Senate Manual Withdrawal of papers—Continued No petition on which an adverse report has been made shall be withdrawn without leaving copies. Claims adversely reported on shall not be again referred without new evidence... Without debate. In ascertaining the presence of a quorum, the proceedings shall be..._____ Sergeant at Arms may be directed to request or compel attendance of absent Senators... The reading of a paper, when objected to, shall be decided.... A motion to request the House of Representa- All questions of relevancy of amendments under A motion to permit a Senator to proceed in order shall be decided............. 27 1 22.1 27 1 27.1 12.1 A motion to proceed to consideration of a con- be determined.......... Witnesses, subpena of.. Words, exceptionable, spoken in debate, if required, shall be taken down in writing.. Y Yeas and nays. Each Senator shall, when his name is called, answer openly, and without debate. 12 1 12.1 A Senator shall be required to assign reasons for not voting, which shall be without debate... 12 He shall not be called on for reasons for not voting until after the roll call and before the result of the vote is announced.. 2 12.2 12 2 12.2 For special reasons, by unanimous consent, he 121 1 12.1 21.2 [60] NONSTATUTORY STANDING ORDERS NOT EM- COMMITTEE PERSONNEL AND EXPENDITURE REPORTS [60] Resolved, That the Senate shall not (1) authorize the pay- [60.1] ment from the contingent fund of the Senate of the expenses, in excess of $5,000, of any inquiry or investigation hereafter authorized, or (2) increase the amount heretofore authorized to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate in connection with any inquiry or investigation, unless, prior to adoption of the resolution authorizing such payment or providing for such increase, the committee or subcommittee thereof authorized to conduct such inquiry or investigation shall have submitted to the Committee on Rules and Administration a budget, in such form as the committee may require, setting forth its estimates of expenses proposed to be incurred for personal services, hearings, and travel, and such other information as the committee may require. SEC. 2.2 Whenever the head of any department or agency of [60.2] the Government shall have detailed or assigned personnel of such department or agency to the staff of any Senate committee or subcommittee thereof, the appropriations of such department or agency from which the personnel so assigned or detailed is paid shall be reimbursed from funds available 1 As amended, 8. Jour. 173, 80-1, Mar. 28, 1947. See also "Limitations on Appointment of Professional Members," Senate Manual section [275.6]. [60.3] [60.4] [61] to the committee or subcommittee at the end of each quarterly period in the amount of the salaries of such personnel while on such detail or assignment; and the services of any personnel so detailed or assigned shall not be accepted or utilized unless, at the time of such detail or assignment, funds are available to such committee or subcommittee for the reimbursement of appropriations, as herein provided, for the period of such detail or assignment. SEC. 3. The foregoing provisions of this resolution shall become effective on April 1, 1946. SEC. 4. The Committee on Rules and Administration 1 of the Senate is authorized to make such studies as may be necessary to enable it to prescribe uniform requirements as to the form and content of budgets required to be submitted under the first section of this resolution and otherwise to carry out its functions under such section. [S. Jour. 288, 79-1, June 28, 1945. PRINTING IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Resolved, That hereafter no written or printed matter shall be received for printing in the body of the Congressional Record as a part of the remarks of any Senator unless such matter (1) shall have been read orally by such Senator on the floor of the Senate, or (2) shall have been offered and received for printing in such manner as to indicate clearly that the contents thereof were not read orally by such Senator on the floor of the Senate. All such matter shall be printed in the Record in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Joint Committee on Printing. No request 1 As amended, S. Jour. 173, 80-1, Mar. 28, 1947. shall be entertained by the Presiding Officer to suspend by unanimous consent the requirements of this resolution. SPECIAL DEPUTIES [8. Jour. 510, 80-1, July 23, 1947. Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate is authorized and empowered from time to time to appoint such special deputies as he may think necessary to serve process or perform other duties devolved upon the Sergeant at Arms by law or the rules or orders of the Senate, or which may hereafter be devolved upon him, and in such case they shall be officers of the Senate; and any act done or return made by the deputies so appointed shall have like effect and be of the same validity as if performed or made by the Sergeant at Arms in person. [8. Jour. 47, 51-1, Dec. 17, 1889. PERSONS NOT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF SENATE Resolved, That hereafter, standing or select committees employing the services of persons who are not full-time employees of the Senate or any committee thereof shall submit monthly reports to the Senate (or to the Secretary during a recess or adjournment) showing (1) the name and address of any such person; (2) the name and address of the department or organization by whom his salary is paid; and (3) the annual rate of compensation in each case. [8. Jour. 407, 78–2, Aug. 23, 1944. FLOWERS IN THE SENATE CHAMBER Resolved, That until further orders the Sergeant at Arms is instructed not to permit flowers to be brought into the Senate Chamber. [S. Jour. 261, 58-3, Feb. 24, 1905. 107 [62] [63] [64] |