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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 63 

To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to ensure that all congressionally 

directed spending items in appropriations and authorization legislation 

fall under the oversight and transparency provisions of S. 1, the Honest 

Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 4, 2009 

Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to ensure that 

all congressionally directed spending items in appropriations and authorization legislation fall under the oversight and transparency provisions of S. 1, the Honest 

Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE 

3 SENATE. 

4 (a) FURTHER TRANSPARENCY.—Rule XLIV of the 

5 Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at 

6 the end thereof the following: 


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1 ‘‘13.(a) All congressionally directed spending items 

2 shall be included in the text of an appropriations or au3 thorization bill and any conference report related to that 

4 appropriations or authorization bill. 

5 ‘‘(b) Not later than 48 hours after the request, each 

6 request for a congressionally directed spending item for 

7 an appropriations or authorization bill made by a Senator 

8 shall be posted on the Senator’s web site. The posting of 

9 the request for a congressionally directed spending item 

10 shall include the name and location of the specifically in11 tended recipient, the purpose of the congressionally di12 rected spending item, and the dollar amount requested. 

13 If there is no specifically intended recipient, the posting 

14 shall include the intended location of the activity, the pur15 pose of the congressionally directed spending item, and the 

16 dollar amount requested. 

17 ‘‘(c) It shall not be in order to consider an appropria18 tions or authorization bill, amendment, or conference re19 port if it contains a congressionally directed spending item 

20 for a private for-profit or non profit entity.’’. 

21 (b) CLARIFYING APPLICATION TO CONFERENCE RE22 PORTS.—Paragraph 8 of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules 

23 of the Senate is amended by— 

24 (1) striking subparagraph (a) and inserting the 

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘(a) A Senator may raise a point of order against 

2 one or more provisions of a conference report if they con3 stitute a congressionally directed spending item that was 

4 not included in the measure originally committed to the 

5 conferees by either House. The Presiding Officer may sus6 tain the point of order as to some or all of the congression7 ally directed spending items against which the Senator 

8 raised the point of order.’’; and 

9 (2) striking subparagraph (e). 

10 (c) REQUIRING FULL SEARCHABILITY.—Paragraph 

11 3(a)(2) of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate 

12 is amended by inserting ‘‘in an searchable format’’ after 

13 ‘‘available’’. 

14 (d) SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT.—Paragraph 10 

15 of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘or 3’’ and inserting ‘‘3, or 13’’. 

17 (e) AVAILABILITY BY THE COMMITTEE OF JURISDIC18 TION.—Paragraph 6(b) of rule XLIV of the Standing 

19 Rules of the Senate is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(b) With respect to each congressionally directed 

21 spending item requested by a Senator, each committee of 

22 jurisdiction shall make available for public inspection on 

23 the Internet the written statements and certifications 


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1 under subparagraph (a) not later than 48 hours after re2 ceipt of such statements and certifications.’’. 

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