
            raised, shall be submitted to the Senate and be decided 
            without debate; and any such amendment or restriction to a 
            general appropriation bill may be laid on the table without 
            prejudice to the bill.
      16.5      5. On a point of order made by any Senator, no 
            amendment, the object of which is to provide for a private 
            claim, shall be received to any general appropriation bill, 
            unless it be to carry out the provisions of an existing law 
            or a treaty stipulation, which shall be cited on the face of 
            the amendment.
      16.6      6. When a point of order is made against any restriction 
            on the expenditure of funds appropriated in a general 
            appropriation bill on the ground that the restriction 
            violates this rule, the rule shall be construed strictly 
            and, in case of doubt, in favor of the point of order.
      16.7      7. Every report on general appropriation bills filed by 
            the Committee on Appropriations shall identify with 
            particularity each recommended amendment which proposes an 
            item of appropriation which is not made to carry out the 
            provisions of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an 
            act or resolution previously passed by the Senate during 
            that session.
      16.8      8. On a point of order made by any Senator, no general 
            appropriation bill or amendment thereto shall be received

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            or considered if it contains a provision reappropriating 
            unexpended balances of appropriations; except that this 
            provision shall not apply to appropriations in continuation 
            of appropriations for public works on which work has 
            commenced.

        17                            RULE XVII

             REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES; MOTIONS TO DISCHARGE; REPORTS OF 
                         COMMITTEES; AND HEARINGS AVAILABLE

      17.1      1. Except as provided in paragraph 3, in any case in 
            which a controversy arises as to the jurisdiction of any 
            committee with respect to any proposed legislation, the 
            question of jurisdiction shall be decided by the presiding 
            officer, without debate, in favor of the committee which has 
            jurisdiction over the subject matter which predominates in 
            such proposed legislation; but such decision shall be 
            subject to an appeal.
      17.2      2. A motion simply to refer shall not be open to 
            amendment, except to add instructions.
     17.3a      3. (a) Upon motion by both the majority leader or his 
            designee and the minority leader or his designee, proposed 
            legislation may be referred to two or more committees 
            jointly or sequentially. Notice of such motion and the 
            proposed legislation to which it relates shall be printed in 
            the Congressional Record. The motion shall be privileged, 
            but it shall not be in order until the Congressional Record 
            in which the notice is printed has been available to 
            Senators for at least twenty-four hours. No amendment to any 
            such motion shall be in order except amendments to any 
            instructions contained therein. Debate on any such motion, 
            and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals 
            in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 
            two hours, the time to be equally divided between, and 
            controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader 
            or their designees.
     17.3b      (b) Proposed legislation which is referred to two or 
            more committees jointly may be reported only by such 
            committees jointly and only one report may accompany any 
            proposed legislation so jointly reported.
     17.3c      (c) A motion to refer any proposed legislation to two or 
            more committees sequentially shall specify the order of 
            referral.
     17.3d      (d) Any motion under this paragraph may specify the 
            portion or portions of proposed legislation to be considered

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            by the committees, or any of them, to which such proposed 
            legislation is referred, and such committees or committee 
            shall be limited, in the consideration of such proposed 
            legislation, to the portion or portions so specified.
     17.3e      (e) Any motion under this subparagraph may contain 
            instructions with respect to the time allowed for 
            consideration by the committees, or any of them, to which 
            proposed legislation is referred and the discharge of such 
            committees, or any of them, from further consideration of 
            such proposed legislation.
     17.4a      4. (a) All reports of committees and motions to 
            discharge a committee from the consideration of a subject, 
            and all subjects from which a committee shall be discharged, 
            shall lie over one day for consideration, unless by 
            unanimous consent the Senate shall otherwise direct.
     17.4b      (b) Whenever any committee (except the Committee on 
            Appropriations) has reported any measure, by action taken in 
            conformity with the requirements of paragraph 7 of rule 
            XXVI, no point of order shall lie with respect to that 
            measure on the ground that hearings upon that measure by the 
            committee were not conducted in accordance with the 
            provisions of paragraph 4 of rule XXVI.
      17.5      5.\4\ Any measure or matter reported by any standing 
            committee shall not be considered in the Senate unless the 
            report of that committee upon that measure or matter has 
            been available to Members for at least two calendar days 
            (excluding Sundays and legal holidays) prior to the 
            consideration of that measure or matter. If hearings have 
            been held on any such measure or matter so reported, the 
            committee reporting the measure or matter shall make every 
            reasonable effort to have such hearings printed and 
            available for distribution to the Members of the Senate 
            prior to the consideration of such measure or matter in the 
            Senate. This paragraph--
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                        (1) may be waived by joint agreement of the 
                    majority leader and the minority leader of the 
                    Senate; and
                        (2) shall not apply to--
                                (A) any measure for the declaration of 
                            war, or the declaration of a national 
                            emergency, by the Congress, and
                                (B) any executive decision, 
                            determination, or action which would become, 
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                            tive unless disapproved or otherwise 
                            invalidated by one or both Houses of 
                            Congress.

        18                           RULE XVIII

                     BUSINESS CONTINUED FROM SESSION TO SESSION

                At the second or any subsequent session of a Congress 
            the legislative business of the Senate which remained 
            undetermined at the close of the next preceding session of 
            that Congress shall be resumed and proceeded with in the 
            same manner as if no adjournment of the Senate had taken 
            place.

        19                            RULE XIX

                                       DEBATE

     19.1a      1. (a) When a Senator desires to speak, he shall rise 
            and address the Presiding Officer, and shall not proceed 
            until he is recognized, and the Presiding Officer shall 
            recognize the Senator who shall first address him. No 
            Senator shall interrupt another Senator in debate without 
            his consent, and to obtain such consent he shall first 
            address the Presiding Officer, and no Senator shall speak 
            more than twice upon any one question in debate on the same 
            legislative day without leave of the Senate, which shall be 
            determined without debate.
     19.1b      (b) At the conclusion of the morning hour at the 
            beginning of a new legislative day or after the unfinished 
            business or any pending business has first been laid before 
            the Senate on any calendar day, and until after the duration 
            of three hours of actual session after such business is laid 
            down except as determined to the contrary by unanimous 
            consent or on motion without debate, all debate shall be 
            germane and confined to the specific question then pending 
            before the Senate.
      19.2      2. No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, 
            by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other 
            Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a 
            Senator.
      19.3      3. No Senator in debate shall refer offensively to any 
            State of the Union.
      19.4      4. If any Senator, in speaking or otherwise, in the 
            opinion of the Presiding Officer transgress the rules of the 
            Senate the Presiding Officer shall, either on his own motion 
            or at the request of any other Senator, call him to order; 
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            when a Senator shall be called to order he shall take his 
            seat, and may not proceed without leave of the Senate, 
            which, if granted, shall be upon motion that he be allowed 
            to proceed in order, which motion shall be determined 
            without debate. Any Senator directed by the Presiding 
            Officer to take his seat, and any Senator requesting the 
            Presiding Officer to require a Senator to take his seat, may 
            appeal from the ruling of the Chair, which appeal shall be 
            open to debate.
      19.5      5. If a Senator be called to order for words spoken in 
            debate, upon the demand of the Senator or of any other 
            Senator, the exceptionable words shall be taken down in 
            writing, and read at the table for the information of the 
            Senate.
      19.6      6. Whenever confusion arises in the Chamber or the 
            galleries, or demonstrations of approval or disapproval are 
            indulged in by the occupants of the galleries, it shall be 
            the duty of the Chair to enforce order on his own initiative 
            and without any point of order being made by a Senator.
      19.7      7. No Senator shall introduce to or bring to the 
            attention of the Senate during its sessions any occupant in 
            the galleries of the Senate. No motion to suspend this rule 
            shall be in order, nor may the Presiding Officer entertain 
            any request to suspend it by unanimous consent.
      19.8      8. Former Presidents of the United States shall be 
            entitled to address the Senate upon appropriate notice to 
            the Presiding Officer who shall thereupon make the necessary 
            arrangements.

        20                             RULE XX

                                 QUESTIONS OF ORDER

      20.1      1. A question of order may be raised at any stage of the 
            proceedings, except when the Senate is voting or 
            ascertaining the presence of a quorum, and, unless submitted 
            to the Senate, shall be decided by the Presiding Officer 
            without debate, subject to an appeal to the Senate. When an 
            appeal is taken, any subsequent question of order which may 
            arise before the decision of such appeal shall be decided by 
            the Presiding Officer without debate; and every appeal 
            therefrom shall be decided at once, and without debate; and 
            any appeal may be laid on the table without prejudice to the 
            pending proposition, and thereupon shall be held as 
            affirming the decision of the Presiding Officer.

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      20.2      2. The Presiding Officer may submit any question of 
            order for the decision of the Senate.

        21                            RULE XXI

                              SESSION WITH CLOSED DOORS

      21.1      1. On a motion made and seconded to close the doors of 
            the Senate, on the discussion of any business which may, in 
            the opinion of a Senator, require secrecy, the Presiding 
            Officer shall direct the galleries to be cleared; and during 
            the discussion of such motion the doors shall remain closed.
      21.2      2. When the Senate meets in closed session, any 
            applicable provisions of rules XXIX and XXXI, including the 
            confidentiality of information shall apply to any 
            information and to the conduct of any debate transacted.

        22                            RULE XXII

                                PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS

      22.1      1. When a question is pending, no motion shall be 
            received but--
                        To adjourn.
                        To adjourn to a day certain, or that when the 
                    Senate adjourn it shall be to a day certain.
                        To take a recess.
                        To proceed to the consideration of executive 
                    business.
                        To lay on the table.
                        To postpone indefinitely.
                        To postpone to a day certain.
                        To commit.
                        To amend.
            Which several motions shall have precedence as they stand 
            arranged; and the motions relating to adjournment, to take a 
            recess, to proceed to the consideration of executive 
            business, to lay on the table, shall be decided without 
            debate.

      22.2      2.\5\ Notwithstanding the provisions of rule II or rule 
            IV or any other rule of the Senate, at any time a motion 
            signed by sixteen Senators, to bring to a close the debate 
            upon any measure, motion, other matter pending before the 
            Senate, or the unfinished business, is presented to the 
            Senate, the Presiding Officer, or clerk at the direction of 
            the Presiding Officer, shall at once state the motion to the 
            Senate,

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            and one hour after the Senate meets on the following 
            calendar day but one, he shall lay the motion before the 
            Senate and direct that the clerk call the roll, and upon the 
            ascertainment that a quorum is present, the Presiding 
            Officer shall, without debate, submit to the Senate by a 
            yea-and-nay vote the question:
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                ``Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate shall be 
            brought to a close?'' And if that question shall be decided 
            in the affirmative by three-fifths of the Senators duly 
            chosen and sworn--except on a measure or motion to amend the 
            Senate rules, in which case the necessary affirmative vote 
            shall be two-thirds of the Senators present and voting--then 
            said measure, motion, or other matter pending before the 
            Senate, or the unfinished business, shall be the unfinished 
            business to the exclusion of all other business until 
            disposed of.
                Thereafter no Senator shall be entitled to speak in all 
            more than one hour on the measure, motion, or other matter 
            pending before the Senate, or the unfinished business, the 
            amendments thereto and motions affecting the same, and it 
            shall be the duty of the Presiding Officer to keep the time 
            of each Senator who speaks. Except by unanimous consent, no 
            amendment shall be proposed after the vote to bring the 
            debate to a close, unless it had been submitted in writing 
            to the Journal Clerk by 1 o'clock p.m. on the day following 
            the filing of the cloture motion if an amendment in the 
            first degree, and unless it had been so submitted at least 
            one hour prior to the beginning of the cloture vote if an 
            amendment in the second degree. No dilatory motion, or 
            dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane shall be in 
            order. Points of order, including questions of relevancy, 
            and appeals from the decision of the Presiding Officer, 
            shall be decided without debate.
                After no more than thirty hours of consideration of the 
            measure, motion, or other matter on which cloture has been 
            invoked, the Senate shall proceed, without any further 
            debate on any question, to vote on the final disposition 
            thereof to the exclusion of all amendments not then actually 
            pending before the Senate at that time and to the exclusion 
            of all motions, except a motion to table, or to reconsider 
            and one quorum call on demand to establish the presence of a 
            quorum (and motions required to establish a quorum) 
            immediately before the final vote begins. The thirty hours 
            may be increased by the adoption of a motion,

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            decided without debate, by a three-fifths affirmative vote 
            of the Senators duly chosen and sworn, and any such time 
            thus agreed upon shall be equally divided between and 
            controlled by the Majority and Minority Leaders or their 
            designees. However, only one motion to extend time, 
            specified above, may be made in any one calendar day.
                If, for any reason, a measure or matter is reprinted 
            after cloture has been invoked, amendments which were in 
            order prior to the reprinting of the measure or matter will 
            continue to be in order and may be conformed and reprinted 
            at the request of the amendment's sponsor. The conforming 
            changes must be limited to lineation and pagination.
                No Senator shall call up more than two amendments until 
            every other Senator shall have had the opportunity to do 
            likewise.
                Notwithstanding other provisions of this rule, a Senator 
            may yield all or part of his one hour to the majority or 
            minority floor managers of the measure, motion, or matter or 
            to the Majority or Minority Leader, but each Senator 
            specified shall not have more than two hours so yielded to 
            him and may in turn yield such time to other Senators.
                Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, any 
            Senator who has not used or yielded at least ten minutes, 
            is, if he seeks recognition, guaranteed up to ten minutes, 
            inclusive, to speak only.
                After cloture is invoked, the reading of any amendment, 
            including House amendments, shall be dispensed with when the 
            proposed amendment has been identified and has been 
            available in printed form at the desk of the Members for not 
            less than twenty-four hours.
      22.3      3.\6\If a cloture motion on a motion to proceed to a 
            measure or matter is presented in accordance with this rule 
            and is signed by 16 Senators, including the Majority Leader, 
            the Minority Leader, 7 additional Senators not affiliated 
            with the majority, and 7 additional Senators not affiliated 
            with the minority, one hour after the Senate meets on the 
            following calendar day, the Presiding Officer, or the clerk 
            at the direction of the Presiding Officer, shall lay the 
            motion before the Senate. If cloture is then invoked on the 
            motion to proceed, the question shall be on the motion to 
            proceed, without further debate.
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        23                           RULE XXIII

                               PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR

      23.1      1.\7\Other than the Vice President and Senators, no 
            person shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate while in 
            session, except as follows:
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                        The President of the United States and his 
                    private secretary.
                        The President elect and Vice President elect of 
                    the United States.
                        Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents of the 
                    United States.
                        Judges of the Supreme Court.
                        Ex-Senators and Senators elect, except as 
                    provided in paragraph 2.\8\
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                        The officers and employees of the Senate in the 
                    discharge of their official duties.
                        Ex-Secretaries and ex-Sergeants at Arms of the 
                    Senate, except as provided in paragraph 2.\9\
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                        Members of the House of Representatives and 
                    Members elect.
                        Ex-Speakers of the House of Representatives, 
                    except as provided in paragraph 2.\10\
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                        The Sergeant at Arms of the House and his chief 
                    deputy and the Clerk of the House and his deputy.
                        Heads of the Executive Departments.
                        Ambassadors and Ministers of the United States.
                        Governors of States and Territories.
                        Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
                        The General Commanding the Army.
                        The Senior Admiral of the Navy on the active 
                    list.
                        Members of National Legislatures of foreign 
                    countries and Members of the European Parliament.
                        Judges of the Court of Claims.
                        The Mayor of the District of Columbia.
                        The Librarian of Congress and the Assistant 
                    Librarian in charge of the Law Library.
                        The Architect of the Capitol.
                        The Chaplain of the House of Representatives.
                        The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
                        The Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate.

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                        Members of the staffs of committees of the 
                    Senate and joint committees of the Congress when in 
                    the discharge of their official duties and employees 
                    in the office of a Senator when in the discharge of 
                    their official duties (but in each case subject to 
                    such rules or regulations as may be prescribed by 
                    the Committee on Rules and Administration). Senate 
                    committee staff members and employees in the office 
                    of a Senator must be on the payroll of the Senate 
                    and members of joint committee staffs must be on the 
                    payroll of the Senate or the House of 
                    Representatives.

     23.2a      2. (a)\11\ The floor privilege provided in paragraph 1 
            shall not apply, when the Senate is in session, to an 
            individual covered by this paragraph who is--
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                        (1) a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
                    principal; or
                        (2) in the employ of or represents any party or 
                    organization for the purpose of influencing, 
                    directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or 
                    amendment of any Federal legislative proposal.

     23.2b      (b) The Committee on Rules and Administration may 
            promulgate regulations to allow individuals covered by this 
            paragraph floor privileges for ceremonial functions and 
            events designated by the Majority Leader and the Minority 
            Leader.
      23.3      3. A former Member of the Senate may not exercise 
            privileges to use Senate athletic facilities or Member-only 
            parking spaces if such Member is--
     23.3a
                      
                        (a) a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
                    principal; or

     23.3b
                      
                        (b) in the employ of or represents any party or 
                    organization for the purpose of influencing, 
                    directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or 
                    amendment of any Federal legislative proposal.

        24                            RULE XXIV

                              APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES

      24.1      1. In the appointment of the standing committees, or to 
            fill vacancies thereon, the Senate, unless otherwise 
            ordered, shall by resolution appoint the chairman of each 
            such committee and the other members thereof. On de

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            mand of any Senator, a separate vote shall be had on the 
            appointment of the chairman of any such committee and on the 
            appointment of the other members thereof. Each such 
            resolution shall be subject to amendment and to division of 
            the question.
      24.2      2. On demand of one-fifth of the Senators present, a 
            quorum being present, any vote taken pursuant to paragraph 1 
            shall be by ballot.
      24.3      3. Except as otherwise provided or unless otherwise 
            ordered, all other committees, and the chairmen thereof, 
            shall be appointed in the same manner as standing 
            committees.
      24.4      4. When a chairman of a committee shall resign or cease 
            to serve on a committee, action by the Senate to fill the 
            vacancy in such committee, unless specially otherwise 
            ordered, shall be only to fill up the number of members of 
            the committee, and the election of a new chairman.

        25                            RULE XXV

                                 STANDING COMMITTEES

      25.1      1. The following standing committees shall be appointed 
            at the commencement of each Congress, and shall continue and 
            have the power to act until their successors are appointed, 
            with leave to report by bill or otherwise on matters within 
            their respective jurisdictions:
     25.1a      (a)(1) Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
            Forestry, to which committee shall be referred all proposed 
            legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other 
            matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
                        1. Agricultural economics and research.
                        2. Agricultural extension services and 
                    experiment stations.
                        3. Agricultural production, marketing, and 
                    stabilization of prices.
                        4. Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
                        5. Animal industry and diseases.
                        6. Crop insurance and soil conservation.
                        7. Farm credit and farm security.
                        8. Food from fresh waters.
                        9. Food stamp programs.
                        10. Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness 
                    areas other than those created from the public 
                    domain.
                        11. Home economics.

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                        12. Human nutrition.
                        13. Inspection of livestock, meat, and 
                    agricultural products.
                        14. Pests and pesticides.
                        15. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural 
                    engineering.
                        16. Rural development, rural electrification, 
                    and watersheds.
                        17. School nutrition programs.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to food, nutrition, 
            and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign 
            countries, and rural affairs, and report thereon from time 
            to time.
     25.1b      (b) Committee on Appropriations, to which committee 
            shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
            petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
            following subjects:
                        1. Appropriation of the revenue for the support 
                    of the Government, except as provided in 
                    subparagraph (e).
                        2. Rescission of appropriations contained in 
                    appropriation Acts (referred to in section 105 of 
                    Title 1, United States Code).
                        3. The amount of new spending authority 
                    described in section 401(c)(2) (A) and (B) of the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 which is to be 
                    effective for a fiscal year.
                        4. New spending authority described in section 
                    401(c)(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
                    provided in bills and resolutions referred to the 
                    committee under section 401(b)(2) of that Act (but 
                    subject to the provisions of section 401(b)(3) of 
                    that Act).

     25.1c      (c)(1) Committee on Armed Services, to which committee 
            shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
            petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
            following subjects:
                        1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to 
                    or primarily associated with the development of 
                    weapons systems or military operations.
                        2. Common defense.
                        3. Department of Defense, the Department of the 
                    Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department 
                    of the Air Force, generally.

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                        4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama 
                    Canal, including administration, sanitation, and 
                    government of the Canal Zone.
                        5. Military research and development.
                        6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.
                        7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in 
                    Alaska.
                        8. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other 
                    benefits and privileges of members of the Armed 
                    Forces, including overseas education of civilian and 
                    military dependents.
                        9. Selective service system.
                        10. Strategic and critical materials necessary 
                    for the common defense.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common defense 
            policy of the United States, and report thereon from time to 
            time.
     25.1d      (d)(1) Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
            to which committee shall be referred all proposed 
            legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other 
            matters relating to the following subjects:
                        1. Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
                        2. Control of prices of commodities, rents, and 
                    services.
                        3. Deposit insurance.
                        4. Economic stabilization and defense 
                    production.
                        5. Export and foreign trade promotion.
                        6. Export controls.
                        7. Federal monetary policy, including Federal 
                    Reserve System.
                        8. Financial aid to commerce and industry.
                        9. Issuance and redemption of notes.
                        10. Money and credit, including currency and 
                    coinage.
                        11. Nursing home construction.
                        12. Public and private housing (including 
                    veterans' housing).
                        13. Renegotiation of Government contracts.
                        14. Urban development and urban mass transit.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to international 
            economic policy as it affects United States monetary 
            affairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic 
            growth, urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from 
            time to time.

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     25.1e      (e)(1)\12\ Committee on the Budget, to which committee 
            shall be referred all concurrent resolutions on the budget 
            (as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget 
            Act of 1974) and all other matters required to be referred 
            to that committee under Titles III and IV of that Act, and 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            thereto.
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                (2) Such committee shall have the duty--
                        (A) to report the matters required to be 
                    reported by it under titles III and IV of the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
                        (B) to make continuing studies of the effect on 
                    budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed 
                    legislation and to report the results of such 
                    studies to the Senate on a recurring basis;
                        (C) to request and evaluate continuing studies 
                    of tax expenditures, to devise methods of 
                    coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and 
                    programs with direct budget outlays, and to report 
                    the results of such studies to the Senate on a 
                    recurring basis; and
                        (D) to review, on a continuing basis, the 
                    conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its 
                    functions and duties.

     25.1f      (f)(1) Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
            Transportation, to which committee shall be referred all 
            proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
            other matters relating to the following subjects:
                        1. Coast Guard.
                        2. Coastal zone management.
                        3. Communications.
                        4. Highway safety.
                        5. Inland waterways, except construction.
                        6. Interstate commerce.
                        7. Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and 
                    transportation, including navigational aspects of 
                    deepwater ports.
                        8. Marine fisheries.
                        9. Merchant marine and navigation.
                        10. Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences.
                        11. Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities.
                        12. Panama Canal and interoceanic canals 
                    generally, except as provided in subparagraph (c).

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                        13. Regulation of consumer products and 
                    services, including testing related to toxic 
                    substances, other than pesticides, and except for 
                    credit, financial services, and housing.
                        14. Regulation of interstate common carriers, 
                    including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, 
                    pipelines, and civil aviation.
                        15. Science, engineering, and technology 
                    research and development and policy.
                        16. Sports.
                        17. Standards and measurement.
                        18. Transportation.
                        19. Transportation and commerce aspects of Outer 
                    Continental Shelf lands.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and 
            technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, 
            and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1g      (g)(1) Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to 
            which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
                        1. Coal production, distribution, and 
                    utilization.
                        2. Energy policy.
                        3. Energy regulation and conservation.
                        4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
                        5. Energy research and development.
                        6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer 
                    Continental Shelf lands.
                        7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and 
                    reclamation.
                        8. Mining education and research.
                        9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and 
                    mineral conservation.
                        10. National parks, recreation areas, wilderness 
                    areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites, 
                    military parks and battlefields, and on the public 
                    domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and 
                    objects of interest.
                        11. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
                        12. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy.
                        13. Oil and gas production and distribution.
                        14. Public lands and forests, including farming 
                    and grazing thereon, and mineral extraction 
                    therefrom.
                        15. Solar energy systems.

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                        16. Territorial possessions of the United 
                    States, including trusteeships.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and 
            resources development, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1h      (h)(1) Committee on Environment and Public Works, to 
            which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
                        1. Air pollution.
                        2. Construction and maintenance of highways.
                        3. Environmental aspects of Outer Continental 
                    Shelf lands.
                        4. Environmental effects of toxic substances, 
                    other than pesticides.
                        5. Environmental policy.
                        6. Environmental research and development.
                        7. Fisheries and wildlife.
                        8. Flood control and improvements of rivers and 
                    harbors, including environmental aspects of 
                    deepwater ports.
                        9. Noise pollution.
                        10. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and 
                    control of nuclear energy.
                        11. Ocean dumping.
                        12. Public buildings and improved grounds of the 
                    United States generally, including Federal buildings 
                    in the District of Columbia.
                        13. Public works, bridges, and dams.
                        14. Regional economic development.
                        15. Solid waste disposal and recycling.
                        16. Water pollution.
                        17. Water resources.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental 
            protection and resource utilization and conservation, and 
            report thereon from time to time.
     25.1i      (i) Committee on Finance, to which committee shall be 
            referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
            memorials, and other matters relating to the following 
            subjects:
                        1. Bonded debt of the United States, except as 
                    provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                        2. Customs, collection districts, and ports of 
                    entry and delivery.

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                        3. Deposit of public moneys.
                        4. General revenue sharing.
                        5. Health programs under the Social Security Act 
                    and health programs financed by a specific tax or 
                    trust fund.
                        6. National social security.
                        7. Reciprocal trade agreements.
                        8. Revenue measures generally, except as 
                    provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                        9. Revenue measures relating to the insular 
                    possessions.
                        10. Tariffs and import quotas, and matters 
                    related thereto.
                        11. Transportation of dutiable goods.
     25.1j      (j)(1) Committee on Foreign Relations, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
                        1. Acquisition of land and buildings for 
                    embassies and legations in foreign countries.
                        2. Boundaries of the United States.
                        3. Diplomatic service.
                        4. Foreign economic, military, technical, and 
                    humanitarian assistance.
                        5. Foreign loans.
                        6. International activities of the American 
                    National Red Cross and the International Committee 
                    of the Red Cross.
                        7. International aspects of nuclear energy, 
                    including nuclear transfer policy.
                        8. International conferences and congresses.
                        9. International law as it relates to foreign 
                    policy.
                        10. International Monetary Fund and other 
                    international organizations established primarily 
                    for international monetary purposes (except that, at 
                    the request of the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                    and Urban Affairs, any proposed legislation relating 
                    to such subjects reported by the Committee on 
                    Foreign Relations shall be referred to the Committee 
                    on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs).
                        11. Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
                        12. Measures to foster commercial intercourse 
                    with foreign nations and to safeguard American 
                    business interests abroad.
                        13. National security and international aspects 
                    of trusteeships of the United States.

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                        14. Oceans and international environmental and 
                    scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy.
                        15. Protection of United States citizens abroad 
                    and expatriation.
                        16. Relations of the United States with foreign 
                    nations generally.
                        17. Treaties and executive agreements, except 
                    reciprocal trade agreements.
                        18. United Nations and its affiliated 
                    organizations.
                        19. World Bank group, the regional development 
                    banks, and other international organizations 
                    established primarily for development assistance 
                    purposes.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to the national 
            security policy, foreign policy, and international economic 
            policy as it relates to foreign policy of the United States, 
            and matters relating to food, hunger, and nutrition in 
            foreign countries, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1k      (k)(1)\13\ Committee on Governmental Affairs, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
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            Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
            shall be treated as the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
            listed under paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules 
            of the Senate for purposes of the Standing Rules of the 
            Senate.'' The resolution also modified the jurisdiction of 
            the Committee. However, the Standing Rules of the Senate 
            were not amended.
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                        1. Archives of the United States.
                        2. Budget and accounting measures, other than 
                    appropriations, except as provided in the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                        3. Census and collection of statistics, 
                    including economic and social statistics.
                        4. Congressional organization, except for any 
                    part of the matter that amends the rules or orders 
                    of the Senate.
                        5. Federal Civil Service.
                        6. Government information.
                        7. Intergovernmental relations.
                        8. Municipal affairs of the District of 
                    Columbia, except appropriations therefor.
                        9. Organization and management of United States 
                    nuclear export policy.
                        10. Organization and reorganization of the 
                    executive branch of the Government.

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                        11. Postal Service.
                        12. Status of officers and employees of the 
                    United States, including their classification, 
                    compensation, and benefits.
                (2) Such committee shall have the duty of--
                        (A) receiving and examining reports of the 
                    Comptroller General of the United States and of 
                    submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it 
                    deems necessary or desirable in connection with the 
                    subject matter of such reports;
                        (B) studying the efficiency, economy, and 
                    effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the 
                    Government;
                        (C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to 
                    reorganize the legislative and executive branches of 
                    the Government; and
                        (D) studying the intergovernmental relationships 
                    between the United States and the States and 
                    municipalities, and between the United States and 
                    international organizations of which the United 
                    States is a member.
     25.1l      (l)(1)\14\ Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
            Pensions, to which committee shall be referred all proposed 
            legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other 
            matters relating to the following subjects:
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            redesignated as subparagraph (l) by S. Res. 299, 106-2, Apr. 
            27, 2000.
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                        1. Measures relating to education, labor, 
                    health, and public welfare.
                        2. Aging.
                        3. Agricultural colleges.
                        4. Arts and humanities.
                        5. Biomedical research and development.
                        6. Child labor.
                        7. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by 
                    convicts into interstate commerce.
                        8. Domestic activities of the American National 
                    Red Cross.
                        9. Equal employment opportunity.
                        10. Gallaudet College, Howard University, and 
                    Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
                        11. Individuals with disabilities.\15\
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                        12. Labor standards and labor statistics.
                        13. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.

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                        14. Occupational safety and health, including 
                    the welfare of miners.
                        15. Private pension plans.
                        16. Public health.
                        17. Railway labor and retirement.
                        18. Regulation of foreign laborers.
                        19. Student loans.
                        20. Wages and hours of labor.
                (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
            comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, education 
            and training, and public welfare, and report thereon from 
            time to time.
     25.1m      (m)\16\ Committee on the Judiciary, to which committee 
            shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
            petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
            following subjects:
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            106-2, Apr. 27, 2000.
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                        1. Apportionment of Representatives.
                        2. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and 
                    counterfeiting.
                        3. Civil liberties.
                        4. Constitutional amendments.
                        5. Federal courts and judges.
                        6. Government information.
                        7. Holidays and celebrations.
                        8. Immigration and naturalization.
                        9. Interstate compacts generally.
                        10. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, 
                    generally.
                        11. Local courts in the territories and 
                    possessions.
                        12. Measures relating to claims against the 
                    United States.
                        13. National penitentiaries.
                        14. Patent Office.
                        15. Patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
                        16. Protection of trade and commerce against 
                    unlawful restraints and monopolies.
                        17. Revision and codification of the statutes of 
                    the United States.
                        18. State and territorial boundary lines.

     25.1n      (n)(1) Committee on Rules and Administration, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:

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                        1. Administration of the Senate Office Buildings 
                    and the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the 
                    assignment of office space.
                        2. Congressional organization relative to rules 
                    and procedures, and Senate rules and regulations, 
                    including floor and gallery rules.
                        3. Corrupt practices.
                        4. Credentials and qualifications of Members of 
                    the Senate, contested elections, and acceptance of 
                    incompatible offices.
                        5. Federal elections generally, including the 
                    election of the President, Vice President, and 
                    Members of the Congress.
                        6. Government Printing Office, and the printing 
                    and correction of the Congressional Record, as well 
                    as those matters provided for under rule XI.
                        7. Meetings of the Congress and attendance of 
                    Members.
                        8. Payment of money out of the contingent fund 
                    of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same 
                    (except that any resolution relating to substantive 
                    matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing 
                    committee of the Senate shall be first referred to 
                    such committee).
                        9. Presidential succession.
                        10. Purchase of books and manuscripts and 
                    erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
                        11. Senate Library and statuary, art, and 
                    pictures in the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.
                        12. Services to the Senate, including the Senate 
                    restaurant.
                        13. United States Capitol and congressional 
                    office buildings, the Library of Congress, the 
                    Smithsonian Institution (and the incorporation of 
                    similar institutions), and the Botanic Gardens.
                (2) Such committee shall also--
                        (A) make a continuing study of the organization 
                    and operation of the Congress of the United States 
                    and shall recommend improvements in such 
                    organization and operation with a view toward 
                    strengthening the Congress, simplifying its 
                    operations, improving its relationships with other 
                    branches of the United States Government, and 
                    enabling it better to meet its responsibilities 
                    under the Constitution of the United States;

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                        (B) identify any court proceeding or action 
                    which, in the opinion of the Committee, is of vital 
                    interest to the Congress as a constitutionally 
                    established institution of the Federal Government 
                    and call such proceeding or action to the attention 
                    of the Senate; and
                        (C)\17\ develop, implement, and update as 
                    necessary a strategic planning process and a 
                    strategic plan for the functional and technical 
                    infrastructure support of the Senate and provide 
                    oversight over plans developed by Senate officers 
                    and others in accordance with the strategic planning 
                    process.
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     25.1o      (o)(1)\18\ Committee on Small Business and 
            Entrepreneurship, to which committee shall be referred all 
            proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
            other matters relating to the Small Business Administration.
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            changed by S. Res. 123, 107-1, June 29, 2001.
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                (2) Any proposed legislation reported by such committee 
            which relates to matters other than the functions of the 
            Small Business Administration shall, at the request of the 
            chairman of any standing committee having jurisdiction over 
            the subject matter extraneous to the functions of the Small 
            Business Administration, be considered and reported by such 
            standing committee prior to its consideration by the Senate; 
            and likewise measures reported by other committees directly 
            relating to the Small Business Administration shall, at the 
            request of the chairman of the Committee on Small Business, 
            be referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
            Entrepreneurship for its consideration of any portions of 
            the measure dealing with the Small Business Administration, 
            and be reported by this committee prior to its consideration 
            by the Senate.
                (3) Such committee shall also study and survey by means 
            of research and investigation all problems of American small 
            business enterprises, and report thereon from time to time.
     25.1p      (p)\19\ Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to which 
            committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, 
            messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
            to the following subjects:
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                        1. Compensation of veterans.

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                        2. Life insurance issued by the Government on 
                    account of service in the Armed Forces.
                        3. National cemeteries.
                        4. Pensions of all wars of the United States, 
                    general and special.
                        5. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
                        6. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
                        7. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and 
                    treatment of veterans.
                        8. Veterans' measures generally.
                        9. Vocational rehabilitation and education of 
                    veterans.
      25.2      2.\20\ Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of 
            this rule, each of the following standing committees shall 
            consist of the number of Senators set forth in the following 
            table on the line on which the name of that committee 
            appears:
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                \20\As amended by S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. 
            Res. 365, 97-2, Apr. 20, 1982; S. Res. 380, 97-2, Apr. 27, 
            1982; S. Res. 6, 98-1, Jan. 3, 1983; S. Res. 20, 98-1, Jan. 
            27, 1983; S. Res. 53, 98-1, Feb. 3, 1983; S. Res. 338, 98-2, 
            Feb. 9, 1984; S. Res. 74, 99-1, Feb. 21, 1985; S. Res. 14, 
            100-1, Jan. 6, 1987; S. Res. 211, 100-1, May 12, 1987; S. 
            Res. 43, 101-1, Feb. 2, 1989; S. Res. 43, 102-1, Feb. 5, 
            1991; S. Res. 135, 102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 4, 103-1, 
            Jan. 7, 1993; S. Res. 130, 103-1, July 1, 1993; S. Res. 132, 
            103-1, July 15, 1993; S. Res. 14, 104-1, Jan. 5, 1995; S. 
            Res. 92, 104-1, Mar. 24, 1995; S. Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 
            1997; HELP/Judiciary reversed by S. Res. 299, 106-2, Apr. 
            27, 2000; S. Res. 354, 106-2, Sept. 12, 2000.
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                    Committee:
                                                                  Members

                    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry..........    20
                    Appropriations................................    28
                    Armed Services................................    18
                    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs...........    22
                    Commerce, Science, and Transportation.........    20
                    Energy and Natural Resources..................    20
                    Environment and Public Works..................    18
                    Finance.......................................    20
                    Foreign Relations.............................    18
                    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions........    18
                    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs....    16
                    Judiciary.....................................    18
                  

     25.3a      3. (a)\21\ Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 
            of this rule, each of the following standing committees 
            shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the 
            following

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            table on the line on which the name of that committee 
            appears:
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                \21\As amended by S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. 
            Res. 101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 1981; S. Res. 6, 98-1, Jan 3, 1983; 
            S. Res. 88, 99-1, Mar. 5, 1985; S. Res. 14, 100-1, Jan. 6, 
            1987; S. Res. 211, 100-1, May 12, 1987; S. Res. 43, 101-1, 
            Feb. 2, 1989; S. Res. 85, 102-1, Mar. 19, 1991; S. Res. 135, 
            102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1, Jan. 21, 1993; S. 
            Res. 130, 103-1, July 1, 1993; S. Res. 34, 104-1, Jan. 6, 
            1995; S. Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 1997; S. Res. 354, 106-2, 
            Sept. 12, 2000; S. Res. 123, 107-1, June 29, 2001.
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                    Committee:
                                                                  Members

                    Budget........................................    22
                    Rules and Administration......................    16
                    Veterans' Affairs.............................    14
                    Small Business and Entrepreneurship...........    18
                  

     25.3b      (b)\22\ Each of the following committees and joint 
            committees shall consist of the number of Senators (or 
            Senate members, in the case of a joint committee) set forth 
            in the following table on the line on which the name of that 
            committee appears:
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                \22\As amended by S. Res. 13, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; S. 
            Res. 24, 97-1, Jan. 19, 1981; S. Res. 101, 97-1, Mar. 25, 
            1981; S. Res. 338, 98-2, Feb. 9, 1984; S. Res. 85, 102-1, 
            Mar. 19, 1991; S. Res. 135, 102-1, June 4, 1991; S. Res. 18, 
            103-1, Jan. 21, 1993; S. Res. 34, 104-1, Jan. 6, 1995; S. 
            Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 1997.
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                    Committee:\23\
                                                                  Members

                    Aging.........................................    18
                    Intelligence..................................    19
                    Joint Economic Committee......................    10
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                \23\Pursuant to S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004, the 
            Select Committee on Intelligence shall be treated as a 
            committee listed under paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate for purposes of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate. However, the resolution did not amend 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate.
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     25.3c      (c)\24\ Each of the following committees and joint 
            committees shall consist of the number of Senators (or 
            Senate members, in the case of a joint committee) set forth 
            in the following table on the line on which the name of that 
            committee appears:
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                \24\As amended by S. Res. 448, 96-2, Dec. 11, 1980; S. 
            Res. 88, 99-1, Mar. 5, 1985; S. Res. 14, 100-1, Jan. 6, 
            1987; S. Res. 100, 101-1, Apr. 11, 1989; S. Res. 44, 102-1, 
            Feb. 5, 1991; S. Res. 18, 103-1, Jan. 21, 1993; S. Res. 34, 
            104-1, Jan. 6, 1995; S. Res. 92, 104-1, Mar. 24, 1995; S. 
            Res. 9, 105-1, Jan. 9, 1997.
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                    Committee:
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                    Ethics........................................     6
                    Indian Affairs................................    14
                    Joint Committee on Taxation...................     5
                  

     25.4a      4. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph--
                        (1) each Senator shall serve on two and no more 
                    committees listed in paragraph 2; and
                        (2) each Senator may serve on only one committee 
                    listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b).

     25.4b      (b)(1) Each Senator may serve on not more than three 
            subcommittees of each committee (other than the Committee on 
            Appropriations) listed in paragraph 2 of which he is a 
            member.

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                (2) Each Senator may serve on not more than two 
            subcommittees of a committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or 
            (b) of which he is a member.
                (3) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), a Senator 
            serving as chairman or ranking minority member of a 
            standing, select, or special committee of the Senate or 
            joint committee of the Congress may serve ex officio, 
            without vote, as a member of any subcommittee of such 
            committee or joint committee.
                (4) No committee of the Senate may establish any sub-
            unit of that committee other than a subcommittee, unless the 
            Senate by resolution has given permission therefor. For 
            purposes of this subparagraph, any subunit of a joint 
            committee shall be treated as a subcommittee.
     25.4c      (c) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and 
            the minority leader, the membership of one or more standing 
            committees may be increased temporarily from time to time by 
            such number or numbers as may be required to accord to the 
            majority party a majority of the membership of all standing 
            committees. When any such temporary increase is necessary to 
            accord to the majority party a majority of the membership of 
            all standing committees, members of the majority party in 
            such number as may be required for that purpose may serve as 
            members of three standing committees listed in paragraph 2. 
            No such temporary increase in the membership of any standing 
            committee under this subparagraph shall be continued in 
            effect after the need therefor has ended. No standing 
            committee may be increased in membership under this 
            subparagraph by more than two members in excess of the 
            number prescribed for that committee by paragraph 2 or 3(a).
     25.4d      (d) A Senator may serve as a member of any joint 
            committee of the Congress the Senate members of which are 
            required by law to be appointed from a standing committee of 
            the Senate of which he is a member, and service as a member 
            of any such joint committee shall not be taken into account 
            for purposes of subparagraph (a)(2).
     25.4e      (e)(1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of 
            more than one standing, select, or special committee of the 
            Senate or joint committee of the Congress, except that a 
            Senator may serve as chairman of any joint committee of the 
            Congress having jurisdiction with respect to a subject 
            matter which is directly related to the jurisdiction of a 
            standing committee of which he is chairman.

