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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 28
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 11, 2013
Mr. Paul submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules and
Administration
RESOLUTION
To provide sufficient time for legislation
to be read.
That
(a) it shall not be in
order for the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, message, conference
report, amendment, treaty, or any other measure or matter until 1 session day
has passed since introduction for every 20 pages included in the measure or
matter in the usual form plus 1 session day for any number of remaining pages
less than 20 in the usual form.
(b)
(1) Any Senator may raise a
point of order that consideration of any bill, resolution, message, conference
report, amendment, treaty, or any other measure or matter is not in order under
subsection (a). No motion to table the point of order shall be in order.
(2) Any Senator may move to waive a point
of order raised under paragraph (1) by an affirmative yea and nay vote of
two-thirds of the Senators duly chosen and sworn. All motions to waive under
this paragraph shall be debatable collectively for not to exceed 3 hours
equally divided between the Senator raising the point for order and the Senator
moving to waive the point of order or their designees. A motion to waive the
point of order shall not be amendable.
(3) This resolution is enacted pursuant
to the power granted to each House of Congress to determine the Rules of its
Proceedings in clause 2 of section 5 of article I of the Constitution of the
United States.