[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
[S. Doc. 107-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 11-13]
[From the U.S. Government Printing 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
resolu
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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.