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                (2) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of 
            more than one subcommittee of each standing, select, or 
            special committee of the Senate or joint committee of the 
            Congress of which he is a member.
                (3) A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a 
            committee listed in paragraph 2 may serve at any time as the 
            chairman of only one subcommittee of all committees listed 
            in paragraph 2 of which he is a member and may serve at any 
            time as the chairman of only one subcommittee of each 
            committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b) of which he is a 
            member. A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a 
            committee listed in paragraph 3 (a) or (b) may not serve as 
            the chairman of any subcommittee of that committee, and may 
            serve at any time as the chairman of only one subcommittee 
            of each committee listed in paragraph 2 of which he is a 
            member. Any other Senator may serve as the chairman of only 
            one subcommittee of each committee listed in paragraph 2, 
            3(a), or 3(b) of which he is a member.
     25.4f      (f) A Senator serving on the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration may not serve on any joint committee of the 
            Congress unless the Senate members thereof are required by 
            law to be appointed from the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration, or unless such Senator served on the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration and the Joint 
            Committee on Taxation on the last day of the Ninety-eighth 
            Congress.\25\
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     25.4g      (g) A Senator who on the day preceding the effective 
            date of Title I of the Committee System Reorganization 
            Amendments of 1977 was serving as the chairman or ranking 
            minority member of the Committee on the District of Columbia 
            or the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service may serve 
            on the Committee on Governmental Affairs in addition to 
            serving on two other standing committees listed in paragraph 
            2. At the request of any such Senator, he shall be appointed 
            to serve on such committee but, while serving on such 
            committee and two other standing committees listed in 
            paragraph 2, he may not serve on any committee listed in 
            paragraph 3 (a) or (b) other than the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration. The preceding provisions of this 
            subparagraph shall apply with respect to any Senator only so 
            long as his service as a member of the Committee on 
            Governmental Affairs is continuous after the

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            date on which the appointment of the majority and minority 
            members of the Committee on Governmental Affairs is 
            initially completed.\26\
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                \26\As amended by S. Res. 12, 97-1, Jan. 5, 1981; 
            Subparagraph (h), omitted here, pertains to committee 
            service of Senators during the 103rd Congress. Provisions 
            for the 104th Congress were established by S. Res. 13 and 
            17, Jan. 4, 1995, and S. Res. 27 and 29, Jan. 5, 1995. In 
            subsequent Congresses, committee assignments made 
            notwithstanding Rule XXV.
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        26                            RULE XXVI

                                 COMMITTEE PROCEDURE

      26.1      1.\27\ Each standing committee, including any 
            subcommittee of any such committee, is authorized to hold 
            such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places 
            during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the 
            Senate, to require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance 
            of such witnesses and the production of such correspondence, 
            books, papers, and documents, to take such testimony and to 
            make such expenditures out of the contingent fund of the 
            Senate as may be authorized by resolutions of the Senate. 
            Each such committee may make investigations into any matter 
            within its jurisdiction, may report such hearings as may be 
            had by it, and may employ stenographic assistance at a cost 
            not exceeding the amount prescribed by the Committee on 
            Rules and Administration.\28\ The expenses of the committee 
            shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon 
            vouchers approved by the chairman.
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            effective Feb. 28, 1981.
                \28\Pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 4331, the Committee on Rules 
            and Administration issues ``Regulations Governing Rates 
            Payable to Commercial Reporting Firms for Reporting 
            Committee Hearings in the Senate.''
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      26.2      2.\29\ Each committee\30\ shall adopt rules (not 
            inconsistent with the Rules of the Senate) governing the 
            procedure of such committee. The rules of each committee 
            shall be published in the Congressional Record not later 
            than March 1 of the first year of each Congress, except that 
            if any such committee is established on or after February 1 
            of a year, the rules of that committee during the year of 
            establishment shall be published in the Congressional Record 
            not later than sixty days after such establishment. Any 
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      26.3      3. Each standing committee (except the Committee on 
            Appropriations) shall fix regular weekly, biweekly, or 
            monthly meeting days for the transaction of business before 
            the committee and additional meetings may be called by the 
            chairman as he may deem necessary. If at least three members 
            of any such committee desire that a special meeting of the 
            committee be called by the chairman, those members may file 
            in the offices of the committee their written request to the 
            chairman for that special meeting. Immediately upon the 
            filing of the request, the clerk of the committee shall 
            notify the chairman of the filing of the request. If, within 
            three calendar days after the filing of the request, the 
            chairman does not call the requested special meeting, to be 
            held within seven calendar days after the filing of the 
            request, a majority of the members of the committee may file 
            in the offices of the committee their written notice that a 
            special meeting of the committee will be held, specifying 
            the date and hour of that special meeting. The committee 
            shall meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the 
            filing of the notice, the clerk of the committee shall 
            notify all members of the committee that such special 
            meeting will be held and inform them of its date and hour. 
            If the chairman of any such committee is not present at any 
            regular, additional, or special meeting of the committee, 
            the ranking member of the majority party on the committee 
            who is present shall preside at that meeting.
     26.4a      4. (a) Each committee (except the Committee on 
            Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall make 
            public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter 
            of any hearing to be conducted by the committee on any 
            measure or matter at least one week before the commencement 
            of that hearing unless the committee determines that there 
            is good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date.
     26.4b      (b) Each committee (except the Committee on 
            Appropriations) shall require each witness who is to appear 
            before the committee in any hearing to file with the clerk 
            of the committee, at least one day before the date of the 
            appearance of that witness, a written statement of his 
            proposed testimony unless the committee chairman and the 
            ranking minority member determine that there is good cause 
            for noncompliance. If so requested by any committee, the 
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            of the committee shall prepare for the use of the members of 
            the committee before each day of hearing before the 
            committee a digest of the statements which have been so 
            filed by witnesses who are to appear before the committee on 
            that day.
     26.4c      (c) After the conclusion of each day of hearing, if so 
            requested by any committee, the staff shall prepare for the 
            use of the members of the committee a summary of the 
            testimony given before the committee on that day. After 
            approval by the chairman and the ranking minority member of 
            the committee, each such summary may be printed as a part of 
            the committee hearings if such hearings are ordered by the 
            committee to be printed.
     26.4d      (d) Whenever any hearing is conducted by a committee 
            (except the Committee on Appropriations) upon any measure or 
            matter, the minority on the committee shall be entitled, 
            upon request made by a majority of the minority members to 
            the chairman before the completion of such hearing, to call 
            witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect 
            to the measure or matter during at least one day of hearing 
            thereon.
     26.5a      5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the rules, 
            when the Senate is in session, no committee of the Senate or 
            any subcommittee thereof may meet, without special leave, 
            after the conclusion of the first two hours after the 
            meeting of the Senate commenced and in no case after two 
            o'clock postmeridian unless consent therefor has been 
            obtained from the majority leader and the minority leader 
            (or in the event of the absence of either of such leaders, 
            from his designee). The prohibition contained in the 
            preceding sentence shall not apply to the Committee on 
            Appropriations or the Committee on the Budget. The majority 
            leader or his designee shall announce to the Senate whenever 
            consent has been given under this subparagraph and shall 
            state the time and place of such meeting. The right to make 
            such announcement of consent shall have the same priority as 
            the filing of a cloture motion.
     26.5b      (b) Each meeting of a committee, or any subcommittee 
            thereof, including meetings to conduct hearings, shall be 
            open to the public, except that a meeting or series of 
            meetings by a committee or a subcommittee thereof on the 
            same subject for a period of no more than fourteen calendar 
            days may be closed to the public on a motion made and 
            seconded to go into closed session to discuss only whether 
            the matters enumerated in clauses (1) through (6) would 
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            the meeting to be closed, followed immediately by a record 
            vote in open session by a majority of the members of the 
            committee or subcommittee when it is determined that the 
            matters to be discussed or the testimony to be taken at such 
            meeting or meetings--
                        (1) will disclose matters necessary to be kept 
                    secret in the interests of national defense or the 
                    confidential conduct of the foreign relations of the 
                    United States;
                        (2) will relate solely to matters of committee 
                    staff personnel or internal staff management or 
                    procedure;
                        (3) will tend to charge an individual with crime 
                    or misconduct, to disgrace or injure the 
                    professional standing of an individual, or otherwise 
                    to expose an individual to public contempt or 
                    obloquy, or will represent a clearly unwarranted 
                    invasion of the privacy of an individual;
                        (4) will disclose the identity of any informer 
                    or law enforcement agent or will disclose any 
                    information relating to the investigation or 
                    prosecution of a criminal offense that is required 
                    to be kept secret in the interests of effective law 
                    enforcement;
                        (5) will disclose information relating to the 
                    trade secrets of financial or commercial information 
                    pertaining specifically to a given person if--
                                (A) an Act of Congress requires the 
                            information to be kept confidential by 
                            Government officers and employees; or
                                (B) the information has been obtained by 
                            the Government on a confidential basis, 
                            other than through an application by such 
                            person for a specific Government financial 
                            or other benefit, and is required to be kept 
                            secret in order to prevent undue injury to 
                            the competitive position of such person; or
                        (6) may divulge matters required to be kept 
                    confidential under other provisions of law or 
                    Government regulations.

     26.5c      (c) Whenever any hearing conducted by any such committee 
            or subcommittee is open to the public, that hearing may be 
            broadcast by radio or television, or both, under such rules 
            as the committee or subcommittee may adopt.
     26.5d      (d) Whenever disorder arises during a committee meeting 
            that is open to the public, or any demonstration of approval 
            or disapproval is indulged in by any person in attendance at 
            any such meeting, it shall be the duty of the Chair to

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            enforce order on his own initiative and without any point of 
            order being made by a Senator. When the Chair finds it 
            necessary to maintain order, he shall have the power to 
            clear the room, and the committee may act in closed session 
            for so long as there is doubt of the assurance of order.
     26.5e      (e)(1)\31\ Each committee shall prepare and keep a 
            complete transcript or electronic recording adequate to 
            fully record the proceeding of each meeting or conference 
            whether or not such meeting or any part thereof is closed 
            under this paragraph, unless a majority of its members vote 
            to forgo such a record.
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                (2)(A)\32\ Except with respect to meetings closed in 
            accordance with this rule, each committee and subcommittee 
            shall make publicly available through the Internet a video 
            recording, audio recording, or transcript of any meeting not 
            later than 21 business days after the meeting occurs.
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                (B) Information required by subclause (A) shall be 
            available until the end of the Congress following the date 
            of the meeting.
                (C) The Committee on Rules and Administration may waive 
            this clause upon request based on the inability of a 
            committee or subcommittee to comply with this clause due to 
            technical or logistical reasons.
      26.6      6. Morning meetings of committees and subcommittees 
            thereof shall be scheduled for one or both of the periods 
            prescribed in this paragraph. The first period shall end at 
            eleven o'clock antemeridian. The second period shall begin 
            at eleven o'clock antemeridian and end at two o'clock 
            postmeridian.
     26.7a      7. (a)(1) Except as provided in this paragraph, each 
            committee, and each subcommittee thereof is authorized to 
            fix the number of its members (but not less than one-third 
            of its entire membership) who shall constitute a quorum 
            thereof for the transaction of such business as may be 
            considered by said committee, except that no measure or 
            matter or recommendation shall be reported from any 
            committee unless a majority of the committee were physically 
            present.
                (2) Each such committee, or subcommittee, is authorized 
            to fix a lesser number than one-third of its entire member

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            ship who shall constitute a quorum thereof for the purpose 
            of taking sworn testimony.
                (3) The vote of any committee to report a measure or 
            matter shall require the concurrence of a majority of the 
            members of the committee who are present. No vote of any 
            member of any committee to report a measure or matter may be 
            cast by proxy if rules adopted by such committee forbid the 
            casting of votes for that purpose by proxy; however, proxies 
            may not be voted when the absent committee member has not 
            been informed of the matter on which he is being recorded 
            and has not affirmatively requested that he be so recorded. 
            Action by any committee in reporting any measure or matter 
            in accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph 
            shall constitute the ratification by the committee of all 
            action theretofore taken by the committee with respect to 
            that measure or matter, including votes taken upon the 
            measure or matter or any amendment thereto, and no point of 
            order shall lie with respect to that measure or matter on 
            the ground that such previous action with respect thereto by 
            such committee was not taken in compliance with such 
            requirements.
     26.7b      (b) Each committee (except the Committee on 
            Appropriations) shall keep a complete record of all 
            committee action. Such record shall include a record of the 
            votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded. 
            The results of rollcall votes taken in any meeting of any 
            committee upon any measure, or any amendment thereto, shall 
            be announced in the committee report on that measure unless 
            previously announced by the committee, and such announcement 
            shall include a tabulation of the votes cast in favor of and 
            the votes cast in opposition to each such measure and 
            amendment by each member of the committee who was present at 
            that meeting.
     26.7c      (c) Whenever any committee by rollcall vote reports any 
            measure or matter, the report of the committee upon such 
            measure or matter shall include a tabulation of the votes 
            cast by each member of the committee in favor of and in 
            opposition to such measure or matter. Nothing contained in 
            this subparagraph shall abrogate the power of any committee 
            to adopt rules--
                        (1) providing for proxy voting on all matters 
                    other than the reporting of a measure or matter, or
                        (2) providing in accordance with subparagraph 
                    (a) for a lesser number as a quorum for any action 
                    other than the reporting of a measure or matter.

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     26.8a      8. (a) In order to assist the Senate in--
                        (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of 
                    the application, administration, and execution of 
                    the laws enacted by the Congress, and
                        (2) its formulation, consideration, and 
                    enactment of such modifications of or changes in 
                    those laws, and of such additional legislation, as 
                    may be necessary or appropriate, each standing 
                    committee (except the Committees on Appropriations 
                    and the Budget), shall review and study, on a 
                    continuing basis the application, administration, 
                    and execution of those laws, or parts of laws, the 
                    subject matter of which is within the legislative 
                    jurisdiction of that committee. Such committees may 
                    carry out the required analysis, appraisal, and 
                    evaluation themselves, or by contract, or may 
                    require a government agency to do so and furnish a 
                    report thereon to the Senate. Such committees may 
                    rely on such techniques as pilot testing, analysis 
                    of costs in comparison with benefits, or provision 
                    for evaluation after a defined period of time.
     26.8b      (b) In each odd-numbered year, each such committee shall 
            submit, not later than March 31, to the Senate, a report on 
            the activities of that committee under this paragraph during 
            the Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year.
     26.9a      9.\33\ (a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), each 
            committee shall report one authorization resolution each 
            year authorizing the committee to make expenditures out of 
            the contingent fund of the Senate to defray its expenses, 
            including the compensation of members of its staff and 
            agency contributions related to such compensation, during 
            the period beginning on March 1 of such year and ending on 
            the last day of February of the following year. Such annual 
            authorization resolution shall be reported not later than 
            January 31 of each year, except that, whenever the 
            designation of members of standing committees of the Senate 
            occurs during the first session of a Congress at a date 
            later than January 20, such resolution may be reported at 
            any time within thirty days after the date on which the 
            designation of such members is completed. After the annual 
            authorization resolution of a committee for a year has been 
            agreed to, such committee may procure authorization to make 
            additional expenditures out of the contingent

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            fund of the Senate during that year only by reporting a 
            supplemental authorization resolution. Each supplemental 
            authorization resolution reported by a committee shall amend 
            the annual authorization resolution of such committee for 
            that year and shall be accompanied by a report specifying 
            with particularity the purpose for which such authorization 
            is sought and the reason why such authorization could not 
            have been sought at the time of the submission by such 
            committee of its annual authorization resolution for that 
            year.
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     26.9b      (b) In lieu of the procedure provided in subparagraph 
            (a), the Committee on Rules and Administration may--
                        (1) direct each committee to report an 
                    authorization resolution for a two year budget 
                    period beginning on March 1 of the first session of 
                    a Congress; and
                        (2) report one authorization resolution 
                    containing more than one committee authorization for 
                    a one year or two year budget period.

    26.10a      10. (a) All committee hearings, records, data, charts, 
            and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
            congressional office records of the Member serving as 
            chairman of the committee; and such records shall be the 
            property of the Senate and all members of the committee and 
            the Senate shall have access to such records. Each committee 
            is authorized to have printed and bound such testimony and 
            other data presented at hearings held by the committee.
    26.10b      (b) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each 
            committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to the 
            Senate any measure approved by his committee and to take or 
            cause to be taken necessary steps to bring the matter to a 
            vote. In any event, the report of any committee upon a 
            measure which has been approved by the committee shall be 
            filed within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which 
            the Senate is not in session) after the day on which there 
            has been filed with the clerk of the committee a written and 
            signed request of a majority of the committee for the 
            reporting of that measure. Upon the filing of any such 
            request, the clerk of the committee shall transmit 
            immediately to the chairman of the committee notice of the 
            filing of that request. This subparagraph does not apply to 
            the Committee on Appropriations.
    26.10c      (c) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by 
            any committee (except for the Committee on Appropriations), 
            any member of the committee gives notice of inten

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            tion to file supplemental, minority, or additional views, 
            that member shall be entitled to not less than three 
            calendar days in which to file such views, in writing, with 
            the clerk of the committee. All such views so filed by one 
            or more members of the committee shall be included within, 
            and shall be a part of, the report filed by the committee 
            with respect to that measure or matter. The report of the 
            committee upon that measure or matter shall be printed in a 
            single volume which--
                        (1) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
                    additional views which have been submitted by the 
                    time of the filing of the report, and
                        (2) shall bear upon its cover a recital that 
                    supplemental, minority, or additional views are 
                    included as part of the report.

                This subparagraph does not preclude--
                        (A) the immediate filing and printing of a 
                    committee report unless timely request for the 
                    opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or 
                    additional views has been made as provided by this 
                    subparagraph; or
                        (B) the filing by any such committee of any 
                    supplemental report upon any measure or matter which 
                    may be required for the correction of any technical 
                    error in a previous report made by that committee 
                    upon that measure or matter.
    26.11a      11. (a) The report accompanying each bill or joint 
            resolution of a public character reported by any committee 
            (except the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
            the Budget) shall contain--
                        (1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the 
                    costs which would be incurred in carrying out such 
                    bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which 
                    it is reported and in each of the five fiscal years 
                    following such fiscal year (or for the authorized 
                    duration of any program authorized by such bill or 
                    joint resolution, if less than five years), except 
                    that, in the case of measures affecting the 
                    revenues, such reports shall require only an 
                    estimate of the gain or loss in revenues for a one-
                    year period; and
                        (2) a comparison of the estimate of costs 
                    described in subparagraph (1) made by such committee 
                    with any estimate of costs made by any Federal 
                    agency; or

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                        (3) in lieu of such estimate or comparison, or 
                    both, a statement of the reasons why compliance by 
                    the committee with the requirements of subparagraph 
                    (1) or (2), or both, is impracticable.
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                Note.--Each report accompanying any bill or joint 
            resolution relating to terms and conditions of employment or 
            access to public services or accommodations reported by a 
            committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate 
            shall describe the manner in which the provisions of the 
            bill or joint resolution apply to the legislative branch; or 
            in the case of a provision not applicable to the legislative 
            branch, include a statement of the reasons the provision 
            does not apply. 
            Pub. L. 104-1, Title I, Sec. 102, Jan. 23, 1995, 2 U.S.C. 
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    26.11b      (b) Each such report (except those by the Committee on 
            Appropriations) shall also contain--
                        (1) an evaluation, made by such committee, of 
                    the regulatory impact which would be incurred in 
                    carrying out the bill or joint resolution. The 
                    evaluation shall include (A) an estimate of the 
                    numbers of individuals and businesses who would be 
                    regulated and a determination of the groups and 
                    classes of such individuals and businesses, (B) a 
                    determination of the economic impact of such 
                    regulation on the individuals, consumers, and 
                    businesses affected, (C) a determination of the 
                    impact on the personal privacy of the individuals 
                    affected, and (D) a determination of the amount of 
                    additional paperwork that will result from the 
                    regulations to be promulgated pursuant to the bill 
                    or joint resolution, which determination may 
                    include, but need not be limited to, estimates of 
                    the amount of time and financial costs required of 
                    affected parties, showing whether the effects of the 
                    bill or joint resolution could be substantial, as 
                    well as reasonable estimates of the recordkeeping 
                    requirements that may be associated with the bill or 
                    joint resolution; or
                        (2) in lieu of such evaluation, a statement of 
                    the reasons why compliance by the committee with the 
                    requirements of clause (1) is impracticable.

    26.11c      (c) It shall not be in order for the Senate to consider 
            any such bill or joint resolution if the report of the 
            committee on such bill or joint resolution does not comply 
            with the provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b) on the 
            objection of any Senator.
     26.12      12. Whenever a committee reports a bill or a joint 
            resolution repealing or amending any statute or part thereof 
            it shall make a report thereon and shall include in such 
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            the staff of such committee) (a) the text of the statute or 
            part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
            comparative print of that part of the bill or joint 
            resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part 
            thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through 
            type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate 
            typographical devices the omissions and insertions which 
            would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in 
            the form recommended by the committee. This paragraph shall 
            not apply to any such report in which it is stated that, in 
            the opinion of the committee, it is necessary to dispense 
            with the requirements of this subsection to expedite the 
            business of the Senate.
    26.13a      13. (a) Each committee (except the Committee on 
            Appropriations) which has legislative jurisdiction shall, in 
            its consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a 
            public character within its jurisdiction, endeavor to insure 
            that--
                        (1) all continuing programs of the Federal 
                    Government and of the government of the District of 
                    Columbia, within the jurisdiction of such committee 
                    or joint committee, are designed; and
                        (2) all continuing activities of Federal 
                    agencies, within the jurisdiction of such committee 
                    or joint committee, are carried on; so that, to the 
                    extent consistent with the nature, requirements, and 
                    objectives of those programs and activities, 
                    appropriations therefor will be made annually.
    26.13b      (b) Each committee (except the Committee on 
            Appropriations) shall with respect to any continuing program 
            within its jurisdiction for which appropriations are not 
            made annually, review such program, from time to time, in 
            order to ascertain whether such program could be modified so 
            that appropriations therefor would be made annually.

        27                           RULE XXVII

                                   COMMITTEE STAFF

      27.1      1.\34\ Staff members appointed to assist minority 
            members of committees pursuant to authority of a resolution 
            described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI or other Senate 
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            and the accessibility of committee records.
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            Accordingly, subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of 
            paragraph 2 were renumbered as paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4, 
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      27.2      2. The minority shall receive fair consideration in the 
            appointment of staff personnel pursuant to authority of a 
            resolution described in paragraph 9 of rule XXVI.
      27.3      3. The staffs of committees (including personnel 
            appointed pursuant to authority of a resolution described in 
            paragraph 9 of rule XXVI or other Senate resolution) should 
            reflect the relative number of majority and minority members 
            of committees. A majority of the minority members of any 
            committee may, by resolution, request that at least one-
            third of all funds of the committee for personnel (other 
            than those funds determined by the chairman and ranking 
            minority member to be allocated for the administrative and 
            clerical functions of the committee as a whole) be allocated 
            to the minority members of such committee for compensation 
            of minority staff as the minority members may decide. The 
            committee shall thereafter adjust its budget to comply with 
            such resolution. Such adjustment shall be equitably made 
            over a four-year period, commencing July 1, 1977, with not 
            less than one-half being made in two years. Upon request by 
            a majority of the minority members of any committee by 
            resolution, proportionate space, equipment, and facilities 
            shall be provided for such minority staff.
      27.4      4. No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts 
            or other personnel detailed or assigned from any department 
            or agency of the Government, except with the written 
            permission of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

        28                           RULE XXVIII

                    CONFERENCE COMMITTEES; REPORTS; OPEN MEETINGS

      28.1      1.\35\ The presentation of reports of committees of 
            conference shall always be in order when available on each 
            Senator's desk except when the Journal is being read or a 
            question of order or a motion to adjourn is pending, or 
            while the Senate is voting or ascertaining the presence of a 
            quorum; and when received the question of proceeding to the 
            consideration of the report, if raised, shall be immediately 
            put, and shall be determined without debate.
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     28.2a      2.\36\ (a) When a message from the House of 
            Representatives is laid before the Senate, it shall be in 
            order for a single, non-divisible motion to be made that 
            includes--
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                          (1) a motion to disagree to a House amendment 
                    or insist upon a Senate amendment;
                          (2) a motion to request a committee of 
                    conference with the House or to agree to a request 
                    by the House for a committee of conference; and
                          (3) a motion to authorize the Presiding 
                    Officer to appoint conferees (or a motion to appoint 
                    conferees).
     28.2b      (b) If a cloture motion is presented on a motion made 
            pursuant to subparagraph (a), the motion shall be debatable 
            for no more than 2 hours, equally divided in the usual form, 
            after which the Presiding Officer, or the clerk at the 
            direction of the Presiding Officer, shall lay the motion 
            before the Senate. If cloture is then invoked on the motion, 
            the question shall be on the motion, without further debate.
     28.3a      3. (a)\37\ Conferees shall not insert in their report 
            matter not committed to them by either House, nor shall they 
            strike from the bill matter agreed to by both Houses.
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     28.3b      (b) If matter which was agreed to by both Houses is 
            stricken from the bill a point of order may be made against 
            the report, and if the point of order is sustained, the 
            report is rejected or shall be recommitted to the committee 
            of conference if the House of Representatives has not 
            already acted thereon.
     28.3c      (c) If new matter is inserted in the report, a point of 
            order may be made against the conference report and it shall 
            be disposed of as provided under paragraph 5.
     28.4a      4. (a) In any case in which a disagreement to an 
            amendment in the nature of a substitute has been referred to 
            conferees--
                        (1) it shall be in order for the conferees to 
                    report a substitute on the same subject matter;
                        (2) the conferees may not include in the report 
                    matter not committed to them by either House; and
                        (3) the conferees may include in their report in 
                    any such case matter which is a germane modification 
                    of subjects in disagreement.
     28.4b      (b) In any case in which the conferees violate 
            subparagraph (a), a point of order may be made against the 
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            ference report and it shall be disposed of as provided under 
            paragraph 5.
     28.5a      5. (a) A Senator may raise a point of order that one or 
            more provisions of a conference report violates paragraph 3 
            or paragraph 4, as the case may be. The Presiding Officer 
            may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the 
            provisions against which the Senator raised the point of 
            order.
     28.5b      (b) If the Presiding Officer sustains the point of order 
            as to any of the provisions against which the Senator raised 
            the point of order, then those provisions against which the 
            Presiding Officer sustains the point of order shall be 
            stricken. After all other points of order under this 
            paragraph have been disposed of--
                        (1) the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
                    question of whether the Senate should recede from 
                    its amendment to the House bill, or its disagreement 
                    to the amendment of the House, and concur with a 
                    further amendment, which further amendment shall 
                    consist of only that portion of the conference 
                    report that has not been stricken;
                        (2) the question in clause (1) shall be decided 
                    under the same debate limitation as the conference 
                    report; and
                        (3) no further amendment shall be in order.

     28.6a      6. (a) Any Senator may move to waive any or all points 
            of order under paragraph 3 or 4 with respect to the pending 
            conference report by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
            the Members, duly chosen and sworn. All motions to waive 
            under this paragraph shall be debatable collectively for not 
            to exceed 1 hour equally divided between the Majority Leader 
            and the Minority Leader or their designees. A motion to 
            waive all points of order under this paragraph shall not be 
            amendable.
     28.6b      (b) All appeals from rulings of the Chair under 
            paragraph 5 shall be debatable collectively for not to 
            exceed 1 hour, equally divided between the Majority and the 
            Minority Leader or their designees. An affirmative vote of 
            three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 
            sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal 
            of the ruling of the Chair under paragraph 5.

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      28.7      7.\38\ Each report made by a committee of conference to 
            the Senate shall be printed as a report of the Senate. As so 
            printed, such report shall be accompanied by an explanatory 
            statement prepared jointly by the conferees on the part of 
            the House and the conferees on the part of the Senate. Such 
            statement shall be sufficiently detailed and explicit to 
            inform the Senate as to the effect which the amendments or 
            propositions contained in such report will have upon the 
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      28.8      8. If time for debate in the consideration of any report 
            of a committee of conference upon the floor of the Senate is 
            limited, the time allotted for debate shall be equally 
            divided between the majority party and the minority party.
      28.9      9. Each conference committee between the Senate and the 
            House of Representatives shall be open to the public except 
            when managers of either the Senate or the House of 
            Representatives in open session determine by a rollcall vote 
            of a majority of those managers present, that all or part of 
            the remainder of the meeting on the day of the vote shall be 
            closed to the public.
    28.10a      10. (a)(1) It shall not be in order to vote on the 
            adoption of a report of a committee of conference unless 
            such report has been available to Members and to the general 
            public for at least 48 hours before such vote. If a point of 
            order is sustained under this paragraph, then the conference 
            report shall be set aside.
                (2) For purposes of this paragraph, a report of a 
            committee of conference is made available to the general 
            public as of the time it is posted on a publicly accessible 
            website controlled by a Member, committee, Library of 
            Congress, or other office of Congress, or the Government 
            Printing Office, as reported to the Presiding Officer by the 
            Secretary of the Senate.
    28.10b      (b)(1) This paragraph may be waived in the Senate with 
            respect to the pending conference report by an affirmative 
            vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
            A motion to waive this paragraph shall be debatable for not 
            to exceed 1 hour equally divided between the Majority Leader 
            and the Minority Leader or their designees.
                (2) An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 
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            appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 
            under this paragraph. An appeal of the ruling of the Chair 
            shall be debatable for not to exceed 1 hour equally divided 
            between the Majority and the Minority Leader or their 
            designees.
    28.10c      (c) This paragraph may be waived by joint agreement of 
            the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate, 
            upon their certification that such waiver is necessary as a 
            result of a significant disruption to Senate facilities or 
            to the availability of the Internet.

        29                            RULE XXIX

                                 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

      29.1      1. When the President of the United States shall meet 
            the Senate in the Senate Chamber for the consideration of 
            Executive business, he shall have a seat on the right of the 
            Presiding Officer. When the Senate shall be convened by the 
            President of the United States to any other place, the 
            Presiding Officer of the Senate and the Senators shall 
            attend at the place appointed, with the necessary officers 
            of the Senate.
      29.2      2. When acting upon confidential or Executive business, 
            unless the same shall be considered in open Executive 
            session, the Senate Chamber shall be cleared of all persons 
            except the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Principal 
            Legislative Clerk, the Parliamentarian, the Executive Clerk, 
            the Minute and Journal Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, the 
            Secretaries to the Majority and the Minority, and such other 
            officers as the Presiding Officer shall think necessary; and 
            all such officers shall be sworn to secrecy.
      29.3      3. All confidential communications made by the President 
            of the United States to the Senate shall be by the Senators 
            and the officers of the Senate kept secret; and all treaties 
            which may be laid before the Senate, and all remarks, votes, 
            and proceedings thereon shall also be kept secret, until the 
            Senate shall, by their resolution, take off the injunction 
            of secrecy.
      29.4      4. Whenever the injunction of secrecy shall be removed 
            from any part of the proceedings of the Senate in closed 
            Executive or legislative session, the order of the Senate 
            removing the same shall be entered in the Legislative 
            Journal as well as in the Executive Journal, and shall be 
            published in the Congressional Record under the direction of 
            the Secretary of the Senate.

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      29.5      5.\39\ Any Senator, officer or employee of the Senate 
            who shall disclose the secret or confidential business or 
            proceedings of the Senate, including the business and 
            proceedings of the committees, subcommittees and offices of 
            the Senate shall be liable, if a Senator, to suffer 
            expulsion from the body; and if an officer or employee, to 
            dismissal from the service of the Senate, and to punishment 
            for contempt.
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      29.6      6. Whenever, by the request of the Senate or any 
            committee thereof, any documents or papers shall be 
            communicated to the Senate by the President or the head of 
            any department relating to any matter pending in the Senate, 
            the proceedings in regard to which are secret or 
            confidential under the rules, said documents and papers 
            shall be considered as confidential, and shall not be 
            disclosed without leave of the Senate.

        30                            RULE XXX

                     EXECUTIVE SESSION--PROCEEDINGS ON TREATIES

     30.1a      1. (a) When a treaty shall be laid before the Senate for 
            ratification, it shall be read a first time; and no motion 
            in respect to it shall be in order, except to refer it to a 
            committee, to print it in confidence for the use of the 
            Senate, or to remove the injunction of secrecy.
     30.1b      (b)\40\ When a treaty is reported from a committee with 
            or without amendment, it shall, unless the Senate 
            unanimously otherwise directs, lie over one day for 
            consideration; after which it may be read a second time, 
            after which amendments may be proposed. At any stage of such 
            proceedings the Senate may remove the injunction of secrecy 
            from the treaty.
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     30.1c      (c) The decisions thus made shall be reduced to the form 
            of a resolution of ratification, with or without amendments, 
            as the case may be, which shall be proposed on a subsequent 
            day, unless, by unanimous consent, the Senate determine 
            otherwise, at which stage no amendment to the treaty shall 
            be received unless by unanimous consent; but the resolution 
            of ratification when pending shall be open to amendment in 
            the form of reservations, declarations, statements, or 
            understandings.
     30.1d      (d) On the final question to advise and consent to the 
            ratification in the form agreed to, the concurrence of two-

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            thirds of the Senators present shall be necessary to 
            determine it in the affirmative; but all other motions and 
            questions upon a treaty shall be decided by a majority vote, 
            except a motion to postpone indefinitely, which shall be 
            decided by a vote of two-thirds.
      30.2      2. Treaties transmitted by the President to the Senate 
            for ratification shall be resumed at the second or any 
            subsequent session of the same Congress at the stage in 
            which they were left at the final adjournment of the session 
            at which they were transmitted; but all proceedings on 
            treaties shall terminate with the Congress, and they shall 
            be resumed at the commencement of the next Congress as if no 
            proceedings had previously been had thereon.

        31                            RULE XXXI

                    EXECUTIVE SESSION--PROCEEDINGS ON NOMINATIONS

      31.1      1. When nominations shall be made by the President of 
            the United States to the Senate, they shall, unless 
            otherwise ordered, be referred to appropriate committees; 
            and the final question on every nomination shall be, ``Will 
            the Senate advise and consent to this nomination?'' which 
            question shall not be put on the same day on which the 
            nomination is received, nor on the day on which it may be 
            reported by a committee, unless by unanimous consent.
      31.2      2. All business in the Senate shall be transacted in 
            open session, unless the Senate as provided in rule XXI by a 
            majority vote shall determine that a particular nomination, 
            treaty, or other matter shall be considered in closed 
            executive session, in which case all subsequent proceedings 
            with respect to said nomination, treaty, or other matter 
            shall be kept secret: Provided, That the injunction of 
            secrecy as to the whole or any part of proceedings in closed 
            executive session may be removed on motion adopted by a 
            majority vote of the Senate in closed executive session: 
            Provided further, That any Senator may make public his vote 
            in closed executive session.
      31.3      3. When a nomination is confirmed or rejected, any 
            Senator voting in the majority may move for a 
            reconsideration on the same day on which the vote was taken, 
            or on either of the next two days of actual executive 
            session of the Senate; but if a notification of the 
            confirmation or rejection of a nomination shall have been 
            sent to the President before the expiration of the time 
            within which a motion to reconsider may be made, the motion 
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            be accompanied by a motion to request the President to 
            return such notification to the Senate. Any motion to 
            reconsider the vote on a nomination may be laid on the table 
            without prejudice to the nomination, and shall be a final 
            disposition of such motion.
      31.4      4. Nominations confirmed or rejected by the Senate shall 
            not be returned by the Secretary to the President until the 
            expiration of the time limited for making a motion to 
            reconsider the same, or while a motion to reconsider is 
            pending unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.
      31.5      5. When the Senate shall adjourn or take a recess for 
            more than thirty days, all motions to reconsider a vote upon 
            a nomination which has been confirmed or rejected by the 
            Senate, which shall be pending at the time of taking such 
            adjournment or recess, shall fall; and the Secretary shall 
            return all such nominations to the President as confirmed or 
            rejected by the Senate, as the case may be.
      31.6      6. Nominations neither confirmed nor rejected during the 
            session at which they are made shall not be acted upon at 
            any succeeding session without being again made to the 
            Senate by the President; and if the Senate shall adjourn or 
            take a recess for more than thirty days, all nominations 
            pending and not finally acted upon at the time of taking 
            such adjournment or recess shall be returned by the 
            Secretary to the President, and shall not again be 
            considered unless they shall again be made to the Senate by 
            the President.
     31.7a      7. (a) The Official Reporters shall be furnished with a 
            list of nominations to office after the proceedings of the 
            day on which they are received, and a like list of all 
            confirmations and rejections.
     31.7b      (b) All nominations to office shall be prepared for the 
            printer by the Official Reporter, and printed in the 
            Congressional Record, after the proceedings of the day in 
            which they are received, also nominations recalled, and 
            confirmed.
     31.7c      (c) The Secretary shall furnish to the press, and to the 
            public upon request, the names of nominees confirmed or 
            rejected on the day on which a final vote shall be had, 
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        32                           RULE XXXII

            THE PRESIDENT FURNISHED WITH COPIES OF RECORDS OF EXECUTIVE 
                                      SESSIONS

                The President of the United States shall, from time to 
            time, be furnished with an authenticated transcript of the 
            public executive records of the Senate, but no further 
            extract from the Executive Journal shall be furnished by the 
            Secretary, except by special order of the Senate; and no 
            paper, except original treaties transmitted to the Senate by 
            the President of the United States, and finally acted upon 
            by the Senate, shall be delivered from the office of the 
            Secretary without an order of the Senate for that purpose.

        33                           RULE XXXIII

                     SENATE CHAMBER--SENATE WING OF THE CAPITOL

      33.1      1. The Senate Chamber shall not be granted for any other 
            purpose than for the use of the Senate; no smoking shall be 
            permitted at any time on the floor of the Senate, or lighted 
            cigars, cigarettes, or pipes be brought into the Chamber.
      33.2      2. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration to make all rules and regulations respecting 
            such parts of the Capitol, its passages and galleries, 
            including the restaurant and the Senate Office Buildings, as 
            are or may be set apart for the use of the Senate and its 
            officers, to be enforced under the direction of the 
            Presiding Officer. The Committee shall make such regulations 
            respecting the reporters' galleries of the Senate, together 
            with the adjoining rooms and facilities, as will confine 
            their occupancy and use to bona fide reporters of newspapers 
            and periodicals, and of news or press associations for daily 
            news dissemination through radio, television, wires, and 
            cables, and similar media of transmission. These regulations 
            shall so provide for the use of such space and facilities as 
            fairly to distribute their use to all such media of news 
            dissemination.

        34                           RULE XXXIV

                             PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

      34.1      1. For purposes of this rule, the provisions of Title I 
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            be a rule of the Senate as it pertains to Members, officers, 
            and employees of the Senate.
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     34.2a      2. (a)\41\ The Select Committee on Ethics shall transmit 
            a copy of each report filed with it under Title I of the 
            Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (other than a report filed 
            by a Member of Congress) to the head of the employing office 
            of the individual filing the report.
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     34.2b      (b) For purposes of this rule, the head of the employing 
            office shall be--
                        (1) in the case of an employee of a Member, the 
                    Member by whom that person is employed;
                        (2) in the case of an employee of a Committee, 
                    the chairman and ranking minority member of such 
                    Committee;
                        (3) in the case of an employee on the leadership 
                    staff, the Member of the leadership on whose staff 
                    such person serves; and
                        (4) in the case of any other employee of the 
                    legislative branch, the head of the office in which 
                    such individual serves.
      34.3      3.\42\ In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1, 
            Members, officers, and employees of the Senate shall include 
            in each report filed under paragraph 1\43\ the following 
            additional information:
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            28, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996, as amended by S. Res. 198, 
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     34.3a
                      
                        (a) For purposes of section 102(a)(1)(B) of the 
                    Ethics in Government Act of 1978 additional 
                    categories of income as follows:
                                (1) greater than $1,000,000 but not more 
                            than $5,000,000, or
                                (2) greater than $5,000,000.
     34.3b
                      
                        (b) For purposes of section 102(d)(1) of the 
                    Ethics in Government Act of 1978 additional 
                    categories of value\44\ as follows:
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                                (1) greater than $1,000,000 but not more 
                            than $5,000,000;
                                (2) greater than $5,000,000 but not more 
                            than $25,000,000;

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                                (3) greater than $25,000,000 but not 
                            more than $50,000,000; and
                                (4) greater than $50,000,000.
     34.3c
                      
                        (c) For purposes of this paragraph and section 
                    102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 
                    additional categories with amounts or values greater 
                    than $1,000,000 set forth in section 102(a)(1)(B) 
                    and 102(d)(1) shall apply to the income, assets, or 
                    liabilities of spouses and dependent children only 
                    if the income, assets, or liabilities are held 
                    jointly with the reporting individual. All other 
                    income, assets, or liabilities of the spouse or 
                    dependent children required to be reported under 
                    section 102 and this paragraph in an amount of value 
                    greater than $1,000,000 shall be categorized only as 
                    an amount or value greater than $1,000,000.

      34.4      4.\45\ In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1, 
            Members, officers, and employees of the Senate shall include 
            in each report filed under paragraph 1\46\ an additional 
            statement under section 102(a) of the Ethics in Government 
            Act of 1978 listing the category of the total cash value of 
            any interest of the reporting individual in a qualified 
            blind trust as provided in section 102(d)(1) of the Ethics 
            in Government Act of 1978, unless the trust instrument was 
            executed prior to July 24, 1995 and precludes the 
            beneficiary from receiving information on the total cash 
            value of any interest in the qualified blind trust.
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            I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 for calendar year 
            1996 and thereafter.
                \46\Renumbered by S. Res. 198, 104-1, Dec. 7, 1995.

        35                            RULE XXXV

                                      GIFTS\47\
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     35.1a      1. (a)(1) No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate 
            shall knowingly accept a gift except as provided in this 
            rule.
                (2)(A)\48\ A Member, officer, or employee may accept a 
            gift (other than cash or cash equivalent) which the Member, 
            officer, or employee reasonably and in good faith believes 
            to have a value of less than $50, and a cumulative value 
            from one source during a calendar year of less than $100. No 
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            the $100 annual limit. No formal recordkeeping is required 
            by this paragraph, but a Member, officer, or employee shall 
            make a good faith effort to comply with this paragraph.
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                (B) A Member, officer, or employee may not knowingly 
            accept a gift from a registered lobbyist, an agent of a 
            foreign principal, or a private entity that retains or 
            employs a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign 
            principal, except as provided in subparagraphs (c) and (d).
     35.1b      (b)(1) For the purpose of this rule, the term ``gift'' 
            means any gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, 
            hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other item having 
            monetary value. The term includes gifts of services, 
            training, transportation, lodging, and meals, whether 
            provided in kind, by purchase of a ticket, payment in 
            advance, or reimbursement after the expense has been 
            incurred.
                (2)(A) A gift to a family member of a Member, officer, 
            or employee, or a gift to any other individual based on that 
            individual's relationship with the Member, officer, or 
            employee, shall be considered a gift to the Member, officer, 
            or employee if it is given with the knowledge and 
            acquiescence of the Member, officer, or employee and the 
            Member, officer, or employee has reason to believe the gift 
            was given because of the official position of the Member, 
            officer, or employee.
                (B) If food or refreshment is provided at the same time 
            and place to both a Member, officer, or employee and the 
            spouse or dependent thereof, only the food or refreshment 
            provided to the Member, officer, or employee shall be 
            treated as a gift for purposes of this rule.
     35.1c      (c) The restrictions in subparagraph (a) shall not apply 
            to the following:
                        (1)(A)\49\ Anything for which the Member, 
                    officer, or employee pays the market value, or does 
                    not use and promptly returns to the donor.
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                        (B) The market value of a ticket to an 
                    entertainment or sporting event shall be the face 
                    value of the ticket or, in the case of a ticket 
                    without a face value, the value of the ticket with 
                    the highest face value for the event, except that if 
                    a ticket holder can establish in advance of the 
                    event to the Select Committee on Ethics that the 
                    ticket at issue is equivalent to another ticket with 
                    a face value, then the

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                    market value shall be set at the face value of the 
                    equivalent ticket. In establishing equivalency, the 
                    ticket holder shall provide written and 
                    independently verifiable information related to the 
                    primary features of the ticket, including, at a 
                    minimum, the seat location, access to parking, 
                    availability of food and refreshments, and access to 
                    venue areas not open to the public. The Select 
                    Committee on Ethics may make a determination of 
                    equivalency only if such information is provided in 
                    advance of the event.
                        (C)(i)\50\ Fair market value for a flight on an 
                    aircraft described in item (ii) shall be the pro 
                    rata share of the fair market value of the normal 
                    and usual charter fare or rental charge for a 
                    comparable plane of comparable size, as determined 
                    by dividing such cost by the number of Members, 
                    officers, or employees of Congress on the flight.
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                        (ii) A flight on an aircraft described in this 
                    item is any flight on an aircraft that is not--
                                (I) operated or paid for by an air 
                            carrier or commercial operator certificated 
                            by the Federal Aviation Administration and 
                            required to be conducted under air carrier 
                            safety rules; or
                                (II) in the case of travel which is 
                            abroad, an air carrier or commercial 
                            operator certificated by an appropriate 
                            foreign civil aviation authority and the 
                            flight is required to be conducted under air 
                            carrier safety rules.
                        (iii) This subclause shall not apply to an 
                    aircraft owned or leased by a governmental entity or 
                    by a Member of Congress or a Member's immediate 
                    family member (including an aircraft owned by an 
                    entity that is not a public corporation in which the 
                    Member or Member's immediate family member has an 
                    ownership interest), provided that the Member does 
                    not use the aircraft any more than the Member's or 
                    immediate family member's proportionate share of 
                    ownership allows.
                        (2) A contribution, as defined in the Federal 
                    Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et 
                    seq.)\51\ that is lawfully made under that Act, or 
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                    zation described in section 527(e) of the Internal 
                    Revenue Code of 1986.
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                        (3) A gift from a relative as described in 
                    section 109(16) of Title I of the Ethics Reform Act 
                    of 1989 (5 U.S.C. App. 6).\52\
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                        (4)(A) Anything, including personal 
                    hospitality,\53\ provided by an individual on the 
                    basis of a personal friendship unless the Member, 
                    officer, or employee has reason to believe that, 
                    under the circumstances, the gift was provided 
                    because of the official position of the Member, 
                    officer, or employee and not because of the personal 
                    friendship.
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                        (B) In determining whether a gift is provided on 
                    the basis of personal friendship, the Member, 
                    officer, or employee shall consider the 
                    circumstances under which the gift was offered, such 
                    as:
                                (i) The history of the relationship 
                            between the individual giving the gift and 
                            the recipient of the gift, including any 
                            previous exchange of gifts between such 
                            individuals.
                                (ii) Whether to the actual knowledge of 
                            the Member, officer, or employee the 
                            individual who gave the gift personally paid 
                            for the gift or sought a tax deduction or 
                            business reimbursement for the gift.
                                (iii) Whether to the actual knowledge of 
                            the Member, officer, or employee the 
                            individual who gave the gift also at the 
                            same time gave the same or similar gifts to 
                            other Members, officers, or employees.
                        (5) A contribution or other payment to a legal 
                    expense fund established for the benefit of a 
                    Member, officer, or employee, that is otherwise 
                    lawfully made, subject to the disclosure 
                    requirements of the Select Committee on Ethics, 
                    except as provided in paragraph 3(c).
                        (6) Any gift from another Member, officer, or 
                    employee of the Senate or the House of 
                    Representatives.
                        (7) Food, refreshments, lodging, and other 
                    benefits--
                                (A) resulting from the outside business 
                            or employment activities (or other outside 
                            activities

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                            that are not connected to the duties of the 
                            Member, officer, or employee as an 
                            officeholder) of the Member, officer or 
                            employee, or the spouse of the Member, 
                            officer, or employee, if such benefits have 
                            not been offered or enhanced because of the 
                            official position of the Member, officer, or 
                            employee and are customarily provided to 
                            others in similar circumstances;
                                (B) customarily provided by a 
                            prospective employer in connection with bona 
                            fide employment discussions; or
                                (C) provided by a political organization 
                            described in section 527(e) of the Internal 
                            Revenue Code of 1986 in connection with a 
                            fundraising or campaign event sponsored by 
                            such an organization.
                        (8) Pension and other benefits resulting from 
                    continued participation in an employee welfare and 
                    benefits plan maintained by a former employer.
                        (9) Informational materials that are sent to the 
                    office of the Member, officer, or employee in the 
                    form of books, articles, periodicals, other written 
                    materials, audiotapes, videotapes, or other forms of 
                    communication.
                        (10) Awards or prizes which are given to 
                    competitors in contests or events open to the 
                    public, including random drawings.
                        (11) Honorary degrees (and associated travel, 
                    food, refreshments, and entertainment) and other 
                    bona fide, nonmonetary awards presented in 
                    recognition of public service (and associated food, 
                    refreshments, and entertainment provided in the 
                    presentation of such degrees and awards).
                        (12) Donations of products from the State that 
                    the Member represents that are intended primarily 
                    for promotional purposes, such as display or free 
                    distribution, and are of minimal value to any 
                    individual recipient.
                        (13) Training (including food and refreshments 
                    furnished to all attendees as an integral part of 
                    the training) provided to a Member, officer, or 
                    employee, if such training is in the interest of the 
                    Senate.
                        (14) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers 
                    at death.

