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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 18 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Providing for sufficient time for legislation to be read. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. P |
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| 9 | 9 | | AULsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Committee on Rules and Administration |
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| 11 | 11 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 12 | 12 | | Providing for sufficient time for legislation to be read. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resolved, 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. TIME FOR READING OF LEGISLATION. 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) I |
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| 16 | 16 | | NGENERAL.—It shall not be in order for the 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Senate to consider any bill, resolution, message, con-4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | ference report, amendment between the Houses, amend-5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | ment, treaty, or other measure or matter until 1 session 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | day has passed since introduction for every 20 pages in-7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | cluded in the measure or matter in the usual form plus 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 session day for any number of remaining pages less than 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 20 in the usual form. 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) P |
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| 25 | 25 | | OINT OFORDER.— 11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •SRES 18 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Senator may raise a 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | point of order that consideration of any bill, resolu-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tion, message, conference report, amendment, treaty, 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | or other measure or matter is not in order under 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | subsection (a). A motion to table the point of order 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall not be in order. 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) W |
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| 36 | 36 | | AIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be waived or 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. All motions 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | to waive under this paragraph shall be debatable col-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | lectively for not to exceed 3 hours equally divided be-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tween the Senator raising the point of order and the 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Senator moving to waive the point of order or their 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | designees. A motion to waive the point of order shall 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | not be amendable. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) C |
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| 46 | 46 | | ONSTITUTIONALAUTHORITY.—This resolution 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | is adopted pursuant to the power granted to each House 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | of Congress to determine the Rules of its Proceedings in 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | article I, section 5, clause 2 of the Constitution of the 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | United States. 20 |
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