,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #f1 
#bjai,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,blunt7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,,resolution  ,improving procedures   
for the consideration of nominations in 
the ,senate4  #a4 ,consideration of     
nominations  7a7 ,limit on consideration
 for certain nominations  7#a7 ,in      
general ,if cloture is invoked on a     
nomination described in paragraph 7#b71 
there shall be no more than #b hours of 
post-cloture consideration equally      
divided between the majority leader and 
the minority leader1 or their designees4
  7#b7 ,nominations covered ,a          
nomination described in this paragraph  
is a nomination of an individual to a   
position-- 7,a7 as a judge of a district
 court of the ,united ,states or of the 
,united ,states ,court of ,federal      
,claims2 or  7,b7 in the executive      

branch that is not-- 7i7 a position at  
level ,i of the ,executive ,schedule    
under section #ecab of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code2 or  7ii7 a position as a
 member of-- 7,i7 the ,equal ,employment
 ,opportunity ,commission2  7,,ii7 the  
,securities and ,exchange ,commission2  
7,,iii7 the ,federal ,election          
,commission2  7,,iv7 the ,federal       
,energy ,regulatory ,commission2  7,v7  
the ,federal ,trade ,commission2  7,,vi7
 the ,national ,labor ,relations ,board2
  7,,vii7 the ,commodity ,futures       
,trading ,commission2  7,,viii7 the     
,consumer ,product ,safety ,commission2 
7,,ix7 the ,federal ,communications     
,commission2  7,x7 the ,surface         
,transportation ,board2  7,,xi7 the     
,nuclear ,regulatory ,commission2       
7,,xii7 the ,federal ,deposit ,insurance
 ,corporation2 or  7,,xiii7 the ,board  
of ,governors of the ,federal ,reserve  
,system4  7b7 ,division of time on other
 nominations ,if cloture is invoked on a
 nomination that is not described in    

subsection 7a77#b71 the period of       
post-cloture consideration shall be     
equally divided between the majority    
leader and the minority leader1 or their
 designees4