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                        (15) Any item, the receipt of which is 
                    authorized by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, 
                    the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, or 
                    any other statute.
                        (16) Anything which is paid for by the Federal 
                    Government, by a State or local government, or 
                    secured by the Government under a Government 
                    contract.
                        (17) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined 
                    in section 109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act) 
                    of an individual other than a registered lobbyist or 
                    agent of a foreign principal.
                        (18) Free attendance at a widely attended event 
                    permitted pursuant to subparagraph (d).
                        (19) Opportunities and benefits which are--
                                (A) available to the public or to a 
                            class consisting of all Federal employees, 
                            whether or not restricted on the basis of 
                            geographic consideration;
                                (B) offered to members of a group or 
                            class in which membership is unrelated to 
                            congressional employment;
                                (C) offered to members of an 
                            organization, such as an employees' 
                            association or congressional credit union, 
                            in which membership is related to 
                            congressional employment and similar 
                            opportunities are available to large 
                            segments of the public through organizations 
                            of similar size;
                                (D) offered to any group or class that 
                            is not defined in a manner that specifically 
                            discriminates among Government employees on 
                            the basis of branch of Government or type of 
                            responsibility, or on a basis that favors 
                            those of higher rank or rate of pay;
                                (E) in the form of loans from banks and 
                            other financial institutions on terms 
                            generally available to the public; or
                                (F) in the form of reduced membership or 
                            other fees for participation in organization 
                            activities offered to all Government 
                            employees by professional organizations if 
                            the only restrictions on membership relate 
                            to professional qualifications.
                        (20) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is 
                    substantially commemorative in nature and which is 
                    intended solely for presentation.

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                        (21) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a 
                    waiver is granted by the Select Committee on Ethics.
                        (22) Food or refreshments of a nominal value 
                    offered other than as a part of a meal.
                        (23) An item of little intrinsic value such as a 
                    greeting card, baseball cap, or a T-shirt.
                        (24)\54\ Subject to the restrictions in 
                    subparagraph (a)(2)(A), free attendance at a 
                    constituent event permitted pursuant to subparagraph 
                    (g).
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     35.1d      (d)(1) A Member, officer, or employee may accept an 
            offer of free attendance at a widely attended convention, 
            conference, symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner, 
            viewing, reception, or similar event, provided by the 
            sponsor of the event, if--
                        (A) the Member, officer, or employee 
                    participates in the event as a speaker or a panel 
                    participant, by presenting information related to 
                    Congress or matters before Congress, or by 
                    performing a ceremonial function appropriate to the 
                    Member's, officer's, or employee's official 
                    position; or
                        (B) attendance at the event is appropriate to 
                    the performance of the official duties or 
                    representative function of the Member, officer, or 
                    employee.
                (2) A Member, officer, or employee who attends an event 
            described in clause (1) may accept a sponsor's unsolicited 
            offer of free attendance at the event for an accompanying 
            individual if others in attendance will generally be 
            similarly accompanied or if such attendance is appropriate 
            to assist in the representation of the Senate.
                (3) A Member, officer, or employee, or the spouse or 
            dependent thereof, may accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer 
            of free attendance at a charity event, except that 
            reimbursement for transportation and lodging may not be 
            accepted in connection with an event that does not meet the 
            standards provided in paragraph 2.
                (4) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``free 
            attendance'' may include waiver of all or part of a 
            conference or other fee, the provision of local 
            transportation, or the provision of food, refreshments, 
            entertainment, and instructional materials furnished to all 
            attendees as an integral part of the event. The term does 
            not include entertainment collateral to the event, nor does 
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            refreshments taken other than in a group setting with all or 
            substantially all other attendees.
                (5)\55\ During the dates of the national party 
            convention for the political party to which a Member 
            belongs, a Member may not participate in an event honoring 
            that Member, other than in his or her capacity as the 
            party's presidential or vice presidential nominee or 
            presumptive nominee, if such event is directly paid for by a 
            registered lobbyist or a private entity that retains or 
            employs a registered lobbyist.
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     35.1e      (e) No Member, officer, or employee may accept a gift 
            the value of which exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal 
            friendship exception in subparagraph (c)(4) unless the 
            Select Committee on Ethics issues a written determination 
            that such exception applies. No determination under this 
            subparagraph is required for gifts given on the basis of the 
            family relationship exception.
     35.1f      (f) When it is not practicable to return a tangible item 
            because it is perishable, the item may, at the discretion of 
            the recipient, be given to an appropriate charity or 
            destroyed.
     35.1g      (g)(1)\56\ A Member, officer, or employee may accept an 
            offer of free attendance in the Member's home State at a 
            conference, symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner 
            event, site visit, viewing, reception, or similar event, 
            provided by a sponsor of the event, if--
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                        (A) the cost of meals provided the Member, 
                    officer, or employee is less than $50;
                        (B)(i) the event is sponsored by constituents 
                    of, or a group that consists primarily of 
                    constituents of, the Member (or the Member by whom 
                    the officer or employee is employed); and
                        (ii) the event will be attended primarily by a 
                    group of at least 5 constituents of the Member (or 
                    the Member by whom the officer or employee is 
                    employed) provided that a registered lobbyist shall 
                    not attend the event; and
                        (C)(i) the Member, officer, or employee 
                    participates in the event as a speaker or a panel 
                    participant, by presenting information related to 
                    Congress or matters before Congress, or by 
                    performing a ceremonial function appropriate to the 
                    Member's, officer's, or employee's official 
                    position; or

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                        (ii) attendance at the event is appropriate to 
                    the performance of the official duties or 
                    representative function of the Member, officer, or 
                    employee.
                (2) A Member, officer, or employee who attends an event 
            described in clause (1) may accept a sponsor's unsolicited 
            offer of free attendance at the event for an accompanying 
            individual if others in attendance will generally be 
            similarly accompanied or if such attendance is appropriate 
            to assist in the representation of the Senate.
                (3) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `free 
            attendance' has the same meaning given such term in 
            subparagraph (d).
     35.2a      2. (a)(1)\57\ A reimbursement (including payment in 
            kind) to a Member, officer, or employee from an individual 
            other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
            principal or a private entity that retains or employs 1 or 
            more registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal 
            for necessary transportation, lodging and related expenses 
            for travel to a meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding 
            trip or similar event in connection with the duties of the 
            Member, officer, or employee as an officeholder shall be 
            deemed to be a reimbursement to the Senate and not a gift 
            prohibited by this rule, if the Member, officer, or employee 
            complies with the requirements of this paragraph.
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                (2)(A)\58\ Notwithstanding clause (1), a reimbursement 
            (including payment in kind) to a Member, officer, or 
            employee of the Senate from an individual, other than a 
            registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal, that is 
            a private entity that retains or employs 1 or more 
            registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal shall 
            be deemed to be a reimbursement to the Senate under clause 
            (1) if--
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                        (i) the reimbursement is for necessary 
                    transportation, lodging, and related expenses for 
                    travel to a meeting, speaking engagement, 
                    factfinding trip, or similar event described in 
                    clause (1) in connection with the duties of the 
                    Member, officer, or employee and the reimbursement 
                    is provided only for attendance at or participation 
                    for 1 day (exclusive of travel time and an overnight 
                    stay) at an event described in clause (1); or
                        (ii) the reimbursement is for necessary 
                    transportation, lodging, and related expenses for 
                    travel to a

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                    meeting, speaking engagement, factfinding trip, or 
                    similar event described in clause (1) in connection 
                    with the duties of the Member, officer, or employee 
                    and the reimbursement is from an organization 
                    designated under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
                    Revenue Code of 1986.
                (B) When deciding whether to preapprove a trip under 
            this clause, the Select Committee on Ethics shall make a 
            determination consistent with regulations issued pursuant to 
            section 544(b) of the Honest Leadership and Open Government 
            Act of 2007. The committee through regulations to implement 
            subclause (A)(i) may permit a longer stay when determined by 
            the committee to be practically required to participate in 
            the event, but in no event may the stay exceed 2 nights.
                (3)\59\ For purposes of clauses (1) and (2), events, the 
            activities of which are substantially recreational in 
            nature, shall not be considered to be in connection with 
            duties of a Member, officer, or employee as an officeholder.
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     35.2b      (b)\60\Before an employee may accept reimbursement 
            pursuant to subparagraph (a), the employee shall receive 
            advance written authorization from the Member or officer 
            under whose direct supervision the employee works. Each 
            advance authorization to accept reimbursement shall be 
            signed by the Member or officer under whose direct 
            supervision the employee works and shall include--
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                        (1) the name of the employee;
                        (2) the name of the person who will make the 
                    reimbursement;
                        (3) the time, place, and purpose of the travel; 
                    and
                        (4) a determination that the travel is in 
                    connection with the duties of the employee as an 
                    officeholder and would not create the appearance 
                    that the employee is using public office for private 
                    gain.
     35.2c      (c)\61\ Each Member, officer, or employee that receives 
            reimbursement under this paragraph shall disclose the 
            expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed, the authorization 
            under subparagraph (b) (for an employee), and a copy of the 
            certification in subparagraph (e)(1) to the Secretary of the 
            Senate not later than 30 days after the travel is completed. 
            Each disclosure made under this subparagraph of expenses 
            reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall be signed

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            by the Member or officer (in the case of travel by that 
            Member or officer) or by the Member or officer under whose 
            direct supervision the employee works (in the case of travel 
            by an employee) and shall include--
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                        (1) a good faith estimate of total 
                    transportation expenses reimbursed or to be 
                    reimbursed;
                        (2) a good faith estimate of total lodging 
                    expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
                        (3) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses 
                    reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
                        (4) a good faith estimate of the total of other 
                    expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
                        (5) a determination that all such expenses are 
                    necessary transportation, lodging, and related 
                    expenses as defined in this paragraph;
                        (6)\62\ a description of meetings and events 
                    attended; and
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                        (7)\63\ in the case of a reimbursement to a 
                    Member or officer, a determination that the travel 
                    was in connection with the duties of the Member or 
                    officer as an officeholder and would not create the 
                    appearance that the Member or officer is using 
                    public office for private gain.
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     35.2d      (d)(1)\64\ A Member, officer, or employee of the Senate 
            may not accept a reimbursement (including payment in kind) 
            for transportation, lodging, or related expenses under 
            subparagraph (a) for a trip that was--
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                        (A) planned, organized, or arranged by or at the 
                    request of a registered lobbyist or agent of a 
                    foreign principal; or
                        (B)(i) for trips described under subparagraph 
                    (a)(2)(A)(i) on which a registered lobbyist 
                    accompanies the Member, officer, or employee on any 
                    segment of the trip; or
                        (ii) for all other trips allowed under this 
                    paragraph, on which a registered lobbyist 
                    accompanies the Member, officer, or employee at any 
                    point throughout the trip.
                (2) The Select Committee on Ethics shall issue 
            regulations identifying de minimis activities by registered 
            lobbyists or foreign agents that would not violate this 
            subparagraph.

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     35.2e      (e)\65\ A Member, officer, or employee shall, before 
            accepting travel otherwise permissible under this paragraph 
            from any source--
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                        (1) provide to the Select Committee on Ethics a 
                    written certification from such source that--
                                (A) the trip will not be financed in any 
                            part by a registered lobbyist or agent of a 
                            foreign principal;
                                (B) the source either--
                                  (i) does not retain or employ 
                            registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign 
                            principal and is not itself a registered 
                            lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal; or
                                  (ii) certifies that the trip meets the 
                            requirements of subclause (i) or (ii) of 
                            subparagraph (a)(2)(A);
                                (C) the source will not accept from a 
                            registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
                            principal or a private entity that retains 
                            or employs 1 or more registered lobbyists or 
                            agents of a foreign principal, funds 
                            earmarked directly or indirectly for the 
                            purpose of financing the specific trip; and
                                (D) the trip will not in any part be 
                            planned, organized, requested, or arranged 
                            by a registered lobbyist or agent of a 
                            foreign principal and the traveler will not 
                            be accompanied on the trip consistent with 
                            the applicable requirements of subparagraph 
                            (d)(1)(B) by a registered lobbyist or agent 
                            of a foreign principal, except as permitted 
                            by regulations issued under subparagraph 
                            (d)(2); and
                        (2) after the Select Committee on Ethics has 
                    promulgated regulations pursuant to section 544(b) 
                    of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 
                    2007, obtain the prior approval of the committee for 
                    such reimbursement.
     35.2f      (f)\66\ For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 
            ``necessary transportation, lodging, and related 
            expenses''--
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                    necessary for travel for a period not exceeding 3 
                    days exclusive of travel time within the United 
                    States or 7 days exclusive of travel time outside of 
                    the United States

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                    unless approved in advance by the Select Committee 
                    on Ethics;
                        (2) is limited to reasonable expenditures for 
                    transportation, lodging, conference fees and 
                    materials, and food and refreshments, including 
                    reimbursement for necessary transportation, whether 
                    or not such transportation occurs within the periods 
                    described in clause (1);
                        (3) does not include expenditures for 
                    recreational activities, nor does it include 
                    entertainment other than that provided to all 
                    attendees as an integral part of the event, except 
                    for activities or entertainment otherwise 
                    permissible under this rule; and
                        (4) may include travel expenses incurred on 
                    behalf of either the spouse or a child of the 
                    Member, officer, or employee, subject to a 
                    determination signed by the Member or officer (or in 
                    the case of an employee, the Member or officer under 
                    whose direct supervision the employee works) that 
                    the attendance of the spouse or child is appropriate 
                    to assist in the representation of the Senate.

     35.2g      (g) The Secretary of the Senate shall make all advance 
            authorizations, certifications, and disclosures filed 
            pursuant to this paragraph available for public inspection 
            as soon as possible after they are received, but in no event 
            prior to the completion of the relevant travel.
      35.3      3. A gift prohibited by paragraph 1(a) includes the 
            following:
     35.3a
                      
                        (a) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist 
                    or an agent of a foreign principal to an entity that 
                    is maintained or controlled by a Member, officer, or 
                    employee.

     35.3b
                      
                        (b) A charitable contribution (as defined in 
                    section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 
                    made by a registered lobbyist or an agent of a 
                    foreign principal on the basis of a designation, 
                    recommendation, or other specification of a Member, 
                    officer, or employee (not including a mass mailing 
                    or other solicitation directed to a broad category 
                    of persons or entities), other than a charitable 
                    contribution permitted by paragraph 4.

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     35.3c
                        (c) A contribution or other payment by a 
                    registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign 
                    principal to a legal expense fund established for 
                    the benefit of a Member, officer, or employee.
                      
     35.3d
                        (d) A financial contribution or expenditure made 
                    by a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign 
                    principal relating to a conference, retreat, or 
                    similar event, sponsored by or affiliated with an 
                    official congressional organization, for or on 
                    behalf of Members, officers, or employees.
     35.4a      4. (a) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 
            170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a 
            registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal in 
            lieu of an honorarium to a Member, officer, or employee 
            shall not be considered a gift under this rule if it is 
            reported as provided in subparagraph (b).
     35.4b      (b) A Member, officer, or employee who designates or 
            recommends a contribution to a charitable organization in 
            lieu of honoraria described in subparagraph (a) shall report 
            within 30 days after such designation or recommendation to 
            the Secretary of the Senate--
                        (1) the name and address of the registered 
                    lobbyist who is making the contribution in lieu of 
                    honoraria;
                        (2) the date and amount of the contribution; and
                        (3) the name and address of the charitable 
                    organization designated or recommended by the 
                    Member.
            The Secretary of the Senate shall make public information 
            received pursuant to this subparagraph as soon as possible 
            after it is received.
      35.5      5. For purposes of this rule--
                      
     35.5a
                        (a) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a 
                    lobbyist registered under the Federal Regulation of 
                    Lobbying Act or any successor statute; and
                      
     35.5b
                        (b) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' 
                    means an agent of a foreign principal registered 
                    under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
      35.6      6. All the provisions of this rule shall be interpreted 
            and enforced solely by the Select Committee on Ethics. The 
            Select Committee on Ethics is authorized to issue guidance 
            on any matter contained in this rule.


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            S. Res. 512, 97-2, Dec. 14, 1982, effective Jan. 1, 1983. 
            New rule XXXVI language established by S. Res. 192, 102-1, 
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                                OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME

                For purposes of this rule, the provisions of section 501 
            of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
            Sec. 501) shall be deemed to be a rule of the Senate as it 
            pertains to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate.

        37                           RULE XXXVII

                                CONFLICT OF INTEREST

      37.1      1. A Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall 
            not receive any compensation, nor shall he permit any 
            compensation to accrue to his beneficial interest from any 
            source, the receipt or accrual of which would occur by 
            virtue of influence improperly exerted from his position as 
            a Member, officer, or employee.
      37.2      2. No Member, officer, or employee shall engage in any 
            outside business or professional activity or employment for 
            compensation which is inconsistent or in conflict with the 
            conscientious performance of official duties.
      37.3      3. No officer or employee shall engage in any outside 
            business or professional activity or employment for 
            compensation unless he has reported in writing when such 
            activity or employment commences and on May 15 of each year 
            thereafter so long as such activity or employment continues, 
            the nature of such activity or employment to his supervisor. 
            The supervisor shall then, in the discharge of his duties, 
            take such action as he considers necessary for the avoidance 
            of conflict of interest or interference with duties to the 
            Senate.
      37.4      4. No Member, officer, or employee shall knowingly use 
            his official position to introduce or aid the progress or 
            passage of legislation, a principal purpose of which is to 
            further only his pecuniary interest, only the pecuniary 
            interest of his immediate family, or only the pecuniary 
            interest of a limited class of persons or enterprises, when 
            he, or his immediate family, or enterprises controlled by 
            them, are members of the affected class.

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     37.5a      5. (a)\68\ No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate 
            compensated at a rate in excess of $25,000 per annum and 
            employed for more than ninety days in a calendar year shall 
            (1) affiliate with a firm, partnership, association, or 
            corporation for the purpose of providing professional 
            services for compensation; (2) permit that individual's name 
            to be used by such a firm, partnership, association or 
            corporation; or (3) practice a profession for compensation 
            to any extent during regular office hours of the Senate 
            office in which employed. For the purposes of this 
            paragraph, ``professional services'' shall include but not 
            be limited to those which involve a fiduciary relationship.
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     37.5b      (b) A Member or an officer or employee whose rate of 
            basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the 
            annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-15 of the 
            General Schedule shall not--
                        (1) receive compensation for affiliating with or 
                    being employed by a firm, partnership, association, 
                    corporation, or other entity which provides 
                    professional services involving a fiduciary 
                    relationship;
                        (2) permit that Member's, officer's, or 
                    employee's name to be used by any such firm, 
                    partnership, association, corporation, or other 
                    entity;
                        (3) receive compensation for practicing a 
                    profession which involves a fiduciary relationship; 
                    or
                        (4) receive compensation for teaching, without 
                    the prior notification and approval of the 
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     37.6a      6. (a)\70\ No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate 
            compensated at a rate in excess of $25,000 per annum and 
            employed for more than ninety days in a calendar year shall 
            serve as an officer or member of the board of any publicly 
            held or publicly regulated corporation, financial 
            institution, or business entity. The preceding sentence 
            shall not apply to service of a Member, officer, or employee 
            as--
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                        (1) an officer or member of the board of an 
                    organization which is exempt from taxation under 
                    section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 
                    if such service is performed without compensation;

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                        (2) an officer or member of the board of an 
                    institution or organization which is principally 
                    available to Members, officers, or employees of the 
                    Senate, or their families, if such service is 
                    performed without compensation; or
                        (3) a member of the board of a corporation, 
                    institution, or other business entity, if (A) the 
                    Member, officer, or employee had served continuously 
                    as a member of the board thereof for at least two 
                    years prior to his election or appointment as a 
                    Member, officer, or employee of the Senate, (B) the 
                    amount of time required to perform such service is 
                    minimal, and (C) the Member, officer, or employee is 
                    not a member of, or a member of the staff of any 
                    Senate committee which has legislative jurisdiction 
                    over any agency of the Government charged with 
                    regulating the activities of the corporation, 
                    institution, or other business entity.

     37.6b      (b) A Member or an officer or employee whose rate of 
            basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the 
            annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-15 of the 
            General Schedule shall not serve for compensation as an 
            officer or member of the board of any association, 
            corporation, or other entity.

      37.7      7. An employee on the staff of a committee who is 
            compensated at a rate in excess of $25,000 per annum and 
            employed for more than ninety days in a calendar year shall 
            divest himself of any substantial holdings which may be 
            directly affected by the actions of the committee for which 
            he works, unless the Select Committee, after consultation 
            with the employee's supervisor, grants permission in writing 
            to retain such holdings or the employee makes other 
            arrangements acceptable to the Select Committee and the 
            employee's supervisor to avoid participation in committee 
            actions where there is a conflict of interest, or the 
            appearance thereof.
      37.8      8.\71\ If a Member, upon leaving office, becomes a 
            registered lobbyist under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying 
            Act of 1946 or any successor statute, or is employed or 
            retained by such a registered lobbyist or an entity that 
            employs or retains a registered lobbyist for the purpose of 
            influencing legislation, he shall not lobby Members, offi

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            cers, or employees of the Senate for a period of two years 
            after leaving office.
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     37.9a      9. (a) If an employee on the staff of a Member, upon 
            leaving that position, becomes a registered lobbyist under 
            the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 or any 
            successor statute, or is employed or retained by such a 
            registered lobbyist or an entity that employs or retains a 
            registered lobbyist for the purpose of influencing 
            legislation, such employee may not lobby the Member for whom 
            he worked or that Member's staff for a period of one year 
            after leaving that position.
     37.9b      (b) If an employee on the staff of a committee, upon 
            leaving his position, becomes such a registered lobbyist or 
            is employed or retained by such a registered lobbyist or an 
            entity that employs or retains a registered lobbyist for the 
            purpose of influencing legislation, such employee may not 
            lobby the members of the committee for which he worked, or 
            the staff of that committee, for a period of one year after 
            leaving his position.
     37.9c      (c)\72\ If an officer of the Senate or an employee on 
            the staff of a Member or on the staff of a committee whose 
            rate of pay is equal to or greater than 75 percent of the 
            rate of pay of a Member and employed at such rate for more 
            than 60 days in a calendar year, upon leaving that position, 
            becomes a registered lobbyist, or is employed or retained by 
            such a registered lobbyist or an entity that employs or 
            retains a registered lobbyist for the purpose of influencing 
            legislation, such employee may not lobby any Member, 
            officer, or employee of the Senate for a period of 1 year 
            after leaving that position.
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            the office or employment to which such paragraph applies on 
            or after Dec. 31, 2007. Sec. 531 of Pub. L. 110-81, Sep. 14, 
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     37.10      10. \73\Paragraphs 8 and 9 shall not apply to contacts 
            with the staff of the Secretary of the Senate regarding 
            compliance with the lobbying disclosure requirements of the 
            Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
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    37.11a      11. (a) If a Member's spouse or immediate family member 
            is a registered lobbyist, or is employed or retained by such 
            a registered lobbyist or an entity that hires or retains a 
            registered lobbyist for the purpose of influencing 
            legislation, the Member shall prohibit all staff employed or 
            supervised by that Member (including staff in personal, 
            committee, and leadership offices) from having any contact

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            with the Member's spouse or immediate family member that 
            constitutes a lobbying contact as defined by section 3 of 
            the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by such person.
    37.11b      (b) Members and employees on the staff of a Member 
            (including staff in personal, committee, and leadership 
            offices) shall be prohibited from having any contact that 
            constitutes a lobbying contact as defined by section 3 of 
            the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by any spouse of a 
            Member who is a registered lobbyist, or is employed or 
            retained by such a registered lobbyist.
    37.11c      (c) The prohibition in subparagraph (b) shall not apply 
            to the spouse of a Member who was serving as a registered 
            lobbyist at least 1 year prior to the most recent election 
            of that Member to office or at least 1 year prior to his or 
            her marriage to that Member.
    37.12a      12. (a)\74\ Except as provided by subparagraph (b), any 
            employee of the Senate who is required to file a report 
            pursuant to rule XXXIV shall refrain from participating 
            personally and substantially as an employee of the Senate in 
            any contact with any agency of the executive or judicial 
            branch of Government with respect to non-legislative matters 
            affecting any non-governmental person in which the employee 
            has a significant financial interest.
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            respectively and paragraph 10 was added by S. Res. 236, 101-
            2, Jan. 30, 1990. Paragraph renumbered by Pub. L. 110-81, 
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    37.12b      (b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply if an employee 
            first advises his supervising authority of his significant 
            financial interest and obtains from his employing authority 
            a written waiver stating that the participation of the 
            employee is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be 
            filed with the Select Committee.
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    37.13a
                      
                        (a) ``employee of the Senate'' includes an 
                    employee or individual described in paragraphs 2, 3, 
                    and 4(c) of rule XLI;

    37.13b
                      
                        (b) an individual who is an employee on the 
                    staff of a subcommittee of a committee shall be 
                    treated as an employee on the staff of such 
                    committee; and

    37.13c
                      
                        (c) the term ``lobbying'' means any oral or 
                    written communication to influence the content or 
                    disposition of any issue before Congress, including 
                    any pending or future bill, resolution, treaty, 
                    nomination, hearing, report, or investigation; but 
                    does not include--

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                                (1) a communication (i) made in the form 
                            of testimony given before a committee or 
                            office of the Congress, or (ii) submitted 
                            for inclusion in the public record, public 
                            docket, or public file of a hearing; or
                                (2) a communication by an individual, 
                            acting solely on his own behalf, for redress 
                            of personal grievances, or to express his 
                            personal opinion.
    37.14a      14.\76\(a) A Member shall not negotiate or have any 
            arrangement concerning prospective private employment until 
            after his or her successor has been elected, unless such 
            Member files a signed statement with the Secretary of the 
            Senate, for public disclosure, regarding such negotiations 
            or arrangements not later than 3 business days after the 
            commencement of such negotiation or arrangement, including 
            the name of the private entity or entities involved in such 
            negotiations or arrangements, and the date such negotiations 
            or arrangements commenced.
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    37.14b      (b) A Member shall not negotiate or have any arrangement 
            concerning prospective employment for a job involving 
            lobbying activities as defined by the Lobbying Disclosure 
            Act of 1995 until after his or her successor has been 
            elected.
    37.14c      (c)(1) An employee of the Senate earning in excess of 75 
            percent of the salary paid to a Senator shall notify the 
            Select Committee on Ethics that he or she is negotiating or 
            has any arrangement concerning prospective private 
            employment.
                (2) The notification under this subparagraph shall be 
            made not later than 3 business days after the commencement 
            of such negotiation or arrangement.
                (3) An employee to whom this subparagraph applies 
            shall--
                        (A) recuse himself or herself from--
                                (i) any contact or communication with 
                            the prospective employer on issues of 
                            legislative interest to the prospective 
                            employer; and
                                (ii) any legislative matter in which 
                            there is a conflict of interest or an 
                            appearance of a conflict for that employee 
                            under this subparagraph; and
                        (B) notify the Select Committee on Ethics of 
                    such recusal.

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     37.15      15.\77\ For purposes of this rule--
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    37.15a
                      
                        (a) a Senator or the Vice President is the 
                    supervisor of his administrative, clerical, or other 
                    assistants;

    37.15b
                      
                        (b) a Senator who is the chairman of a committee 
                    is the supervisor of the professional, clerical, or 
                    other assistants to the committee except that 
                    minority staff members shall be under the 
                    supervision of the ranking minority Senator on the 
                    committee;

    37.15c
                      
                        (c) a Senator who is a chairman of a 
                    subcommittee which has its own staff and financial 
                    authorization is the supervisor of the professional, 
                    clerical, or other assistants to the subcommittee 
                    except that minority staff members shall be under 
                    the supervision of the ranking minority Senator on 
                    the subcommittee;

    37.15d
                      
                        (d) the President pro tempore is the supervisor 
                    of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
                    Doorkeeper, the Chaplain, the Legislative Counsel, 
                    and the employees of the Office of the Legislative 
                    Counsel;

    37.15e
                      
                        (e) the Secretary of the Senate is the 
                    supervisor of the employees of his office;

    37.15f
                      
                        (f) the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is the 
                    supervisor of the employees of his office;

    37.15g
                      
                        (g) the Majority and Minority Leaders and the 
                    Majority and Minority Whips are the supervisors of 
                    the research, clerical, or other assistants assigned 
                    to their respective offices;

    37.15h
                      
                        (h) the Majority Leader is the supervisor of the 
                    Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the 
                    Majority is the supervisor of the employees of his 
                    office; and

    37.15i
                      
                        (i) the Minority Leader is the supervisor of the 
                    Secretary for the Minority and the Secretary for the 
                    Minority is the supervisor of the employees of his 
                    office.

        38

                                    RULE XXXVIII

                      PROHIBITION OF UNOFFICIAL OFFICE ACCOUNTS

     38.1a      1. (a)\78\ No Member may maintain or have maintained for 
            his use an unofficial office account. The term ``unofficial 
            office account'' means an account or repository into which 
            funds are received for the purpose, at least in part, of de

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            fraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses allowable in 
            connection with the operation of a Member's office. An 
            unofficial office account does not include, and expenses 
            incurred by a Member in connection with his official duties 
            shall be defrayed only from--
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            was added by S. Res. 192, 102-1, Oct. 31, 1991. Effective 
            date revised to May 1, 1992, by Pub. L. 102-229, Dec. 12, 
            1991.
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                        (1) personal funds of the Member;
                        (2) official funds specifically appropriated for 
                    that purpose;
                        (3) funds derived from a political committee (as 
                    defined in section 301(d) of the Federal Election 
                    Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431))\79\; and
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                        (4) funds received as reasonable reimbursements 
                    for expenses incurred by a Member in connection with 
                    personal services provided by the Member to the 
                    organization making the reimbursement.
     38.1b      (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), official expenses 
            may be defrayed only as provided by subsections (d) and (i) 
            of section 311 of the Legislative Appropriations Act, 1991 
            (Public Law 101-520).\80\
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            Appropriations Act, 1991 (Pub. L. 101-520) was amended by 
            Pub. L. 107-68, Nov. 12, 2001.
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     38.1c      (c)\81\ For purposes of reimbursement under this rule, 
            fair market value of a flight on an aircraft shall be 
            determined as provided in paragraph 1(c)(1)(C) of rule XXXV.
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      38.2
                      
                2. No contribution (as defined in section 301(e) of the 
            Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431))\82\ 
            shall be converted to the personal use of any Member or any 
            former Member. For the purposes of this rule ``personal 
            use'' does not include reimbursement of expenses incurred by 
            a Member in connection with his official duties.
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        39                           RULE XXXIX

                                   FOREIGN TRAVEL

     39.1a      1. (a) Unless authorized by the Senate (or by the 
            President of the United States after an adjournment sine 
            die), no funds from the United States Government (including 
            foreign currencies made available under section 502(b) of 
            the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754(b)) shall be 
            received for the purpose of travel outside the United States 
            by any Member of the Senate whose term will expire at the 
            end of a Congress after--

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                        (1) the date of the general election in which 
                    his successor is elected; or
                        (2) in the case of a Member who is not a 
                    candidate in such general election, the earlier of 
                    the date of such general election or the adjournment 
                    sine die of the second regular session of that 
                    Congress.

     39.1b      (b)\83\ The travel restrictions provided by subparagraph 
            (a) with respect to a Member of the Senate whose term will 
            expire at the end of a Congress shall apply to travel by--
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                        (1) any employee of the Member;
                        (2) any elected officer of the Senate whose 
                    employment will terminate at the end of a Congress; 
                    and
                        (3) any employee of a committee whose employment 
                    will terminate at the end of a Congress.

      39.2      2. No Member, officer, or employee engaged in foreign 
            travel may claim payment or accept funds from the United 
            States Government (including foreign currencies made 
            available under section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 
            1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754(b)) for any expense for which the 
            individual has received reimbursement from any other source; 
            nor may such Member, officer, or employee receive 
            reimbursement for the same expense more than once from the 
            United States Government. No Member, officer, or employee 
            shall use any funds furnished to him to defray ordinary and 
            necessary expenses of foreign travel for any purpose other 
            than the purpose or purposes for which such funds were 
            furnished.
      39.3      3. A per diem allowance provided a Member, officer, or 
            employee in connection with foreign travel shall be used 
            solely for lodging, food, and related expenses and it is the 
            responsibility of the Member, officer, or employee receiving 
            such an allowance to return to the United States Government 
            that portion of the allowance received which is not actually 
            used for necessary lodging, food, and related expenses.


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        40                             RULE XL

               FRANKING PRIVILEGE AND RADIO AND TELEVISION STUDIOS\84\
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            are parallel to certain provisions of rule XL relating to 
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      40.1      1. A Senator or an individual who is a candidate for 
            nomination for election, or election, to the Senate may not 
            use the frank for any mass mailing (as defined in section 
            3210(a)(6)(E)\85\ of Title 39, United States Code) if such 
            mass mailing is mailed at or delivered to any postal 
            facility less than sixty days immediately before the date of 
            any primary or general election (whether regular, special, 
            or runoff) in which the Senator is a candidate for public 
            office or the individual is a candidate for Senator, unless 
            the candidacy of the Senator in such election is 
            uncontested.\86\
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                \85\Citation corrected by S. Res. 187, 101-1, Oct. 2, 
            1989, pursuant to Pub. L. 97-69, Oct. 26, 1981.
                \86\As amended by S. Res. 224, 103-2, June 21, 1994.

      40.2      2. A Senator shall use only official funds of the 
            Senate, including his official Senate allowances, to 
            purchase paper, to print, or to prepare any mass mailing 
            material which is to be sent out under the frank.
     40.3a      3. (a) When a Senator disseminates information under the 
            frank by a mass mailing (as defined in section 3210(a)(6)(E) 
            of Title 39, United States Code), the Senator shall register 
            quarterly\87\ with the Secretary of the Senate such mass 
            mailings. Such registration shall be made by filing with the 
            Secretary a copy of the matter mailed and providing, on a 
            form supplied by the Secretary, a description of the group 
            or groups of persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed.
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     40.3b      (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall promptly make 
            available for public inspection and copying a copy of the 
            mail matter registered, and a description of the group or 
            groups of persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed.
      40.4      4. Nothing in this rule shall apply to any mailing under 
            the frank which is (a) in direct response to inquiries or 
            requests from persons to whom the matter is mailed; (b) 
            addressed to colleagues in Congress or to government 
            officials (whether Federal, State, or local); or (c) 
            consists entirely of news releases to the communications 
            media.
      40.5      5. The Senate computer facilities shall not be used (a) 
            to store, maintain, or otherwise process any lists or 
            categories of lists of names and addresses identifying the 
            individuals included in such lists as campaign workers or 
            con

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            tributors, as members of a political party, or by any other 
            partisan political designation, (b) to produce computer 
            printouts except as authorized by user guides approved by 
            the Committee on Rules and Administration, or (c) to produce 
            mailing labels for mass mailings, or computer tapes and 
            discs, for use other than in service facilities maintained 
            and operated by the Senate or under contract to the Senate. 
            The Committee on Rules and Administration shall prescribe 
            such regulations not inconsistent with the purposes of this 
            paragraph as it determines necessary to carry out such 
            purposes.
     40.6a      6. (a) The radio and television studios provided by the 
            Senate or by the House of Representatives may not be used by 
            a Senator or an individual who is a candidate for nomination 
            for election, or election, to the Senate less than sixty 
            days immediately before the date of any primary or general 
            election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which that 
            Senator is a candidate for public office or that individual 
            is a candidate for Senator, unless the candidacy of the 
            Senator in such election is uncontested.\88\
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     40.6b      (b) This paragraph shall not apply if the facilities are 
            to be used at the request of, and at the expense of, a 
            licensed broadcast organization or an organization exempt 
            from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
            Revenue Code of 1954.

        41                            RULE XLI

                        POLITICAL FUND ACTIVITY; DEFINITIONS

      41.1      1. No officer or employee of the Senate may receive, 
            solicit, be a custodian of, or distribute any funds in 
            connection with any campaign for the nomination for 
            election, or the election, of any individual to be a Member 
            of the Senate or to any other Federal office. This 
            prohibition does not apply to three\89\ assistants to a 
            Senator, at least one of whom is in Washington, District of 
            Columbia, who have been designated by that Senator to 
            perform any of the functions described in the first sentence 
            of this paragraph and who are compensated at an annual rate 
            in excess of $10,000 if such designation has been made in 
            writing and filed with the Secretary of the Senate and if 
            each such assistant files a financial statement in the form 
            provided under rule XXXIV for each year during which he is 
            des

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            ignated under this rule. The Majority Leader and the 
            Minority Leader may each designate an employee of their 
            respective leadership office staff as one of the 3 designees 
            referred to in the second sentence.\90\\91\ The Secretary of 
            the Senate shall make the designation available for public 
            inspection.
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                \89\As amended by S. Res. 258, 100-1, Oct. 1, 1987.
                \90\Pursuant to S. Res. 236, 101-2, Jan. 30, 1990.
                \91\Pursuant to Pub. L. 116-94, Title XVII, sec. 1701, 
            the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader may each 
            designate up to 2 employees of their respective leadership 
            office staff as designees; however, the Standing Rules of 
            the Senate were not amended.

      41.2      2. For purposes of the Senate Code of Official Conduct--
     41.2a
                      
                        (a) an employee of the Senate includes any 
                    employee whose salary is disbursed by the Secretary 
                    of the Senate; and
     41.2b
                      
                        (b) the compensation of an officer or employee 
                    of the Senate who is a reemployed annuitant shall 
                    include amounts received by such officer or employee 
                    as an annuity, and such amounts shall be treated as 
                    disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
      41.3      3. Before approving the utilization by any committee of 
            the Senate of the services of an officer or employee of the 
            Government in accordance with paragraph 4\92\ of rule XXVII 
            or with an authorization provided by Senate resolution, the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration shall require such 
            officer or employee to agree in writing to comply with the 
            Senate Code of Official Conduct in the same manner and to 
            the same extent as an employee of the Senate. Any such 
            officer or employee shall, for purposes of such Code, be 
            treated as an employee of the Senate receiving compensation 
            disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate in an amount equal 
            to the amount of compensation he is receiving as an officer 
            or employee of the Government.
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            1991.

      41.4      4. No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall 
            utilize the full-time services of an individual for more 
            than ninety days in a calendar year in the conduct of 
            official duties of any committee or office of the Senate 
            (including a Member's office) unless such individual--
     41.4a
                      
                        (a) is an officer or employee of the Senate,
     41.4b
                      
                        (b) is an officer or employee of the Government 
                    (other than the Senate), or
     41.4c
                      
                        (c) agrees in writing to comply with the Senate 
                    Code of Official Conduct in the same manner and to 
                    the same extent as an employee of the Senate.


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            Any individual to whom subparagraph (c) applies shall, for 
            purposes of such Code, be treated as an employee of the 
            Senate receiving compensation disbursed by the Secretary of 
            the Senate in an amount equal to the amount of compensation 
            which such individual is receiving from any source for 
            performing such services.

      41.5      5. In exceptional circumstances for good cause shown, 
            the Select Committee on Ethics may waive the applicability 
            of any provision of the Senate Code of Official Conduct to 
            an employee hired on a per diem basis.
     41.6a      6. (a) The supervisor of an individual who performs 
            services for any Member, committee, or office of the Senate 
            for a period in excess of four weeks and who receives 
            compensation therefor from any source other than the United 
            States Government shall report to the Select Committee on 
            Ethics with respect to the utilization of the services of 
            such individual.
     41.6b      (b) A report under subparagraph (a) shall be made with 
            respect to an individual--
                        (1) when such individual begins performing 
                    services described in such subparagraph;
                        (2) at the close of each calendar quarter while 
                    such individual is performing such services; and
                        (3) when such individual ceases to perform such 
                    services. Each such report shall include the 
                    identity of the source of the compensation received 
                    by such individual and the amount or rate of 
                    compensation paid by such source.

     41.6c      (c) No report shall be required under subparagraph (a) 
            with respect to an individual who normally performs services 
            for a Member, committee, or office for less than eight hours 
            a week.
     41.6d      (d) For purposes of this paragraph, the supervisor of an 
            individual shall be determined under paragraph 12 of rule 
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            and S. Res. 299, 106-2, Apr. 27, 2000.

        42                            RULE XLII

                                EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

      42.1      1. No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall, 
            with respect to employment by the Senate or any office 
            thereof--

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     42.1a
                      
                        (a) fail or refuse to hire an individual;
     42.1b
                      
                        (b) discharge an individual; or
     42.1c
                      
                        (c) otherwise discriminate against an individual 
                    with respect to promotion, compensation, or terms, 
                    conditions, or privileges of employment
            on the basis of such individual's race, color, religion, 
            sex, national origin, age, or state of physical handicap.
      42.2      2.\94\ For purposes of this rule, the provisions of 
            section 509(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
            1990 shall be deemed to be a rule of the Senate as it 
            pertains to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate.
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                \94\Added by S. Res. 192, 102-1, Oct. 31, 1991, 
            effective July 26, 1990. Americans with Disabilities Act of 
            1990 was subsequently amended by Pub. L. 102-166, Nov. 21, 
            1991.

