,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #af  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd  
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,reid 7for himself1 ,mr4           
,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,levin1 and ,mr4      
,mc,cain7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,amending the  
,standing ,rules of the ,senate4  #a4   
,bipartisan cloture on the motion to    
proceed ,rule ,,xxii of the ,standing   
,rules of the ,senate is amended by     
inserting at the end the following3  #c4
 ,if a cloture motion on a motion to    
proceed to a measure or matter is       
presented in accordance with this rule  
and is signed by #af ,senators1         
including the ,majority ,leader1 the    
,minority ,leader1 #g additional        
,senators not affiliated with the       
majority1 and #g additional ,senators   
not affiliated with the minority1 one   
hour after the ,senate meets on the     
following calendar day1 the ,presiding  

,officer1 or the clerk at the direction 
of the ,presiding ,officer1 shall lay   
the motion before the ,senate4 ,if      
cloture is then invoked on the motion to
 proceed1 the question shall be on the  
motion to proceed1 without further      
debate4  4  #b4 ,conference motions     
,rule ,,xxviii of the ,standing ,rules  
of the ,senate is amended--  7#a7 by    
redesignating paragraphs #b through #i  
as paragraphs #c through #aj1           
respectively2  7#b7 in paragraph #c7;c71
 as so redesignated1 by striking        
paragraph #d and inserting paragraph #e2
  7#c7 in paragraph #d7;b71 as so       
redesignated1 by striking paragraph #d  
and inserting paragraph #e2  7#d7 in    
paragraph #e7;a71 as so redesignated1 by
 striking paragraph #b or paragraph #c  
and inserting paragraph #c or paragraph 
#d2  7#e7 in paragraph #f1 as so        
redesignated--  7,a7 in subparagraph    
7a71 by striking paragraph #b or #c and 
inserting paragraph #c or paragraph #d2 
7,b7 in subparagraph 7b71 by striking   

paragraph 7#d7 each place it appears and
 inserting paragraph 7#e72 and  7#f7    
inserting after paragraph #a the        
following3  #b4 7a7 ,when a message from
 the ,house of ,representatives is laid 
before the ,senate1 it shall be in order
 for a single1 non-divisible motion to  
be made that includes--  7#a7 a motion  
to disagree to a ,house amendment or    
insist upon a ,senate amendment2  7#b7 a
 motion to request a committee of       
conference with the ,house or to agree  
to a request by the ,house for a        
committee of conference2 and  7#c7 a    
motion to authorize the ,presiding      
,officer to appoint conferees 7or a     
motion to appoint conferees74  7b7 ,if a
 cloture motion is presented on a motion
 made pursuant to subparagraph 7a71 the 
motion shall be debatable for no more   
than #b hours1 equally divided in the   
usual form1 after which the ,presiding  
,officer1 or the clerk at the direction 
of the ,presiding ,officer1 shall lay   
the motion before the ,senate4 ,if      

cloture is then invoked on the motion1  
the question shall be on the motion1    
without further debate4  4