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