        43                           RULE XLIII

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      43.1      1. In responding to petitions for assistance, a Member 
            of the Senate, acting directly or through employees, has the 
            right to assist petitioners before executive and independent 
            government officials and agencies.
      43.2      2. At the request of a petitioner, a Member of the 
            Senate, or a Senate employee, may communicate with an 
            executive or independent government official or agency on 
            any matter to--
     43.2a
                      
                        (a) request information or a status report;
     43.2b
                      
                        (b) urge prompt consideration;
     43.2c
                      
                        (c) arrange for interviews or appointments;
     43.2d
                      
                        (d) express judgments;
     43.2e
                      
                        (e) call for reconsideration of an 
                    administrative response which the Member believes is 
                    not reasonably supported by statutes, regulations or 
                    considerations of equity or public policy; or
     43.2f
                      
                        (f) perform any other service of a similar 
                    nature consistent with the provisions of this rule.
      43.3      3. The decision to provide assistance to petitioners may 
            not be made on the basis of contributions or services, or 
            promises of contributions or services, to the Member's 
            political campaigns or to other organizations in which the 
            Member has a political, personal, or financial interest.

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      43.4      4. A Member shall make a reasonable effort to assure 
            that representations made in the Member's name by any Senate 
            employee are accurate and conform to the Member's 
            instructions and to this rule.
      43.5      5. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to limit the 
            authority of Members, and Senate employees, to perform 
            legislative, including committee, responsibilities.
      43.6      6.\96\ No Member, with the intent to influence solely on 
            the basis of partisan political affiliation an employment 
            decision or employment practice of any private entity, 
            shall--
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     43.6a
                      
                        (a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to 
                    take or withhold, an official act; or

     43.6b
                      
                        (b) influence, or offer or threaten to influence 
                    the official act of another.

        44                          RULE XLIV\97\
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                 CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AND RELATED ITEMS

     44.1a      1. (a) It shall not be in order to vote on a motion to 
            proceed to consider a bill or joint resolution reported by 
            any committee unless the chairman of the committee of 
            jurisdiction or the Majority Leader or his or her designee 
            certifies--
                (1) that each congressionally directed spending item, 
            limited tax benefit, and limited tariff benefit, if any, in 
            the bill or joint resolution, or in the committee report 
            accompanying the bill or joint resolution, has been 
            identified through lists, charts, or other similar means 
            including the name of each Senator who submitted a request 
            to the committee for each item so identified; and
                (2) that the information in clause (1) has been 
            available on a publicly accessible congressional website in 
            a searchable format at least 48 hours before such vote.
     44.1b      (b) If a point of order is sustained under this 
            paragraph, the motion to proceed shall be suspended until 
            the sponsor of the motion or his or her designee has 
            requested resumption and compliance with this paragraph has 
            been achieved.
     44.2a      2. (a) It shall not be in order to vote on a motion to 
            proceed to consider a Senate bill or joint resolution not 
            reported by committee unless the chairman of the committee 
            of jurisdiction or the Majority Leader or his or her 
            designee certifies--

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                        (1) that each congressionally directed spending 
                    item, limited tax benefit, and limited tariff 
                    benefit, if any, in the bill or joint resolution, 
                    has been identified through lists, charts, or other 
                    similar means, including the name of each Senator 
                    who submitted a request to the sponsor of the bill 
                    or joint resolution for each item so identified; and
                        (2) that the information in clause (1) has been 
                    available on a publicly accessible congressional 
                    website in a searchable format at least 48 hours 
                    before such vote.
     44.2b      (b) If a point of order is sustained under this 
            paragraph, the motion to proceed shall be suspended until 
            the sponsor of the motion or his or her designee has 
            requested resumption and compliance with this paragraph has 
            been achieved.
     44.3a      3. (a) It shall not be in order to vote on the adoption 
            of a report of a committee of conference unless the chairman 
            of the committee of jurisdiction or the Majority Leader or 
            his or her designee certifies--
                        (1) that each congressionally directed spending 
                    item, limited tax benefit, and limited tariff 
                    benefit, if any, in the conference report, or in the 
                    joint statement of managers accompanying the 
                    conference report, has been identified through 
                    lists, charts, or other means, including the name of 
                    each Senator who submitted a request to the 
                    committee of jurisdiction for each item so 
                    identified; and
                        (2) that the information in clause (1) has been 
                    available on a publicly accessible congressional 
                    website at least 48 hours before such vote.
     44.3b      (b) If a point of order is sustained under this 
            paragraph, then the conference report shall be set aside.
     44.4a      4. (a) If during consideration of a bill or joint 
            resolution, a Senator proposes an amendment containing a 
            congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, 
            or limited tariff benefit which was not included in the bill 
            or joint resolution as placed on the calendar or as reported 
            by any committee, in a committee report on such bill or 
            joint resolution, or a committee report of the Senate on a 
            companion measure, then as soon as practicable, the Senator 
            shall ensure that a list of such items (and the name of any 
            Senator who submitted a request to the Senator for each 
            respective item included in the list) is printed in the 
            Congressional Record.

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     44.4b      (b) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution 
            that includes congressionally directed spending items, 
            limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits in the bill 
            or joint resolution, or in the committee report accompanying 
            the bill or joint resolution, the committee shall as soon as 
            practicable identify on a publicly accessible congressional 
            website each such item through lists, charts, or other 
            similar means, including the name of each Senator who 
            submitted a request to the committee for each item so 
            identified. Availability on the Internet of a committee 
            report that contains the information described in this 
            subparagraph shall satisfy the requirements of this 
            subparagraph.
     44.4c      (c) To the extent technically feasible, information made 
            available on publicly accessible congressional websites 
            under paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be provided in a searchable 
            format.
      44.5      5. For the purpose of this rule--
                      

     44.5a
                      
                        (a) the term ``congressionally directed spending 
                    item'' means a provision or report language included 
                    primarily at the request of a Senator providing, 
                    authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of 
                    discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or 
                    other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan 
                    guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other 
                    expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a 
                    specific State, locality or Congressional district, 
                    other than through a statutory or administrative 
                    formula-driven or competitive award process;
                      

     44.5b
                      
                        (b) the term ``limited tax benefit'' means--
                                (1) any revenue provision that--
                                  (A) provides a Federal tax deduction, 
                            credit, exclusion, or preference to a 
                            particular beneficiary or limited group of 
                            beneficiaries under the Internal Revenue 
                            Code of 1986; and
                                  (B) contains eligibility criteria that 
                            are not uniform in application with respect 
                            to potential beneficiaries of such 
                            provision;
     44.5c
                      
                        (c) the term ``limited tariff benefit'' means a 
                    provision modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
                    of the United States in a manner that benefits 10 or 
                    fewer entities; and

     44.5d
                      
                        (d) except as used in subparagraph 8(e), the 
                    term ``item'' when not preceded by ``congressionally 
                    directed spending'' means any provision that is a 
                    congression

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                    ally directed spending item, a limited tax benefit, 
                    or a limited tariff benefit.
     44.6a      6. (a) A Senator who requests a congressionally directed 
            spending item, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff 
            benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying 
            report) or in any conference report (or an accompanying 
            joint statement of managers) shall provide a written 
            statement to the chairman and ranking member of the 
            committee of jurisdiction, including--
                        (1) the name of the Senator;
                        (2) in the case of a congressionally directed 
                    spending item, the name and location of the intended 
                    recipient or, if there is no specifically intended 
                    recipient, the intended location of the activity;
                        (3) in the case of a limited tax or tariff 
                    benefit, identification of the individual or 
                    entities reasonably anticipated to benefit, to the 
                    extent known to the Senator;
                        (4) the purpose of such congressionally directed 
                    spending item or limited tax or tariff benefit; and
                        (5) a certification that neither the Senator nor 
                    the Senator's immediate family has a pecuniary 
                    interest in the item, consistent with the 
                    requirements of paragraph 9.
     44.6b      (b) With respect to each item included in a Senate bill 
            or joint resolution (or accompanying report) reported by 
            committee or considered by the Senate, or included in a 
            conference report (or joint statement of managers 
            accompanying the conference report) considered by the 
            Senate, each committee of jurisdiction shall make available 
            for public inspection on the Internet the certifications 
            under subparagraph (a)(5) as soon as practicable.
      44.7      7. In the case of a bill, joint resolution, or 
            conference report that contains congressionally directed 
            spending items in any classified portion of a report 
            accompanying the measure, the committee of jurisdiction 
            shall, to the greatest extent practicable, consistent with 
            the need to protect national security (including 
            intelligence sources and methods), include on the list 
            required by paragraph 1, 2, or 3 as the case may be, a 
            general program description in unclassified language, 
            funding level, and the name of the sponsor of that 
            congressionally directed spending item.
     44.8a      8. (a) A Senator may raise a point of order against one 
            or more provisions of a conference report if they constitute 
            new directed spending provisions. The Presiding Officer

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            may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the 
            provisions against which the Senator raised the point of 
            order.
     44.8b      (b) If the Presiding Officer sustains the point of order 
            as to any of the provisions against which the Senator raised 
            the point of order, then those provisions against which the 
            Presiding Officer sustains the point of order shall be 
            stricken. After all other points of order under this 
            paragraph have been disposed of--
                        (1) the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
                    question of whether the Senate should recede from 
                    its amendment to the House bill, or its disagreement 
                    to the amendment of the House, and concur with a 
                    further amendment, which further amendment shall 
                    consist of only that portion of the conference 
                    report that has not been stricken; and
                        (2) the question in clause (1) shall be decided 
                    under the same debate limitation as the conference 
                    report and no further amendment shall be in order.

     44.8c      (c) Any Senator may move to waive any or all points of 
            order under this paragraph with respect to the pending 
            conference report by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
            the Members, duly chosen and sworn. All motions to waive 
            under this paragraph shall be debatable collectively for not 
            to exceed 1 hour equally divided between the Majority Leader 
            and the Minority Leader or their designees. A motion to 
            waive all points of order under this paragraph shall not be 
            amendable.
     44.8d      (d) All appeals from rulings of the Chair under this 
            paragraph shall be debatable collectively for not to exceed 
            1 hour, equally divided between the Majority and the 
            Minority Leader or their designees. An affirmative vote of 
            three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 
            sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal 
            of the ruling of the Chair under this paragraph.
     44.8e      (e) The term ``new directed spending provision'' as used 
            in this paragraph means any item that consists of a specific 
            provision containing a specific level of funding for any 
            specific account, specific program, specific project, or 
            specific activity, when no specific funding was provided for 
            such specific account, specific program, specific project, 
            or specific activity in the measure originally committed to 
            the conferees by either House.

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      44.9      9. No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall 
            knowingly use his official position to introduce, request, 
            or otherwise aid the progress or passage of congressionally 
            directed spending items, limited tax benefits, or limited 
            tariff benefits a principal purpose of which is to further 
            only his pecuniary interest, only the pecuniary interest of 
            his immediate family, or only the pecuniary interest of a 
            limited class of persons or enterprises, when he or his 
            immediate family, or enterprises controlled by them, are 
            members of the affected class.
     44.10      10. Any Senator may move to waive application of 
            paragraph 1, 2, or 3 with respect to a measure by an 
            affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen 
            and sworn. A motion to waive under this paragraph with 
            respect to a measure shall be debatable for not to exceed 1 
            hour equally divided between the Majority Leader and the 
            Minority Leader or their designees. With respect to points 
            of order raised under paragraphs 1, 2, or 3, only one appeal 
            from a ruling of the Chair shall be in order, and debate on 
            such an appeal from a ruling of the Chair on such point of 
            order shall be limited to one hour.
     44.11      11. Any Senator may move to waive all points of order 
            under this rule with respect to the pending measure or 
            motion by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
            Members, duly chosen and sworn. All motions to waive all 
            points of order with respect to a measure or motion as 
            provided by this paragraph shall be debatable collectively 
            for not to exceed 1 hour equally divided between the 
            Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. 
            A motion to waive all points of order with respect to a 
            measure or motion as provided by this paragraph shall not be 
            amendable.
     44.12      12. Paragraph 1, 2, or 3 of this rule may be waived by 
            joint agreement of the Majority Leader and the Minority 
            Leader of the Senate upon their certification that such 
            waiver is necessary as a result of a significant disruption 
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                                                                 Senate 
                                                                 Manual 
                                                                 Section

                             CHAMBER AND FLOOR PROCEDURE

            Senate procedure for the 117th Congress...................60
            Emergency authority relating to Senate 
              adjournments and recesses...............................61
            Authorizing regulations relating to the use of 
              official equipment......................................62
            Votes shall be cast from assigned desk....................63
            Authorizing a Senator to bring a young son or 
              daughter of the Senator onto the floor of the 
              Senate during votes.....................................64
            To permit an individual with a disability with 
              access to the Senate floor to bring necessary 
              supporting aids and services............................65
            Flowers in the Senate Chamber.............................66
            Reading of Washington's Farewell Address..................67
            Designation of the ``Daniel Webster Desk''................68
            Designation of the Jefferson Davis Desk...................69
            Designation of the Henry Clay Desk........................70
            Television and radio broadcast of Senate Chamber 
              proceedings.............................................71
            Reading of conference reports.............................72
            Public disclosure of notice of intent to object 
              to a measure or matter..................................73
            Permitting the waiving of the reading of an 
              amendment...............................................74
            To provide for expedited Senate consideration of 
              certain nominations subject to advice and 
              consent.................................................75

                        COMMITTEES AND OTHER SENATE ENTITIES

            Committee on Appropriations authority.....................76
            Consultants for the Committee on Appropriations 
                                                                      77
            Select Committee on Ethics................................78
            Select Committee on Ethics--additional 
              responsibility..........................................79
            Select Committee on Ethics--Chairman and Vice-
              chairman legislative assistants clerk-hire 
              allowance...............................................80
            Authorizing the Select Committee on Ethics to 
              provide training assistance to its 
              professional staff......................................81
            Select Committee on Intelligence..........................82
            Homeland security and intelligence oversight..............83
            Reorganization of Senate committee system.................84
              Special Committee on Aging..............................85
              Committee on Indian Affairs.............................86
              Committee assignments; chairmanships..................86.1
              Scheduling of committee meetings......................86.2
              Continuing review of the committee system.............86.3

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            Acceptance of gifts by the Committee on Rules 
              and Administration......................................87
            Authorizing suit by Senate committees.....................88
            National Security Working Group...........................89

                                      EMPLOYEES

            Special Deputies..........................................90
            Office of Deputy President pro tempore....................91
            Managing Political Fund Activity..........................92
            Senate Parliamentarian Emeritus...........................93
            Senate Chief Counsel for Employment Emeritus..............94
            Senate Historian Emeritus.................................95
            Senate Curator Emeritus...................................96
            Senate Security Director Emeritus.........................97
            Persons not full-time employees of the Senate.............98
            Senate pages..............................................99
            Closing the office of a Senator or Senate leader 
              who dies or resigns....................................100
            Pay for certain displaced Senate officers and 
              employees..............................................101
            Pay of clerical and other assistants as affected 
              by termination of service of appointed 
              Senators...............................................102
            Leave without pay status for certain Senate 
              employees performing service in the uniformed 
              services...............................................103
            Loyalty checks on Senate employees.......................104
            Equal employment opportunities...........................105
            Mandating anti-harassment training for Senators 
              and officers, employees, and interns of, and 
              detailees to the Senate................................106
            SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton 
              congressional gold star family fellowship 
              program................................................107
            McCain-Mansfield fellowship program......................108
            Senate youth program.....................................109
            Senior citizen internship program........................110
            Senate employee child care center........................111

                                      EXPENSES

            Transportation costs and travel expenses 
              incurred by Members and employees of the 
              Senate when engaged in authorized foreign 
              travel.................................................112
            Documentation required for reimbursements out of 
              Senators' official office expense accounts.............113
            Restrictions on certain expenses payable or 
              reimbursable from a Senator's official office 
              expense account........................................114
            Debt collection..........................................115
            Tort claims procedures...................................116
            Reimbursement of witness expenses........................117
            Authorizing the Senate to participate in 
              government transit programs............................118

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                                       ETHICS

            Relative to contributions for costs of civil, 
              criminal, or other legal investigations of 
              Members, officers, or employees of the Senate 
                                                                     119
            Clarifying rules regarding acceptance of pro 
              bono legal services by Senators........................120
            Standards of conduct for Members of the Senate 
              and officers and employees of the Senate...............121

                                     CEREMONIAL

            Seal of the Senate.......................................122
            Official Senate flag.....................................123
            Seal of the President pro tempore........................124
            Marble busts of Vice Presidents..........................125
            Award of service pins or emblems.........................126
            Designating the old Senate office building and 
              the new Senate office building as the 
              ``Richard Brevard Russell Senate Office 
              Building'' and the ``Everett McKinley Dirksen 
              Senate Office Building'', respectively.................127
            Designating the extension to the Dirksen Senate 
              office building as the ``Philip A. Hart Senate 
              Office Building''......................................128
            Prohibition on the removal of art and historic 
              objects from the Senate wing of the Capitol 
              and Senate office buildings for personal use 
                                                                     129
            Commission on Art and Antiquities of the United 
              States Senate..........................................130
            Interparliamentary activities and reception of 
              certain foreign officials..............................131
            Authorizing the display of the Senate Leadership 
              Portrait Collection in the Senate lobby................132
            Establishing a procedure for affixing and 
              removing permanent artwork and semi-permanent 
              artwork in the Senate wing of the Capitol and 
              in the Senate office buildings.........................133

                                       RECORDS

            Public access to Senate records at the National 
              Archives...............................................134
            Printing in the Congressional Record.....................135
            Printing of the Executive Journal........................136
            Printing of memorial tributes to deceased former 
              Members of the Senate..................................137
            Office of Senate Security................................138



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        60             SENATE PROCEDURE FOR THE 117TH CONGRESS

                Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXV of 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate, or any other provision of 
            the Standing Rules or Standing Orders of the Senate--
                        (1) the committees of the Senate, including 
                    joint committees and special committees, for the 
                    117th Congress shall be composed equally of members 
                    of both parties, to be appointed at a later time by 
                    the two Leaders;
                        (2) the budgets and office space for such 
                    committees, and all other subgroups, shall likewise 
                    be equal, with up to an additional 10 percent to be 
                    allocated for administrative expenses to be 
                    determined by the Committee on Rules and 
                    Administration, with the total administrative 
                    expenses allocation for all committees not to exceed 
                    historic levels; and
                        (3) the Chairman of a full committee may 
                    discharge a subcommittee of any Legislative or 
                    Executive Calendar item which has not been reported 
                    because of a tie vote and place it on the full 
                    committee's agenda.
                Sec. 2. The committee ratios under section 1 shall 
            remain in effect for the remainder of the 117th Congress, 
            except that if at any time during the 117th Congress either 
            party attains a majority of the whole number of Senators, 
            then each committee ratio shall be adjusted to reflect the 
            ratio of the parties in the Senate, and the provisions of 
            this resolution shall have no further effect, except that 
            the members who were first appointed by the two Leaders to 
            such committees in the 117th Congress, pursuant to the 
            authority in this resolution, shall no longer be members of 
            the committees, and the committee chairmanships shall be 
            held by the party which has attained a majority of the whole 
            number of Senators.

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                Sec. 3. Pursuant to the provisions and exceptions 
            described in sections 1 and 2, the following additional 
            Standing Orders of the Senate shall be in effect for the 
            117th Congress:
                        (1) If a committee has not reported out a 
                    measure or matter because of a tie vote, then--
                                (A) the Chairman of the committee shall 
                            transmit a notice of a tie vote to the 
                            Secretary of the Senate and such notice 
                            shall be printed in the Record; and
                                (B) after such notice of a tie vote has 
                            been transmitted, the Majority Leader or the 
                            Minority Leader may, only after consultation 
                            with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
                            committee, make a motion to discharge such 
                            measure or matter, and time for debate on 
                            such motion shall be limited to 4 hours, to 
                            be equally divided between the two Leaders 
                            or their designees, with no other motions, 
                            points of order, or amendments in order: 
                            Provided, That following the use or yielding 
                            back of time, the Senate vote on the motion 
                            to discharge, without any intervening 
                            action, motion, or debate, and if agreed to, 
                            the measure or matter be placed immediately 
                            on the appropriate Calendar.
                        (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII 
                    of the Standing Rules of the Senate, to ensure that 
                    any cloture motion shall be offered for the purpose 
                    of bringing to a close debate, in no case shall it 
                    be in order for any cloture motion to be presented 
                    on an amendable item during its first 12 hours of 
                    Senate debate: Provided, That all other provisions 
                    of rule XXII remain in status quo.
                Sec. 4. It is the sense of the Senate that both Leaders 
            shall seek to attain an equal balance of the interests of 
            the two parties when scheduling and debating legislative and 
            executive business generally, and in keeping with the 
            present Senate precedents, a motion to proceed to any 
            Legislative or Executive Calendar item shall continue to be 
            considered the prerogative of the Majority Leader, although 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate do not prohibit the right 
            of the Republican Leader, or any other Senator, to move to 
            proceed to any item.

                                      [S. Res. 27, 117-1, Feb. 3, 2021.]

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        61    EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO SENATE ADJOURNMENTS AND 
                                      RECESSES

                Resolved, That the presiding officer of the Senate may 
            suspend any proceeding of the Senate, including a rollcall 
            vote or a quorum call, and declare a recess or adjournment 
            of the Senate subject to existing authorities or subject to 
            the call of the Chair, within the limits of article I, 
            section 5, clause 4, of the Constitution, whenever the 
            presiding officer has been notified of an imminent threat.
                Sec. 2. When the Senate is out of session, the majority 
            and minority leaders, or their designees, may, acting 
            jointly and within the limits of article I, section 5, 
            clause 4, of the Constitution, modify any order for the time 
            or place of the convening of the Senate when, in their 
            opinion, such action is warranted by intervening 
            circumstances.

                                     [S. Res. 296, 108-2, Feb. 3, 2004.]

        62    AUTHORIZING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF OFFICIAL 
                                      EQUIPMENT

                Resolved, That (a) the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration of the Senate may issue regulations to 
            authorize a Senator or officer or employee of the Senate to 
            use official equipment for purposes incidental to the 
            conduct of their official duties.
                (b) Any use under subsection (a) shall be subject to 
            such terms and conditions as set forth in the regulations.

                                     [S. Res. 238, 108-1, Oct. 2, 2003.]

        63             VOTES SHALL BE CAST FROM ASSIGNED DESK

                Resolved, That it is a standing order of the Senate that 
            during yea and nay votes in the Senate, each Senator shall 
            vote from the assigned desk of the Senator.

                                     [S. Res. 480, 98-2, Oct. 11, 1984.]

        64   AUTHORIZING A SENATOR TO BRING A YOUNG SON OR DAUGHTER OF 
                THE SENATOR ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE DURING VOTES

                Resolved, Notwithstanding rule XXIII of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate, a Senator who has a son or daughter (as 
            defined in section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
            of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611)) under 1 year of age may bring the 
            son or daughter onto the floor of the Senate during votes.

                                    [S. Res. 463, 115-2, Apr. 18, 2018.]

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        65  TO PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY WITH ACCESS TO THE 
            SENATE FLOOR TO BRING NECESSARY SUPPORTING AIDS AND SERVICES

                Resolved, That an individual with a disability who has 
            or is granted the privilege of the Senate floor under rule 
            XXIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate may bring 
            necessary supporting aids and services (including service 
            dogs, wheelchairs, and interpreters) on the Senate floor, 
            unless the Senate Sergeant at Arms determines that the use 
            of such supporting aids and services would place a 
            significant difficulty or expense on the operations of the 
            Senate in accordance with paragraph 2 of rule 4 of the Rules 
            for Regulation of the Senate Wing of the United States 
            Capitol.

                                    [S. Res. 110, 105-1, July 31, 1997.]

        66                  FLOWERS IN THE SENATE CHAMBER

                Resolved, That until further orders the Sergeant at Arms 
            is instructed not to permit flowers to be brought into the 
            Senate Chamber.

            [S. Jour. 261, 58-3, Feb. 24, 1905.]

                Resolved, That notwithstanding the resolution of the 
            Senate of February 24, 1905, upon the death of a sitting 
            Senator, the majority leader and the minority leader may 
            permit a display of flowers to be placed upon the desk of 
            the deceased Senator on the day set aside for eulogies.

                                    [S. Res. 221, 98-1, Sept. 15, 1983.]

        67            READING OF WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

                Ordered, That, unless otherwise directed, on the twenty-
            second day of February in each year, or if that day shall be 
            on Sunday, then on the day following, immediately after the 
            reading of the Journal, Washington's Farewell Address shall 
            be read to the Senate by a Senator to be designated for the 
            purpose by the Presiding Officer; and that thereafter the 
            Senate will proceed with its ordinary business.

                                    [S. Jour. 103, 56-2, Jan. 24, 1901.]

        68           DESIGNATION OF THE ``DANIEL WEBSTER DESK''

                Resolved, That during the Ninety-fourth Congress and 
            each Congress thereafter, the desk located within the Senate 
            Chamber and commonly referred to as the ``Daniel Webster 
            Desk'' shall, at the request of the senior Senator from the 
            State of New Hampshire, be assigned to such Senator for use 
            in carrying out his or her Senatorial duties during that 
            Senator's term of office.

                                     [S. Res. 469, 93-2, Dec. 19, 1974.]

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        69             DESIGNATION OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS DESK

                Resolved, That during the One Hundred Fourth Congress 
            and each Congress thereafter, the desk located within the 
            Senate Chamber and used by Senator Jefferson Davis shall, at 
            the request of the senior Senator from the State of 
            Mississippi, be assigned to such Senator, for use in 
            carrying out his or her senatorial duties during that 
            Senator's term of office.

            [S. Res. 161, 104-1, Aug. 8, 1995.]

        70               DESIGNATION OF THE HENRY CLAY DESK

                Resolved, That (a) during the One Hundred Sixth Congress 
            and each Congress thereafter, the desk located within the 
            Senate Chamber and used by Senator Henry Clay shall, at the 
            request of the senior Senator from the State of Kentucky, be 
            assigned to that Senator for use in carrying out his or her 
            senatorial duties during that Senator's term of office.
                (b) If, in any Congress, the senior Senator from the 
            State of Kentucky is serving as party leader, the desk 
            referred to in subsection (a) may be assigned to the junior 
            Senator from Kentucky upon the request of the senior 
            Senator.

            [S. Res. 89, 106-1, Apr. 28, 1999; S. Res. 630, 109-2, Dec. 
                                                               8, 2006.]

        71  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
                        (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

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            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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                        (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;
                        (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.

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                (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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                (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.
                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.

                                    * * * * * * *

                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,

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            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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                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 
            access 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

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            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.]

        72                  READING OF CONFERENCE REPORTS

                Sec. 903. Beginning on the first day of the 107th 
            Congress, the Presiding Officer of the Senate shall apply 
            all of the precedents of the Senate under Rule XXVIII in 
            effect at the conclusion of the 103d Congress. Further that 
            there is now in effect a Standing order of the Senate that 
            the reading of conference reports is no longer required, if 
            the said conference report is available in the Senate.

              [Pub. L. 106-554, Div. A, ch. 9, Sec. 903, Dec. 21, 2000.]

        73  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.
                                (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

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                            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 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.

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                (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, Jan. 27, 2011.]

        74      PERMITTING THE WAIVING OF THE READING OF AN AMENDMENT

                Resolved,
                Sec. 1. Reading of Amendments.
                        (a) Standing Order.--This section shall be a 
                    standing order of the Senate.
                        (b) Waiver.--The reading of an amendment may be 
                    waived by a non-debatable motion if the amendment--
                                (1) has been submitted at least 72 hours 
                            before the motion; and
                                (2) is available in printed or 
                            electronic form in the Congressional Record.

            [S. Res. 29, 112-1, Jan. 27, 2011.]

        75    TO PROVIDE FOR EXPEDITED SENATE CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN 
                      NOMINATIONS SUBJECT TO ADVICE AND CONSENT

                Resolved,
                Sec. 1. Procedure For Consideration.

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                (a) Privileged Nominations; Information Requested--Upon 
            receipt by the Senate of a nomination described in section 
            2, the nomination shall--
                        (1) be placed on the Executive Calendar under 
                    the heading `Privileged Nominations--Information 
                    Requested'; and
                        (2) remain on the Executive Calendar under such 
                    heading until the Executive Clerk receives a written 
                    certification from the Chairman of the committee of 
                    jurisdiction under subsection (b).
                (b) Questionnaires--The Chairman of the committee of 
            jurisdiction shall notify the Executive Clerk in writing 
            when the appropriate biographical and financial 
            questionnaires have been received from an individual 
            nominated for a position described in section 2.
                (c) Privileged Nominations; Information Received--Upon 
            receipt of the certification under subsection (b), the 
            nomination shall--
                        (1) be placed on the Executive Calendar under 
                    the heading `Privileged Nomination--Information 
                    Received' and remain on the Executive Calendar under 
                    such heading for 10 session days; and
                        (2) after the expiration of the period referred 
                    to in paragraph (1), be placed on the `Nominations' 
                    section of the Executive Calendar.
                (d) Referral to Committee of Jurisdiction--During the 
            period when a nomination described in subsection (a) is 
            listed under the `Privileged Nomination--Information 
            Requested' section of the Executive Calendar described in 
            section (a)(1) or the `Privileged Nomination--Information 
            Received' section of the Executive Calendar described in 
            section (c)(1)--
                        (1) any Senator may request on his or her own 
                    behalf, or on the behalf of any identified Senator 
                    that the nomination be referred to the appropriate 
                    committee of jurisdiction; and
                        (2) if a Senator makes a request described in 
                    paragraph (1), the nomination shall be referred to 
                    the appropriate committee of jurisdiction.
                Sec. 2. Nominations Covered.
                The following nominations for the positions described 
            (including total number of individuals to be appointed for 
            the position) shall be considered under the provisions of 
            this resolution:

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                        (1) The Chairman and the Members of the Advisory 
                    Board for Cuba Broadcasting (9 Members including 
                    Chairman).
                        (2) The Chairman and the Members of the 
                    Corporation for National and Community Service (15 
                    Members including Chairman).
                        (3) The Chairman and the Members of the Federal 
                    Retirement Thrift Investment Boards (5 Members 
                    including Chairman).
                        (4) The Members of the Internal Revenue Service 
                    Oversight Board (7 Members).
                        (5) The Members of the Board of the Millennium 
                    Challenge Corporation (4 Members).
                        (6) The Members of the National Council on the 
                    Arts (18 Members).
                        (7) The Members of the National Council for the 
                    Humanities (26 Members).
                        (8) The Members of the Board of Directors of the 
                    Overseas Private Investment Corporation (8 Members).
                        (9) The Members of the Peace Corps National 
                    Advisory Council (15 Members).
                        (10) The Chairman, Vice Chairman, and the 
                    Members of the Board of Directors for the United 
                    States Institute of Peace (12 Members including 
                    Chairman and Vice Chairman).
                        (11) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (5 
                    Members).
                        (12) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the National Consumer Cooperative Bank (3 Members).
                        (13) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the National Institute of Building Sciences (6 
                    Members).
                        (14) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (5 
                    Members).
                        (15) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (3 
                    Members).
                        (16) The Members of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
                    Development Corporation Advisory Board (5 Members).
                        (17) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
                    National Environmental Policy Foundation (9 
                    Members).

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                        (18) The Members the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (2 Members).
                        (19) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Federal Old Age and Survivors Trust Fund and 
                    Disability Insurance Trust Fund (2 Members).
                        (20) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund 
                    (2 Members).
                        (21) The Members of the Social Security Advisory 
                    Board (3 Members).
                        (22) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the African Development Foundation (7 Members).
                        (23) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Inter American Foundation (9 Members).
                        (24) The Commissioners of the United States 
                    Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (7 Members).
                        (25) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in 
                    Education Foundation (8 Members).
                        (26) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation (8 Members).
                        (27) The Members of the Board of Trustees of the 
                    James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (6 
                    Members).
                        (28) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the Legal Services Corporation (11 Members).
                        (29) The Members of the Foreign Claims 
                    Settlement Commission (2 Members).
                        (30) The Members of the Board of Directors of 
                    the State Justice Institute (11 Members).
                        (31) Chief Financial Officer, from the 
                    following:
                                (A) Department of Agriculture.
                                (B) Department of Commerce.
                                (C) Department of Defense.
                                (D) Department of Education.
                                (E) Department of Energy.
                                (F) Department of Environmental 
                            Protection Agency.
                                (G) Department of Health and Human 
                            Services.
                                (H) Department of Homeland Security.
                                (I) Department of Housing and Urban 
                            Development.
                                (J) Department of the Interior.
                                (K) Department of Labor.

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                                (L) National Aeronautics and Space 
                            Administration.
                                (M) Department of State.
                                (N) Department of Transportation.
                                (O) Department of the Treasury.
                                (P) Department of Veterans Affairs.
                        (32) Assistant Secretary for Financial 
                    Management of the Air Force.
                        (33) Assistant Secretary for Financial 
                    Management of the Army.
                        (34) Assistant Secretary for Financial 
                    Management of Navy.
                        (35) Controller, Office of Federal Financial 
                    Management, Office of Management and Budget.
                        (36) Assistant Secretaries or other officials 
                    whose primary responsibility is legislative affairs 
                    from the following:
                                (A) Department of Agriculture.
                                (B) Department of Energy.
                                (C) Department of Defense.
                                (D) Department of Housing and Urban 
                            Development.
                                (E) Department of Commerce.
                                (F) Department of Treasury.
                                (G) Department of State.
                                (H) Department of Health and Human 
                            Services.
                                (I) United States Agency for 
                            International Development.
                                (J) Department of Education.
                                (K) Department of Labor.
                                (L) Department of Justice.
                                (M) Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                (N) Department of Transportation.
                        (37) Commissioner, Rehabilitative Services 
                    Administration, Department of Education.
                        (38) Commissioner, Administration for Children, 
                    Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human 
                    Services.
                        (39) Commissioner, Administration for Native 
                    Americans, Department of Health and Human Services.
                        (40) Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas 
                    Transportation Projects.

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                        (41) Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
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            that the 13 members of the Board of Directors of the 
            National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, 
            ``shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
            advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with the 
            procedures established under Senate Resolution 116 of the 
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                Sec. 3. Executive Calendar.
                The Secretary of the Senate shall create the appropriate 
            sections on the Executive Calendar to reflect and effectuate 
            the requirements of this resolution.
                Sec. 4. Committee Justification for New Executive 
            Positions.
                The report accompanying each bill or joint resolution of 
            a public character reported by any committee shall contain 
            an evaluation and justification made by such committee for 
            the establishment in the measure being reported of any new 
            position appointed by the President within an existing or 
            new Federal entity.
                Sec. 5. Effective Date.
                This resolution shall take effect 60 days after the date 
            of adoption of this resolution.

            [S. Res. 116, 112-1, Jun. 29, 2011.]

        76              COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORITY

                Resolved, That for the purpose of obtaining and laying 
            factual data and information before the Senate Committee on 
            Appropriations, or any subcommittee thereof, for its 
            consideration in the discharge of its functions, the 
            chairman or acting chairman of said committee is hereby 
            authorized and directed, within the limit of funds made 
            available by resolutions of the Senate, to appoint and 
            employ such experts as he may deem necessary to obtain such 
            data and information, and such experts, upon the written 
            authority of the chairman or acting chairman, shall have the 
            right to examine the books, documents, papers, reports, or 
            other records of any department, agency, or establishment of 
            the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and 
            elsewhere; be it further
                Resolved, That the said committee through its chairman 
            is hereby authorized, within the limit of funds made 
            available by resolutions of the Senate, to appoint 
            additional clerical help and assistants.

             [S. Res. 193, 78-1, Oct. 14, 1943; S. Res. 281, 96-2, Mar. 
                                                              11, 1980.]

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        77         CONSULTANTS FOR THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                Resolved, That within the limit of funds appropriated 
            for expenses of inquiries and investigations for the 
            Committee on Appropriations, the committee may expend such 
            sums as it deems appropriate and necessary for the 
            procurement of the services of individual consultants or 
            organizations. Such services in the case of individuals or 
            organizations may be procured by contract as independent 
            contractors, or in the case of individuals by employment at 
            daily rates of compensation not in excess of the per diem 
            equivalent of the highest gross rate of compensation which 
            may be paid to a regular employee of the committee. Such 
            contracts may be made in the same manner and subject to the 
            same conditions with respect to advertising as required of 
            other standing committees of the Senate under section 
            202(i)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as 
            amended.

            [S. Res. 140, 94-1, May 14, 1975.]

        78                   SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

                Resolved, That (a) there is hereby established a 
            permanent select committee of the Senate to be known as the 
            Select Committee on Ethics (referred to hereinafter as the 
            ``Select Committee'') consisting of six Members of the 
            Senate, of whom three shall be selected from members of the 
            majority party and three shall be selected from members of 
            the minority party. Members thereof shall be appointed by 
            the Senate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 
            of rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate at the 
            beginning of each Congress. The Select Committee shall 
            select a chairman or a vice chairman from among its members. 
            For purposes of paragraph 4\5\ of rule XXV of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as a member or 
            chairman of the Select Committee shall not be taken into 
            account.
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                (b) Vacancies in the membership of the Select Committee 
            shall not affect the authority of the remaining members to 
            execute the functions of the committee, and shall be filled 
            in the same manner as original appointments thereto are 
            made.
                (c)(1) A majority of the members of the Select Committee 
            shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business 
            involving complaints and allegations of misconduct, includ

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            ing the consideration of matters involving sworn complaints, 
            unsworn allegations or information, resultant preliminary 
            inquiries, initial reviews, investigations, hearings, 
            recommendations or reports, and matters relating to S. Res. 
            400, agreed to May 19, 1976.
                (2) Three members shall constitute a quorum for the 
            transaction of the routine business of the Select Committee 
            not covered by the first paragraph of this subparagraph, 
            including requests for opinions and interpretations 
            concerning the Code of Official Conduct or any other statute 
            or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Select 
            Committee, if one member of the quorum is a member of the 
            majority party and one member of the quorum is a member of 
            the minority party. During the transaction of routine 
            business any member of the Select Committee constituting the 
            quorum shall have the right to postpone further discussion 
            of a pending matter until such time as a majority of the 
            members of the Select Committee are present.
                (3) The Select Committee may fix a lesser number as a 
            quorum for the purpose of taking sworn testimony.
                (d) (Repealed by S. Res. 271, 96-1, Oct. 31, 1979.)
                (e)(1) A member of the Select Committee shall be 
            ineligible to participate in any initial review or 
            investigation relating to his own conduct, the conduct of 
            any officer or employee he supervises, or the conduct of any 
            employee of any officer he supervises, or relating to any 
            complaint filed by him, and the determinations and 
            recommendations of the Select Committee with respect 
            thereto. For purposes of this subparagraph, a Member of the 
            Select Committee and an officer of the Senate shall be 
            deemed to supervise any officer or employee consistent with 
            the provision of paragraph 11 of rule XXXVII\6\ of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate.
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                (2) A member of the Select Committee may, at his 
            discretion, disqualify himself from participating in any 
            initial review or investigation pending before the Select 
            Committee and the determinations and recommendations of the 
            Select Committee with respect thereto. Notice of such 
            disqualification shall be given in writing to the President 
            of the Senate.

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                (3) Whenever any member of the Select Committee is 
            ineligible under paragraph (1) to participate in any initial 
            review or investigation or disqualifies himself under 
            paragraph (2) from participating in any initial review or 
            investigation, another Member of the Senate shall, subject 
            to the provisions of subsection (d), be appointed to serve 
            as a member of the Select Committee solely for purposes of 
            such initial review or investigation and the determinations 
            and recommendations of the Select Committee with respect 
            thereto. Any Member of the Senate appointed for such 
            purposes shall be of the same party as the Member who is 
            ineligible or disqualifies himself.
                Sec. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the Select Committee 
            to--
                        (1) receive complaints and investigate 
                    allegations of improper conduct which may reflect 
                    upon the Senate, violations of law, violations of 
                    the Senate Code of Official Conduct, and violations 
                    of rules and regulations of the Senate, relating to 
                    the conduct of individuals in the performance of 
                    their duties as Members of the Senate, or as 
                    officers or employees of the Senate, and to make 
                    appropriate findings of fact and conclusions with 
                    respect thereto;
                        (2) recommend to the Senate by report or 
                    resolution by a majority vote of the full committee 
                    disciplinary action (including, but not limited to, 
                    in the case of a Member: censure, expulsion, or 
                    recommendation to the appropriate party conference 
                    regarding such Member's seniority or positions of 
                    responsibility; and, in the case of an officer or 
                    employee: suspension or dismissal) to be taken with 
                    respect to such violations which the Select 
                    Committee shall determine, after according to the 
                    individuals concerned due notice and opportunity for 
                    hearing, to have occurred;
                        (3) recommend to the Senate, by report or 
                    resolution, such additional rules or regulations as 
                    the Select Committee shall determine to be necessary 
                    or desirable to insure proper standards of conduct 
                    by Members of the Senate, and by officers or 
                    employees of the Senate, in the performance of their 
                    duties and the discharge of their responsibilities; 
                    and
                        (4) report violations by a majority vote of the 
                    full committee of any law to the proper Federal and 
                    State authorities.

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                (b)(1) Each sworn complaint filed with the Select 
            Committee shall be in writing, shall be in such form as the 
            Select Committee may prescribe by regulation, and shall be 
            under oath.
                (2) For purposes of this section, ``sworn complaint'' 
            means a statement of facts within the personal knowledge of 
            the complainant alleging a violation of law, the Senate Code 
            of Official Conduct, or any other rule or regulation of the 
            Senate relating to the conduct of individuals in the 
            performance of their duties as Members, officers, or 
            employees of the Senate.
                (3) Any person who knowingly and willfully swears 
            falsely to a sworn complaint does so under penalty of 
            perjury, and the Select Committee may refer any such case to 
            the Attorney General for prosecution.
                (4) For the purposes of this section, ``investigation'' 
            is a proceeding undertaken by the Select Committee after a 
            finding, on the basis of an initial review, that there is 
            substantial credible evidence which provides substantial 
            cause for the Select Committee to conclude that a violation 
            within the jurisdiction of the Select Committee has 
            occurred.
                (c)(1) No investigation of conduct of a Member or 
            officer of the Senate, and no report, resolution, or 
            recommendation relating thereto, may be made unless approved 
            by the affirmative recorded vote of not less than four 
            members of the Select Committee.
                (2) No other resolution, report, recommendation, 
            interpretative ruling, or advisory opinion may be made 
            without an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of 
            the Select Committee voting.
                (d)(1) When the Select Committee receives a sworn 
            complaint against a Member or officer of the Senate, it 
            shall promptly conduct an initial review of that complaint. 
            The initial review shall be of duration and scope necessary 
            to determine whether there is substantial credible evidence 
            which provides substantial cause for the Select Committee to 
            conclude that a violation within the jurisdiction of the 
            Select Committee has occurred.
                (2) If as a result of an initial review under paragraph 
            (1), the Select Committee determines by a recorded vote that 
            there is not such substantial credible evidence, the Select 
            Committee shall report such determination to the complainant 
            and to the party charged, together with an explanation of 
            the basis of such determination.

