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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 16 

Amending the Standing Rules of the Senate. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. MCCAIN) 

submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Standing Rules of the Senate. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. BIPARTISAN CLOTURE ON THE MOTION TO 

3 PROCEED. 

4 Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 

5 amended by inserting at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘3. If a cloture motion on a motion to proceed to 

7 a measure or matter is presented in accordance with this 

8 rule and is signed by 16 Senators, including the Majority 

9 Leader, the Minority Leader, 7 additional Senators not 

10 affiliated with the majority, and 7 additional Senators not 

11 affiliated with the minority, one hour after the Senate 

12 meets on the following calendar day, the Presiding Officer, 


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1 or the clerk at the direction of the Presiding Officer, shall 

2 lay the motion before the Senate. If cloture is then invoked 

3 on the motion to proceed, the question shall be on the mo4 tion to proceed, without further debate.’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CONFERENCE MOTIONS. 

6 Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs 2 through 9 as 

9 paragraphs 3 through 10, respectively; 

10 (2) in paragraph 3(c), as so redesignated, by 

11 striking ‘‘paragraph 4’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

12 5’’; 

13 (3) in paragraph 4(b), as so redesignated, by 

14 striking ‘‘paragraph 4’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

15 5’’; 

16 (4) in paragraph 5(a), as so redesignated, by 

17 striking ‘‘paragraph 2 or paragraph 3’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘paragraph 3 or paragraph 4’’; 

19 (5) in paragraph 6, as so redesignated— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (a), by striking 

21 ‘‘paragraph 2 or 3’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 3 

22 or paragraph 4’’; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (b), by striking 

24 ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ each place it appears and in25 serting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’; and 


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1 (6) inserting after paragraph 1 the following: 

2 ‘‘2. (a) When a message from the House of Rep3 resentatives is laid before the Senate, it shall be in order 

4 for a single, non-divisible motion to be made that in5 cludes— 

6 ‘‘(1) a motion to disagree to a House amend7 ment or insist upon a Senate amendment; 

8 ‘‘(2) a motion to request a committee of con9 ference with the House or to agree to a request by 

10 the House for a committee of conference; and 

11 ‘‘(3) a motion to authorize the Presiding Officer 

12 to appoint conferees (or a motion to appoint con13 ferees). 

14 ‘‘(b) If a cloture motion is presented on a motion 

15 made pursuant to subparagraph (a), the motion shall be 

16 debatable for no more than 2 hours, equally divided in 

17 the usual form, after which the Presiding Officer, or the 

18 clerk at the direction of the Presiding Officer, shall lay 

19 the motion before the Senate. If cloture is then invoked 

20 on the motion, the question shall be on the motion, with21 out further debate.’’. 

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