    [United States Senate Manual, 118th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 118-1]
    [Standing Rules of the Senate]
    [Pages 9-10]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            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                withdrawn from its files except by order of the Senate.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
                reported from a committee, and all bills and joint
                resolutions re

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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.