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                (3) If as a result of an initial review under paragraph 
            (1), the Select Committee determines that a violation is 
            inadvertent, technical, or otherwise of a de minimis nature, 
            the Select Committee may attempt to correct or prevent such 
            a violation by informal methods.
                (4) If as the result of an initial review under 
            paragraph (1), the Select Committee determines that there is 
            such substantial credible evidence but that the violation, 
            if proven, is neither of a de minimis nature nor 
            sufficiently serious to justify any of the penalties 
            expressly referred to in subsection (a)(2), the Select 
            Committee may propose a remedy it deems appropriate. If the 
            matter is thereby resolved, a summary of the Select 
            Committee's conclusions and the remedy proposed shall be 
            filed as a public record with the Secretary of the Senate 
            and a notice of such filing shall be printed in the 
            Congressional Record.
                (5) If as the result of an initial review under 
            paragraph (1), the Select Committee determines that there is 
            such substantial credible evidence, the Select Committee 
            shall promptly conduct an investigation if (A) the 
            violation, if proven, would be sufficiently serious, in the 
            judgment of the Select Committee, to warrant imposition of 
            one or more of the penalties expressly referred to in 
            subsection (a)(2), or (B) the violation, if proven, is less 
            serious, but was not resolved pursuant to paragraph (4) 
            above. Upon the conclusion of such investigation, the Select 
            Committee shall report to the Senate, as soon as 
            practicable, the results of such investigation together with 
            its recommendations (if any) pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
                (6) Upon the conclusion of any other investigation 
            respecting the conduct of a Member or officer undertaken by 
            the Select Committee, the Select Committee shall report to 
            the Senate, as soon as practicable, the results of such 
            investigation together with its recommendations (if any) 
            pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
                (e) When the Select Committee receives a sworn complaint 
            against an employee of the Senate, it shall consider the 
            complaint according to procedures it deems appropriate. If 
            the Select Committee determines that the complaint is 
            without substantial merit, it shall notify the complainant 
            and the accused of its determination, together with an 
            explanation of the basis of such determination.
                (f) The Select Committee may, in its discretion, employ 
            hearing examiners to hear testimony and make findings

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            of fact and/or recommendations to the Select Committee 
            concerning the disposition of complaints.
                (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
            no initial review or investigation shall be made of any 
            alleged violation of any law, the Senate Code of Official 
            Conduct, rule, or regulation which was not in effect at the 
            time the alleged violation occurred. No provision of the 
            Senate Code of Official Conduct shall apply to or require 
            disclosure of any act, relationship, or transaction which 
            occurred prior to the effective date of the applicable 
            provision of the Code. The Select Committee may conduct an 
            initial review or investigation of any alleged violation of 
            a rule or law which was in effect prior to the enactment of 
            the Senate Code of Official Conduct if the alleged violation 
            occurred while such rule or law was in effect and the 
            violation was not a matter resolved on the merits by the 
            predecessor Select Committee.
                (h) The Select Committee shall adopt written rules 
            setting forth procedures to be used in conducting 
            investigations of complaints.
                (i) The Select Committee from time to time shall 
            transmit to the Senate its recommendation as to any 
            legislative measures which it may consider to be necessary 
            for the effective discharge of its duties.
                Sec. 3. (a) The Select Committee is authorized to (1) 
            make such expenditures; (2) hold such hearings; (3) sit and 
            act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses, 
            and adjournment periods of the Senate; (4) require by 
            subpoena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and 
            the production of such correspondence, books, papers, and 
            documents; (5) administer such oaths; (6) take such 
            testimony orally or by deposition; (7) employ and fix the 
            compensation of a staff director, a counsel, an assistant 
            counsel, one or more investigators, one or more hearing 
            examiners, and such technical, clerical, and other 
            assistants and consultants as it deems advisable; and (8) to 
            procure the temporary services (not in excess of one year) 
            or intermittent services of individual consultants, or 
            organizations thereof, by contract as independent 
            contractors or, in the case of individuals, by employment at 
            daily rates of compensation not in excess of the per diem 
            equivalent of the highest rate of compensation which may be 
            paid to a regular employee of the Select Committee.

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                (b)(1) The Select Committee is authorized to retain and 
            compensate counsel not employed by the Senate (or by any 
            department or agency of the executive branch of the 
            Government) whenever the Select Committee determines that 
            the retention of outside counsel is necessary or appropriate 
            for any action regarding any complaint or allegation, which, 
            in the determination of the Select Committee is more 
            appropriately conducted by counsel not employed by the 
            Government of the United States as a regular employee.
                (2) Any investigation conducted under section 2 shall be 
            conducted by outside counsel as authorized in paragraph (1), 
            unless the Select Committee determines not to use outside 
            counsel.
                (c) With the prior consent of the department or agency 
            concerned, the Select Committee may (1) utilize the 
            services, information, and facilities of any such department 
            or agency of the Government, and (2) employ on a 
            reimbursable basis or otherwise the services of such 
            personnel of any such department or agency as it deems 
            advisable. With the consent of any other committee of the 
            Senate, or any subcommittee thereof, the Select Committee 
            may utilize the facilities and the services of the staff of 
            such other committee or subcommittee whenever the chairman 
            of the Select Committee determines that such action is 
            necessary and appropriate.
                (d) Subpoenas may be issued (1) by the Select Committee 
            or (2) by the chairman and vice chairman, acting jointly. 
            Any such subpoena shall be signed by the chairman or the 
            vice chairman and may be served by any person designated by 
            such chairman or vice chairman. The chairman of the Select 
            Committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to 
            witnesses.
                (e)(1) The Select Committee shall prescribe and publish 
            such regulations as it feels are necessary to implement the 
            Senate Code of Official Conduct.
                (2) The Select Committee is authorized to issue 
            interpretative rulings explaining and clarifying the 
            application of any law, the Code of Official Conduct, or any 
            rule or regulation of the Senate within its jurisdiction.
                (3) The Select Committee shall render an advisory 
            opinion, in writing within a reasonable time, in response to 
            a written request by a Member or officer of the Senate or a 
            candidate for nomination for election, or election to

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            the Senate, concerning the application of any law, the 
            Senate Code of Official Conduct, or any rule or regulation 
            of the Senate within its jurisdiction to a specific factual 
            situation pertinent to the conduct or proposed conduct of 
            the person seeking the advisory opinion.
                (4) The Select Committee may in its discretion render an 
            advisory opinion in writing within a reasonable time in 
            response to a written request by any employee of the Senate 
            concerning the application of any law, the Senate Code of 
            Official Conduct, or any rule or regulation of the Senate 
            within its jurisdiction to a specific factual situation 
            pertinent to the conduct or proposed conduct of the person 
            seeking the advisory opinion.
                (5) Notwithstanding any provision of the Senate Code of 
            Official Conduct or any rule or regulation of the Senate, 
            any person who relies upon any provision or finding of an 
            advisory opinion in accordance with the provisions of 
            paragraphs (3) and (4) and who acts in good faith in 
            accordance with the provisions and findings of such advisory 
            opinion shall not, as a result of any such act, be subject 
            to any sanction by the Senate.
                (6) Any advisory opinion rendered by the Select 
            Committee under paragraphs (3) and (4) may be relied upon by 
            (A) any person involved in the specific transaction or 
            activity with respect to which such advisory opinion is 
            rendered: Provided, however, That the request for such 
            advisory opinion included a complete and accurate statement 
            of the specific factual situation; and (B) any person 
            involved in any specific transaction or activity which is 
            indistinguishable in all its material aspects from the 
            transaction or activity with respect to which such advisory 
            opinion is rendered.
                (7) Any advisory opinion issued in response to a request 
            under paragraph (3) or (4) shall be printed in the 
            Congressional Record with appropriate deletions to assure 
            the privacy of the individual concerned. The Select 
            Committee shall to the extent practicable, before rendering 
            an advisory opinion, provide any interested party with an 
            opportunity to transmit written comments to the Select 
            Committee with respect to the request for such advisory 
            opinion. The advisory opinions issued by the Select 
            Committee shall be compiled, indexed, reproduced, and made 
            available on a periodic basis.

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                (8) A brief description of a waiver granted under 
            section 102(a)(2)(B) of Title I of Ethics in Government Act 
            of 1978\7\ or paragraph 1 of rule XXXV\8\ of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate shall be made available upon request in 
            the Select Committee office with appropriate deletions to 
            assure the privacy of the individual concerned.
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                \7\Changed from ``paragraph 2(c), of rule XLII'' as a 
            result of the adoption of S. Res. 220, 96-1, Aug. 3, 1979.
                \8\Changed from ``paragraph 1 of rule XLIII'' as a 
            result of the adoption of S. Res. 389, 96-2, Mar. 25, 1980.
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                Sec. 4. The expenses of the Select Committee under this 
            resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 
            Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Select 
            Committee.
                Sec. 5. As used in this resolution, the term ``officer 
            or employee of the Senate'' means--
                        (1) an elected officer of the Senate who is not 
                    a Member of the Senate;
                        (2) an employee of the Senate, any committee or 
                    subcommittee of the Senate, or any Member of the 
                    Senate;
                        (3) the Legislative Counsel of the Senate or any 
                    employee of his office;
                        (4) an Official Reporter of Debates of the 
                    Senate and any person employed by the Official 
                    Reporters of Debates of the Senate in connection 
                    with the performance of their official duties;
                        (5) a member of the Capitol Police force whose 
                    compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the 
                    Senate;
                        (6) an employee of the Vice President if such 
                    employee's compensation is disbursed by the 
                    Secretary of the Senate;
                        (7) an employee of a joint committee of the 
                    Congress whose compensation is disbursed by the 
                    Secretary of the Senate.

            [S. Res. 338, 88-2, July 24, 1964; S. Res. 368, 93-2, July 
            25, 1974; S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 4, 1977; S. Res. 110, 95-1, 
            Apr. 1, 1977; S. Res. 230, 95-1, July 25, 1977; S. Res. 312, 
            95-1, Nov. 1, 1977; S. Res. 271, 96-1, Oct. 31, 1979; S. 
            Res. 78, 97-1, Feb. 24, 1981.]

        79      SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS--ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

                Resolved, That the Senate assigns responsibility for 
            administering the reporting requirements of Title I of the 
            Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to the Select Committee on 
            Ethics.

            [S. Res. 223, 96-1, Aug. 2, 1979.]

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        80     SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS--CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN 
                     LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANTS CLERK-HIRE ALLOWANCE

                Resolved, That effective October 31, 1979, service of a 
            Senator as the chairman or ranking minority member of the 
            Select Committee on Ethics shall not be taken into account 
            for purposes of applying section 111(b) of the Legislative 
            Branch Appropriation Act, 1978.

                                     [S. Res. 290, 96-1, Nov. 27, 1979.]

        81     AUTHORIZING THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS TO PROVIDE 
                    TRAINING ASSISTANCE TO ITS PROFESSIONAL STAFF

                Resolved, That the Select Committee on Ethics 
            (hereinafter referred to as the ``Select Committee'') is 
            authorized, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration, to provide assistance for members of its 
            professional staff in obtaining specialized training, 
            whenever the Select Committee determines that such training 
            will aid it in the discharge of its responsibilities.
                Sec. 2. (a) Assistance provided under authority of this 
            resolution may be in the form of continuance of pay during 
            periods of training or grants of funds to pay tuition, fees, 
            or such other expenses of training, or both, as may be 
            approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
                (b) The Select Committee shall obtain from any employee 
            receiving such assistance such agreement with respect to 
            continued employment with the Select Committee as it may 
            deem necessary to assure that it will receive the benefits 
            of such employee's services upon completion of his training.
                Sec. 3. The expenses of the Select Committee in 
            providing assistance under authority of this resolution 
            shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon 
            vouchers approved by the chairman of the Select Committee.

                                     [S. Res. 425, 97-2, Aug. 12, 1982.]

        82                SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

                Resolved, That it is the purpose of this resolution to 
            establish a new select committee of the Senate, to be known 
            as the Select Committee on Intelligence, to oversee and make 
            continuing studies of the intelligence activities and 
            programs of the United States Government, and to submit to 
            the Senate appropriate proposals for legislation and report 
            to the Senate concerning such intelligence activities and 
            programs. In carrying out this purpose, the Select

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            Committee on Intelligence shall make every effort to assure 
            that the appropriate departments and agencies of the United 
            States provide informed and timely intelligence necessary 
            for the executive and legislative branches to make sound 
            decisions affecting the security and vital interests of the 
            Nation. It is further the purpose of this resolution to 
            provide vigilant legislative oversight over the intelligence 
            activities of the United States to assure that such 
            activities are in conformity with the Constitution and laws 
            of the United States.
                Sec. 2. (a)(1) There is hereby established a select 
            committee to be known as the Select Committee on 
            Intelligence (hereinafter in this resolution referred to as 
            the ``select committee''). The select committee shall be 
            composed of not to exceed fifteen Members appointed as 
            follows:
                        (A) two members from the Committee on 
                    Appropriations;
                        (B) two members from the Committee on Armed 
                    Services;
                        (C) two members from the Committee on Foreign 
                    Relations;
                        (D) two members from the Committee on the 
                    Judiciary; and
                        (E) not to exceed seven members to be appointed 
                    from the Senate at large.
                (2) Members appointed from each committee named in 
            clauses (A) through (D) of paragraph (1) shall be evenly 
            divided between the two major political parties and shall be 
            appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon 
            the recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of 
            the Senate. Of any members appointed under paragraph (1)(E), 
            the majority leader shall appoint the majority members and 
            the minority leader shall appoint the minority members, with 
            the majority having a one vote margin.
                (3)(A) The majority leader of the Senate and the 
            minority leader of the Senate shall be ex officio members of 
            the select committee but shall have no vote in the Committee 
            and shall not be counted for purposes of determining a 
            quorum.
                (B) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
            Armed Services (if not already a member of the select 
            Committee) shall be ex officio members of the select 
            Committee but shall have no vote in the Committee and shall 
            not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum.

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                (b) At the beginning of each Congress, the Majority 
            Leader of the Senate shall select a chairman of the select 
            Committee and the Minority Leader shall select a vice 
            chairman for the select Committee. The vice chairman shall 
            act in the place and stead of the chairman in the absence of 
            the chairman. Neither the chairman nor the vice chairman of 
            the select committee shall at the same time serve as 
            chairman or ranking minority member of any other committee 
            referred to in paragraph 4(e)(1) of rule XXV of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate.
                (c) The select Committee may be organized into 
            subcommittees. Each subcommittee shall have a chairman and a 
            vice chairman who are selected by the Chairman and Vice 
            Chairman of the select Committee, respectively.
                Sec. 3. (a) There shall be referred to the select 
            committee all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
            memorials, and other matters relating to the following:
                        (1) The Office of the Director of National 
                    Intelligence and the Director of National 
                    Intelligence.
                        (2) The Central Intelligence Agency and the 
                    Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
                        (3) Intelligence activities of all other 
                    departments and agencies of the Government, 
                    including, but not limited to, the intelligence 
                    activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the 
                    National Security Agency, and other agencies of the 
                    Department of Defense; the Department of State; the 
                    Department of Justice; and the Department of the 
                    Treasury.
                        (4) The organization or reorganization of any 
                    department or agency of the Government to the extent 
                    that the organization or reorganization relates to a 
                    function or activity involving intelligence 
                    activities.
                        (5) Authorizations for appropriations, both 
                    direct and indirect, for the following:
                                (A) The Office of the Director of 
                            National Intelligence and the Director of 
                            National Intelligence.
                                (B) The Central Intelligence Agency and 
                            the Director of the Central Intelligence 
                            Agency.
                                (C) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
                                (D) The National Security Agency.
                                (E) The intelligence activities of other 
                            agencies and subdivisions of the Department 
                            of Defense.
                                (F) The intelligence activities of the 
                            Department of State.

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                                (G) The intelligence activities of the 
                            Federal Bureau of Investigation.
                                (H) Any department, agency, or 
                            subdivision which is the successor to any 
                            agency named in clause (A), (B), (C) or (D); 
                            and the activities of any department, 
                            agency, or subdivision which is the 
                            successor to any department, agency, bureau, 
                            or subdivision named in clause (E), (F), or 
                            (G) to the extent that the activities of 
                            such successor department, agency, or 
                            subdivision are activities described in 
                            clause (E), (F), or (G).
                (b)(1) Any proposed legislation reported by the select 
            Committee except any legislation involving matters specified 
            in clause (1), (2), (5)(A), or (5)(B) of subsection (a), 
            containing any matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of 
            any standing committee shall, at the request of the chairman 
            of such standing committee, be referred to such standing 
            committee for its consideration of such matter and be 
            reported to the Senate by such standing committee within 10 
            days after the day on which such proposed legislation, in 
            its entirety and including annexes, is referred to such 
            standing committee; and any proposed legislation reported by 
            any committee, other than the select Committee, which 
            contains any matter within the jurisdiction of the select 
            Committee shall, at the request of the chairman of the 
            select Committee, be referred to the select Committee for 
            its consideration of such matter and be reported to the 
            Senate by the select Committee within 10 days after the day 
            on which such proposed legislation, in its entirety and 
            including annexes, is referred to such committee.
                (2) In any case in which a committee fails to report any 
            proposed legislation referred to it within the time limit 
            prescribed in this subsection, such Committee shall be 
            automatically discharged from further consideration of such 
            proposed legislation on the 10th day following the day on 
            which such proposed legislation is referred to such 
            committee unless the Senate provides otherwise, or the 
            Majority Leader or Minority Leader request, prior to that 
            date, an additional 5 days on behalf of the Committee to 
            which the proposed legislation was sequentially referred. At 
            the end of that additional 5 day period, if the Committee 
            fails to report the proposed legislation within that 5 day 
            period, the Committee shall be automatically discharged from 
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            ther consideration of such proposed legislation unless the 
            Senate provides otherwise.
                (3) In computing any 10 or 5 day period under this 
            subsection there shall be excluded from such computation any 
            days on which the Senate is not in session.
                (4) The reporting and referral processes outlined in 
            this subsection shall be conducted in strict accordance with 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate. In accordance with such 
            rules, committees to which legislation is referred are not 
            permitted to make changes or alterations to the text of the 
            referred bill and its annexes, but may propose changes or 
            alterations to the same in the form of amendments.
                (c) Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as 
            prohibiting or otherwise restricting the authority of any 
            other committee to study and review any intelligence 
            activity to the extent that such activity directly affects a 
            matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such committee.
                (d) Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as 
            amending, limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of 
            any standing committee of the Senate to obtain full and 
            prompt access to the product of the intelligence activities 
            of any department or agency of the Government relevant to a 
            matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such committee.
                Sec. 4. (a) The select committee, for the purposes of 
            accountability to the Senate, shall make regular and 
            periodic, but not less than quarterly, reports to the Senate 
            on the nature and extent of the intelligence activities of 
            the various departments and agencies of the United States. 
            Such committee shall promptly call to the attention of the 
            Senate or to any other appropriate committee or committees 
            of the Senate any matters requiring the attention of the 
            Senate or such other committee or committees. In making such 
            report, the select committee shall proceed in a manner 
            consistent with section 8(c)(2) to protect national 
            security.
                (b) The select committee shall obtain an annual report 
            from the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of 
            the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of Defense, 
            the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Federal 
            Bureau of Investigation. Such reports shall review the 
            intelligence activities of the agency or department 
            concerned and the intelligence activities of foreign 
            countries directed at the United States or its interest. An 
            unclassified version of each report may be made available to 
            the public at the

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            discretion of the select committee. Nothing herein shall be 
            construed as requiring the public disclosure in such reports 
            of the names of individuals engaged in intelligence 
            activities for the United States or the divulging of 
            intelligence methods employed or the sources of information 
            on which such reports are based or the amount of funds 
            authorized to be appropriated for intelligence activities.
                (c) On or before March 15 of each year, the select 
            committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the 
            Senate the views and estimates described in section 301(c) 
            of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters 
            within the jurisdiction of the select committee.
                Sec. 5. (a) For the purposes of this resolution, the 
            select committee is authorized in its discretion (1) to make 
            investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, (2) 
            to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, 
            (3) to employ personnel, (4) to hold hearings, (5) to sit 
            and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses, 
            and adjourned periods of the Senate, (6) to require, by 
            subpoena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the 
            production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents, 
            (7) to take depositions and other testimony, (8) to procure 
            the service of individual consultants or organizations 
            thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i) 
            of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and (9) with 
            the prior consent of the government department or agency 
            concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to 
            use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any 
            such department or agency.
                (b) The chairman of the select committee or any member 
            thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
                (c) Subpoenas authorized by the select committee may be 
            issued over the signature of the chairman, the vice chairman 
            or any member of the select committee designated by the 
            chairman, and may be served by any person designated by the 
            chairman or any member signing the subpoenas.
                Sec. 6. No employee of the select committee or any 
            person engaged by contract or otherwise to perform services 
            for or at the request of such committee shall be given 
            access to any classified information by such committee 
            unless such employee or person has (1) agreed in writing and 
            under oath to be bound by the rules of the Senate (including 
            the jurisdiction of the Select Committee on Ethics) and

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            of such committee as to the security of such information 
            during and after the period of his employment or contractual 
            agreement with such committee; and (2) received an 
            appropriate security clearance as determined by such 
            committee in consultation with the Director of National 
            Intelligence. The type of security clearance to be required 
            in the case of any such employee or person shall, within the 
            determination of such committee in consultation with the 
            Director of National Intelligence, be commensurate with the 
            sensitivity of the classified information to which such 
            employee or person will be given access by such committee.
                Sec. 7. The select committee shall formulate and carry 
            out such rules and procedures as it deems necessary to 
            prevent the disclosure, without the consent of the person or 
            persons concerned, of information in the possession of such 
            committee which unduly infringes upon the privacy or which 
            violates the constitutional rights of such person or 
            persons. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent such 
            committee from publicly disclosing any such information in 
            any case in which such committee determines the national 
            interest in the disclosure of such information clearly 
            outweighs any infringement on the privacy of any person or 
            persons.
                Sec. 8. (a) The select committee may, subject to the 
            provisions of this section, disclose publicly any 
            information in the possession of such committee after a 
            determination by such committee that the public interest 
            would be served by such disclosure. Whenever committee 
            action is required to disclose any information under this 
            section, the committee shall meet to vote on the matter 
            within five days after any member of the committee requests 
            such a vote. No member of the select committee shall 
            disclose any information, the disclosure of which requires a 
            committee vote, prior to a vote by the committee on the 
            question of the disclosure of such information or after such 
            vote except in accordance with this section.
                (b)(1) In any case in which the select committee votes 
            to disclose publicly any information which has been 
            classified under established security procedures, which has 
            been submitted to it by the Executive branch, and which the 
            Executive branch requests be kept secret, such committee 
            shall--
                        (A) first, notify the Majority Leader and 
                    Minority Leader of the Senate of such vote; and

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                        (B) second, consult with the Majority Leader and 
                    Minority Leader before notifying the President of 
                    such vote.
                (2) The select committee may disclose publicly such 
            information after the expiration of a five-day period 
            following the day on which notice of such vote is 
            transmitted to the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 
            and the President, unless, prior to the expiration of such 
            five-day period, the President, personally in writing, 
            notifies the committee that he objects to the disclosure of 
            such information, provides his reasons therefore, and 
            certifies that the threat to the national interest of the 
            United States posed by such disclosure is of such gravity 
            that it outweighs any public interest in the disclosure.
                (3) If the President, personally, in writing, notifies 
            the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate and 
            the select Committee of his objections to the disclosure of 
            such information as provided in paragraph (2), the Majority 
            Leader and Minority Leader jointly or the select Committee, 
            by majority vote, may refer the question of the disclosure 
            of such information to the Senate for consideration.
                (4) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the 
            question of disclosure of any information to the Senate 
            under paragraph (3), the Chairman shall not later than the 
            first day on which the Senate is in session following the 
            day on which the vote occurs, report the matter to the 
            Senate for its consideration.
                (5) One hour after the Senate convenes on the fourth day 
            on which the Senate is in session following the day on which 
            any such matter is reported to the Senate, or at such 
            earlier time as the majority leader and the minority leader 
            of the Senate jointly agree upon in accordance with 
            paragraph 5 of rule XVII of the Standing Rules of the 
            Senate, the Senate shall go into closed session and the 
            matter shall be the pending business. In considering the 
            matter in closed session the Senate may--
                        (A) approve the public disclosure of all or any 
                    portion of the information in question, in which 
                    case the committee shall publicly disclose the 
                    information ordered to be disclosed,
                        (B) disapprove the public disclosure of all or 
                    any portion of the information in question, in which 
                    case the committee shall not publicly disclose the 
                    information ordered not to be disclosed, or

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                        (C) refer all or any portion of the matter back 
                    to the committee, in which case the committee shall 
                    make the final determination with respect to the 
                    public disclosure of the information in question.
            Upon conclusion of the consideration of such matter in 
            closed session, which may not extend beyond the close of the 
            ninth day on which the Senate is in session following the 
            day on which such matter was reported to the Senate, or the 
            close of the fifth day following the day agreed upon jointly 
            by the majority and minority leaders in accordance with 
            paragraph 5 of rule XVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
            (whichever the case may be), the Senate shall immediately 
            vote on the disposition of such matter in open session, 
            without debate, and without divulging the information with 
            respect to which the vote is being taken. The Senate shall 
            vote to dispose of such matter by one or more of the means 
            specified in clauses (A), (B), and (C) of the second 
            sentence of this paragraph. Any vote of the Senate to 
            disclose any information pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
            subject to the right of a Member of the Senate to move for 
            reconsideration of the vote within the time and pursuant to 
            the procedures specified in rule XIII of the Standing Rules 
            of the Senate, and the disclosure of such information shall 
            be made consistent with that right.
                (c)(1) No information in the possession of the select 
            committee relating to the lawful intelligence activities of 
            any department or agency of the United States which has been 
            classified under established security procedures and which 
            the select committee, pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of 
            this section, has determined should not be disclosed shall 
            be made available to any person by a Member, officer, or 
            employee of the Senate except in a closed session of the 
            Senate or as provided in paragraph (2).
                (2) The select committee may, under such regulations as 
            the committee shall prescribe to protect the confidentiality 
            of such information, make any information described in 
            paragraph (1) available to any other committee or any other 
            Member of the Senate. Whenever the select committee makes 
            such information available, the committee shall keep a 
            written record showing, in the case of any particular 
            information, which committee or which Members of the Senate 
            received such information. No Member of the Senate who, and 
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            information under this subsection, shall disclose such 
            information except in a closed session of the Senate.
                (d) It shall be the duty of the Select Committee on 
            Ethics to investigate any unauthorized disclosure of 
            intelligence information by a Member, officer or employee of 
            the Senate in violation of subsection (c) and to report to 
            the Senate concerning any allegation which it finds to be 
            substantiated.
                (e) Upon the request of any person who is subject to any 
            such investigation, the Select Committee on Ethics shall 
            release to such individual at the conclusion of its 
            investigation a summary of its investigation together with 
            its findings. If, at the conclusion of its investigation, 
            the Select Committee on Ethics determines that there has 
            been a significant breach of confidentiality or unauthorized 
            disclosure by a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate, 
            it shall report its findings to the Senate and recommend 
            appropriate action such as censure, removal from committee 
            membership, or expulsion from the Senate, in the case of a 
            Member, or removal from office or employment or punishment 
            for contempt, in the case of an officer or employee.
                Sec. 9. The select committee is authorized to permit any 
            personal representative of the President, designated by the 
            President to serve as a liaison to such committee, to attend 
            any closed meeting of such committee.
                Sec. 10. Upon expiration of the Select Committee on 
            Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence 
            Activities, established by Senate Resolution 21, Ninety-
            fourth Congress, all records, files, documents, and other 
            materials in the possession, custody, or control of such 
            committee, under appropriate conditions established by it, 
            shall be transferred to the select committee.
                Sec. 11. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that the head 
            of each department and agency of the United States should 
            keep the select committee fully and currently informed with 
            respect to intelligence activities, including any 
            significant anticipated activities, which are the 
            responsibility of or engaged in by such department or 
            agency: Provided, That this does not constitute a condition 
            precedent to the implementation of any such anticipated 
            intelligence activity.
                (b) It is the sense of the Senate that the head of any 
            department or agency of the United States involved in any 
            intelligence activities should furnish any information or

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            document in the possession, custody, or control of the 
            department or agency, or person paid by such department or 
            agency, whenever requested by the select committee with 
            respect to any matter within such committee's jurisdiction.
                (c) It is the sense of the Senate that each department 
            and agency of the United States should report immediately 
            upon discovery to the select committee any and all 
            intelligence activities which constitute violations of the 
            constitutional rights of any person, violations of law, or 
            violations of Executive orders, Presidential directives, or 
            departmental or agency rules or regulations; each department 
            and agency should further report to such committee what 
            actions have been taken or are expected to be taken by the 
            departments or agencies with respect to such violations.
                Sec. 12. Subject to the Standing Rules of the Senate, no 
            funds shall be appropriated for any fiscal year beginning 
            after September 30, 1976, with the exception of a continuing 
            bill or resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference 
            report thereon, to, or for use of, any department or agency 
            of the United States to carry out any of the following 
            activities, unless such funds shall have been previously 
            authorized by a bill or joint resolution passed by the 
            Senate during the same or preceding fiscal year to carry out 
            such activity for such fiscal year:
                        (1) The activities of the Office of the Director 
                    of National Intelligence and the Director of 
                    National Intelligence.
                        (2) The activities of the Central Intelligence 
                    Agency and the Director of the Central Intelligence 
                    Agency.
                        (3) The activities of the Defense Intelligence 
                    Agency.
                        (4) The activities of the National Security 
                    Agency.
                        (5) The intelligence activities of other 
                    agencies and subdivisions of the Department of 
                    Defense.
                        (6) The intelligence activities of the 
                    Department of State.
                        (7) The intelligence activities of the Federal 
                    Bureau of Investigation.
                Sec. 13. (a) The select committee shall make a study 
            with respect to the following matters, taking into 
            consideration with respect to each such matter, all relevant 
            aspects of the effectiveness of planning, gathering, use, 
            security, and dissemination of intelligence:

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                        (1) the quality of the analytical capabilities 
                    of United States foreign intelligence agencies and 
                    means for integrating more closely analytical 
                    intelligence and policy formulation;
                        (2) the extent and nature of the authority of 
                    the departments and agencies of the Executive branch 
                    to engage in intelligence activities and the 
                    desirability of developing charters for each 
                    intelligence agency or department;
                        (3) the organization of intelligence activities 
                    in the Executive branch to maximize the 
                    effectiveness of the conduct, oversight, and 
                    accountability of intelligence activities; to reduce 
                    duplication or overlap; and to improve the morale of 
                    the personnel of the foreign intelligence agencies;
                        (4) the conduct of covert and clandestine 
                    activities and the procedures by which Congress is 
                    informed of such activities;
                        (5) the desirability of changing any law, Senate 
                    rule or procedure, or any Executive order, rule, or 
                    regulation to improve the protection of intelligence 
                    secrets and provide for disclosure of information 
                    for which there is no compelling reason for secrecy;
                        (6) the desirability of establishing a standing 
                    committee of the Senate on intelligence activities;
                        (7) the desirability of establishing a joint 
                    committee of the Senate and the House of 
                    Representatives on intelligence activities in lieu 
                    of having separate committees in each House of 
                    Congress, or of establishing procedures under which 
                    separate committees on intelligence activities of 
                    the two Houses of Congress would receive joint 
                    briefings from the intelligence agencies and 
                    coordinate their policies with respect to the 
                    safeguarding of sensitive intelligence information;
                        (8) the authorization of funds for the 
                    intelligence activities of the Government and 
                    whether disclosure of any of the amounts of such 
                    funds is in the public interest; and
                        (9) the development of a uniform set of 
                    definitions for terms to be used in policies or 
                    guidelines which may be adopted by the executive or 
                    legislative branches to govern, clarify, and 
                    strengthen the operation of intelligence activities.
                (b) The select committee may, in its discretion, omit 
            from the special study required by this section any matter 
            it

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            determines has been adequately studied by the Select 
            Committee To Study Governmental Operations With Respect to 
            Intelligence Activities, established by Senate Resolution 
            21, Ninety-fourth Congress.
                (c) The select committee shall report the results of the 
            study provided for by this section to the Senate, together 
            with any recommendations for legislative or other actions it 
            deems appropriate, no later than July 1, 1977, and from time 
            to time thereafter as it deems appropriate.
                Sec. 14. (a) As used in this resolution, the term 
            ``intelligence activities'' includes (1) the collection, 
            analysis, production, dissemination, or use of information 
            which relates to any foreign country, or any government, 
            political group, party, military force, movement, or other 
            association in such foreign country, and which relates to 
            the defense, foreign policy, national security, or related 
            policies of the United States, and other activity which is 
            in support of such activities; (2) activities taken to 
            counter similar activities directed against the United 
            States; (3) covert or clandestine activities affecting the 
            relations of the United States with any foreign government, 
            political group, party, military force, movement or other 
            association; (4) the collection, analysis, production, 
            dissemination, or use of information about activities of 
            persons within the United States, its territories and 
            possessions, or nationals of the United States abroad whose 
            political and related activities pose, or may be considered 
            by any department, agency, bureau, office, division, 
            instrumentality, or employee of the United States to pose, a 
            threat to the internal security of the United States, and 
            covert or clandestine activities directed against such 
            persons. Such term does not include tactical foreign 
            military intelligence serving no national policymaking 
            function.
                (b) As used in this resolution, the term ``department or 
            agency'' includes any organization, committee, council, 
            establishment, or office within the Federal Government.
                (c) For purposes of this resolution, reference to any 
            department, agency, bureau, or subdivision shall include a 
            reference to any successor department, agency, bureau, or 
            subdivision to the extent that such successor engages in 
            intelligence activities now conducted by the department, 
            agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in this 
            resolution.

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                Sec. 15. (a) In addition to other committee staff 
            selected by the select Committee, the select Committee shall 
            hire or appoint one employee for each member of the select 
            Committee to serve as such Member's designated 
            representative on the select Committee. The select Committee 
            shall only hire or appoint an employee chosen by the 
            respective Member of the select Committee for whom the 
            employee will serve as the designated representative on the 
            select Committee.
                (b) The select Committee shall be afforded a supplement 
            to its budget, to be determined by the Committee on Rules 
            and Administration, to allow for the hire of each employee 
            who fills the position of designated representative to the 
            select Committee. The designated representative shall have 
            office space and appropriate office equipment in the select 
            Committee spaces. Designated personal representatives shall 
            have the same access to Committee staff, information, 
            records, and databases as select Committee staff, as 
            determined by the Chairman and Vice Chairman.
                (c) The designated employee shall meet all the 
            requirements of relevant statutes, Senate rules, and 
            committee security clearance requirements for employment by 
            the select Committee.
                (d) Of the funds made available to the select Committee 
            for personnel--
                        (1) not more than 60 percent shall be under the 
                    control of the Chairman; and
                        (2) not less than 40 percent shall be under the 
                    control of the Vice Chairman.
                Sec. 16. Nothing in this resolution shall be construed 
            as constituting acquiescence by the Senate in any practice, 
            or in the conduct of any activity, not otherwise authorized 
            by law.
                Sec. 17. (a)(1) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
            and (c), the Select Committee shall have jurisdiction to 
            review, hold hearings, and report the nominations of 
            civilian individuals for positions in the intelligence 
            community for which appointments are made by the President, 
            by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
                (2) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), other 
            committees with jurisdiction over the department or agency 
            of the Executive Branch which contain a position referred to 
            in paragraph (1) may hold hearings and interviews with

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            individuals nominated for such position, but only the Select 
            Committee shall report such nomination.
                (3) In this subsection, the term `intelligence 
            community' means an element of the intelligence community 
            specified in or designated under section 3(4) of the 
            National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
                (b)(1) With respect to the confirmation of the Assistant 
            Attorney General for National Security, or any successor 
            position, the nomination of any individual by the President 
            to serve in such position shall be referred to the Committee 
            on the Judiciary and, if and when reported, to the Select 
            Committee for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in 
            cases when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in 
            recess, the Select Committee shall have 5 additional 
            calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the 
            nomination.
                (2) If, upon the expiration of the period described in 
            paragraph (1), the Select Committee has not reported the 
            nomination, such nomination shall be automatically 
            discharged from the Select Committee and placed on the 
            Executive Calendar.
                (c)(1) With respect to the confirmation of appointment 
            to the position of Director of the National Security Agency, 
            Inspector General of the National Security Agency, Director 
            of the National Reconnaissance Office, or Inspector General 
            of the National Reconnaissance Office, or any successor 
            position to such a position, the nomination of any 
            individual by the President to serve in such position, who 
            at the time of the nomination is a member of the Armed 
            Forces on active duty, shall be referred to the Committee on 
            Armed Services and, if and when reported, to the Select 
            Committee for not to exceed 30 calendar days, except that in 
            cases when the 30-day period expires while the Senate is in 
            recess, the Select Committee shall have 5 additional 
            calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the 
            nomination.
                (2) With respect to the confirmation of appointment to 
            the position of Director of the National Security Agency, 
            Inspector General of the National Security Agency, Director 
            of the National Reconnaissance Office, or Inspector General 
            or the National Reconnaissance Office, or any successor 
            position to such a position, the nomination of any 
            individual by the President to serve in such position, who 
            at the time of the nomination is not a member of the Armed

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            Forces on active duty, shall be referred to the Select 
            Committee and, if and when reported, to the Committee on 
            Armed Services for not to exceed 30 calendar days, except 
            that in cases when the 30-day period expires while the 
            Senate is in recess, the Committee on Armed Services shall 
            have an additional 5 calendar days after the Senate 
            reconvenes to report the nomination.
                (3) If, upon the expiration of the period of sequential 
            referral described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the committee 
            to which the nomination was sequentially referred has not 
            reported the nomination, the nomination shall be 
            automatically discharged from that committee and placed on 
            the Executive Calendar.

              [S. Res. 400, 94-2, May 19, 1976, as amended S. Res. 470, 
             113-2, July 7, 2014; S. Res. 4, Feb. 4, 1977; S. Res. 445, 
              108-2, Oct. 9, 2004, Pub. L. 109-77, Sec.  506. 120 Stat. 
                  247, March 9, 2006; S. Res. 50, 110-1, Feb. 14, 2007.]

        83          HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT

                To eliminate certain restrictions on service of a 
            Senator on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

                Resolved,

                Sec. 100. Purpose.

                It is the purpose of titles I through V of this 
            resolution to improve the effectiveness of the Senate Select 
            Committee on Intelligence, especially with regard to its 
            oversight of the Intelligence Community of the United States 
            Government, and to improve the Senate's oversight of 
            homeland security.

                     TITLE I--HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSIGHT REFORM

                Sec. 101. Homeland Security.


                        (a) Committee on Homeland Security and 
                    Government Affairs.--The Committee on Governmental 
                    Affairs is renamed as the Committee on Homeland 
                    Security and Governmental Affairs.
                        (b) Jurisdiction.--There shall be referred to 
                    the committee all proposed legislation, messages, 
                    petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to 
                    the following subjects:
                          (1) Department of Homeland Security, except 
                    matters relating to--
                                (A) the Coast Guard, the Transportation 
                            Security Administration, the Federal Law 
                            Enforcement Training Center or the Secret 
                            Service; and

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                                (B)(i) the United States Citizenship and 
                            Immigration Service; or
                                (ii) the immigration functions of the 
                            United States Customs and Border Protection 
                            or the United States Immigration and Custom 
                            Enforcement or the Directorate of Border and 
                            Transportation Security; and
                                (C) the following functions performed by 
                            any employee of the Department of Homeland 
                            Security--
                                  (i) any customs revenue function 
                            including any function provided for in 
                            section 415 of the Homeland Security Act of 
                            2002 (Public Law 107-296);
                                  (ii) any commercial function or 
                            commercial operation of the Bureau of 
                            Customs and Border Protection or Bureau of 
                            Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
                            including matters relating to trade 
                            facilitation and trade regulation; or
                                  (iii) any other function related to 
                            clause (i) or (ii) that was exercised by the 
                            United States Customs Service on the day 
                            before the effective date of the Homeland 
                            Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296).
                The jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland Security 
            and Governmental Affairs in this paragraph shall supersede 
            the jurisdiction of any other committee of the Senate 
            provided in the rules of the Senate: Provided, That the 
            jurisdiction provided under section 101(b)(1) shall not 
            include the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, or 
            functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency related 
            thereto.
                          (2) Archives of the United States.
                          (3) Budget and accounting measures, other than 
                    appropriations, except as provided in the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
                          (4) Census and collection of statistics, 
                    including economic and social statistics.
                          (5) Congressional organization, except for any 
                    part of the matter that amends the rules or orders 
                    of the Senate.
                          (6) Federal Civil Service.
                          (7) Government information.
                          (8) Intergovernmental relations.

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                          (9) Municipal affairs of the District of 
                    Columbia, except appropriations therefor.
                          (10) Organization and management of United 
                    States nuclear export policy.
                          (11) Organization and reorganization of the 
                    executive branch of the Government.
                          (12) Postal Service.
                          (13) Status of officers and employees of the 
                    United States, including their classification, 
                    compensation, and benefits.
                        (c) Additional Duties.--The committee shall have 
                    the duty of--
                          (1) receiving and examining reports of the 
                    Comptroller General of the United States and of 
                    submitting such recommendations to the Senate as it 
                    deems necessary or desirable in connection with the 
                    subject matter of such reports;
                          (2) studying the efficiency, economy, and 
                    effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the 
                    Government;
                          (3) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to 
                    reorganize the legislative and executive branches of 
                    the Government; and
                          (4) studying the intergovernmental 
                    relationships between the United States and the 
                    States and municipalities, and between the United 
                    States and international organizations of which the 
                    United States is a member.
                        (d) Jurisdiction Of Budget Committee.--
                    Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(3) of this section, 
                    and except as otherwise provided in the 
                    Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on 
                    the Budget shall have exclusive jurisdiction over 
                    measures affecting the congressional budget process, 
                    which are--
                          (1) the functions, duties, and powers of the 
                    Budget Committee;
                          (2) the functions, duties, and powers of the 
                    Congressional Budget Office;
                          (3) the process by which Congress annually 
                    establishes the appropriate levels of budget 
                    authority, outlays, revenues, deficits or surpluses, 
                    and public debt--including subdivisions thereof--and 
                    including the establishment of mandatory ceilings on 
                    spending and appropriations, a floor on revenues, 
                    timetables for congressional action on concurrent 
                    resolutions, on the

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                    reporting of authorization bills, and on the 
                    enactment of appropriation bills, and enforcement 
                    mechanisms for budgetary limits and timetables;
                          (4) the limiting of backdoor spending devices;
                          (5) the timetables for Presidential submission 
                    of appropriations and authorization requests;
                          (6) the definitions of what constitutes 
                    impoundment--such as ``rescissions'' and 
                    ``deferrals'';
                          (7) the process and determination by which 
                    impoundments must be reported to and considered by 
                    Congress;
                          (8) the mechanisms to insure Executive 
                    compliance with the provisions of the Impoundment 
                    Control Act, title X--such as GAO review and 
                    lawsuits; and
                          (9) the provisions which affect the content or 
                    determination of amounts included in or excluded 
                    from the congressional budget or the calculation of 
                    such amounts, including the definition of terms 
                    provided by the Budget Act.
                        (e) OMB Nominees.--The Committee on the Budget 
                    and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                    Governmental Affairs shall have joint jurisdiction 
                    over the nominations of persons nominated by the 
                    President to fill the positions of Director and 
                    Deputy Director for Budget within the Office of 
                    Management and Budget, and if one committee votes to 
                    order reported such a nomination, the other must 
                    report within 30 calendar days session, or be 
                    automatically discharged.

                       TITLE II--INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT REFORM

                Sec. 201. Intelligence Oversight.


                        (a) Committee on Armed Services Membership.--
                    Section 2(a)(3) of Senate Resolution 400, agreed to 
                    May 19, 1976 (94th Congress) (referred to in this 
                    section as ``S. Res. 400'') is amended by--
                          (1) inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
                          (2) inserting at the end the following:
                                ``(B) The Chairman and Ranking Member of 
                            the Committee on Armed Services (if not 
                            already a member of the select Committee) 
                            shall be ex officio members of the select 
                            Committee but shall have no vote in the 
                            Committee and shall not be counted for 
                            purposes of determining a quorum.''.
                        (b) Number Of Members.--Section 2(a) of S. Res. 
                    400 is amended--

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                          (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``not to 
                    exceed'' before ``fifteen members'';
                          (2) in paragraph (1)(E), by inserting ``not to 
                    exceed'' before ``seven''; and
                          (3) in paragraph (2), by striking the second 
                    sentence and inserting ``Of any members appointed 
                    under paragraph (1)(E), the majority leader shall 
                    appoint the majority members and the minority leader 
                    shall appoint the minority members, with the 
                    majority having a one vote margin.''.
                        (c) Elimination of Term Limits.--Section 2 of 
                    Senate Resolution 400, 94th Congress, agreed to May 
                    19, 1976, is amended by striking subsection (b) and 
                    by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
                        (d) Appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman.--
                    Section 2(b) of S. Res. 400, as redesignated by 
                    subsection (c) of this section, is amended by 
                    striking the first sentence and inserting the 
                    following: ``At the beginning of each Congress, the 
                    Majority Leader of the Senate shall select a 
                    chairman of the select Committee and the Minority 
                    Leader shall select a vice chairman for the select 
                    Committee.''.
                        (e) Subcommittees.--Section 2 of S. Res. 400, as 
                    amended by subsections (a) through (d), is amended 
                    by adding at the end the following:
                        ``(c) The select Committee may be organized into 
                    subcommittees. Each subcommittee shall have a 
                    chairman and a vice chairman who are selected by the 
                    Chairman and Vice Chairman of the select Committee, 
                    respectively.''.
                        (f) Reports.--Section 4(a) of S. Res. 400 is 
                    amended by inserting ``, but not less than 
                    quarterly,'' after ``periodic''.
                        (g) Staff.--Section 15 of S. Res. 400 is amended 
                    to read as follows:
                        ``Sec. 15. (a) In addition to other committee 
                    staff selected by the select Committee, the select 
                    Committee shall hire or appoint one employee for 
                    each member of the select Committee to serve as such 
                    Member's designated representative on the select 
                    Committee. The select Committee shall only hire or 
                    appoint an employee chosen by the respective Member 
                    of the select Committee for whom the employee will 
                    serve as the designated representative on the select 
                    Committee.

