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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 934 

Amending the broadcasting and recording procedures of the Senate. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mrs. FISCHER) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the broadcasting and recording procedures of the 

Senate. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. BROADCASTING AND RECORDING PROCE3 DURES OF THE SENATE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Senate Resolution 28 (99th Con5 gress), agreed to February 27, 1986, is amended by strik6 ing all after the resolving clause and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘SECTION 1. BROADCASTING AND RECORDING PROCE9 DURES OF THE SENATE. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Senate hereby authorizes 

11 and directs that there be broadcast coverage of proVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:55 Dec 24, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR934.ATS SR934

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1 ceedings in the Senate Chamber and recordings of such 

2 proceedings. 

3 ‘‘(b) TYPE OF COVERAGE.—The broadcast coverage 

4 described in subsection (a) shall be provided— 

5 ‘‘(1) in accordance with provisions of this reso6 lution; 

7 ‘‘(2) continuously, except for any time when the 

8 Senate is conducting a quorum call, or when a meet9 ing with closed doors is ordered; and 

10 ‘‘(3) subject to the provisions pertaining to the 

11 Senate gallery contained in the following rules of the 

12 Standing Rules of the Senate: 

13 ‘‘(A) Paragraphs 6 and 7 of rule XIX. 

14 ‘‘(B) Paragraph 1(n) of rule XXV. 

15 ‘‘(C) Paragraph (2) of rule XXXIII. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 2. SUPERVISION OF BROADCAST COVERAGE. 

17 ‘‘The broadcast coverage of Senate proceedings shall 

18 be supervised and operated by the Senate. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 3. VIDEO BROADCAST COVERAGE. 

20 ‘‘The video broadcast coverage of Senate proceedings 

21 shall follow the Presiding Officer and Senators who are 

22 speaking, clerks, and the Chaplain of the Senate except 

23 during rollcall votes, when the cameras shall show the en24 tire Chamber. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 4. BROADCASTING AND RECORDING IMPLEMENTA2 TION. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The broadcast coverage and re4 cording of Senate proceedings shall be implemented as 

5 provided in this section. 

6 ‘‘(b) ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL DUTIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Cap8 itol, in consultation with the Sergeant at Arms and 

9 Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) construct necessary facilities for 

11 broadcast coverage (including a control room 

12 and the modification of Senate sound and light13 ing fixtures); 

14 ‘‘(B) employ necessary expert consultants; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(C) acquire and install all necessary 

17 equipment and facilities to— 

18 ‘‘(i) produce a broadcast-quality ‘live’ 

19 audio and color video signal of Senate pro20 ceedings; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) provide an archive-quality audio 

22 and color video recording of Senate pro23 ceedings. 

24 ‘‘(2) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—In carrying out 

25 the duties specified in subparagraphs (A) through 

26 (C) of paragraph (1), the Architect of the Capitol 


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1 shall not enter into any contract for the purchase or 

2 installation of equipment, for employment of any 

3 consultant, or for the provision of training to any 

4 person, unless the same shall first have been ap5 proved by the Committee on Rules and Administra6 tion. 

7 ‘‘(c) SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

8 SENATE DUTIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Sergeant at Arms and 

10 Doorkeeper of the Senate shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) employ such staff as may be nec12 essary, working in conjunction with the Senate 

13 Recording Studio, to operate and maintain all 

14 broadcast equipment installed pursuant to this 

15 resolution; and 

16 ‘‘(B)(i) make recordings of Senate pro17 ceedings; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) make copies of recordings as requested by 

19 the Secretary of the Senate under paragraph (3) 

20 and, as soon thereafter as possible, transmit the cop21 ies of recordings to the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE RULES AND

23 PROCEDURES.—The Sergeant at Arms and Door24 keeper of the Senate, in carrying out the duties 

25 specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 


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1 (1), shall comply with appropriate Senate procure2 ment and other regulations. 

3 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

4 SENATE.—The Secretary of the Senate is authorized 

5 to obtain from the Sergeant at Arms and Door6 keeper of the Senate recordings of Senate pro7 ceedings and, as soon thereafter as possible, trans8 mit such recordings to the Librarian of Congress 

9 and to the Archivist of the United States. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF RECORDINGS. 

11 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON USE FOR POLITICAL CAM12 PAIGN PURPOSES.—The use of any recording of Senate 

13 proceedings for political campaign purposes is strictly pro14 hibited. 

15 ‘‘(b) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para17 graph (2), any recording of Senate proceedings fur18 nished to any person or organization shall be made 

19 on the condition, agreed to in writing, that the re20 cording shall not be used for political campaign pur21 poses. 

22 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Any public or commercial 

23 news organization furnished a recording described in 

24 paragraph (1) shall be subject to the provisions of 


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1 paragraph (1) but shall not be required to enter into 

2 a written agreement. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF BROADCAST COVERAGE. 

4 ‘‘Broadcast coverage of Senate proceedings shall be 

5 made available on a ‘live’ basis and free of charge to— 

6 ‘‘(1) any accredited member of the Senate 

7 Radio and Television Correspondents Gallery; 

8 ‘‘(2) the cable system of the Architect of the 

9 Capitol; and 

10 ‘‘(3) such other news gathering, educational, or 

11 information distributing entity as may be authorized 

12 by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 7. BROADCASTING PROHIBITION. 

14 ‘‘Official noting of a Senator’s absence from commit15 tees while the Senate is broadcasting is prohibited. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 8. CLOSED CAPTIONING. 

17 ‘‘Closed captioning for broadcast coverage of Senate 

18 proceedings shall be provided as directed by the Com19 mittee on Rules and Administration. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 9. BROADCASTING AND REPORTING PROCEDURES 

21 AND REGULATIONS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any changes in the regulations 

23 made by this resolution shall be made only by Senate reso24 lution. 


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1 ‘‘(b) COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRA2 TION.—The Committee on Rules and Administration may 

3 adopt such procedures and such regulations, which do not 

4 contravene the regulations made by this resolution, as the 

5 Committee deems necessary to assure the proper imple6 mentation of the purposes of this resolution. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 10. FUNDING. 

8 ‘‘Such funds as may be necessary (but not in excess 

9 of $3,500,000) to carry out this resolution shall be ex10 pended from the contingent fund of the Senate.’’. 

11 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Senate Resolution 

12 444 (99th Congress), agreed to July 15, 1986, is repealed. 

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