# About the Senate Legislative Calendar

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The Senate's *Calendar of Business* is updated each day the Senate is in session. The calendar, composed of several sections, identifies bills and resolutions awaiting Senate floor actions. Most measures are placed on the calendar under the heading "General Orders" in the sequence in which they were added. Other sections are provided to address special situations in which floor actions have been deferred and to show the status of both bills in conference and of appropriations bills.

The sections of the calendar described below can be viewed individually from the GPO website.
      -  Cover and Special Orders          - Date when each session of the current Congress convened and adjourned  sine die 
        - Provides the number of days the Senate has met during each session
        - Displays time and date the Senate is next scheduled to convene
        - Lists any unfinished or pending business
        - Lists any  unanimous consent  agreements that continue to apply to legislative business the Senate is considering 
      -  Senate Membership  A list of senators and the year in which their term expires 
      -  Committee Assignments 
      -  Other, Select and Special Committees 
      -  Joint Committees of Congress 
      -  Cross Index  Index of General Orders with corresponding order numbers.  This section provides all Senate and House measures placed on the Senate's calendar under "General Orders" along with a cross index to the order number under which it is listed. 
      -  General Orders  This is a list of all Senate and House measures placed on the  *Calendar of Business*, pursuant to Senate Rule VIII.  The measures are sequenced by order number and are eligible for Senate floor consideration. Most measures are placed under this heading. 
      -  Notice of Intent to Object  This section lists the instances when a senator has notified the appropriate leader, or their designee, and submitted in writing for inclusion in the *Congressional Record* and *Calendar of Business* their objection to an unanimous consent agreement to the “proceeding to” or “passage of” a measure.  (Sec. 512, P.L. 110-81) 
      -  Subjects on the Table, Motions for Reconsideration  This section lists topics that are still eligible for consideration and lists all motions that senators have entered for later Senate consideration. 
      -  Bills in Conference  This document identifies and describes the current status of all bills and resolutions for which a joint House/Senate conference has been requested and conferees appointed. 
      -  Appropriations  This links to a chart which identifies and describes the current status of all appropriations bills introduced in the current Congress.  Read the CRS report *The Senate's Calendar of Business* (PDF) for additional information about the *Calendar of Business*. 

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        -  Bills, Acts, & Laws 
        -  Nominations 
        -  Treaties 
        -  Votes 
        -  Floor Proceedings 
        -  Rules & Procedure 
        -  Landmark Legislation 
        -  Sessions of Congress 
        -  Senate Archives 
        -  Public Disclosure 

### House Calendar 

View the House of Representatives Calendars.

### Days in Session 

These calendars (Congress.gov)  list the days the Senate met for each session of Congress.

Visit the "Sessions of Congress"  web page to find out more about this topic.

### Find Bills 

Use this guide to help you find the full text of recent bills and resolutions on the Web, or order them from the Senate or House Document Rooms, or you can find them in a library.