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                        ``(b) The select Committee shall be afforded a 
                    supplement to its budget, to be determined by the 
                    Committee on Rules and Administration, to allow for 
                    the hire of each employee who fills the position of 
                    designated representative to the select Committee. 
                    The designated representative shall have office 
                    space and appropriate office equipment in the select 
                    Committee spaces. Designated personal 
                    representatives shall have the same access to 
                    Committee staff, information, records, and databases 
                    as select Committee staff, as determined by the 
                    Chairman and Vice Chairman.
                        ``(c) The designated employee shall meet all the 
                    requirements of relevant statutes, Senate rules, and 
                    committee security clearance requirements for 
                    employment by the select Committee.
                        ``(d) Of the funds made available to the select 
                    Committee for personnel--
                          ``(1) not more than 60 percent shall be under 
                    the control of the Chairman; and
                          ``(2) not less than 40 percent shall be under 
                    the control of the Vice Chairman.''.
                        (h) Nominees.--S. Res. 400 is amended by adding 
                    at the end the following:
                        ``Sec. 17. (a) The select Committee shall have 
                    jurisdiction for reviewing, holding hearings, and 
                    reporting the nominations of civilian persons 
                    nominated by the President to fill all positions 
                    within the intelligence community requiring the 
                    advice and consent of the Senate.
                        ``(b) Other committees with jurisdiction over 
                    the nominees' executive branch department may hold 
                    hearings and interviews with such persons, but only 
                    the select Committee shall report such 
                    nominations.''.
                        (i) Jurisdiction.--Section 3(b) of S. Res. 400 
                    is amended to read as follows:
                        ``(b)(1) Any proposed legislation reported by 
                    the select Committee except any legislation 
                    involving matters specified in clause (1) or (4)(A) 
                    of subsection (a), containing any matter otherwise 
                    within the jurisdiction of any standing committee 
                    shall, at the request of the chairman of such 
                    standing committee, be referred to such standing 
                    committee for its consideration of such matter and 
                    be reported to the Senate by such standing committee 
                    within 10 days after the day on which such proposed 
                    legislation, in its entirety

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                    and including annexes, is referred to such standing 
                    committee; and any proposed legislation reported by 
                    any committee, other than the select Committee, 
                    which contains any matter within the jurisdiction of 
                    the select Committee shall, at the request of the 
                    chairman of the select Committee, be referred to the 
                    select Committee for its consideration of such 
                    matter and be reported to the Senate by the select 
                    Committee within 10 days after the day on which such 
                    proposed legislation, in its entirety and including 
                    annexes, is referred to such committee.
                        ``(2) In any case in which a committee fails to 
                    report any proposed legislation referred to it 
                    within the time limit prescribed in this subsection, 
                    such Committee shall be automatically discharged 
                    from further consideration of such proposed 
                    legislation on the 10th day following the day on 
                    which such proposed legislation is referred to such 
                    committee unless the Senate provides otherwise, or 
                    the Majority Leader or Minority Leader request, 
                    prior to that date, an additional 5 days on behalf 
                    of the Committee to which the proposed legislation 
                    as sequentially referred. At the end of that 
                    additional 5 day period, if the Committee fails to 
                    report the proposed legislation within that 5 day 
                    period, the Committee shall be automatically 
                    discharged from further consideration of such 
                    proposed legislation unless the Senate provides 
                    otherwise.
                        ``(3) In computing any 10 or 5 day period under 
                    this subsection there shall be excluded from such 
                    computation any days on which the Senate is not the 
                    session.
                        ``(4) The reporting and referral processes 
                    outlined in this subsection shall be conducted in 
                    strict accordance with the Standing Rules of the 
                    Senate. In accordance with such rules, committees to 
                    which legislation is referred are not permitted to 
                    make changes or alterations to the text of the 
                    referred bill and its annexes, but may propose 
                    changes or alterations to the same in the form of 
                    amendments.''.
                        (j) Public Disclosure.--Section 8 of S. Res. 400 
                    is amended--
                          (1) in subsection (b)--
                                (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                            ``shall notify the President of such vote'' 
                            and inserting ``shall--

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                                  ``(A) first, notify the Majority 
                            Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate of 
                            such vote; and
                                  ``(B) second, consult with the 
                            Majority Leader and Minority Leader before 
                            notifying the President of such vote.'';
                                (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                            ``transmitted to the President'' and 
                            inserting ``transmitted to the Majority 
                            Leader and the Minority Leader and the 
                            President''; and
                                (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
                            follows:
                          ``(3) If the President, personally, in 
                    writing, notifies the Majority Leader and Minority 
                    Leader of the Senate and the select Committee of his 
                    objections to the disclosure of such information as 
                    provided in paragraph (2), the Majority Leader and 
                    Minority Leader jointly or the select Committee, by 
                    majority vote, may refer the question of the 
                    disclosure of such information to the Senate for 
                    consideration.''.


                             TITLE III--COMMITTEE STATUS

                Sec. 301. Committee Status.


                        (a) Homeland Security.--The Committee on 
                    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs shall be 
                    treated as the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
                    listed under paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the Standing 
                    Rules of the Senate for purposes of the Standing 
                    Rules of the Senate.
                        (b) Intelligence.--The Select Committee on 
                    Intelligence shall be treated as a committee listed 
                    under paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules 
                    of the Senate for purposes of the Standing Rules of 
                    the Senate.


                    TITLE IV--INTELLIGENCE RELATED SUBCOMMITTEES

                Sec. 401. Subcommittee Related on Intelligence 
            Oversight.


                        (a) Establishment.--There is established in the 
                    Select Committee on Intelligence a Subcommittee on 
                    Oversight which shall be in addition to any other 
                    subcommittee established by the select Committee.
                        (b) Responsibility.--The Subcommittee on 
                    Oversight shall be responsible for ongoing oversight 
                    of intelligence activities.



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                Sec. 402. Subcommittee Related to Intelligence 
            Appropriations.


                        (a) Establishment.--There is established in the 
                    Committee on Appropriations a Subcommittee on 
                    Intelligence. The Committee on Appropriations shall 
                    reorganize into 13 subcommittees as soon as possible 
                    after the convening of the 109th Congress.
                        (b) Jurisdiction.--The Subcommittee on 
                    Intelligence of the Committee on Appropriations 
                    shall have jurisdiction over funding for 
                    intelligence matters, as determined by the Senate 
                    Committee on Appropriations.

                               TITLE V--EFFECTIVE DATE

                Sec. 501. Effective Date.


                This resolution shall take effect on the convening of 
            the 109th Congress.

                                     [S. Res. 445, 108-2, Oct. 9, 2004.]

        84          REORGANIZATION OF SENATE COMMITTEE SYSTEM\9\
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            Senate and various Senate resolutions, were temporary in 
            nature, or have been executed.
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                Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as the 
            ``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977''.

                 TITLE I--SENATE COMMITTEES; JURISDICTIONS AND SIZES

                                    * * * * * * *

        85                   SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

                Sec. 104. (a)(1) There is established a Special 
            Committee on Aging (hereafter in this section referred to as 
            the ``special committee'') which shall consist of 
            nineteen\10\ members. The members and chairman of the 
            special committee shall be appointed in the same manner and 
            at the same time as the members and chairman of a standing 
            committee of the Senate. After the date on which the 
            majority and minority members of the special committee are 
            initially appointed on or after the effective date of Title 
            I of the Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977, 
            each time a vacancy occurs in the membership of the special 
            committee, the number of members of the special committee 
            shall be reduced by one until the number of members of the 
            special committee consists of nine Senators.
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                (2)\11\ For purposes of paragraph 1 of rule XXV; 
            paragraphs 1, 7(a)(1)-(2), 9, and 10(a) of rule XXVI; and 
            paragraphs 1(a)-(d), and 2 (a) and (d) of rule XXVII of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate; and for purposes of section 
            202 (i) and (j) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
            1946, the special committee shall be treated as a standing 
            committee of the Senate.\12\
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                \11\The references in this paragraph were changed as a 
            result of the adoption of S. Res. 274, 96-1, Nov. 14, 1979; 
            and further changed as a result of the adoption of S. Res. 
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                \12\As amended, S. Res. 78, 95-1, Feb. 11, 1977; S. Res. 
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                (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the special committee to 
            conduct a continuing study of any and all matters pertaining 
            to problems and opportunities of older people, including, 
            but not limited to, problems and opportunities of 
            maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding 
            employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding 
            activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, 
            of obtaining care or assistance. No proposed legislation 
            shall be referred to such committee, and such committee 
            shall not have power to report by bill, or otherwise have 
            legislative jurisdiction.
                (2) The special committee shall, from time to time (but 
            not less often than once each year), report to the Senate 
            the results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph 
            (1), together with such recommendation as it considers 
            appropriate.
                (c)(1) For the purposes of this section, the special 
            committee is authorized, in its discretion, (A) to make 
            investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, (B) 
            to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, 
            (C) to employ personnel, (D) to hold hearings, (E) to sit 
            and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses, 
            and adjourned periods of the Senate, (F) to require, by 
            subpoena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the 
            production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents, 
            (G) to take depositions and other testimony, (H) to procure 
            the services of individual consultations or organizations 
            thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i) 
            of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and (I) with 
            the prior consent of the Government department or agency 
            concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to 
            use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any 
            such department or agency.

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                (2) The chairman of the special committee or any member 
            thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
                (3) Subpenas authorized by the special committee may be 
            issued over the signature of the chairman, or any member of 
            the special committee designated by the chairman, and may be 
            served by any person designated by the chairman or the 
            member signing the Subpena.
                (d) All records and papers of the temporary Special 
            Committee on Aging established by Senate Resolution 33, 
            Eighty-seventh Congress, are transferred to the special 
            committee.
                (e) (Executed.)

        86                 COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS\13\

                Sec. 105. (a)(1) There is established a Select Committee 
            on Indian Affairs (hereafter in this section referred to as 
            the ``select committee'') which shall consist of seven\14\ 
            members, four to be appointed by the President of the 
            Senate, upon the recommendation of the majority leader, from 
            among members of the majority party and three to be 
            appointed by the President of the Senate, upon the 
            recommendation of the minority leader, from among the 
            members of the minority party. The select committee shall 
            select a chairman from among its members.
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                (2) A majority of the members of the committee shall 
            constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of business, 
            except that the select committee may fix a lesser number as 
            a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony. The select 
            committee shall adopt rules of procedure not inconsistent 
            with this section and the rules of the Senate governing 
            standing committees of the Senate.
                (3) Vacancies in the membership of the select committee 
            shall not affect the authority of the remaining members to 
            execute the functions of the select committee.
                (4) For purposes of paragraph 4\15\ of rule XXV of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as a 
            member or chairman of the select committee shall not be 
            taken into account.
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                (b)(1) All proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
            memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs 
            shall be referred to the select committee.
                (2) It shall be the duty of the select committee to 
            conduct a study of any and all matters pertaining to 
            problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not 
            limited to, Indian land management and trust 
            responsibilities, Indian education, health, special 
            services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the 
            United States.
                (3) The select committee shall from time to time report 
            to the Senate, by bill or otherwise, its recommendations 
            with respect to matters referred to the select committee or 
            otherwise within its jurisdiction.
                (c)(1) For the purposes of this section, the select 
            committee is authorized, in its discretion, (A) to make 
            investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, (B) 
            to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, 
            (C) to employ personnel, (D) to hold hearings, (E) to sit 
            and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses, 
            and adjourned periods of the Senate, (F) to require, by 
            subpoena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the 
            production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents, 
            (G) to take depositions and other testimony, (H) to procure 
            the services of individual consultants or organizations 
            thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i) 
            of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and (I) with 
            the prior consent of the Government department or agency 
            concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to 
            use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any 
            such department or agency.
                (2) The chairman of the select committee or any member 
            thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
                (3) Subpoenas authorized by the select committee may be 
            issued over the signature of the chairman, or any member of 
            the select committee designated by the chairman, and may be 
            served by any person designated by the chairman or the 
            member signing the subpoena.

                                    * * * * * * *

            [Sec. 105 of S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 4, 1977; S. Res. 405, 95-
            2, Oct. 15, 1978; S. Res. 448, 96-2, Dec. 11, 1980; Cong. 
            Rec., Nov. 18, 1983, p. 34680; S. Res. 127, 98-2, June 6, 
            1984.]

      86.1         TITLE II--COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS; CHAIRMANSHIPS

                Sec. 201. * * *
                (f) It is the sense of the Senate that, in adopting 
            rules, each committee of the Senate should include a 
            provision

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            to insure that assignment of Senators to subcommittees will 
            occur in an equitable fashion; namely, that no member of a 
            committee will receive assignment to a second subcommittee 
            until, in order of seniority, all members of the committee 
            have chosen assignments to one subcommittee, and no member 
            shall receive assignment to a third subcommittee until, in 
            order of seniority, all members have chosen assignments to 
            two subcommittees.

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      86.2           TITLE IV--SCHEDULING OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

                Sec. 401. (a) In consultation with the Majority Leader 
            and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration shall establish and maintain a computerized 
            schedule of all meetings of committees of the Senate and 
            subcommittees thereof, and of all meetings of joint 
            committees of the Congress and subcommittees thereof. Such 
            schedule shall be maintained online to terminals in the 
            offices of all Senators, committees of the Senate, and 
            permanent joint committees of the Congress, and shall be 
            updated immediately upon receipt of notices of meetings or 
            cancellations thereof under this section.
                (b) Each committee of the Senate, and each subcommittee 
            thereof, shall notify the office designated by the Committee 
            on Rules and Administration of each meeting of such 
            committee or subcommittee, including the time period or 
            periods (as prescribed in paragraph 6 of rule XXVI\16\ of 
            the Standing Rules of the Senate), the place, and the 
            purpose of such meeting. The Senate members of any joint 
            committee of the Congress or of a subcommittee thereof shall 
            cause notice to be given to the office designated by the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration of each meeting of 
            such joint committee or subcommittee, including the time, 
            place, and purposes of such meeting. Notice under this 
            subsection shall be given immediately upon scheduling a 
            meeting.
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                (c) Each committee of the Senate, and each subcommittee 
            thereof, shall notify the office designated by the Committee 
            on Rules and Administration immediately upon the 
            cancellation of a meeting of such committee or subcommittee. 
            The Senate members of any joint committee of the Congress or 
            any subcommittee thereof shall cause notice to be given to 
            the office designated by the Committee on Rules

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            and Administration immediately upon the cancellation of a 
            meeting of such joint committee or subcommittee.
                (d) For purposes of this section, the term ``joint 
            committee of the Congress'' includes a committee of 
            conference.

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      86.3       TITLE V--CONTINUING REVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM

                Sec. 501. (a) The Committee on Rules and Administration, 
            in consultation with the Majority Leader and the Minority 
            Leader, shall review, on a continuing basis, the committee 
            system of the Senate and the Standing Rules and other rules 
            of the Senate related thereto.
                (b) During the second regular session of each Congress, 
            the Committee on Rules and Administration shall submit to 
            the Senate a report of the results of its review under 
            subsection (a) during that Congress. Such report shall 
            include its recommendations (if any) for changes in the 
            committee system of the Senate and the Standing Rules and 
            other rules of the Senate related thereto. The Committee on 
            Rules and Administration may submit, from time to time, such 
            other reports and recommendations with respect to such 
            committee system and rules as it deems appropriate.
                (c) The Committee on Rules and Administration, the 
            Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader may request the 
            Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the 
            Minority to provide assistance in carrying out their duties 
            and responsibilities under this section.

                                    * * * * * * *

                                        [S. Res. 4, 95-1, Feb. 4, 1977.]

        87       ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND 
                                   ADMINISTRATION

                Sec. 4. The Senate Committee on Rules and 
            Administration, on behalf of the Senate, may accept a gift 
            if the gift does not involve any duty, burden, or condition, 
            or is not made dependent upon some future performance by the 
            United States Senate. The Committee on Rules and 
            Administration is authorized to promulgate regulations to 
            carry out this section.

                                    [S. Res. 158, 104-1, July 28, 1995.]

        88              AUTHORIZING SUIT BY SENATE COMMITTEES

                Resolved, That hereafter any committee of the Senate is 
            hereby authorized to bring suit on behalf of and in the name 
            of the United States in any court of competent juris

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            diction if the committee is of the opinion that the suit is 
            necessary to the adequate performance of the powers vested 
            in it or the duties imposed upon it by the Constitution, 
            resolution of the Senate, or other law. Such suit may be 
            brought and prosecuted to final determination irrespective 
            of whether or not the Senate is in session at the time the 
            suit is brought or thereafter. The committee may be 
            represented in the suit either by such attorneys as it may 
            designate or by such officers of the Department of Justice 
            as the Attorney General may designate upon the request of 
            the committee. No expenditures shall be made in connection 
            with any such suit in excess of the amount of funds 
            available to the said committee. As used in this resolution, 
            the term ``committee'' means any standing or special 
            committee of the Senate, or any duly authorized subcommittee 
            thereof, or the Senate members of any joint committee.

                                     [S. Jour. 572, 70-1, May 28, 1928.]

        89                 NATIONAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP

                Sec. 21. Senate National Security Working Group 
            Extension and Revision.
                        (a) Working Group Reconstitution.--
                          (1) In General.--The Senate National Security 
                    Working Group (in this section referred to as the 
                    ``Working Group''), authorized by Senate Resolution 
                    105 of the 101st Congress, 1st session (agreed to on 
                    April 13, 1989), as subsequently amended and 
                    extended, is hereby reconstituted.
                          (2) Duties.--The Working Group--
                                (A) shall serve as a forum for 
                            bipartisan discussion of current national 
                            security issues relating to the 
                            jurisdictions of multiple committees of the 
                            Senate;
                                (B) shall conduct regular meetings and 
                            maintain records of all meetings and 
                            activities;
                                (C) may authorize members to act as 
                            official observers on the United States 
                            delegation to any negotiations to which the 
                            United States is a party regarding--
                                  (i) the reduction, limitation, or 
                            control of conventional weapons, weapons of 
                            mass destruction, or the means for delivery 
                            of any such weapons;
                                  (ii) the reduction, limitation, or 
                            control of missile defenses; or
                                  (iii) export controls;

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                                (D) may study any issues related to 
                            national security that the majority leader 
                            of the Senate and the minority leader of the 
                            Senate jointly determine appropriate;
                                (E) is encouraged to consult with 
                            parliamentarians and legislators of foreign 
                            nations and to participate in international 
                            forums and institutions regarding the 
                            matters described in subparagraphs (C) and 
                            (D); and
                                (F) is not authorized to investigate 
                            matters relating to espionage or 
                            intelligence operations against the United 
                            States, counterintelligence operations and 
                            activities, or other intelligence matters 
                            within the jurisdiction of the Select 
                            Committee on Intelligence under Senate 
                            Resolution 400 of the 94th Congress, agreed 
                            to on May 19, 1976.
                          (3) Composition.--
                                (A) In General.--The Working Group shall 
                            be composed of 20 members, as follows:
                                  (i) 7 Cochairmen, who shall head the 
                            Working Group, as follows:
                                    (I) 4 Members of the Senate from the 
                            majority party in the Senate (in this 
                            section referred to as the ``Majority 
                            Cochairmen''), appointed by the majority 
                            leader of the Senate.
                                    (II) 3 Members of the Senate from 
                            the minority party in the Senate (in this 
                            section referred to as the ``Minority 
                            Cochairmen''), appointed by the minority 
                            leader of the Senate.
                                  (ii) The majority leader of the Senate 
                            and the minority leader of the Senate.
                                  (iii) 5 Members of the Senate from the 
                            majority party in the Senate, appointed by 
                            the majority leader of the Senate.
                                  (iv) 6 Members of the Senate from the 
                            minority party in the Senate, appointed by 
                            the minority leader of the Senate.
                                (B) Administrative Cochairmen.--The 
                            majority leader of the Senate shall 
                            designate one of the Majority Cochairmen to 
                            serve as the Majority Administrative 
                            Cochairman, and the minority leader of the 
                            Senate shall designate one of the

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                            Minority Cochairmen to serve as the Minority 
                            Administrative Cochairman.
                                (C)Publication.--Appointments and 
                            designations under this paragraph shall be 
                            printed in the Congressional Record.
                          (4) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Working 
                    Group shall be filled in the same manner in which 
                    the original appointment was made.
                        (b) Working Group Staff.--
                          (1) Compensation and Expenses.--(A) The 
                    Working Group is authorized, from funds made 
                    available under subsection (c), to employ such staff 
                    in the manner and at a rate not to exceed that 
                    allowed for employees of a committee of the Senate 
                    under paragraph (3) of section 105(e) of the 
                    Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 
                    61-1(e)), and incur such expenses as may be 
                    necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties and 
                    functions.
                                (B) Senate Resolution 243, 100th 
                            Congress, agreed to July 1, 1987, is amended 
                            in section 2(b) by striking the period at 
                            the end and inserting ``at a rate not to 
                            exceed that allowed for employees of a 
                            committee of the Senate under paragraph (3) 
                            of section 105(e) of the Legislative Branch 
                            Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-
                            1(e)).''.
                                (C) Payments made under this subsection 
                            for receptions, meals, and food-related 
                            expenses shall be authorized, however, only 
                            for those actual expenses incurred by the 
                            Working Group in the course of conducting 
                            its official duties and functions. Amounts 
                            received as reimbursement for such food 
                            expenses shall not be reported as income, 
                            and the expenses so reimbursed shall not be 
                            allowed as a deduction under title 26, 
                            United States Code.
                          (2) Designation of Professional Staff.--
                                (A) In General.--The Majority 
                            Administrative Cochairman shall designate 
                            one or more professional staff members for 
                            each Majority Cochairman of the Working 
                            Group, upon recommendations from each such 
                            Majority Co-chairman. The Minority 
                            Administrative Co-chairman shall designate 
                            one or more professional staff members for 
                            each Minority Cochairman of the Working

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                            Group, upon recommendations from each such 
                            Minority Cochairman.
                                (B) Compensation of Senate Employees.--
                            In the case of the compensation of any such 
                            professional staff member who is an employee 
                            of a Member of the Senate or of a committee 
                            of the Senate and who has been designated to 
                            perform services for the Working Group, such 
                            professional staff member shall continue to 
                            be paid by such Member or such Committee, as 
                            the case may be, but the account from which 
                            such professional staff member is paid shall 
                            be reimbursed for the services of such 
                            professional staff member (including agency 
                            contributions when appropriate) out of funds 
                            made available under subsection (c)(2).
                                (C) Duties.--The professional staff 
                            members authorized by this paragraph shall 
                            serve all members of the Working Group and 
                            shall carry out such other functions as 
                            their respective Co-chairmen may specify.
                                (D) Exclusive Participation in Official 
                            Activities.--Except as provided in paragraph 
                            (4), only designated staff of the Working 
                            Group may participate in the official 
                            activities of the Working Group.
                          (3) Leadership Staff.--
                                (A) In General.--The majority leader of 
                            the Senate and the minority leader of the 
                            Senate may each designate 2 staff members 
                            who shall be responsible to the respective 
                            leader.
                                (B) Compensation.--Funds necessary to 
                            compensate leadership staff shall be 
                            transferred from the funds made available 
                            under subsection (c)(3) to the respective 
                            account from which such designated staff 
                            member is paid.
                          (4) Foreign Travel.--
                                (A) In General.--All foreign travel of 
                            the Working Group shall be authorized solely 
                            by the majority leader of the Senate and the 
                            minority leader of the Senate, upon the 
                            recommendation of the Administrative 
                            Cochairmen. Participation by Senate staff 
                            members in, and access to, all official 
                            activities and functions of the Working 
                            Group during foreign travel, and access to 
                            all classified briefings and information 
                            made avail

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                            able to the Working Group during such 
                            travel, shall be limited exclusively to 
                            Working Group staff members with appropriate 
                            clearances.
                                (B) Authorization Required.--
                                  (i) Committee Staff.--No foreign 
                            travel or other funding shall be authorized 
                            by any committee of the Senate for the use 
                            of staff for activities described under this 
                            paragraph without the joint written 
                            authorization of the majority leader of the 
                            Senate and the minority leader of the Senate 
                            to the chairman of such committee.
                                  (ii) Member Staff.--No foreign travel 
                            or other funding shall be authorized for the 
                            staff of any Member of the Senate, other 
                            than Working Group staff, for activities 
                            described under this paragraph unless the 
                            majority leader of the Senate and the 
                            minority leader of the Senate jointly so 
                            authorize in writing.
                        (c) Payment of Expenses.--
                          (1) In General.--The expenses of the Working 
                    Group shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 
                    Senate, out of the account of Miscellaneous Items, 
                    upon vouchers approved jointly by the Administrative 
                    Cochairmen (except that vouchers shall not be 
                    required for the disbursement of salaries of 
                    employees who are paid at an annual rate).
                          (2) Amounts Available.--For any fiscal year, 
                    not more than $500,000 shall be expended for staff 
                    and for expenses (excepting expenses incurred for 
                    foreign travel), of which not more than $100,000 
                    shall be available for each Administrative 
                    Cochairman and the staff of such Administrative 
                    Cochairman, and not more than $60,000 shall be 
                    available for each Cochairman who is not an 
                    Administrative Cochairman and the staff of such 
                    Cochairman.
                          (3) Leadership Staff.--In addition to the 
                    amounts referred to in paragraph (2), for any fiscal 
                    year, not more than $200,000 shall be expended from 
                    the contingent fund of the Senate, out of the 
                    account of Miscellaneous Items, for leadership staff 
                    as designated in subsection (b)(3) for salaries and 
                    expenses (excepting expenses incurred for foreign 
                    travel).

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                        (d) Sunset.--The provisions of this section 
                    shall remain in effect until December 31, 2020.

                   [S. Res. 64, 113-1, Mar. 5, 2013, as amended Further 
            Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017, 
            Pub. L. 114-254, Dec. 10, 2016; as amended Energy and Water, 
              Legislative Branch and Military Construction and Veterans 
            Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019, Pub. L. No. 115-244, Sept. 
                                                              21, 2018.]

        90                        SPECIAL DEPUTIES

                Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate is 
            authorized and empowered from time to time to appoint such 
            special deputies as he may think necessary to serve process 
            or perform other duties devolved upon the Sergeant at Arms 
            by law or the rules or orders of the Senate, or which may 
            hereafter be devolved upon him, and in such case they shall 
            be officers of the Senate; and any act done or return made 
            by the deputies so appointed shall have like effect and be 
            of the same validity as if performed or made by the Sergeant 
            at Arms in person.

                                     [S. Jour. 47, 51-1, Dec. 17, 1889.]

        91             OFFICE OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

                Resolved, That, effective January 5, 1977, there is 
            hereby established in the United States Senate the Office of 
            Deputy President Pro Tempore.
                Sec. 2. Any Member of the Senate who has held the Office 
            of President of the United States or Vice President of the 
            United States shall be a Deputy President pro tempore.
                Sec. 3. [Superseded.]
                Sec. 4. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is 
            authorized (a) to provide, by lease or purchase, and 
            maintain an automobile for each Deputy President pro 
            tempore, and (b) to employ and fix the compensation of a 
            driver-messenger for each Deputy President pro tempore at 
            not to exceed $18,584\17\ per annum.
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                Sec. 5. [Superseded.]
                Sec. 6. [Superseded.]
                Sec. 7. Until otherwise provided by law, the Secretary 
            of the Senate is authorized to pay from the contingent fund 
            of the Senate such amounts as may be necessary, for salaries 
            and expenses, to carry out the provisions of this 
            resolution. Expenses incurred under section 4(a) of this 
            resolution shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the 
            Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. Vouchers shall not be 
            required for

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            the disbursement of salaries of employees paid under 
            authority of this resolution.

                                      [S. Res. 17, 95-1, Jan. 10, 1977.]

                Resolved, That (a) In addition to Senators who hold the 
            office of Deputy President pro tempore under authority of S. 
            Res. 17 of the 95th Congress (agreed to January 10, 1977), 
            any other Member of the Senate who is designated as such by 
            the Senate in a Senate resolution shall be the Deputy 
            President pro tempore of the Senate, and shall hold office 
            at the pleasure of the Senate during the 100th Congress.
                (b) The Deputy President pro tempore who is designated 
            as such pursuant to the authority contained in this 
            resolution is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation 
            of such employees as he deems appropriate: Provided, That 
            the gross compensation paid to such employees shall not 
            exceed $90,000 for any fiscal year.
                (c) The following provisions shall not be applicable to 
            the Deputy President pro tempore who is designated as such 
            pursuant to the authority contained in this resolution:
                (1) the provisions of S. Res. 17 of the 95th Congress 
            (agreed to January 10, 1977);
                (2) the provisions relating to compensation of a Deputy 
            President pro tempore which appear in chapter VIII of Title 
            I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, and which 
            are carried in section 32a of Title 2, United States Code; 
            and
                (3) the provisions relating to staff of a Deputy 
            President pro tempore which appear in chapter VIII of Title 
            I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, and which 
            are carried in section 611 of Title 2, United States Code.
                (d) Salaries under authority of this section shall be 
            paid from any funds available in the Senate appropriation 
            account for Salaries, Officers and Employees.
                Sec. 2. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is 
            authorized to provide, by lease or purchase, and maintain an 
            automobile for the former President pro tempore.
                (b) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to pay 
            from the contingent fund of the Senate such amounts as may 
            be necessary for expenses to carry out the provisions of 
            this section. Such expenses shall be paid upon vouchers 
            approved by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.

                                     [S. Res. 90, 100-1, Jan. 28, 1987.]

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        92                MANAGING POLITICAL FUND ACTIVITY

                Sec. 1701. The Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 
            may each designate up to 2 employees of their respective 
            leadership office staff as designees referred to in the 
            second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule XLI of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate.

            [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. 116-
                                                     94, Dec. 20, 2019.]

        93                 SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN EMERITUS

            Whereas the Senate has been advised of the retirement of its 
                Parliamentarian, Floyd M. Riddick, at the end of this 
                session: Therefore be it
                Resolved, That, effective at the sine die adjournment of 
            this session, as a token of the appreciation of the Senate 
            for his long and faithful service, Floyd M. Riddick is 
            hereby designated as Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United 
            States Senate.

            [S. Jour. 1519, 93-2, Dec. 5, 1974.]

                Resolved, That Murray Zweben be, and he is hereby, 
            designated as a Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United 
            States Senate.

            [S. Res. 297, 98-1, Nov. 18, 1983.]

                Resolved, That Robert B. Dove be, and he is hereby, 
            designated as a Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United 
            States Senate.

            [S. Res. 32, 100-1, Jan. 6, 1987.]

                Resolved, That Alan Scott Frumin be, and he is hereby 
            designated as a Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United 
            States Senate.

            [S. Res. 23, 105-1, Jan. 23, 1997.]

        94          SENATE CHIEF COUNSEL FOR EMPLOYMENT EMERITUS

            Whereas Jean M. Manning will retire from the United States 
                Senate after having served with distinction as the 
                Senate's first Chief Counsel for Employment from 1993 to 
                2014;
            Whereas Jean M. Manning has dedicated her Senate service to 
                providing legal representation, legal advice and legal 
                training to all senators and their management staff with 
                respect to all matters arising under the Government 
                Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the Congressional 
                Accountability Act of 1995;
            Whereas Jean M. Manning has represented Senate offices with 
                distinction before the federal courts;
            Whereas Jean M. Manning has upheld the high standards and 
                traditions of the Senate with abiding devotion and

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                has performed her Senate duties in an impartial, 
                professional manner; and
            Whereas Jean M. Manning has earned the respect, affection 
                and esteem of the United States Senate: Now, therefore, 
                be it
                Resolved, That, upon her retirement on March 19, 2014, 
            as a token of the appreciation of the Senate for her long 
            and faithful service, Jean M. Manning is hereby designated 
            as Chief Counsel for Employment Emeritus of the United 
            States Senate.

            [S. Res. 391, 113-2, Mar. 13, 2014.]

        95                    SENATE HISTORIAN EMERITUS

            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie will retire from the United States 
                Senate after serving with distinction, first as 
                Associate Historian from 1976 to 2009, and then as 
                Senate Historian from 2009 to 2015;
            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has dedicated his Senate service 
                to preserving, protecting, and promoting the history of 
                the Senate and its members;
            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has produced or guided production 
                of numerous publications detailing the rich 
                institutional history of the Senate;
            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has been instrumental in 
                preserving, organizing, and making available to scholars 
                the vast archival holdings of the Senate and its 
                members;
            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has assisted in the Senate's 
                commemoration of events of historical significance and 
                in the development of exhibitions and educational 
                programs on the history of the Senate and the Capitol;
            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has guided the Senate's 
                comprehensive Oral History Project to capture and 
                preserve the institutional memory of Senators, Senate 
                officers, and Senate staff;
            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has upheld the high standards and 
                traditions of the Senate, and has performed his duties 
                in a professional and nonpartisan manner; and
            Whereas Donald A. Ritchie has earned the respect and esteem 
                of the United States Senate; Now, therefore, be it
                Resolved, That, effective June 1, 2015, as a token of 
            the appreciation of the Senate for his long and faithful 
            service,

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            Donald A. Ritchie is hereby designated as Historian Emeritus 
            of the United States Senate.

            [S. Res. 147, 114-1, Apr. 22, 2015.]

        96                     SENATE CURATOR EMERITUS

            Whereas Diane K. Skvarla will retire from the Senate after 
                18 years as Senate Curator, and more than 30 years of 
                Senate service;
            Whereas she has diligently cared for and greatly enhanced 
                the material history and historic spaces of the Senate 
                as a legacy for future generations;
            Whereas she has educated and inspired the Senate community, 
                visitors to the Capitol, and the people of the United 
                States with numerous exhibits, publications, and 
                educational programs;
            Whereas her vision and leadership resulted in significant 
                improvements to the restoration and historic 
                interpretation of the Old Senate Chamber and other 
                historic rooms of the Capitol; Whereas she has caused to 
                be published significant catalogues of the fine and 
                graphic art collections of the Senate for the benefit of 
                the people of the United States;
            Whereas she has upheld the highest standards and traditions 
                of the Senate with unwavering dedication; and
            Whereas she has earned the respect, affection, and esteem of 
                the Senate: Now, therefore, be it
                Resolved, That, effective January 27, 2014, as a token 
            of the appreciation of the Senate for her long and faithful 
            service, Diane K. Skvarla is hereby designated as Curator 
            Emeritus of the United States Senate.

                                    [S. Res. 338, 113-2, Jan. 27, 2014.]

        97                SENATE SECURITY DIRECTOR EMERITUS

            Whereas Michael P. DiSilvestro will retire from the United 
                States Senate after serving for over 30 years as the 
                first Director of the Office of Senate Security, and in 
                the Senate for over 37 years total, including numerous 
                postponements of his retirement when the needs of the 
                Senate prevailed upon him;
            Whereas his career has been dedicated to protecting and 
                facilitating the Senate's ability to review, discuss, 
                and act upon the most sensitive national security 
                information in our Government;
            Whereas he represented the Senate boldly and effectively to 
                the executive branch of Government as it delivered

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                critical documents and briefings for the consideration 
                and oversight of the Senate;
            Whereas his selfless dedication to the Senate's 
                constitutional function has made him a leader in 
                planning and executing continuity programs for the 
                Senate and Congress as a whole;
            Whereas, at great peril, he remained on the front line of 
                service to the Senate in times of heinous attacks on 
                Senate offices;
            Whereas he has upheld the highest standards and traditions 
                of the Senate as a universally trusted voice of 
                nonpartisan professionalism and expertise; and
            Whereas he has earned the respect and esteem of the Senate: 
                Now, therefore, be it
                Resolved, That, effective May 23, 2020, as a token of 
            the appreciation of the Senate for his long and faithful 
            service, Michael P. DiSilvestro is hereby designated as 
            Director Emeritus of Senate Security of the United States 
            Senate.

                                     [S. Res. 582, 116-2, May 19, 2020.]

        98          PERSONS NOT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF SENATE\18\

                Resolved, That hereafter, standing or select committees 
            employing the services of persons who are not full-time 
            employees of the Senate or any committee thereof shall 
            submit monthly reports to the Senate (or to the Secretary 
            during a recess or adjournment) showing (1) the name and 
            address of any such person; (2) the name and address of the 
            department or organization by whom his salary is paid; and 
            (3) the annual rate of compensation in each case.
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                                    [S. Jour. 407, 78-2, Aug. 23, 1944.]

        99                          SENATE PAGES

                Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Sergeant at 
            Arms to classify the pages of the Senate, so that at the 
            close of the present and each succeeding Congress, one-half 
            the number shall be removed * * *.

                                    [S. Jour. 514, 33-1, July 17, 1854.]

                Resolved, That until otherwise hereafter provided for by 
            law, there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the 
            Senate such amounts as may be necessary to enable the 
            Secretary of the Senate to furnish educational services and 
            related items for Senate Pages in accordance with this 
            resolution.

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                Sec. 2. The Senate Page program shall be administered by 
            the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate and the 
            Secretaries for the majority and minority of the Senate. All 
            policy decisions regarding the operation of the Senate Page 
            program shall be made by the Senate management board, with 
            the concurrence of the majority and minority leaders of the 
            Senate.
                Sec. 3. In order to provide educational services and 
            related items for Senate Pages, the Secretary of the Senate 
            is authorized to enter into a contract, agreement, or other 
            arrangement with the Board of Education of the District of 
            Columbia, or to provide such educational services and items 
            in such other manner as he may deem appropriate.
                Sec. 4. The educational services under the Senate Page 
            program shall consist of an academic year comprising two 
            terms, and a Page serving in such program shall be in the 
            eleventh grade.
                Sec. 5. The resolution shall take effect as of the date 
            of its approval.

            [S. Res. 184, 98-1, July 29, 1983.]

                Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized 
            to withhold from the salary of each Senate page who resides 
            in the page residence hall an amount equal to the charge 
            imposed for lodging, meals, and related services, furnished 
            to such page in such hall. The amounts so withheld shall be 
            transferred by the Secretary of the Senate to the Clerk of 
            the House of Representatives for deposit by such Clerk in 
            the revolving fund, within the contingent fund of the House 
            of Representatives, for the page residence hall and page 
            meal plan, as established by H. Res. 64, 98th Congress.

            [S. Res. 78, 98-1, Mar. 2, 1983.]

       100  CLOSING THE OFFICE OF A SENATOR OR SENATE LEADER WHO DIES OR 
                                       RESIGNS

                Resolved, That (a)(1) In the case of the death or 
            resignation of a Senator during his term of office, the 
            employees in the office of such Senator who are on the 
            Senate payroll on the date of such death or resignation 
            shall be continued on such payroll at their respective 
            salaries, unless adjusted by the Secretary of the Senate 
            with the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and 
            Administration, for a period not to exceed sixty days, or 
            such greater number of days as may, in any particular case, 
            be established by the Senate Committee on Rules and 
            Administration as being required to complete the closing of 
            the office of such Sen

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            ator. Such employees so continued on the payroll of the 
            Senate shall, while so continued, perform their duties under 
            the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, and such 
            Secretary shall remove from such payroll any such employees 
            who are not attending to the duties for which their services 
            are continued.
                (2) If an employee of a Senator continued on the Senate 
            payroll pursuant to paragraph (1) resigns or is terminated 
            during the period required to complete the closing of the 
            office of such Senator, the Secretary of the Senate may 
            replace such employee by appointing another individual. Any 
            individual appointed as a replacement under the authority of 
            the preceding sentence shall be subject to the same terms of 
            employment, except for salary, as the employee such 
            individual replaces.
                (b) In the case of the death or resignation of a Senator 
            while holding the office of President pro tempore, Deputy 
            President pro tempore, President pro tempore emeritus, 
            Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority 
            Whip, Secretary of the Conference of the Majority, Secretary 
            of the Conference of the Minority, of the Senate, the 
            Chairman of the Conference of the Majority, the Chairman of 
            the Conference of the Minority, the Chairman of the Majority 
            Policy Committee, or the Chairman of the Minority Policy 
            Committee, the employees of such office who are on the 
            payroll of the Senate on the date of such death or 
            resignation shall be continued on the Senate payroll in like 
            manner and under the same conditions as are employees in the 
            office of such Senator under subsection (a) of this section.
                (c) No employee of the Senate who is continued on the 
            payroll of the Senate under the preceding provisions of this 
            section on account of the death or resignation of a Senator 
            shall be continued on such payroll after the date of the 
            expiration of the term of office of such Senator as a 
            Senator, or, such later date as may, in any particular case, 
            be established by the Senate Committee on Rules and 
            Administration as being required to complete the closing of 
            the office of such Senator.
                (d) Payment of salaries of employees who are continued 
            on the Senate payroll under authority of this section, and 
            payment of agency contributions with respect to such 
            salaries, shall be made from the account for Miscellaneous 
            Items within the contingent fund of the Senate.

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                (e) During any period for which the employees of the 
            office of a Senator, who has died or resigned, are continued 
            on the Senate payroll under the first section of this 
            resolution, official office expenses which are necessary in 
            closing such Senator's office (or offices in case of a 
            Senator who dies or resigns while holding an office referred 
            to in subsection (b) of this section) shall be made from the 
            account for Miscellaneous Items within the contingent fund 
            of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the 
            Senate; except that the aggregate of such expenses shall not 
            exceed an amount equal to one-tenth of such Senator's 
            official office expense account for the year in which he 
            died or resigned.
                (f) Duties to be performed by the Secretary of the 
            Senate under this section and under section 2 of this 
            resolution shall be performed under the direction of the 
            Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
                Sec. 2. In the case of the death of any Senator, the 
            Secretary of the Senate may, with respect to any item of 
            expense for which payment had been authorized to be made 
            from such Senator's official office expense account, certify 
            for such deceased Senator for any sum already obligated but 
            not certified to at the time of such Senator's death for 
            payment to the person or persons designated as entitled to 
            such payment by such Secretary.
                Sec. 3. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
            Senate shall make such arrangements as may be necessary, in 
            accordance with such regulations as the Senate Committee on 
            Rules and Administration may prescribe, for:
                        (1) the funeral of a deceased Senator; and
                        (2) any committee appointed to attend the 
                    funeral of a deceased Senator.
                (b) Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of 
            subsection (a) of this section shall be paid from the 
            account for Miscellaneous Items within the contingent fund 
            of the Senate, on vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms 
            and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
                Sec. 4. The following Senate resolutions are repealed: 
            S. Res. 5, 82d Congress (agreed to April 11, 1951), and S. 
            Res. 354, 95th Congress (agreed to January 20, 1978).
                Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this 
            section, the provisions of this resolution shall take effect 
            upon the date it is agreed to by the Senate.

