[16.4] [16.5] the bill, or to add new items of appropriation, shall, at least one day before they are considered, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and when actually proposed to the bill no amendment proposing to increase the amount stated in such amendment shall be received; in like manner, amendments proposing new items of appropriation to river and harbor bills, establishing post roads, or proposing new post roads, shall, before being considered, be referred to the Committee on Public Works. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXV. 4. No amendment which proposes general legislation shall be received to any general appropriation bill, nor shall any amendment not germane or relevant to the subject matter contained in the bill be received; nor shall any amendment to any item or clause of such bill be received which does not directly relate thereto; nor shall any restriction on the expenditure of the funds appropriated which proposes a limitation not authorized by law be received if such restriction is to take effect or cease to be effective upon the happening of a contingency; and all questions of relevancy of amendments under this rule, when raised, shall be submitted to the Senate and be decided without debate; and any such amendment or restriction to a general appropriation bill may be laid on the table without prejudice to the bill. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXV. 5. No amendment, the object of which is to provide for a private claim, shall be received to any general appropriation bill, unless it be to carry out the provisions of an existing law or a treaty stipulation, which shall be cited on the face of the amendment. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXV. 1 As amended, S. Jour. 299, 79-2, June 10, 1946, effective Jan. 2, 1947. 6.1 (a) Three members of the following-named commit- [16.6] tees, to be selected by their respective committees, shall be ex officio members of the Committee on Appropriations, to serve on said committee when the annual appropriation bill making appropriations for the purposes specified in the following table opposite the name of the committee is being considered by the Committee on Appropriations: Name of Committee Purpose of Appropriation Committee on Agriculture and For- For the Department of Agriculestry. ture. * Committee on Post Office and Civil For the Post Office Department. Service. Committee on Armed Services_____ For the Department of War 3; for Committee on the District of Colum- For the District of Columbia. bia. Committee on Public Works.-----. 'Senate members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (to be selected by said members). For Rivers and Harbors. For the development and utiliza- ' Committee on Aeronautical and For aeronautical and space acSpace Sciences. tivities and matters relating (b) At least one member of each committee enumerated in subparagraph (a), to be selected by his or their respective committees, shall be a member of any conference committee appointed to confer with the House upon the annual appro 1 As amended, S. Jour. 299, 79-2, June 10, 1946, effective Jan. 2, 1947. Name changed from Committee on Civil Service, effective Jan. 1, 1948, S. Jour. 198, 80-1, Apr. 17, 1947. Name changed to Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947 (July 26, 1946, 61 Stat. 499; 5 U.S.C. Sup. 171). As amended, S. Jour. 86, 82-1, Feb. 1, 1951. As amended, S. Jour. 508, 85-2, July 24, 1958. [16.7] [17] [18] priation bill making appropriations for the purposes specified in the foregoing table opposite the name of his or their respective committee. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXV. 7. When a point of order is made against any restriction on the expenditure of funds appropriated in a general appropriation bill on the ground that the restriction violates this rule, the rule shall be construed strictly and, in case of doubt, in favor of the point of order. RULE XVII AMENDMENT MAY BE LAID ON THE TABLE WITHOUT When an amendment proposed to any pending measure is laid on the table, it shall not carry with it, or prejudice, such measure. RULE XVIII AMENDMENTS-DIVISION OF A QUESTION If the question in debate contains several propositions, any Senator may have the same divided, except a motion to strike out and insert, which shall not be divided; but the rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and insert a different proposition; nor shall it prevent a motion simply to strike out; nor shall the rejection of a motion to strike out prevent a motion to strike out and insert. But pending a motion to strike out and insert, the part to be stricken out and the part to be inserted shall each be regarded for the purpose of amendment as a question; and motions to amend the part to be stricken out shall have precedence. 1 As amended, S. Jour. 299, 79-2, June 10, 1946. [Jefferson's Manual, Secs. XXXV, XXXVI. 1. When a Senator desires to speak, he shall rise and ad- [19.1] dress the Presiding Officer, and shall not proceed until he is recognized, and the Presiding Officer shall recognize the Senator who shall first address him. No Senator shall interrupt another Senator in debate without his consent, and to obtain such consent he shall first address the Presiding Officer, and no Senator shall speak more than twice upon any one question in debate on the same day without leave of the Senate, which shall be determined without debate. [Jefferson's Manual, Secs. XVII, XXXIX. 2.1 No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by [19.2] any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XVII. 3.1 No Senator in debate shall refer offensively to any [19.3] State of the Union. 4.2 If any Senator, in speaking or otherwise, in the opinion [19.4] of the Presiding Officer transgress the rules of the Senate the Presiding Officer shall, either on his own motion or at the request of any other Senator, call him to order; and when a Senator shall be called to order he shall take his seat, and may not proceed without leave of the Senate, which, if granted, shall be upon motion that he be allowed to proceed in order, which motion shall be determined without debate. Any Senator directed by the Presiding Officer to take his seat, and any Senator requesting the Presiding Officer to 1 As amended, S. Jour. 301, 57-1, Apr. 8, 1902. As amended, S. Jour. 314, 87-2, June 14, 1962. [19.5] require a Senator to take his seat, may appeal from the ruling of the Chair, which appeal shall be open to debate. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XVII. 5. If a Senator be called to order for words spoken in debate, upon the demand of the Senator or of any other Senator, the exceptionable words shall be taken down in writing, and read at the table for the information of the Senate. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XVII. [19.6] 6. Whenever confusion arises in the Chamber or the galleries, or demonstrations of approval or disapproval are indulged in by the occupants of the galleries, it shall be the duty of the Chair to enforce order on his own initiative and without any point of order being made by a Senator. [19.7] [19.8] [20] [20.1] 7.2 No Senator shall introduce to or bring to the attention of the Senate during its sessions any occupant in the galleries of the Senate. No motion to suspend this rule shall be in order, nor may the Presiding Officer entertain any request to suspend it by unanimous consent. 8.3 Former Presidents of the United States shall be entitled to address the Senate upon appropriate notice to the Presiding Officer who shall thereupon make the necessary arrangements. RULE XX QUESTIONS OF ORDER 1. A question of order may be raised at any stage of the proceedings, except when the Senate is dividing, and, unless submitted to the Senate, shall be decided by the Presiding Officer without debate, subject to an appeal to the Senate. 1 As amended, S. Jour. 71, 63-2, Jan. 14, 1914. 2 As amended, S. Jour. 526-527, 85-1, Aug. 26, 1957. As amended, S. Jour. 527, 88-1, Oct. 1, 1963. |