SRES 277 · 100th Congress · Congress
A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to require that amendments must be offered to a bill, resolution, or other measure in the order of the sections of that bill, resolution, or other measure.
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House5
EnactedLatest: Committee on Rules. Hearings held.(1987-12-02)
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Amends rule XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require amendments to a bill, resolution, or other measure to be in the order that sections appear in such legislation, unless they are technical, clerical, or conforming amendments. Requires amendments to a bill, resolution, other measure, or a committee reported substitute treated as original text, on a point of order by any Senator, to: (1) amend the section to which it is offered; and (2) relate to the subject of such section. Prohibits the consideration of any amendment to a section of a bill, resolution, or other measure if more than 20 minutes have lapsed following final disposition of an amendment to the section under consideration.…
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