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                (b) The first section of this resolution shall take 
            effect on the date that there is hereafter enacted a 
            provision of law which (1) makes inapplicable to any 
            employee of the Senate the provisions of the third paragraph 
            under the heading ``Clerical assistance to Senators'' of the 
            first section of the Legislative Appropriation Act for the 
            fiscal year ending June 30, 1928 (2 U.S.C. 92a), and (2) 
            repeals (A) the last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical 
            assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the 
            Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1944 (2 U.S.C. 92e), 
            (B) the last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical 
            assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the 
            Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1945 (2 U.S.C. 92e), 
            (C) the next-to-last paragraph under the heading ``Clerical 
            assistance to Senators'' of the first section of the 
            Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 92e), 
            and (D) the next-to-last paragraph under the heading 
            ``Clerical assistance to Senators'' of the first section of 
            the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1947 (2 U.S.C. 
            92e).
                (c) After the date this resolution is agreed to, the 
            Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration 
            shall make no further certifications under authority of 
            section 506(g) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 
            (2 U.S.C. 58(g)).

             [S. Res. 458, 98-2, Oct. 4, 1984; S. Res. 173, 100-1, Mar. 
              24, 1987, S. Res. 478, 108-2, Nov. 19, 2004; S. Res. 238, 
                                                  110-1, June 18, 2007.]

       101     PAY FOR CERTAIN DISPLACED SENATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

                Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section:
                        (1) The term ``committee'' means a standing, 
                    select or special committee, or commission of the 
                    Senate, or a joint committee of the Congress whose 
                    funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
                        (2) The terms ``Chairman'' and Ranking Minority 
                    Member'' means the Chairman, Vice Chairman, 
                    Cochairman and Ranking Minority Member of a 
                    committee.
                        (3) The term ``eligible staff member'' means an 
                    individual--
                                (A) who was--
                                  (i) an employee of a committee or 
                            subcommittee thereof or a Senate leadership 
                            office described in subsection (b) of the 
                            first section of this resolution,

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                                  (ii) an employee in an office of a 
                            Senator on the expiration of the term of 
                            office of such Senator as a Senator, if the 
                            Senator is not serving as a Senator for the 
                            next term of office and was a candidate in 
                            the general election for such next term,
                                  (iii) an employee in an office of a 
                            Senator on the expiration of the term of 
                            office of such Senator as a Senator, if the 
                            Senator was a candidate in the general 
                            election for the next term of office and the 
                            office is not filled at the commencement of 
                            that next term, or
                                  (iv) an employee or officer (including 
                            the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
                            Senate and the Secretary of the Senate) in 
                            the office of--
                                    (I) the Sergeant at Arms and 
                            Doorkeeper of the Senate, or
                                    (II) the Secretary of the Senate,
                                (B) whose employment described in 
                            subparagraph (A) was at least 183 days 
                            (whether or not service was continuous) 
                            before the date of termination of employment 
                            described in paragraph (4), and
                                (C) whose pay is disbursed by the 
                            Secretary of the Senate.
                The term ``eligible staff member'' shall not include an 
            employee to whom the first section of this resolution 
            applies.
                        (4) The term ``displaced staff member'' means an 
                    eligible staff member--
                                (A) whose service as an employee of the 
                            Senate is terminated solely and directly as 
                            a result of--
                                  (i) in the case of employment 
                            described in paragraph (3)(A)(i), a change 
                            in the individual occupying the position of 
                            Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of a 
                            committee or in the individual occupying the 
                            Senate leadership office,
                                  (ii) in the case of employment 
                            described in clause (ii) or (iii) of 
                            paragraph (3)(A), the expiration of the term 
                            of office of the Senator,
                                  (iii) in the case of an individual 
                            described in paragraph (3)(A)(iv)(I), a 
                            change in the individual occupying the 
                            position of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
                            of the Senate, or

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                                  (iv) in the case of an individual 
                            described in paragraph (3)(A)(iv)(II), a 
                            change in the individual occupying the 
                            position of Secretary of the Senate, and
                                (B) who is certified, not later than 60 
                            days after the date of the change for an 
                            eligible staff member described in clause 
                            (i) of paragraph (3)(A), after the 
                            expiration of the term of office of the 
                            supervising Senator for an eligible staff 
                            member described in clause (ii) or (iii) of 
                            paragraph (3)(A), or after the change in the 
                            individual occupying the position described 
                            in clause (iii) or (iv) of subparagraph (A), 
                            as applicable, as a displaced staff member 
                            by the Chairman or Ranking Minority Member 
                            of the committee, the Senator occupying the 
                            Senate leadership office, the Senator whose 
                            term is expiring, the Sergeant at Arms and 
                            Doorkeeper of the Senate, or the Secretary 
                            of the Senate, whichever is applicable, to 
                            the Secretary of the Senate.
                (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration of the name of each 
            displaced staff member.
                (c)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Committee on 
            Rules and Administration each displaced staff member shall, 
            upon application to the Secretary of the Senate and approval 
            by the Committee on Rules and Administration, continue to be 
            paid at their respective salaries for a period not to 
            exceed--
                                (A) in the case of a displaced staff 
                            member described in clause (i), (ii), or 
                            (iv) of subsection (a)(3)(A), 60 days 
                            following the staff member's date of 
                            termination or until the staff member 
                            becomes otherwise gainfully employed, 
                            whichever is earlier, and
                                (B) in the case of a displaced staff 
                            member described in clause (iii) of 
                            subsection (a)(3)(A), the earliest of--
                                  (i) 60 days following the staff 
                            member's date of termination;
                                  (ii) the date the staff member becomes 
                            otherwise gainfully employed; or
                                  (iii) if the supervising Senator 
                            qualifies for the next term of office as a 
                            Senator not later

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                            than 60 days after the staff member's date 
                            of termination, the date of such 
                            qualification.
                        (2) A statement in writing by any such displaced 
                    staff member that he was not gainfully employed 
                    during such period or the portion thereof for which 
                    payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima facie 
                    evidence that he was not so employed.
                (d)(1) Each displaced staff member described in clause 
            (iii) of subsection (a)(3)(A) may, with the approval, 
            direction, and supervision of the Secretary of the Senate, 
            perform limited duties such as archiving and transferring 
            case files.
                        (2) With respect to a Senator who was a 
                    candidate in the general election for the next term 
                    of office and for which the office is not filled at 
                    the commencement of that next term, during the 60-
                    day period beginning on the first day of that next 
                    term of office, the official office and State office 
                    expenses relating to--
                                (A) archiving and transferring case 
                            files of the Senator, with prior approval by 
                            and upon vouchers approved and obligated by 
                            the Secretary of the Senate; and
                                (B) rent for office space upon vouchers 
                            approved and obligated by the Sergeant at 
                            Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall be 
                            paid from the account for Miscellaneous 
                            Items within the contingent fund of the 
                            Senate.
                (e) Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
            section shall be available as set forth in section 1(d).

              [S. Res. 9, 103-1, Jan. 7, 1993; S. Res. 478, 108-2, Nov. 
               19, 2004; S. Res. 805, 116-2; Dec. 17, 2020; S. Res. 30, 
                117-1, Feb. 3, 2021; S. Res. 108, 117-1, Mar. 11, 2021.]

       102      PAY OF CLERICAL AND OTHER ASSISTANTS AS AFFECTED BY 
                    TERMINATION OF SERVICE OF APPOINTED SENATORS

                Resolved, That in any case in which (1) a Senator is 
            appointed to fill any portion of an unexpired term, (2) an 
            election is thereafter held to fill the remainder of such 
            unexpired term, and (3) the Senator so appointed is not a 
            candidate or if a candidate is not elected at such election, 
            his clerical and other assistants on the payroll of the 
            Senate on the date of termination of his service shall be 
            continued on such roll at their respective salaries until 
            the expiration of thirty days following such date or until 
            they become otherwise gainfully employed, whichever is 
            earlier,

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            such sums to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate. 
            A statement in writing by any such employee that he was not 
            gainfully employed during such period or the portion thereof 
            for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima 
            facie evidence that he was not so employed. The provisions 
            of this resolution shall not apply to an employee of any 
            such Senator if on or before the date of termination of his 
            service he notifies the Disbursing Office of the Senate in 
            writing that he does not wish the provisions of this 
            resolution to apply to such employee.

            [S. Jour. 421, 86-2, June 28, 1960.]

       103     LEAVE WITHOUT PAY STATUS FOR CERTAIN SENATE EMPLOYEES 
                    PERFORMING SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES

                Sec. 1. Leave without pay status for certain Senate 
            employees performing service in the uniformed services.
                (a) Definitions.--In this section--
                        (1) the terms ``employee'' and ``Federal 
                    executive agency'' have the meanings given those 
                    terms under section 4303 (3) and (5) of title 38, 
                    United States Code, respectively; and
                        (2) the term ``employee of the Senate'' means 
                    any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary 
                    of the Senate, except that the term does not include 
                    a member of the Capitol Police or a civilian 
                    employee of the Capitol Police.
                (b) Leave without pay status--An employee of the Senate 
            who is deemed to be on furlough or leave of absence under 
            section 4316(b)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, by 
            reason of service in the uniformed services--
                        (1) may be placed in a leave without pay status 
                    while so on furlough or leave of absence; and
                        (2) while placed in that status, shall be 
                    treated--
                                (A) subject to subparagraph (B), as an 
                            employee of a Federal executive agency in a 
                            leave without pay status for purposes of 
                            chapters 83, 84, 87, and 89 of title 5, 
                            United States Code; and
                                (B) as a Congressional employee for 
                            purposes of those chapters.
                (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
            October 1, 2001, and apply to fiscal year 2002 and each 
            fiscal year thereafter.  

            [S. Res. 193, 107-1, Dec. 19, 2001.]

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       104             LOYALTY CHECKS ON SENATE EMPLOYEES\19\

                Resolved, That hereafter when any person is appointed as 
            an employee of any committee of the Senate, of any Senator, 
            or of any office of the Senate the committee, Senator, or 
            officer having authority to make such appointment shall 
            transmit the name of such person to the Federal Bureau of 
            Investigation, together with a request that such committee, 
            Senator, or officer be informed as to any derogatory and 
            rebutting information in the possession of such agency 
            concerning the loyalty and reliability for security purposes 
            of such person, and in any case in which such derogatory 
            information is revealed such committee, Senator, or officer 
            shall make or cause to be made such further investigation as 
            shall have been considered necessary to determine the 
            loyalty and reliability for security purposes of such 
            person.
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            since the Federal Bureau of Investigation took the position 
            that it was not authorized to divulge the information 
            referred to in the resolution. However, the Bureau and the 
            Department of Defense cooperate with Senate committees and 
            offices which request security checks of specific employees 
            when it is considered necessary by a committee chairman or 
            officer of the Senate.
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                Every such committee, Senator, and officer shall 
            promptly transmit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a 
            list of the names of the incumbent employees of such 
            committee, Senator, or officer together with a request that 
            such committee, Senator, or officer be informed of any 
            derogatory and rebutting information contained in the files 
            of such agency concerning the loyalty and reliability for 
            security purposes of such employee.

            [S. Jour. 144, 83-1, Mar. 6, 1953.]

       105               EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES\20\

            Whereas the Senate supports the principle that each 
                individual is entitled to the equal protection of the 
                laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Article of Amendment 
                to the Constitution of the United States; and
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            Whereas the Senate as an employer is not compelled by law to 
                provide to its employees the protections against 
                discrimination established in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 
                or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Now, 
                therefore, be it
                Resolved, That (a) no Member, officer, or employee of 
            the Senate shall, with respect to employment by the Senate 
            or any office thereof--

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                        (1) fail or refuse to hire an individual,
                        (2) discharge an individual, or
                        (3) otherwise discriminate against an individual 
                    with respect to promotion, compensation, or terms, 
                    conditions, or privileges of employment,
            on the basis of such individual's race, color, religion, 
            sex, national origin or state of handicap.
                (b) Each Member, officer, and employee of the Senate 
            shall encourage the hiring of women and members of minority 
            groups at all levels of employment on the staffs of Members, 
            officers, and committees of the Senate.

                                     [S. Res. 534, 94-2, Sept. 8, 1976.]

       106      MANDATING ANTI-HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR SENATORS AND 
             OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND INTERNS OF, AND DETAILEES TO THE 
                                       SENATE

                Resolved,
                        SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                                This resolution may be cited as the 
                            ``Senate Anti-Harassment Training Resolution 
                            of 2017''.
                        Sec. 2. Definitions.
                                In this resolution--
                                (1) the term ``covered office'' means an 
                            office, including a joint commission or 
                            joint committee, employing Senate employees;
                                (2) the term ``covered position'' means 
                            a position as--
                                  (A) a Senate employee that is not a 
                            position as a Senate manager;
                                  (B) an intern or fellow in a covered 
                            office--
                                    (i) without regard to whether the 
                            intern or fellow receives compensation; and
                                    (ii) if the intern or fellow does 
                            receive compensation, without regard to the 
                            source of compensation; or
                                  (C) a detailee in a covered office, 
                            without regard to whether the service is on 
                            a reimbursable basis;
                                (3) the term ``head of a covered 
                            office'' means--
                                  (A) the Senator, officer, or Senate 
                            manager having final authority to appoint, 
                            hire, discharge, and set the terms, 
                            conditions, or privileges of the employment 
                            of the Senate employees employed by a 
                            covered office; or

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                                  (B) in the case of a covered office 
                            that is a joint committee or joint 
                            commission, the Senator from the majority 
                            party of the Senate who--
                                    (i) is a member of, or has authority 
                            over, the committee or commission; and
                                    (ii)(I) serves in the highest 
                            leadership role in the committee or 
                            commission; or
                                    (II) if there is no such leadership 
                            role for a Senator on the committee or 
                            commission, is the most senior Senator on 
                            the committee or commission;

                                (4) the term ``officer'' means an 
                            elected or appointed officer of the Senate;
                                (5) the term ``Senate employee'' means 
                            an employee whose pay is disbursed by the 
                            Secretary of the Senate, without regard to 
                            the term of the appointment; and
                                (6) the term ``Senate manager'' means a 
                            Senate employee empowered to effect a 
                            significant change in the employment status 
                            of another Senate employee, such as hiring, 
                            firing, failing to promote, reassignment 
                            with significantly different 
                            responsibilities, or a decision causing a 
                            change in benefits.
                        Sec. 3. Anti-Harassment Training.
                        (a) Senators, Officers, and Senate Managers.--
                    Each head of a covered office and Senate manager 
                    shall complete training that addresses the various 
                    forms of workplace harassment, including sexual 
                    harassment, and related intimidation and reprisal 
                    that are prohibited under the Congressional 
                    Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) 
                    and their role in recognizing and responding to 
                    harassment and harassment complaints.
                        (b) Other Senate Staff.--Any individual serving 
                    in a covered position shall complete training that 
                    addresses the various forms of workplace harassment, 
                    including sexual harassment, and related 
                    intimidation and reprisal that are prohibited under 
                    the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
                    U.S.C. 1301 et seq.).
                        (c) Ensuring Access.--The head of a covered 
                    office shall ensure that each individual serving in 
                    a covered

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                    position or as a Senate manager in the covered 
                    office has access to the training required under 
                    this section.
                        Sec. 4. Timing.
                        (a) Initial Training.--
                                (1) In General.--The training required 
                            under section 3 shall be completed--
                                  (A) for an individual elected, 
                            appointed, or assigned to a position as a 
                            Senator, officer, or Senate manager or to a 
                            covered position after the date of adoption 
                            of this resolution who was not serving in 
                            the same covered office as a Senator, 
                            officer, or Senate manager or in a covered 
                            position immediately before being so 
                            elected, appointed, or assigned, not later 
                            than 60 days after the date on which the 
                            individual assumes the position; and
                                  (B) except as provided in paragraph 
                            (2), for an individual serving in a position 
                            as a Senator, officer, or Senate manager or 
                            in a covered position on the date of 
                            adoption of this resolution, not later than 
                            60 days after such date of adoption.
                                (2) Individuals Receiving Recent 
                            Training.--An individual serving as a 
                            Senator, officer, or Senate manager or in a 
                            covered position on the date of adoption of 
                            this resolution who completed training that 
                            addresses the various forms of workplace 
                            harassment, including sexual harassment, and 
                            related intimidation and reprisal that are 
                            prohibited under the Congressional 
                            Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et 
                            seq.) during the period beginning on the 
                            first day of the 115th Congress and ending 
                            on such date of adoption shall be deemed to 
                            have completed training under paragraph 
                            (1)(B).
                        (b) Periodic Training.--An individual serving in 
                    a position as a Senator, officer, or Senate manager 
                    or in a covered position shall complete the training 
                    required under section 3 at least once during each 
                    Congress beginning after the Congress during which 
                    the individual completes the initial training in 
                    accordance with subsection 9 (a).
                        Sec. 5. Certification.
                        (a) In General.--Not later than the last day of 
                    each Congress, each covered office shall submit to 
                    the Secretary of the Senate a certification 
                    indicating

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                    whether each Senator, officer, and Senate manager 
                    serving in a position in the covered office and each 
                    individual serving in a covered position in the 
                    covered office has completed the training 
                    requirements under this resolution during that 
                    Congress.
                        (b) Publication.--Not later than 30 days after 
                    the first day of each Congress, the Secretary of the 
                    Senate shall publish each certification submitted to 
                    the Secretary of the Senate under subsection (a) 
                    with respect to the previous Congress on the public 
                    website of the Secretary of the Senate.
                        Sec. 6. Regulations or Guidance.
                        The Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
                    Senate is authorized to issue such regulations or 
                    guidance as it may determine necessary to carry out 
                    this resolution.

            [S. Res. 330, 115-1, Nov. 9, 2017.]

       107    SFC SEAN COOLEY AND SPC CHRISTOPHER HORTON CONGRESSIONAL 
                         GOLD STAR FAMILY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

                Resolved,
                (a) Definitions.--In this section--
                        (1) the term ``eligible individual'' means an 
                    individual who meets the eligibility criteria 
                    established under subsection (d)(1)(A);
                        (2) the term ``Program'' means the SFC Sean 
                    Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional Gold 
                    Star Family Fellowship Program established under 
                    subsection (b); and
                        (3) the term ``Sergeant at Arms'' means the 
                    Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
                (b) Establishment.--Not later than December 31, 2023, 
            and subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
            Sergeant at Arms shall establish a fellowship program to be 
            known as the SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton 
            Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program for family 
            members of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line 
            of duty or of veterans who die of service-connected 
            injuries.
                (c) Fellowships.--Under the Program, an eligible 
            individual may serve a 24-month fellowship in the office of 
            a Senator.
                (d) Administration.--
                        (1) In General.--The Committee on Rules and 
                    Administration of the Senate shall promulgate regula

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                    tions for the administration of the Program, 
                    including establishing the criteria for--
                                (A) eligibility to participate in a 
                            fellowship under the Program; and
                                (B) a method of prioritizing the 
                            assignment of fellowships to the offices of 
                            Senators under the Program, if the amount 
                            made available to carry out the Program for 
                            a fiscal year is not enough to provide 
                            fellowships in all offices requesting to 
                            participate in the Program for such fiscal 
                            year.
                        (2) Placement.--An eligible individual may serve 
                    in a fellowship under the Program at the office of a 
                    Senator in the District of Columbia or at a State 
                    office of the Senator.
                        (3) Authority for Agreement.--The Sergeant at 
                    Arms may enter into an agreement with the Chief 
                    Administrative Officer of the House of 
                    Representatives for the joint operation of the 
                    Program, the Congressional Gold Star Family 
                    Fellowship Program established under House 
                    Resolution 107, 116th Congress, agreed to October 
                    29, 2019, and the Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program 
                    carried out by the Chief Administrative Officer.
                (e) Exclusion of Appointees for Purposes of Compensation 
            Limits.--The compensation paid to any eligible individual 
            serving in a fellowship under the Program in the office of a 
            Senator shall not be included in the determination of the 
            aggregate gross compensation for employees employed by the 
            Senator under section 105(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch 
            Appropriation Act, 1968 (20 U.S.C. 4575(d)(1)).

            [S. Res. 442, 117-1, Nov. 4, 2021.]

       108               MCCAIN-MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

                Resolved,
                (a) Definitions.--In this section--
                        (1) the term ``eligible individual'' means an 
                    individual who meets the eligibility criteria 
                    established under subsection (d)(1)(A);
                        (2) the term ``Program'' means the McCain-
                    Mansfield Fellowship Program established under 
                    subsection (b); and
                        (3) the term ``Sergeant at Arms'' means the 
                    Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
                (b) Establishment.--Not later than December 31, 2023, 
            and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Ser

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            geant at Arms shall establish a fellowship program to be 
            known as the McCain-Mansfield Fellowship Program for wounded 
            or disabled veterans.
                (c) Fellowships.--Under the Program, an eligible 
            individual may serve a 24-month fellowship in the office of 
            a Senator.
                (d) Administration.--
                                (1) In General.--The Committee on Rules 
                            and Administration of the Senate shall 
                            promulgate regulations for the 
                            administration of the Program, including 
                            establishing the criteria for--
                                  (A) eligibility to participate in a 
                            fellowship under the Program; and
                                  (B) a method of prioritizing the 
                            assignment of fellowships to the offices of 
                            Senators under the Program, if the amount 
                            made available to carry out the Program for 
                            a fiscal year is not enough to provide 
                            fellowships in all offices requesting to 
                            participate in the Program for such fiscal 
                            year.
                                (2) Placement.--An eligible individual 
                            may serve in a fellowship under the Program 
                            at the office of a Senator in the District 
                            of Columbia or at a State office of the 
                            Senator.
                                (3) Authority for Agreement.--The 
                            Sergeant at Arms may enter into an agreement 
                            with the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
                            House of Representatives for the joint 
                            operation of the Program, the Congressional 
                            Gold Star Family Fellowship Program 
                            established under House Resolution 107, 
                            116th Congress, agreed to October 29, 2019, 
                            and the Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program 
                            carried out by the Chief Administrative 
                            Officer.
                (e) Exclusion of Appointees for Purposes of Compensation 
            Limits.--The compensation paid to any eligible individual 
            serving in a fellowship under the Program in the office of a 
            Senator shall not be included in the determination of the 
            aggregate gross compensation for employees employed by the 
            Senator under section 105(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch 
            Appropriation Act, 1968 (20 U.S.C. 4575(d)(1)).

            [S. Res. 443, 117-1, Nov. 4, 2021.]

       109                      SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

            Whereas the continued vitality of our Republic depends, in 
                part, on the intelligent understanding of our political

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                processes and the functioning of our National Government 
                by the citizens of the United States; and
            Whereas the durability of a constitutional democracy is 
                dependent upon alert, talented, vigorous competition for 
                political leadership; and
            Whereas individual Senators have cooperated with various 
                private and university undergraduate and graduate 
                fellowship and internship programs relating to the work 
                of Congress; and
            Whereas, in the high schools of the United States, there 
                exists among students who have been elected to student-
                body offices in their sophomore, junior, or senior year 
                a potential reservoir of young citizens who are 
                experiencing their first responsibilities of service to 
                a constituency and who should be encouraged to deepen 
                their interest in and understanding of their country's 
                political processes: Now, therefore, be it

                Resolved, That the Senate hereby expresses its 
            willingness to cooperate in a nationwide competitive high 
            school Senate youth program which would give several 
            representative high school students from each State a short 
            indoctrination into the operation of the United States 
            Senate and the Federal Government generally, if such a 
            program can be satisfactorily arranged and completely 
            supported by private funds with no expense to the Federal 
            Government.
                Sec. 2. The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration 
            shall investigate the possibility of establishing such a 
            program and, if the committee determines such a program is 
            possible and advisable, it shall make the necessary 
            arrangements to establish the program.
                Sec. 3. For the purpose of this resolution, the term 
            ``State'' includes the Department of Defense education 
            system for dependents in overseas areas.

              [S. Res. 324, 87-2, May 17, 1962; S. Res. 146, 97-1, July 
                                                              30, 1981.]

            Whereas by S. Res. 324 of the Eighty-seventh Congress, 
                agreed to May 17, 1962, the Senate expressed its 
                willingness to cooperate in a nationwide competitive 
                Senate youth program supported by private funds, which 
                would give representative high school students from each 
                State a short indoctrination into the operation of the 
                United States Senate and the Federal Government 
                generally, and authorized the Senate Committee on Rules 
                and Administration, if it should find such a program 
                possible

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                and advisable, to make the necessary arrangements 
                therefor; and
            Whereas the Committee on Rules and Administration, after 
                appropriate investigation, having determined such a 
                program to be not only possible but highly desirable, 
                authorized its establishment and with the support of the 
                leaders and other Members of the Senate and the 
                cooperation of certain private institutions made the 
                necessary arrangements therefor; and
            Whereas, pursuant to such arrangements, and with the 
                cooperation of and participation by the offices of every 
                Member of the Senate and the Vice President, one hundred 
                and two student leaders representing all States of the 
                Union and the District of Columbia were privileged to 
                spend the period from January 28, 1963, through February 
                2, 1963, in the Nation's Capitol, thereby broadening 
                their knowledge and understanding of Congress and the 
                legislative process and stimulating their appreciation 
                of the importance of a freely elected legislature in the 
                perpetuation of our democratic system of government; and
            Whereas by S. Res. 147 of the Eighty-eighth Congress, agreed 
                to May 27, 1963, another group of student leaders from 
                throughout the United States spent approximately one 
                week in the Nation's Capitol, during January 1964; and
            Whereas it is the consensus of all who participated that the 
                above two programs were unqualifiedly successful, and in 
                all respects worthy and deserving of continuance; and
            Whereas the private foundation which financed the initial 
                programs has graciously offered to support a similar 
                program during the year ahead: Now, therefore, be it
                Resolved, That, until otherwise directed by the Senate 
            the Senate youth program authorized by S. Res. 324 of the 
            Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to May 17, 1962, and 
            extended by S. Res. 147, agreed to May 27, 1963, may be 
            continued at the discretion of and under such conditions as 
            may be determined by the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration.

            [S. Jour. 196, 88-2, Apr. 16, 1964.]

       110                SENIOR CITIZEN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

                Resolved, That (a) each Senator is authorized to employ 
            for not more than fourteen consecutive days each year dur

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            ing the month of May a senior citizen intern or interns to 
            serve in his office in Washington, District of Columbia.
                (b) To be eligible to serve as a senior citizen intern 
            an individual shall certify to the Secretary of the Senate 
            that he has attained the age of sixty years, is a bona fide 
            resident of the State of his employing Senator, and is a 
            citizen of the United States.
                (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes 
            of payment of compensation and travel expenses, senior 
            citizen interns employed pursuant to this resolution shall 
            be subject to the same limitations and restrictions 
            applicable to Senators and Senate employees.
                (2) An outside vendor may provide for the travel and per 
            diem expenses only of senior citizen interns in the Senior 
            Citizen Intern Program subject to approval by the Committee 
            on Rules and Administration. Documentation provided by such 
            vendor may be accepted as official travel expense 
            documentation for the purpose of reimbursing interns in the 
            program for travel expenses.
                Sec. 2. Compensation and payment under this resolution 
            shall be paid from and charged against the clerk-hire and 
            travel allowances of the Senator employing such senior 
            citizen intern.
                Sec. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration is 
            authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as it 
            determines necessary to carry out this resolution.

            [S. Res. 219, 95-2, May 5, 1978; S. Res. 96, 102-1, Apr. 24, 
                                                                  1991.]

       111                SENATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER

                Resolved,
                (a) Definitions.--In this section--
                        (1) the term ``Board'' means the Board of 
                    Directors of the Center;
                        (2) the term ``Center'' means the Senate 
                    Employee Child Care Center;
                        (3) the term ``Congressional employee'' means a 
                    Congressional employee, as defined in section 2107 
                    of title 5, United States Code, who is not an 
                    employee of the Senate or an employee of the Center;
                        (4) the term ``employee of the Senate'' has the 
                    meaning given that term in section 207(e)(9) of 
                    title 18, United States Code; and
                        (5) the term ``Federal employee'' means an 
                    employee, as defined in section 2105 of title 5, 
                    United States Code, who is not an employee of the 
                    Senate,

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                    an employee of the Center, or a Congressional 
                    employee.
                (b) Reimbursement.--For fiscal year 2022, and each 
            fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate shall, 
            from amounts in the appropriations account ``Miscellaneous 
            Items'' within the contingent fund of the Senate, reimburse 
            the Center for the cost of the basic pay paid to the 
            Executive Director and the cost of the basic pay paid to the 
            Assistant Director of the Center.
                (c) Enrollment.--
                        (1) In General.--As a condition of receiving 
                    reimbursement under subsection (b), not later than 
                    120 days after the date on which no parent or 
                    guardian of a child enrolled at the Center is 
                    serving in a position as an employee of the Senate, 
                    an employee of the Center, a Congressional employee, 
                    or a Federal employee, the Center shall terminate 
                    the enrollment of the child at the Center.
                        (2) Order.--As a condition of receiving 
                    reimbursement under subsection (b), the Center shall 
                    provide enrollment--
                                (A) first, to a child of an individual 
                            serving as a Senate employee or as an 
                            employee of the Center;
                                (B) second, to a child of an individual 
                            serving as a Congressional employee; and
                                (C) third, if there is an enrollment 
                            slot available in the Center, no child of an 
                            individual serving as an employee of the 
                            Senate, as an employee of the Center, or as 
                            a Congressional employee accepts the slot, 
                            and no currently enrolled child is ready to 
                            transition to the class in which the slot is 
                            available, to a child of an individual 
                            serving as a Federal employee.
                        (3) Effective Date; Application.--
                                (A) In General.--Paragraph (1) shall 
                            take effect on the date that is 180 days 
                            after the date of adoption of this 
                            resolution.
                                (B) Application To Employees Separating 
                            From Service Before Effective Date.--For 
                            purposes of applying paragraph (1) to a 
                            parent or guardian of a child enrolled at 
                            the Center who ceases serving in a position 
                            as a Congressional employee, an employee of 
                            the Center, or Federal employee before the 
                            date on which paragraph (1) takes ef

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                            fect, the parent or guardian shall be deemed 
                            to have separated from such service on the 
                            date on which paragraph (1) takes effect.

            [S. Res. 329, 117-1, Jul. 29, 2021.]

       112  
            transportation costs and travel expenses incurred by members 
                and employees of the senate when engaged in authorized 
                foreign travel

                Resolved, That until otherwise provided by law or 
            resolution of the Senate, the contingent fund of the Senate 
            is made available, as provided in this resolution, to defray 
            the costs of transportation and the ordinary and necessary 
            travel expenses of Members and employees of the Senate when 
            engaged in authorized foreign travel. The Secretary of the 
            Senate is authorized to advance funds, under authority of 
            this resolution, in the same manner provided for committees 
            of the Senate under the authority of Public Law 118, Eighty-
            first Congress, approved June 22, 1949.
                Sec. 2. (a) Transportation costs and ordinary and 
            necessary travel expenses incurred by a Member or employee 
            engaged in authorized foreign travel shall be paid upon 
            certification of such Member or employee, and upon vouchers 
            approved by the Senator who authorized such foreign travel.
                (b) Transportation costs and ordinary and necessary 
            travel expenses which are incurred for a group of Members or 
            employees engaged in authorized foreign travel shall be paid 
            upon certification of the Member who is chairman of such 
            group (or, if no chairman has been designated, upon 
            certification of the ranking Member of such group) or, if 
            the group does not include a Member, upon certification of 
            the senior employee in such group, and upon vouchers 
            approved by the Senator who authorized such foreign travel.
                (c) The reports of the Secretary of the Senate setting 
            forth amounts paid from the contingent fund under authority 
            of this resolution shall, at the request of the chairman of 
            the Select Committee on Intelligence, omit any matter which 
            would identify the foreign countries in which Members and 
            employees of the Select Committee traveled on behalf of the 
            Select Committee.
                Sec. 3. Payment of transportation costs and ordinary and 
            necessary travel expenses may not be paid under this 
            resolution to the extent that appropriated funds or foreign 
            cur

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            rencies under section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 
            1954 are utilized to defray such costs and expenses. Such 
            funds and currencies shall be used to the maximum extent 
            possible.
                Sec. 4. For purposes of this resolution--
                        (1) The term ``foreign travel'' means travel 
                    outside the United States and includes travel within 
                    the United States which is the beginning or end of 
                    travel outside the United States.
                        (2) The term ``authorized foreign travel'' means 
                    foreign travel on official business on behalf of the 
                    Senate or a committee of the Senate which is 
                    authorized--
                                (A) in the case of foreign travel on 
                            behalf of the Senate, by the President pro 
                            tempore, Majority Leader, or Minority Leader 
                            of the Senate; and
                                (B) in the case of foreign travel on 
                            behalf of a committee of the Senate, by the 
                            chairman of that committee.
                        (3) The term ``committee of the Senate'' 
                    includes all standing, select, and special 
                    committees of the Senate and all joint committees of 
                    the Congress whose funds are disbursed by the 
                    Secretary of the Senate.
                        (4) The term ``employee of the Senate'' includes 
                    an individual (other than a Member) whose salary is 
                    disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or who is 
                    treated as an employee of the Senate for purposes of 
                    the Senate Code of Official Conduct.
                        (5) The term ``ordinary and necessary travel 
                    expenses'' includes, in the case of a group of 
                    Members engaged in authorized foreign travel, such 
                    special expenses as the chairman (or, if there is no 
                    chairman, the ranking Member) deems appropriate, 
                    including, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
                    reimbursements to any agency of the Government for 
                    (A) expenses incurred on behalf of the group, (B) 
                    compensation (including overtime) of employees of 
                    such agency officially detailed to the group, and 
                    (C) expenses incurred in connection with providing 
                    appropriate hospitality.

                                      [S. Res. 179, 95-1, May 25, 1977.]

       113   DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REIMBURSEMENTS OUT OF SENATORS' 
                          OFFICIAL OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS

                Resolved, That (a) no payments or reimbursements for 
            expenses shall be made from the contingent fund of the

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            Senate, unless the vouchers presented for such expenses are 
            accompanied by supporting documentation.
                (b) The Committee on Rules and Administration is 
            authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the 
            purpose of this resolution and to except specific vouchers 
            from the requirements of subsection (a) of this resolution.
                (c) This resolution shall apply with respect to vouchers 
            submitted for payment or reimbursement on and after October 
            1, 1987, or upon the adoption of this resolution if such 
            adoption occurs at a later date.
                (d) Senate Resolution 170, 96th Congress (agreed to 
            August 2, 1979), is repealed as of October 1, 1987, or upon 
            adoption of this resolution if such adoption occurs at a 
            later date. Any regulations adopted by the Committee on 
            Rules and Administration to implement Senate Resolution 170 
            shall remain in effect, after the repeal of Senate 
            Resolution 170, until modified or repealed by such 
            committee, and shall be held and considered to be 
            regulations adopted to implement this resolution.

            [S. Res. 258, 100-1, Oct. 1, 1987.]

       114  
            restrictions on certain expenses payable or reimbursable 
                from a senator's official office expense account

                Resolved, That except for section 3, this resolution 
            applies only to payments and reimbursements from the 
            contingent fund of the Senate under paragraphs (5) and (9) 
            of section 506(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
            1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(a)). For purposes of such paragraphs, the 
            terms ``official office expenses'' and ``other official 
            expenses'' mean ordinary and necessary business expenses 
            incurred by a Senator and his staff in the discharge of 
            their official duties.
                Sec. 2. Reimbursements and payments from the contingent 
            fund of the Senate under paragraphs (5) and (9) of section 
            506(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 
            U.S.C. 58(a)) shall not be made for:
                        (1) commuting expenses, including parking fees 
                    incurred in commuting;
                        (2) expenses incurred for the purchase of 
                    holiday greeting cards, flowers, trophies, awards, 
                    and certificates;
                        (3) donations or gifts of any type, except gifts 
                    of flags which have been flown over the United 
                    States Capitol, copies of the book ``We, the 
                    People'', copies

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                    of the calendar ``We The People'' published by the 
                    United States Capitol Historical Society, and copies 
                    of the pocket version of the Constitution of the 
                    United States published by the Government Publishing 
                    Office.
                        (4) dues or assessments;
                        (5) expenses incurred for the purchases of radio 
                    or television time, or for space in newspaper or 
                    other print media (except classified advertising for 
                    personnel to be employed in a Senator's office);
                        (6) expenses incurred by an individual who is 
                    not an employee (except as specifically authorized 
                    by subsections (e) and (h) of such section 506);
                        (7) travel expenses incurred by an employee 
                    which are not reimbursable under subsection (e) of 
                    such section 506;
                        (8) relocation expenses incurred by an employee 
                    in connection with the commencement or termination 
                    of employment or a change of duty station; and
                        (9) compensation paid to an individual for 
                    personal services performed in a normal employer-
                    employee relationship.
                Sec. 3. Payment of or reimbursement for the following 
            expenses is specifically prohibited by law and 
            reimbursements and payments from the contingent fund of the 
            Senate shall not be made therefor:
                        (1) expenses incurred for entertainment or meals 
                    (2 U.S.C. 58(a));
                        (2) payment of additional salary or compensation 
                    to an employee (2 U.S.C. 68); and
                        (3) expenses incurred for maintenance or care of 
                    private vehicles (Legislative Branch Appropriation 
                    Acts).
                Sec. 4. This resolution shall apply with respect to 
            expenses incurred on or after the date on which this 
            resolution is agreed to.

             [S. Res. 294, 96-2, Apr. 29, 1980, as amended S. Res. 712, 
              115-2, Nov. 29, 2018; S. Res. 176, 104-1, Sept. 28, 1995.]

       115                         DEBT COLLECTION

                Resolved, That, for purposes of subchapters I and II of 
            chapter 37 of Title 31, United States Code (relating to 
            claims of or against the United States Government), the 
            United States Senate shall be considered to be a legislative 
            agency (as defined in section 3701(a)(4) of such title), and

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            the Secretary of the Senate shall be deemed to be the head 
            of such legislative agency.
                Sec. 2. Regulations prescribed by the Secretary pursuant 
            to section 3716 of Title 31, United States Code, shall not 
            become effective until they are approved by the Senate 
            Committee on Rules and Administration.

                                    [S. Res. 147, 101-1, June 20, 1989.]

       116                     TORT CLAIMS PROCEDURES

                Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, in 
            accordance with regulations prescribed by the Attorney 
            General and such regulations as the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration may prescribe, may consider and ascertain 
            and, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration, determine, compromise, adjust, and settle, 
            in accordance with the provisions of chapter 171 of Title 
            28, United States Code, any claim for money damages against 
            the United States for injury of loss of property or personal 
            injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or 
            omission of any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate 
            while acting within the scope of his office or employment, 
            under circumstances where the United States, if a private 
            person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with 
            the law of the place where the act or omission occurred. The 
            Committee on Rules and Administration may, from time to 
            time, delegate any or all of its authority under this 
            resolution to the chairman. Any compromise, adjustment, or 
            settlement of any such claim not exceeding $2,500 shall be 
            paid from the contingent fund of the Senate on a voucher 
            approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration.
                Sec. 2. The Committee on Rules and Administration is 
            authorized to issue such regulations as it may determine 
            necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution.

                                     [S. Res. 492, 97-2, Dec. 10, 1982.]

       117              REIMBURSEMENT OF WITNESS EXPENSES\21\

                Resolved, That witnesses appearing before the Senate or 
            any of its committees may be authorized reimbursement

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            for per diem expenses incurred for each day while traveling 
            to and from the place of examination and for each day in 
            attendance. Such reimbursement shall be made on an actual 
            expense basis which shall not exceed the daily rate 
            prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
            unless such limitation is specifically waived by such 
            committee. A witness may also be authorized reimbursement of 
            the actual and necessary transportation expenses incurred by 
            the witness in traveling to and from the place of 
            examination.
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                \21\The Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (July 
            12, 1960, Pub. L. 86-628, 74 Stat. 449), contained the 
            following restriction on advances of witness fees:
                ``No part of any appropriation disbursed by the 
            Secretary of the Senate shall be available hereafter for the 
            payment to any person, at the time of the service upon him 
            of a subpoena requiring his attendance at any inquiry or 
            hearing conducted by any committee of the Congress or of the 
            Senate or any subcommittee of any such committee, of any 
            witness fee or any sum of money as an advance payment of any 
            travel or subsistence expense which may be incurred by such 
            person in responding to that subpoena.''

                Sec. 2. (a) The provisions of this resolution shall be 
            effective with respect to all witness expenses incurred on 
            or after October 1, 1987.
                (b) Senate Resolution 538, agreed to December 8, 1980, 
            is repealed effective on October 1, 1987.

                                     [S. Res. 259, 100-1, Aug. 5, 1987.]

       118  AUTHORIZING THE SENATE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT TRANSIT 
                                      PROGRAMS

                Resolved, That (a) the Senate shall participate in State 
            and local government transit programs to encourage employees 
            of the Senate to use public transportation pursuant to 
            section 629 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General 
            Government Appropriations Act, 1991.
            (b) The Committee on Rules and Administration is authorized 
            to issue regulations pertaining to Senate participation in 
            State and local government transit programs through, and at 
            the discretion of, its Members, committees, officers, and 
            officials.

                                    [S. Res. 318, 102-2, June 23, 1992.]

       119   RELATIVE TO CONTRIBUTIONS FOR COSTS OF CIVIL, CRIMINAL, OR 
                OTHER LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS OF MEMBERS, OFFICERS, OR 
                               EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE

                Resolved, That nothing in the provisions of the Standing 
            Rules of the Senate shall be construed to limit 
            contributions to defray investigative, civil, criminal, or 
            other legal expenses of Members, officers, or employees of 
            the Senate relating to their service in the United States 
            Senate, subject to limitations, regulations, procedures, and 
            reporting requirements which shall be promulgated by the 
            Select

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            Committee on Ethics. Nothing in the provisions of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate shall be construed to limit 
            contributions to defray the legal expenses of the spouses or 
            dependents of Members, officers, or employees of the Senate.

            [S. Res. 508, 96-2, Sept. 4, 1980.]

       120    CLARIFYING RULES REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF PRO BONO LEGAL 
                                SERVICES BY SENATORS

                Resolved, That (a) notwithstanding the provisions of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate or Senate Resolution 508, 
            adopted by the Senate on September 4, 1980, or Senate 
            Resolution 321, adopted by the Senate on October 3, 1996, 
            pro bono legal services provided to a Member of the Senate 
            with respect to any civil action challenging the 
            constitutionality of a Federal statute that expressly 
            authorizes a Member either to file an action or to intervene 
            in an action--
                        (1) shall not be deemed a gift to the Member;
                        (2) shall not be deemed to be a contribution to 
                    the office account of the Member;
                        (3) shall not require the establishment of a 
                    legal expense trust fund; and
                        (4) shall be governed by the Select Committee on 
                    Ethics Regulations Regarding Disclosure of Pro Bono 
                    Legal Services, adopted February 13, 1997, or any 
                    revision thereto.
                (b) This resolution shall supersede Senate Resolution 
            321, adopted by the Senate on October 3, 1996.

                                    [S. Res. 227, 107-2, Mar. 20, 2002.]

       121  STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND OFFICERS 
                             AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE

                Resolved, It is declared to be the policy of the Senate 
            that--
                (a) The ideal concept of public office, expressed by the 
            words, ``A public office is a public trust'', signifies that 
            the officer has been entrusted with public power by the 
            people; that the officer holds this power in trust to be 
            used only for their benefit and never for the benefit of 
            himself or of a few; and that the officer must never conduct 
            his own affairs so as to infringe on the public interest. 
            All official conduct of Members of the Senate should be 
            guided by this paramount concept of public office.
                (b) These rules, as the written expression of certain 
            standards of conduct, complement the body of unwritten

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            but generally accepted standards that continue to apply to 
            the Senate.

                                     * * * * * *

                                    [S. Jour. 247, 90-2, Mar. 22, 1968.]

       122                       SEAL OF THE SENATE

                Resolved, That the Secretary shall have the custody of 
            the seal, and shall use the same for the authentication of 
            process transcripts, copies, and certificates whenever 
            directed by the Senate; and may use the same to authenticate 
            copies of such papers and documents in his office as he may 
            lawfully give copies of.

            [S. Jour. 194, 49-1, Jan. 20, 1886.]

