Title: A resolution improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution limits Senate post-cloture consideration to two hours for certain nominations. This limitation applies to a nomination to U.S. district courts, to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, or to an executive branch position that is not
Senate post-cloture consideration of all nominations shall be equally divided between the majority and the minority leaders.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 50 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 50

   Improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the 
                                Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2019

   Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted the following 
     resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the 
                                Senate.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATIONS.

    (a) Limit on Consideration for Certain Nominations.--
            (1) In general.--If cloture is invoked on a nomination 
        described in paragraph (2), there shall be no more than 2 hours 
        of post-cloture consideration equally divided between the 
        majority leader and the minority leader, or their designees.
            (2) Nominations covered.--A nomination described in this 
        paragraph is a nomination of an individual to a position--
                    (A) as a judge of a district court of the United 
                States or of the United States Court of Federal Claims; 
                or
                    (B) in the executive branch that is not--
                            (i) a position at level I of the Executive 
                        Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United 
                        States Code; or
                            (ii) a position as a member of--
                                    (I) the Equal Employment 
                                Opportunity Commission;
                                    (II) the Securities and Exchange 
                                Commission;
                                    (III) the Federal Election 
                                Commission;
                                    (IV) the Federal Energy Regulatory 
                                Commission;
                                    (V) the Federal Trade Commission;
                                    (VI) the National Labor Relations 
                                Board;
                                    (VII) the Commodity Futures Trading 
                                Commission;
                                    (VIII) the Consumer Product Safety 
                                Commission;
                                    (IX) the Federal Communications 
                                Commission;
                                    (X) the Surface Transportation 
                                Board;
                                    (XI) the Nuclear Regulatory 
                                Commission;
                                    (XII) the Federal Deposit Insurance 
                                Corporation; or
                                    (XIII) the Board of Governors of 
                                the Federal Reserve System.
    (b) Division of Time on Other Nominations.--If cloture is invoked 
on a nomination that is not described in subsection (a)(2), the period 
of post-cloture consideration shall be equally divided between the 
majority leader and the minority leader, or their designees.
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