,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #e  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #c1   
#bjac ,mr4 ,udall of ,new ,mexico 7for  
,mr4 ,harkin7 7for himself and ,ms4     
,mikulski7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was ordered to lie    
over under the rule  ,,resolution       
,amending the ,standing ,rules of the   
,senate to provide for cloture to be    
invoked with less than a three-fifths   
majority after additional debate4  #a4  
,senate cloture modification ,paragraph 
#b of rule ,,xxii of the ,standing      
,rules of the ,senate is amended to read
 as follows3  #b4 7a7 ,notwithstanding  
the provisions of rule ,,ii or rule ,,iv
 or any other rule of the ,senate1 at   
any time a motion signed by sixteen     
,senators1 to bring to a close the      
debate upon any measure1 motion1 other  
matter pending before the ,senate1 or   
the unfinished business1 is presented to
 the ,senate1 the ,presiding ,officer1  
or clerk at the direction of the        

,presiding ,officer1 shall at once state
 the motion to the ,senate1 and one hour
 after the ,senate meets on the         
following calendar day but one1 he shall
 lay the motion before the ,senate and  
direct that the clerk call the roll1 and
 upon the ascertainment that a quorum is
 present1 the ,presiding ,officer shall1
 without debate1 submit to the ,senate  
by a yea-and-nay vote the question3 ,is 
it the sense of the ,senate that the    
debate shall be brought to a close8 ,and
 if that question shall be decided in   
the affirmative by three-fifths of the  
,senators duly chosen and sworn--except 
on a measure or motion to amend the     
,senate rules1 in which case the        
necessary affirmative vote shall be     
two-thirds of the ,senators present and 
voting--then said measure1 motion1 or   
other matter pending before the ,senate1
 or the unfinished business1 shall be   
the unfinished business4  ,thereafter no
 ,senator shall be entitled to speak in 
all more than one hour on the measure1  

motion1 or other matter pending before  
the ,senate1 or the unfinished business1
 the amendments thereto1 and motions    
affecting the same1 and it shall be the 
duty of the ,presiding ,officer to keep 
the time of each ,senator who speaks4   
,except by unanimous consent1 no        
amendment shall be proposed after the   
vote to bring the debate to a close1    
unless it had been submitted in writing 
to the ,journal ,clerk by #a o'clock    
p4m4 on the day following the filing of 
the cloture motion if an amendment in   
the first degree1 and unless it had been
 so submitted at least one hour prior to
 the beginning of the cloture vote if an
 amendment in the second degree4 ,no    
dilatory motion1 or dilatory amendment1 
or amendment not germane shall be in    
order4 ,points of order1 including      
questions of relevancy1 and appeals from
 the decision of the ,presiding         
,officer1 shall be decided without      
debate4  ,after no more than thirty     
hours of consideration of the measure1  

motion1 or other matter on which cloture
 has been invoked1 the ,senate shall    
proceed1 without any further debate on  
any question1 to vote on the final      
disposition thereof to the exclusion of 
all amendments not then actually pending
 before the ,senate at that time and to 
the exclusion of all motions1 except a  
motion to table1 or to reconsider and   
one quorum call on demand to establish  
the presence of a quorum 7and motions   
required to establish a quorum7         
immediately before the final vote       
begins4 ,the thirty hours may be        
increased by the adoption of a motion1  
decided without debate1 by a            
three-fifths affirmative vote of the    
,senators duly chosen and sworn1 and any
 such time thus agreed upon shall be    
equally divided between and controlled  
by the majority and minority leaders or 
their designees4 ,however1 only one     
motion to extend time1 specified above1 
may be made in any one calendar day4    
,if1 for any reason1 a measure or matter

 is reprinted after cloture has been    
invoked1 amendments which were in order 
prior to the reprinting of the measure  
or matter will continue to be in order  
and may be conformed and reprinted at   
the request of the amendment's sponsor4 
,the conforming changes must be limited 
to lineation and pagination4  ,no       
,senator shall call up more than two    
amendments until every other ,senator   
shall have had the opportunity to do    
likewise4  ,notwithstanding other       
provisions of this rule1 a ,senator may 
yield all or part of his one hour to the
 majority or minority floor managers of 
the measure1 motion1 or matter or to the
 majority or minority leader1 but each  
,senator specified shall not have more  
than two hours so yielded to him and may
 in turn yield such time to other       
,senators4  ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of this rule1 any ,senator who
 has not used or yielded at least ten   
minutes1 is1 if he seeks recognition1   
guaranteed up to ten minutes1 inclusive1

 to speak only4  ,after cloture is      
invoked1 the reading of any amendment1  
including ,house amendments1 shall be   
dispensed with when the proposed        
amendment has been identified and has   
been available in printed form at the   
desk of the ,members for not less than  
twenty-four hours4  7b7 7#a7 ,if1 upon a
 vote taken on a motion presented       
pursuant to subparagraph 7a71 the       
,senate fails to invoke cloture with    
respect to a measure1 motion1 or other  
matter pending before the ,senate1 or   
the unfinished business1 subsequent     
motions to bring debate to a close may  
be made with respect to the same        
measure1 motion1 matter1 or unfinished  
business4 ,it shall not be in order to  
file subsequent cloture motions on any  
measure1 motion1 or other matter pending
 before the ,senate1 except by unanimous
 consent1 until the previous motion has 
been disposed of4  7#b7 ,such subsequent
 motions shall be made in the manner    
provided by1 and subject to the         

provisions of1 subparagraph 7a71 except 
that the affirmative vote required to   
bring to a close debate upon that       
measure1 motion1 or other matter1 or    
unfinished business 7other than a       
measure or motion to amend ,senate      
rules7 shall be reduced by three votes  
on the second such motion1 and by three 
additional votes on each succeeding     
motion1 until the affirmative vote is   
reduced to a number equal to or less    
than an affirmative vote of a majority  
of the ,senators duly chosen and sworn4 
,the required vote shall then be an     
affirmative vote of a majority of the   
,senators duly chosen and sworn4 ,the   
requirement of an affirmative vote of a 
majority of the ,senators duly chosen   
and sworn shall not be further reduced  
upon any vote taken on any later motion 
made pursuant to this subparagraph with 
respect to that measure1 motion1 matter1
 or unfinished business4  4  #b4        
,special consideration of amendments    
postcloture ,paragraph #b of rule ,,xxii

 of the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate 
is amended by inserting at the end the  
following3  ,after debate has concluded 
under this paragraph but prior to final 
disposition of the pending matter1 the  
,majority ,leader and the ,minority     
,leader may each offer not to exceed #c 
amendments identified as leadership     
amendments if they have been timely     
filed under this paragraph and are      
germane to the matter being amended4    
,debate on a leadership amendment shall 
be limited to #a hour equally divided4  
,a leadership amendment may not be      
divided4  4