A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit the consideration of legislation in the Senate unless the text of the legislation that will be considered has been made publicly available in electronic form for a mandatory minimum review period.

Bill: 117-sres-84
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-01
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government information and archives

Legislative rules and procedure

Members of Congress

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution prohibits the Senate from considering any measure unless the text of the measure has been publicly available in electronic form for the mandatory minimum review period, and it requires each Senator to certify that they have read a measure prior to voting on it.</p> <p>The mandatory minimum review period, calculated from the time the measure is made publicly available, is the greater of (1) the number of minutes that are equal to two times the number of pages in the measure, or (2) 72 hours.</p>

tv_txt: III 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 84 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 1, 2021 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Ms. Ernst , Mr. Hawley , Mr. Marshall , and Mr. Kennedy ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration RESOLUTION Amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit the consideration of legislation in the Senate unless the text of the legislation that will be considered has been made publicly available in electronic form for a mandatory minimum review period.

1. Prohibiting consideration of text of legislation until completion of mandatory minimum review period (a) In general Rule XII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) (a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report unless the text of the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report which will be considered has been publicly available in electronic form for the mandatory minimum review period. (b) Each Senator shall self certify that the Senator has read a bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report before voting on the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report. (c) In this paragraph, the term mandatory minimum review period means, with respect to a bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report, the greater of— (i) the period— (I) that begins with the first hour beginning after the text of the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report which will be considered is first made publicly available in electronic form; and (II) that consists of a number of minutes equal to two times the number of pages of the text of the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report which will be considered; and (ii) 72 hours after the text of the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or conference report which will be considered is first made publicly available in electronic form. . (b) Technical and conforming amendments The Standing Rules of the Senate is amended— (1) in paragraph 1 of rule VIII, by inserting the text of which has been available for the mandatory minimum review period, as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XII, and after bills and resolutions ; (2) in rule XIV— (A) in paragraph 3, by striking on that day and inserting before the expiration of the mandatory minimum review period, as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XII, ; and (B) in paragraph 6, by striking one day and inserting for the mandatory minimum review period, as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XII, ; (3) in paragraph 5 of rule XVII, by striking two calendar days (excluding Sundays and legal holidays and inserting the mandatory minimum review period, as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XII, ; and (4) in paragraph 5 of rule XXVIII, by striking shall be immediately put and inserting shall be put after the expiration of the mandatory minimum review period, as defined in paragraph 5 of rule XII .