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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 28 

To establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator publicly 

disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any measure or matter. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 27, 2011 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. BROWN of 

Ohio, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. INHOFE, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. 

UDALL of Colorado, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. COLLINS, 

Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. TESTER, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Mr. BEGICH, and Mr. MANCHIN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

To establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator 

publicly disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any 

measure or matter. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. ELIMINATING SECRET SENATE HOLDS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

4 (1) COVERED REQUEST.—This standing order 

5 shall apply to a notice of intent to object to the fol6 lowing covered requests: 

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1 current resolution, conference report, or amend2 ment between the Houses. 

3 (B) A unanimous consent request to pass 

4 a bill or joint resolution or adopt a resolution, 

5 concurrent resolution, conference report, or the 

6 disposition of an amendment between the 

7 Houses. 

8 (C) A unanimous consent request for dis9 position of a nomination. 

10 (2) RECOGNITION OF NOTICE OF INTENT.—The 

11 majority and minority leaders of the Senate or their 

12 designees shall recognize a notice of intent to object 

13 to a covered request of a Senator who is a member 

14 of their caucus if the Senator— 

15 (A) submits the notice of intent to object 

16 in writing to the appropriate leader and grants 

17 in the notice of intent to object permission for 

18 the leader or designee to object in the Senator’s 

19 name; and 

20 (B) not later than 2 session days after 

21 submitting the notice of intent to object to the 

22 appropriate leader, submits a copy of the notice 

23 of intent to object to the Congressional Record 

24 and to the Legislative Clerk for inclusion in the 


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1 applicable calendar section described in sub2 section (b). 

3 (3) FORM OF NOTICE.—To be recognized by the 

4 appropriate leader a Senator shall submit the fol5 lowing notice of intent to object: 

6 ‘‘I, Senator lll, intend to object to 

7 lll, dated lll. I will submit a copy of 

8 this notice to the Legislative Clerk and the 

9 Congressional Record within 2 session days and 

10 I give my permission to the objecting Senator 

11 to object in my name.’’. The first blank shall be 

12 filled with the name of the Senator, the second 

13 blank shall be filled with the name of the cov14 ered request, the name of the measure or mat15 ter and, if applicable, the calendar number, and 

16 the third blank shall be filled with the date that 

17 the notice of intent to object is submitted. 

18 (4) NOTICES ON THE SENATE FLOOR.—The re19 quirement to submit a notice of intent to object to 

20 the Legislative Clerk and the Congressional Record 

21 shall not apply in the event a Senator objects on the 

22 floor of the Senate and states the following: 

23 ‘‘I object to lll, on behalf of Senator 

24 lll.’’ 

25 (b) CALENDAR.— 


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1 (1) OBJECTION.—Upon receiving the submis2 sion under subsection (a)(2)(B), the Legislative 

3 Clerk shall add the information from the notice of 

4 intent to object to the applicable Calendar section 

5 entitled ‘Notices of Intent to Object to Proceeding’ 

6 created by Public Law 110-81. Each section shall in7 clude the name of each Senator filing a notice under 

8 subsection (a)(2)(B), the measure or matter covered 

9 by the calendar to which the notice of intent to ob10 ject relates, and the date the notice of intent to ob11 ject was filed. 

12 (2) OBJECTION ON BEHALF.—In the case of an 

13 objection made under subsection (a)(4), not later 

14 than 2 session days after the objection is made on 

15 the floor, the Legislative Clerk shall add the infor16 mation from such objection to the applicable Cal17 endar section entitled ‘‘Notices of Intent to Object 

18 to Proceeding’’ created by Public Law 110–81. Each 

19 section shall include the name of the Senator on 

20 whose behalf the objection was made, the measure or 

21 matter objected to, and the date the objection was 

22 made on the floor. 

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1 endar to which it was added under subsection (b) by sub2 mitting to the Legislative Clerk the following notice: 

3 ‘‘I, Senator lll, do not object to lll, 

4 dated lll.’’ The first blank shall be filled with 

5 the name of the Senator, the second blank shall be 

6 filled with the name of the covered request, the 

7 name of the measure or matter and, if applicable, 

8 the calendar number, and the third blank shall be 

9 filled with the date of the submission to the Legisla10 tive Clerk under this subsection. 

11 (d) OBJECTING ON BEHALF OF A MEMBER.—Except 

12 with respect to objections made under subsection (a)(4), 

13 if a Senator who has notified his or her leader of an intent 

14 to object to a covered request fails to submit a notice of 

15 intent to object under subsection (a)(2)(B) within 2 ses16 sion days following an objection to a covered request by 

17 the leader or his or her designee on that Senator’s behalf, 

18 the Legislative Clerk shall list the Senator who made the 

19 objection to the covered request in the applicable ‘‘Notice 

20 of Intent to Object to Proceeding’’ calendar section. 

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