       123                      OFFICIAL SENATE FLAG

                Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized 
            and directed to design an official Senate flag utilizing the 
            seal of the Senate as the principal symbol on such flag. 
            Expenses incident to the designing and procurement of such 
            flag shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate 
            upon vouchers signed by the Secretary of the Senate.
                Sec. 2. The Senate flag shall be available for purchase 
            and use by Senators, or former Senators, only subject to the 
            following conditions--
                        (1) purchase of the flag shall be limited to--
                                (A) two flags for each Senator, or 
                            former Senator, subject to replacement for 
                            loss, destruction, or wear and tear;
                                (B) two flags for each Senate committee, 
                            as determined by the chairman and ranking 
                            member, subject to replacement for loss, 
                            destruction, or wear and tear; and
                                (C) two flags for each officer of the 
                            Senate, subject to replacement for loss, 
                            destruction, or wear and tear; and
                        (2) the flag shall not be utilized or displayed 
                    for commercial purposes.
            Senators who leave the Senate may retain their flags subject 
            to the preceding restrictions.

            [S. Res. 369, 98-2, Sept. 7, 1984; S. Res. 135, 101-1, June 
                2, 1989.]

       124                SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

                Resolved, That the President pro tempore of the Senate 
            is authorized to adopt and use an official seal of his 
            office.

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                Sec. 2. Expenses incident to the designing and 
            procurement of such seal shall be paid from the contingent 
            fund of the Senate upon vouchers signed by the President pro 
            tempore of the Senate.
                Sec. 3. A description and illustration of the seal 
            adopted pursuant to this resolution shall be transmitted to 
            the General Services Administration for publication in the 
            Federal Register.

            [S. Jour. 686, 83-2, Aug. 14, 1954.]

       125                 MARBLE BUSTS OF VICE PRESIDENTS

                Resolved, That marble busts of those who have been Vice 
            Presidents of the United States shall be placed in the 
            Senate wing of the Capitol from time to time, that the 
            Architect of the Capitol is authorized, subject to the 
            advice and approval of the Senate committee on Rules and 
            Administration, to carry into the execution the object of 
            this resolution, and the expenses incurred in doing so shall 
            be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate.

             [S. Jour. 40, 55-2, Jan. 6, 1898; S. Jour. 173, 80-1, Mar. 
                                                              28, 1947.]

       126                AWARD OF SERVICE PINS OR EMBLEMS

                Resolved, That the Committee on Rules and Administration 
            is hereby authorized to provide for the awarding of service 
            pins or emblems to Members, officers, and employees of the 
            Senate, and to promulgate regulations governing the awarding 
            of such pins or emblems. Such pins or emblems shall be of a 
            type appropriate to be attached to the lapel of the wearer, 
            shall be of such appropriate material and design, and shall 
            contain such characters, symbols, or other matter, as the 
            committee shall select.
                Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate, under direction of 
            the committee and in accordance with regulations promulgated 
            by the committee, shall procure such pins or emblems and 
            award them to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate 
            who are entitled thereto.
                Sec. 3. The expenses incurred in procuring such pins or 
            emblems shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate 
            on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee.

            [S. Jour. 45, 89-1, Sept. 10, 1965.]

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       127  
            designating the old senate office building and the new 
                senate office building as the ``richard brevard russell 
                senate office building'' and the ``everett mckinley 
                dirksen senate office building'', respectively

                Resolved, That insofar as concerns the Senate--
                        (1) the Senate Office building referred to as 
                    the Old Senate Office Building and constructed under 
                    authority of the Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 
                    452, 481), is designated, and shall be known as, the 
                    ``Richard Brevard Russell Senate Office Building''; 
                    and
                        (2) the additional office building for the 
                    Senate referred to as the New Senate Office Building 
                    and constructed under the provisions of the Second 
                    Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 
                    1928), is designated, and shall be known as, the 
                    ``Everett McKinley Dirksen Senate Office Building''.
                Sec. 2. Any rule, regulation, document, or record of the 
            Senate, in which reference is made to either building 
            referred to in the first section of this resolution, shall 
            be held and considered to be a reference to such building by 
            the name designated for such building by the first section 
            of this resolution.
                Sec. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration shall 
            place appropriate markers or inscriptions at suitable 
            locations within the buildings referred to in the first 
            section of this resolution to commemorate and designate such 
            buildings as provided in this resolution. Expenses incurred 
            under this resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund 
            of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the 
            committee.

            [S. Jour. 1197, 92-2, Oct. 11, 1972; S. Res. 295, 96-1, Dec. 
                                                               3, 1979.]

       128  
            designating the extension to the dirksen senate office 
                building as the ``philip a. hart senate office 
                building''

                Resolved, That insofar as concerns the Senate, the 
            extension of the Senate Office Building presently under 
            construction pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations 
            Act, 1973 (86 Stat. 1510), is designated and shall be known 
            as the ``Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building'', when 
            completed.
                Sec. 2. Any rule, regulation, document, or record of the 
            Senate, in which reference is made to the building referred

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            to in the first section of this resolution, shall be held 
            and considered to be a reference to such building by the 
            name designated for such building by the first section of 
            this resolution.
                Sec. 3. The Committee on Rules and Administration shall 
            place appropriate markers or inscriptions at suitable 
            locations within the building referred to in the first 
            section of this resolution to commemorate and designate such 
            building as provided in this resolution. Expenses incurred 
            under this resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund 
            of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the 
            committee.

             [S. Res. 525, 94-2, Aug. 30, 1976; S. Res. 295, 96-1, Dec. 
                                                               3, 1979.]

       129  PROHIBITION ON THE REMOVAL OF ART AND HISTORIC OBJECTS FROM 
             THE SENATE WING OF THE CAPITOL AND SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
                                  FOR PERSONAL USE

                Resolved, That (a) a Member of the Senate or any other 
            person may not remove a work of art, historical object, or 
            an exhibit from the Senate wing of the Capitol or any Senate 
            office building for personal use.
                (b) For purposes of this resolution, the term ``work of 
            art, historical object, or an exhibit'' means an item, 
            including furniture, identified on the list (and any 
            supplement to the list) required by section 4 of Senate 
            Resolution 382, 90th Congress, as enacted into law by 
            section 901(a) of Public Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2104).
                (c) For purposes of this resolution, the Senate 
            Commission on Art shall update the list required by section 
            4 of Senate Resolution 382, 90th Congress (2 U.S.C. 2104) 
            every 6 months after the date of adoption of this resolution 
            and shall provide a copy of the updated list to the 
            Committee on Rules and Administration.

                                    [S. Res. 178, 108-1, June 27, 2003.]

       130     COMMISSION ON ART AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE UNITED STATES 
                                     SENATE\22\
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            permanent law by Pub. L. 100-696, Nov. 18, 1988. See 2 
            U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 2101-2108.
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                                       [Pub. L. 100-696, Nov. 18, 1988.]

       131     INTERPARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES AND RECEPTION OF CERTAIN 
                                  FOREIGN OFFICIALS

                Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Relations is 
            authorized from March 1, 1981, until otherwise provided

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            by law, to expend not to exceed $30,000 each fiscal year to 
            assist the Senate properly to discharge and coordinate its 
            activities and responsibilities in connection with 
            participation in various interparliamentary institutions and 
            to facilitate the interchange and reception in the United 
            States of members of foreign legislative bodies and 
            prominent officials of foreign governments and 
            intergovernmental organizations.
                Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized and 
            directed to pay from the contingent fund of the Senate the 
            actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with 
            activities authorized by this resolution and approved in 
            advance by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
            Relations upon vouchers certified by the Senator incurring 
            such expenses and approved by the chairman.

            [S. Res. 247, 87-2, Feb. 7, 1962; S. Res. 91, 94-1, Mar. 18, 
            1975; S. Res. 281, 96-2, Mar. 11, 1980; S. Res. 370, 106-2, 
                                                         Oct. 10, 2000.]

       132   AUTHORIZING THE DISPLAY OF THE SENATE LEADERSHIP PORTRAIT 
                           COLLECTION IN THE SENATE LOBBY

                Resolved, That (a) portraits in the Senate Leadership 
            Portrait Collection may be displayed in the Senate Lobby at 
            the direction of the Senate Commission on Art in accordance 
            with guidelines prescribed pursuant to subsection (d).
                (b) The Senate Leadership Portrait Collection shall 
            consist of portraits selected by the Senate Commission on 
            Art of Majority or Minority Leaders and Presidents pro 
            tempore of the Senate.
                (c) Any portrait for the Senate Leadership Portrait 
            Collection that is acquired on or after the date of adoption 
            of this resolution shall be of an appropriate size for 
            display in the Senate Lobby, as determined by the Senate 
            Commission on Art.
                (d) The Senate Commission on Art shall prescribe such 
            guidelines as it deems necessary, subject to the approval of 
            the Committee on Rules and Administration, to carry out this 
            resolution.

                                     [S. Res. 148, 109-1, May 18, 2005.]

       133  ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR AFFIXING AND REMOVING PERMANENT 
            ARTWORK AND SEMI-PERMANENT ARTWORK IN THE SENATE WING OF THE 
                     CAPITOL AND IN THE SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

                Resolved,  No permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
            artwork may be affixed to or removed from the walls, floors, 
            or ceilings of the public spaces and committee rooms of

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            the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate office 
            buildings unless--
                        (1) the Senate Commission on Art--
                                (A) has recommended the affixation or 
                            removal; and
                                (B) in the case of an affixation of 
                            permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                            artwork--
                                  (i) has recommended an appropriate 
                            location for the affixation; and
                                  (ii) has determined that--
                                    (I) not less than 25 years have 
                            passed since the death of any subject in a 
                            portrait included in the permanent artwork 
                            or semi-permanent artwork; and
                                    (II) not less than 25 years have 
                            passed since the commemorative event that is 
                            to be portrayed in the permanent artwork or 
                            semi-permanent artwork; and
                        (2) the Senate has passed a Senate resolution 
                    approving the recommendation of the Senate 
                    Commission on Art.
                Sec. 2. Sense of the Senate.
                It is the sense of the Senate that prior to making a 
            recommendation to affix any permanent artwork or semi-
            permanent artwork to the walls, floors, or ceilings of the 
            public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the 
            Capitol and the Senate office buildings, the Senate 
            Commission on Art should consider, at a minimum, the 
            following:
                        (1) The significance of the original, intended, 
                    or existing permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                    artwork in the installation space proposed for the 
                    additional permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                    artwork.
                        (2) The existing conditions of the surface of 
                    the proposed installation space.
                        (3) The last time fixed art was added to the 
                    proposed installation space.
                        (4) The amount of area available for the 
                    installation of permanent artwork or semi-permanent 
                    artwork in the proposed installation space.
                        (5) The opinion of the Curatorial Advisory Board 
                    on such affixation.
                Sec. 3. Creation of artwork.
                If a request to affix permanent artwork or semi-
            permanent artwork to the walls, floors, or ceilings of the 
            public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the 
            Cap

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            itol and the Senate office buildings meets the requirements 
            of section 1, the Senate Commission on Art shall select the 
            artist and shall supervise and direct the creation of the 
            artwork and the application of the artwork to the selected 
            surface.
                Sec. 4. Definitions.
                In this resolution--
                (1) permanent artwork.--The term ``permanent artwork'' 
            means artwork that when applied directly to a wall, ceiling, 
            or floor has become part of the fabric of the building, 
            based on a consideration of relevant factors including--
                        (A) the original intent when the artwork was 
                    applied;
                        (B) the method of application;
                        (C) the adaptation or essentialness of the 
                    artwork to the building; and
                        (D) whether the removal of the artwork would 
                    cause damage to either the artwork or the surface 
                    that contains it.
                (2) semi-permanent artwork.--The term ``semi-permanent 
            artwork'' means artwork that when applied directly to the 
            surface of a wall, ceiling, or floor can be removed without 
            damaging the artwork or the surface to which the artwork is 
            applied.

                                     [S. Res. 629, 109-2, Dec. 7, 2006.]

       134    PUBLIC ACCESS TO SENATE RECORDS AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

                Resolved, That any records of the Senate or any 
            committee of the Senate which are transferred to the General 
            Services Administration under rule XI of the Standing Rules 
            of the Senate and section 2114 of Title 44, United States 
            Code, and which have been made public prior to their 
            transfer may be made available for public use.
                Sec. 2. (a) Subject to such rules or regulations as the 
            Secretary of the Senate may prescribe, any other records of 
            the Senate or any committee of the Senate which are so 
            transferred may be made available for public use--
                        (1) in the case of investigative files relating 
                    to individuals and containing personal data, 
                    personnel records, and records of executive 
                    nominations, when such files and records have been 
                    in existence for fifty years; and

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                        (2) in the case of all other such records, when 
                    such records have been in existence for twenty 
                    years.
                (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), 
            any committee of the Senate may, by action of the full 
            committee, prescribe a different time when any of its 
            records may be made available for public use, under specific 
            conditions to be fixed by such committee, by giving notice 
            thereof to the Secretary of the Senate and the Administrator 
            of General Services.
                Sec. 3. (a) This resolution shall not be construed to 
            authorize the public disclosure of any record pursuant to 
            section 2 if such disclosure is prohibited by law or 
            Executive order of the President.
                (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2, the 
            Secretary of the Senate may prohibit or restrict the public 
            disclosure of any record so transferred, other than any 
            record of a Senate committee, if he determines that public 
            disclosure of such record would not be in the public 
            interest and so notifies the Administrator of General 
            Services.
                Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a 
            copy of this resolution to the Administrator of General 
            Services.

                                      [S. Res. 474, 96-2, Dec. 1, 1980.]

       135              PRINTING IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

                Resolved, That hereafter no written or printed matter 
            shall be received for printing in the body of the 
            Congressional Record as a part of the remarks of any Senator 
            unless such matter (1) shall have been read orally by such 
            Senator on the floor of the Senate, or (2) shall have been 
            offered and received for printing in such manner as to 
            indicate clearly that the contents thereof were not read 
            orally by such Senator on the floor of the Senate. All such 
            matter shall be printed in the Record in accordance with the 
            rules prescribed by the Joint Committee on Printing. No 
            request shall be entertained by the Presiding Officer to 
            suspend by unanimous consent the requirements of this 
            resolution.

                                    [S. Jour. 510, 80-1, July 23, 1947.]

       136                PRINTING OF THE EXECUTIVE JOURNAL

                Resolved, That, beginning with the first session, 
            Ninetieth Congress, the Secretary of the Senate is 
            authorized to have printed not more than one hundred and 
            fifty copies of the Executive Journal for a session of the 
            Congress.

                                    [S. Jour. 167, 90-1, Feb. 17, 1967.]

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       137  PRINTING OF MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO DECEASED FORMER MEMBERS OF 
                                     THE SENATE

                Resolved, That when the Senate orders the printing as a 
            Senate document of the legislative proceedings in the United 
            States Congress relating to the death of a former United 
            States Senator, such document shall be prepared, printed, 
            bound, and distributed, except to the extent otherwise 
            provided by the Joint Committee on Printing under chapter 1 
            of Title 44, United States Code, in the same manner and 
            under the same conditions as memorial addresses on behalf of 
            Members of Congress dying in office are printed under 
            sections 723 and 724 of such Title.

                                     [S. Jour. 293, 93-1, Apr. 6, 1973.]

       138                    OFFICE OF SENATE SECURITY

                Resolved, That (a) there is established, within the 
            Office of the Secretary of the Senate (hereinafter referred 
            to as the ``Secretary''), the Office of Senate Security 
            (hereinafter referred to as the ``Office''), which shall be 
            headed by a Director of Senate Security (hereinafter 
            referred to as the ``Director''). The Office shall be under 
            the policy direction of the Majority and Minority Leaders of 
            the Senate, and shall be under the administrative direction 
            and supervision of the Secretary.
                (b)(1) The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary 
            after consultation with the Majority and Minority Leaders. 
            The Secretary shall fix the compensation of the Director. 
            Any appointment under this subsection shall be made solely 
            on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the 
            position and without regard to political affiliation.
                (2) The Director, with the approval of the Secretary, 
            and after consultation with the Chairman and Ranking Member 
            of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
            may establish such policies and procedures as may be 
            necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. 
            Commencing one year from the effective date of this 
            resolution, the Director shall submit an annual report to 
            the Majority and Minority Leaders and the Chairman and 
            Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration 
            on the status of security matters and the handling of 
            classified information in the Senate, and the progress of 
            the Office in achieving the mandates of this resolution.
                Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary shall appoint and fix the 
            compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry 
            out the provisions of this resolution. The Director, with

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            the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe the duties 
            and responsibilities of such personnel. If a Director is not 
            appointed, the Office shall be headed by an Acting Director. 
            The Secretary shall appoint and fix the compensation of the 
            Acting Director.
                (b) The Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate may 
            each designate a Majority staff assistant and a Minority 
            staff assistant to serve as their liaisons to the Office. 
            Upon such designation, the Secretary shall appoint and fix 
            the compensation of the Majority and Minority liaison 
            assistants.
                Sec. 3. (a) The Office is authorized, and shall have the 
            responsibility, to develop, establish, and carry out 
            policies and procedures with respect to such matters as:
                        (1) the receipt, control, transmission, storage, 
                    destruction or other handling of classified 
                    information addressed to the United States Senate, 
                    the President of the Senate, or Members and 
                    employees of the Senate;
                        (2) the processing of security clearance 
                    requests and renewals for officers and employees of 
                    the Senate;
                        (3) establishing and maintaining a current and 
                    centralized record of security clearances held by 
                    officers and employees of the Senate, and developing 
                    recommendations for reducing the number of 
                    clearances held by such employees;
                        (4) consulting and presenting briefings on 
                    security matters and the handling of classified 
                    information for the benefit of Members and employees 
                    of the Senate;
                        (5) maintaining an active liaison on behalf of 
                    the Senate, or any committee thereof, with all 
                    departments and agencies of the United States on 
                    security matters; and
                        (6) conducting periodic review of the practices 
                    and procedures employed by all offices of the Senate 
                    for the handling of classified information.
                (b) Within 180 days after the Director takes office, he 
            shall develop, after consultation with the Secretary, a 
            Senate Security Manual, to be printed and distributed to all 
            Senate offices. The Senate Security Manual will prescribe 
            the policies and procedures of the Office, and set forth 
            regulations for all other Senate offices for the handling of 
            classified information.
                (c) Within 90 days after taking office, the Director 
            shall conduct a survey to determine the number of officers 
            and

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            employees of the Senate that have security clearances and 
            report the findings of the survey to the Majority and 
            Minority Leaders and Secretary of the Senate together with 
            recommendations regarding the feasibility of reducing the 
            number of employees with such clearances.
                (d) The Office shall have authority--
                        (1) to provide appropriate facilities in the 
                    United States Capitol for hearings of committees of 
                    the Senate at which restricted data or other 
                    classified information is to be presented or 
                    discussed;
                        (2) to establish and operate a central 
                    repository in the United States Capitol for the 
                    safeguarding of classified information for which the 
                    Office is responsible; which shall include the 
                    classified records, transcripts, and materials of 
                    all closed sessions of the Senate; and
                        (3) to administer and maintain oaths of secrecy 
                    under paragraph (2) of rule XXIX of the Standing 
                    Rules of the Senate and to establish such procedures 
                    as may be necessary to implement the provisions of 
                    such paragraph.
                Sec. 4. Funds appropriated for the fiscal year 1987 
            which would be available to carry out the purposes of the 
            Interim Office of Senate Security but for the termination of 
            such Office shall be available for the Office of Senate 
            Security.
                Sec. 5. (a) All records, documents, data, materials, 
            rooms, and facilities in the custody of the Interim Office 
            of Senate Security at the time of its termination on July 
            10, 1987, are transferred to the Office established by 
            subsection (a) of the first section of this resolution.
                (b) This resolution shall take effect on July 11, 1987.

                                     [S. Res. 243, 100-1, July 1, 1987.]

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               UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER AND GALLERIES REGULATIONS

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              [Adopted by the Committee on Rules and Administration on 
              October 7, 2020, pursuant to rule XXXIII of the Standing 
                                Rules of the Senate]

     150.1      1.0  Scope--These regulations are applicable only to the 
            Senate Chamber and Galleries.

     150.2      2.0  Definitions--For purposes of these regulations, the 
            following terms have the meaning specified.
                        2.1  Cloakroom means the two spaces, one 
                    assigned to the majority party and one assigned to 
                    the minority party, adjacent to the Senate Chamber.
                        2.2  Galleries means the ten seating galleries 
                    located in the Senate Chamber.
                        2.3  Marble Room means the Senators meeting room 
                    adjacent to the Senate Lobby.
                        2.4  Senate Chamber means the space that 
                    encompasses the Senate Floor and Galleries.
                        2.5  Senate Floor means the floor of the Senate 
                    Chamber.
                        2.6  Senate Lobby means the hallway space 
                    adjoining the Senate Chamber to the Marble Room.
                        2.7  Sergeant at Arms means the Sergeant at Arms 
                    of the Senate.

     150.3      3.0  Sergeant At Arms Chamber And Galleries Duties--The 
            Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, under the direction of the 
            Presiding Officer, shall be the Executive Officer of the 
            body for the enforcement of all rules made by the Committee 
            on Rules and Administration for the regulation of the Senate 
            Chamber and Galleries.
                        3.1  The Senate Floor shall be at all times 
                    under the Sergeant at Arms' immediate supervision, 
                    and the Sergeant at Arms shall see that the various 
                    subordinate officers of the Office of the Sergeant 
                    at Arms perform the duties to which they are 
                    especially assigned.

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                        3.2  The Sergeant at Arms shall see that the 
                    messengers assigned to the doors upon the Senate 
                    Floor are at their posts and that the Senate Floor, 
                    Cloakrooms, and Senate Lobby are cleared at least 
                    five minutes before the opening of daily sessions of 
                    all persons not entitled to remain there.
                        3.3  In the absence of the Sergeant at Arms the 
                    duties of the office, so far as they pertain to the 
                    enforcement of the rules, shall devolve upon the 
                    Deputy Sergeant at Arms.

     150.4      4.0  Messengers Acting as Assistant Doorkeepers--The 
            messengers acting as Assistant Doorkeepers shall be assigned 
            to their duties by the Sergeant at Arms.

     150.5      5.0  Assignment of Majority and Minority Secretaries--
            The secretary for the majority and the secretary for the 
            minority shall be assigned, during the daily sessions of the 
            Senate, to duty upon the Senate Floor.

     150.6      6.0  Use of the Senate Chamber--When the Senate is not 
            sitting in session or otherwise using the Chamber for some 
            function of the Senate, no Senator shall seat any person or 
            persons in chairs of Senators other than the chair assigned, 
            no other persons shall seat anyone in a chair of a Senator; 
            and lectures, talks, or speeches shall not be given at such 
            times to groups on the Senate Floor by Senators or others 
            except for the purpose of explaining the Chamber.

     150.7      7.0  Use of the Marble Room--No persons shall be 
            admitted to the Marble Room except Senators.

     150.8      8.0  Use of the Cloakrooms--No persons shall be admitted 
            to the Cloakrooms except those entitled to the privileges of 
            the Senate Floor under the Rule XXIII of the Standing Rules 
            of the Senate.

     150.9      9.0  Use of the Senate Lobby--No persons shall be 
            admitted to the Senate Lobby except those entitled to the 
            privileges of the Senate Floor under the Rule XXIII of the 
            Standing Rules of the Senate.

    150.10      10.0  Use of Display Materials in the Senate Chamber--
            Graphic displays in the Senate Chamber are limited to 
            charts, photographs, or renderings:
                        10.1  Size--No larger than 36 inches by 48 
                    inches.

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                        10.2  Where--On an easel stand next to the 
                    Senator's desk or at the rear of the Chamber.
                        10.3  When--Only at the time the Senator is 
                    engaged in debate.
                        10.4  Number--No more than two may be displayed 
                    at a time.

    150.11      11.0  Solicitation and Commercial Activities 
            Prohibited--No persons shall carry out any of the following 
            activities in the Senate Chamber and Galleries: offer or 
            expose any article for sale; display a sign, placard, or 
            other form of advertisement; or solicit fares, alms, 
            subscriptions, or contributions.

    150.12      12.0  Legislative Buzzers and Signal Lights--The system 
            of legislative buzzers and signal lights, which correspond 
            with rings if available, shall be as follows:
                        12.1  Pre-session signals:
                          12.1.1  One long ring at hour of convening.
                          12.1.2  One red light to remain lighted at all 
                    times while Senate is in actual session.
                        12.2  Session signals:
                          12.2.1  One ring-Yeas and nays.
                          12.2.2  Two rings-quorum call.
                          12.2.3  Three rings-Call of absentees.
                          12.2.4  Four rings-Adjournment or recess. (End 
                    of daily session.)
                          12.2.5  Five rings-Seven and a half minutes 
                    remaining on yea and nay vote.
                          12.2.6  Morning business concluded-Six rings. 
                    Lights cut off immediately.
                          12.2.7  Recess during daily session-Six rings. 
                    Lights stay on during period of recess.

    150.13      13.0  Taking of Pictures Prohibited; Use of Mechanical 
            Equipment in Chamber--
                        13.1  The taking of pictures of any kind is 
                    prohibited in the Senate Chamber, the Marble Room, 
                    the Senate Lobby, and the Senate Cloakrooms; 
                    however,
                        13.2  The Sergeant at Arms shall be authorized 
                    to admit into the spaces defined in 13.1 such 
                    mechanical equipment and/or devices which, in the 
                    judgment of the Sergeant at Arms, are necessary and 
                    proper in the conduct of official Senate business 
                    and which by their presence shall not in any way 
                    distract, interrupt, or inconvenience the business 
                    or Members of the Senate.


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    150.14      14.0  Galleries--The Sergeant at Arms shall keep the 
            aisles of the galleries clear, and shall not allow 
            admittance into the galleries of more than their seating 
            capacity. The Sergeant at Arms shall not permit any person 
            to enter a gallery with or carrying any firearms or 
            dangerous weapons except for law enforcement and other 
            personnel performing duties under the direction of the 
            Senate, or any package, bundle, suitcase, briefcase, or 
            camera; the Sergeant at Arms shall not permit any person in 
            any gallery to smoke, applaud, or commit any other type of 
            demonstration either by sound or sign; except in the press, 
            radio, television, and correspondents' galleries the 
            Sergeant at Arms shall not permit any person to read (except 
            the Senate seating diagram) or to write or take notes 
            (except credentialed employees of the Senate when taking 
            notes in the course of their employment); the Sergeant at 
            Arms shall not permit any person to take any picture or 
            photograph or to sketch or draw; the Sergeant at Arms shall 
            not permit any person to place any object whatsoever-
            including hats, coats, or other personal apparel-or portion 
            of a person on any railing, or any person to wear a hat, 
            except that where a person's religious beliefs require that 
            person wear a head-cover in such public places as the Senate 
            Gallery, then such head-cover shall be permitted; and the 
            Sergeant at Arms shall not allow any person to lean forward 
            over the railings or to place hands thereon.
                        14.1  The galleries of the Senate shall be set 
                    apart and occupied as follows:
                          14.1.1  Gallery 1--the gallery above the 
                    northeastern corner of the Senate Chamber, commonly 
                    referred to as the Staff Gallery, is reserved for 
                    the use of credentialed employees of the Senate.
                          14.1.2  Gallery 2--the gallery above the 
                    eastern entrance to the Senate Chamber, commonly 
                    referred to as the Family Gallery, is reserved for 
                    the exclusive use of the families of Senators, 
                    former Presidents of the United States, and 
                    incumbent Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the 
                    Senate.
                            14.1.2.1  The first two rows of the gallery 
                    are reserved for the spouses and other members of 
                    the immediate families of Senators.
                            14.1.2.2  The remainder of the gallery is 
                    reserved for the families of Senators and guests 
                    visiting their families who shall be designated by 
                    some member of the Senator's family, and for the 
                    families of

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                    former Presidents of the United States, as well as 
                    families of incumbent Secretary and Sergeant at Arms 
                    of the Senate.
                          14.1.3  Gallery 3--the gallery over the 
                    southeastern corner of the Senate Chamber, commonly 
                    referred to as a Public Gallery, is reserved for the 
                    use of persons holding a card issued by a Senator.
                            14.1.3.1  The period to which such card of 
                    admission shall be limited rests entirely in the 
                    discretion of the Senator issuing it, except that 
                    such cards shall expire at the end of each session 
                    and cards of a different color shall be furnished by 
                    the Sergeant at Arms for the following session.
                            14.1.3.2  The Sergeant at Arms shall in the 
                    Sergeant at Arms' discretion limit occupancy of the 
                    public galleries to such periods as may be required 
                    to accommodate with reasonable expediency all card 
                    bearers who are seeking admission.
                          14.1.4  Gallery 4--the gallery between Gallery 
                    3 and Gallery 5 on the south side of the Senate 
                    Chamber, commonly referred to as the 
                    Representatives' Gallery, is reserved for the use of 
                    Members of Congress of the House of Representatives 
                    and their guests.
                          14.1.5  Gallery 5--the gallery over the 
                    southern main entrance to the Senate Chamber, 
                    commonly referred to as the Presidential and 
                    Diplomatic Gallery, is reserved for the use of the 
                    Diplomatic Corps, and no person shall be admitted to 
                    it excepting the Secretary of State, foreign 
                    ministers, their families and Senators.
                            14.1.5.1  The first row on the eastern side 
                    of this gallery shall be set apart for the use of 
                    the President of the United States.
                            14.1.5.2  The second row on the eastern side 
                    of this gallery shall be set apart for the use of 
                    the Vice President of the United States.
                            14.1.5.3  The third row on the eastern side 
                    of this gallery shall be set apart for the use of 
                    the President pro tempore of the Senate.
                          14.1.6  Gallery 6--the gallery between Gallery 
                    5 and Gallery 7 on the south side of the Senate 
                    Chamber, commonly referred to as a Public Gallery, 
                    is reserved for the use of large guided tours and 
                    other special parties.

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                          14.1.7  Gallery 7--the gallery over the 
                    southwest corner of the Senate Chamber, commonly 
                    referred to as the Accessible Gallery, is reserved 
                    for the use of any guest, especially those who wish 
                    to avoid stairs, and those who would like to view 
                    closed captioning television, or use an assisted 
                    listening device.
                          14.1.8  Gallery 8--the gallery over the west 
                    entrance to the Senate Chamber, commonly referred to 
                    as a Public Gallery, is reserved for the use of 
                    persons holding a card issued by a Senator.
                            14.1.8.1  The period to which such card of 
                    admission shall be limited rests entirely in the 
                    discretion of the Senator issuing it, except that 
                    such cards shall expire at the end of each session 
                    and cards of a different color shall be furnished by 
                    the Sergeant at Arms for the following session.
                            14.1.8.2  The Sergeant at Arms shall in the 
                    Sergeant at Arms' discretion limit occupancy of the 
                    public galleries to such periods as may be required 
                    to accommodate with reasonable expediency all card 
                    bearers who are seeking admission.
                        14.1.9  Gallery 9--the gallery over the 
                    northwest corner of the Senate Chamber, commonly 
                    referred to as a Public Gallery, is reserved for the 
                    use of persons holding a card issued by a Senator.
                            14.1.9.1  The period to which such card of 
                    admission shall be limited rests entirely in the 
                    discretion of the Senator issuing it, except that 
                    such cards shall expire at the end of each session 
                    and cards of a different color shall be furnished by 
                    the Sergeant at Arms for the following session.
                            14.1.9.2  The Sergeant at Arms shall in the 
                    Sergeant at Arms' discretion limit occupancy of the 
                    public galleries to such periods as may be required 
                    to accommodate with reasonable expediency all card 
                    bearers who are seeking admission.
                          14.1.10  Gallery 10--the gallery above the 
                    Senate Floor dais on the north side of the Senate 
                    Chamber including the front row of Gallery 1 and the 
                    front row of Gallery 9, commonly referred to as the 
                    Media Gallery, is reserved for the exclusive use of 
                    the Press Gallery, Radio and Television 
                    Correspondents Gallery, Periodical Press Gallery, 
                    and Press Photographers' Gallery.


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    150.15      15.0  Use of the Media Gallery--Gallery 10, the Media 
            Gallery shall be further set apart and occupied as follows:
                        15.1  Press Gallery--The gallery in the rear of 
                    the Vice President's chair shall be set apart for 
                    reporters of daily newspapers.
                          15.1.1  The administration of the Press 
                    Gallery shall be vested in a Standing Committee of 
                    Correspondents elected by accredited members of the 
                    gallery. The committee shall consist of five persons 
                    elected to serve for terms of two years: Provided, 
                    however, that at the election in January 1951, the 
                    three candidates receiving the highest number of 
                    votes shall serve for two years and the remaining 
                    two for one year. Thereafter, three members shall be 
                    elected in odd-numbered years and two in even-
                    numbered years. Elections shall be held in January. 
                    The committee shall elect its own chair and 
                    secretary. Vacancies on the committee shall be 
                    filled by special election to be called by the 
                    Standing Committee.
                                  15.1.2  Persons desiring admission to 
                            the Press Gallery in the Senate wing shall 
                            make application in accordance with Rule 
                            XXXIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
                            which rule shall be interpreted and 
                            administered by the Standing Committee of 
                            Correspondents, subject to the review and 
                            approval by the Senate Committee on Rules 
                            and Administration.
                                  15.1.3  The Standing Committee of 
                            Correspondents shall limit membership in the 
                            Press Gallery to bona fide correspondents of 
                            repute in their profession, under such rules 
                            as the Standing Committee of Correspondents 
                            shall prescribe: Provided, however, that the 
                            Standing Committee of Correspondents shall 
                            admit to the Press Gallery no person who 
                            does not establish to the satisfaction of 
                            the Standing Committee all of the following:
                            15.1.3.1  That the person's principal income 
                    is obtained from news correspondence intended for 
                    publication in newspapers entitled to second-class 
                    mailing privileges.
                            15.1.3.2  That the person is not engaged in 
                    paid publicity or promotion work or in prosecuting 
                    any claim before Congress or before any department

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                    of the Government, and will not become so engaged 
                    while a member of the Press Gallery.
                            15.1.3.3  That the person is not engaged in 
                    any lobbying activity and will not become so engaged 
                    while a member of the Press Gallery.
                          15.1.4  Members of the families of 
                    correspondents are not entitled to the privileges of 
                    the Press Gallery.
                          15.1.5  The Standing Committee of 
                    Correspondents shall propose no change or changes in 
                    these rules except upon petition in writing signed 
                    by not less than 100 accredited members of the Press 
                    Gallery.
                        15.2  Radio and Television Correspondents 
                    Gallery--The front row of Gallery 1 shall be set 
                    apart for the use of the radio-television 
                    correspondents.
                          15.2.1  Persons desiring admission to the 
                    Radio and Television Correspondents Gallery of the 
                    Senate shall make application to the Committee on 
                    Rules and Administration of the Senate, as required 
                    by Rule XXIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate; 
                    and shall also state, in writing, the names of all 
                    radio stations, television stations, systems, or 
                    newsgathering organizations by which they are 
                    employed; and what other occupation or employment 
                    they may have, if any; and shall further declare 
                    that they are not engaged in the prosecution of 
                    claims or promotion of legislation pending before 
                    Congress, the departments, or the independent 
                    agencies, and that they will not become so employed 
                    without resigning from the gallery. They shall 
                    further declare that they are not employed in any 
                    legislative or executive department or independent 
                    agency of the Government, or by any foreign 
                    government or representative thereof; that they are 
                    not engaged in any lobbying activities; that they do 
                    not and will not, directly or indirectly, furnish 
                    special information to any organization, individual, 
                    or group of individuals, for the influencing of 
                    prices on any commodity or stock exchange; that they 
                    will not do so during the time they retain 
                    membership in the gallery. Holders of visitors' 
                    cards who may be allowed temporary admission to the 
                    gallery must conform to all the restrictions of this 
                    paragraph.
                          15.2.2  It shall be prerequisite to membership 
                    that the radio station, television station, system, 
                    or newsgathering agencies which the applicants 
                    represent shall certify, in writing, to the Radio 
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                    vision Correspondents Gallery that the applicants 
                    conform to the foregoing regulations.
                          15.2.3  The applications required by the above 
                    rule shall be authenticated in a manner that shall 
                    be satisfactory to the Executive Committee of the 
                    Radio and Television Correspondents Gallery, which 
                    shall see that the occupation of the gallery is 
                    confined to bona fide news gatherers and/ or 
                    reporters of reputable standing in their business 
                    who represent radio stations, television stations, 
                    systems, or newsgathering agencies engaged primarily 
                    in serving radio stations, television stations, or 
                    systems. It shall be the duty of the Executive 
                    Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents 
                    Gallery to report, at its discretion, violation of 
                    privileges of the gallery to the Senate Committee on 
                    Rules and Administration, and, pending action 
                    thereon, the offending individual may be suspended.
                          15.2.4  Persons engaged in other occupations, 
                    whose chief attention is not given to-or more than 
                    one-half of their earned income is not derived from-
                    the gathering or reporting of news for radio 
                    stations, television stations, systems, or 
                    newsgathering agencies primarily serving radio 
                    stations, television stations, or systems, shall not 
                    be entitled to admission to the Radio and Television 
                    Correspondents Gallery. The Radio and Television 
                    Correspondents list in the Congressional Directory 
                    shall be a list only of persons whose chief 
                    attention is given to the gathering and reporting of 
                    news for radio stations, television stations, and 
                    systems engaged in the daily dissemination of news, 
                    and of representatives of newsgathering agencies 
                    engaged in the daily service of news to such radio 
                    stations, television stations, or systems.
                          15.2.5  Members of the families of 
                    correspondents are not entitled to the privileges of 
                    the gallery.
                          15.2.6  The Radio and Television 
                    Correspondents Gallery shall be under the control of 
                    the Executive Committee of the Radio and Television 
                    Correspondents Gallery, subject to the approval and 
                    supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules and 
                    Administration.
                        15.3  Periodical Press Gallery - The front row 
                    of Gallery 9 shall be set aside for the use of the 
                    periodical press.

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                          15.3.1  Persons eligible for admission to the 
                    Periodical Press Gallery of the Senate must be bona 
                    fide resident correspondents of reputable standing, 
                    giving their chief attention to the gathering and 
                    reporting of news. They shall state in writing the 
                    names of their employers and their additional 
                    sources of earned income; and they shall declare 
                    that, while a member of the Gallery, they will not 
                    act as an agent in the prosecution of claims, and 
                    will not become engaged or assist, directly or 
                    indirectly, in any lobbying, promotion, advertising, 
                    or publicity activity intended to influence 
                    legislation or any other action of the Congress, nor 
                    any matter before any independent agency, or any 
                    department or other instrumentality of the Executive 
                    Branch; and that they will not act as an agent for, 
                    or be employed by the federal, or any state, local 
                    or foreign government or representatives thereof; 
                    and that they will not, directly or indirectly, 
                    furnish special or ``insider'' information intended 
                    to influence prices or for the purpose of trading on 
                    any commodity or stock exchange; and that they will 
                    not become employed, directly or indirectly, by any 
                    stock exchange, board of trade or other organization 
                    or member thereof, or brokerage house or broker 
                    engaged in the buying and selling of any security or 
                    commodity. Applications shall be submitted to the 
                    Executive Committee of the Periodical 
                    Correspondents' Association and shall be 
                    authenticated in a manner satisfactory to the 
                    Executive Committee.
                          15.3.2  Applicants must be employed by 
                    periodicals that regularly publish a substantial 
                    volume of news material of either general, economic, 
                    industrial, technical, cultural or trade character. 
                    The periodical must require such Washington coverage 
                    on a continuing basis and must be owned and operated 
                    independently of any government, industry, 
                    institution, association, or lobbying organization. 
                    Applicants must also be employed by a periodical 
                    that is published for profit and is supported 
                    chiefly by advertising or by subscription, or by a 
                    periodical meeting the conditions in this paragraph 
                    but published by a non-profit organization that, 
                    first, operates independently of any government, 
                    industry, or institution and, second, does not 
                    engage, directly or indirectly, in any lobbying or

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                    other activity intended to influence any matter 
                    before Congress or before any independent agency or 
                    any department or other instrumentality of the 
                    Executive Branch. House organs are not eligible.
                          15.3.3  Members of the families of 
                    correspondents are not entitled to the privileges of 
                    the gallery.
                          15.3.4  The Executive Committee may issue 
                    temporary credentials permitting the privileges of 
                    the Gallery to individuals who meet the rules of 
                    eligibility but who may be on short-term assignment 
                    or temporarily resident in Washington.
                          15.3.5  Under the authority of Rule XXIII of 
                    the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Periodical 
                    Press Gallery of the Senate shall be under the 
                    control of the Executive Committee, subject to the 
                    approval and supervision of the Senate Committee on 
                    Rules and Administration. It shall be the duty of 
                    the Executive Committee, at its discretion, to 
                    report violations of the privileges of the Gallery 
                    to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, 
                    and pending action thereon, the offending 
                    correspondent may be suspended. The Committee shall 
                    be elected at the start of each Congress by members 
                    of the Periodical Correspondents' Association, and 
                    shall consist of seven members with no more than one 
                    member from any one publishing organization. The 
                    Committee shall elect its own officers, and a 
                    majority of the Committee may fill vacancies on the 
                    Committee. The list in the Congressional Directory 
                    shall be a list only of members of the Periodical 
                    Correspondents' Association.
                        15.4  Press Photographer's Gallery--
                          15.4.1  Administration of the Press 
                    Photographers' Gallery is vested in a Standing 
                    Committee of Press Photographers consisting of six 
                    persons elected by accredited members of the 
                    gallery. The Committee shall be composed of one 
                    member each from Associated Press Photos, Reuters 
                    News Pictures or AFP Photos, magazine media, local 
                    newspapers, agency or freelance member, and one at-
                    large member. The at-large member may be, but need 
                    not be, selected from a media otherwise represented 
                    on the Committee, however no organization may have 
                    more than one representative on the Committee.
                          15.4.2  The term of office of a member of the 
                    Committee elected as the Associated Press Photos

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                    member, the local newspaper member, and the Reuters 
                    News Pictures or AFP Photos member shall expire on 
                    the day of the election held in the first odd-
                    numbered year following the year in which the person 
                    was elected, and the term of office of a member of 
                    the Committee elected as the magazine media member, 
                    the agency or freelance member and the at-large 
                    member shall expire on the day of the election held 
                    in the first even-numbered year following the year 
                    in which the person was elected. A member elected to 
                    fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of 
                    a term shall serve only for the unexpired portion of 
                    such term.
                            15.4.2.1  Election for the Reuters News 
                    Picture or AFP photos seat was held in 1999.
                            15.4.2.2  Election for the agency or 
                    freelance seat was held in 2000.
                          15.4.3  Elections shall be held as early as 
                    practicable in each year and in no case later than 
                    March 31. A vacancy in the membership of the 
                    Committee occurring prior to the expiration of a 
                    term shall be filled by special election called for 
                    that purpose by the Committee.
                          15.4.4  The Standing Committee of the Press 
                    Photographers' Gallery shall propose no change or 
                    changes in these rules except upon petition in 
                    writing signed by not less than 25 accredited 
                    members of the gallery.
                          15.4.5  Persons desiring admission to the 
                    Press Photographers' Gallery of the Senate shall 
                    make application in accordance Rule XXIII of the 
                    Standing Rules of the Senate, which rule shall be 
                    interpreted and administered by the Standing 
                    Committee of Press Photographers subject to the 
                    review and approval of the Senate Committee on Rules 
                    and Administration.
                          15.4.6  The Standing Committee of Press 
                    Photographers shall limit membership in the 
                    photographers' gallery to bona fide news 
                    photographers of repute in their profession and to 
                    heads of Photographic Bureaus under such rules as 
                    the Standing Committee of Press Photographers shall 
                    prescribe.
                          15.4.7  Provided, however, That the Standing 
                    Committee of Press Photographers shall admit to the 
                    gallery no person who does not establish to the 
                    satisfaction of the Committee all of the following:

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                            15.4.7.1  That any member is not engaged in 
                    paid publicity or promotion work or in prosecuting 
                    any claim before Congress or before any department 
                    of the Government, and will not become so engaged 
                    while a member of the gallery.
                            15.4.7.2  That the person is not engaged in 
                    any lobbying activity and will not become so engaged 
                    while a member of the gallery.