Standing Rules of the Senate
RULE XIV
, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND PREAMBLES THERETO
1. Whenever a bill or joint resolution shall be offered, its
introduction shall, if objected to, be postponed for one day.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
8. When a bill or resolution is accompanied by a preamble, the
question shall first be put on the bill or resolution 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.
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.
10. No private bill or resolution (including socalled 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.
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