    [United States Senate Manual, 118th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 118-1]
    [Standing Rules of the Senate]
    [Pages 11-13]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            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.