Curtailing Lobbyist Effectiveness Through Advance Notification, Updates, and Posting Act or the CLEAN UP Act - Amends rule XXVII (Conference Committees, Reports, Open Meetings) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require the joint explanatory statement by a conference committee to identify and explain separately each provision of the report in violation of the rule against inclusion of new or non-germane matter, and, if possible, identify the Member who proposed such provision.
Makes it out of order to consider a conference report unless the senior managers from the majority and minority parties on the part of the Senate include in the accompanying statement of managers a signed statement that: (1) all Senate managers have been afforded an opportunity at a meeting of the conference committee to vote on all amendments and other propositions considered; (2) roll call votes have been held in public meetings of the conferees on the matter contained in any motion to instruct conferees passed by the Senate; and (3) the minority was offered an opportunity to submit dissenting or minority views for the joint statement.
Declares that the reading in full of any bill, resolution, conference report, or amendment shall not be dispensed with unless such measure is available to all Members and made available to the general public by means of the Internet for at least 72 hours before its consideration.
Prohibits consideration of an appropriation bill unless a list of all earmarks in the bill and accompanying reports is available in the same manner.
Allows a waiver of such prohibitions by a two-thirds majority vote of Members.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2179
To require openness in conference committee deliberations and full
disclosure of the contents of conference reports and all other
legislation.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 18, 2006
Mr. Obama introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
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A BILL
To require openness in conference committee deliberations and full
disclosure of the contents of conference reports and all other
legislation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Curtailing Lobbyist Effectiveness
Through Advance Notification, Updates, and Posting Act'' or the ``CLEAN
UP Act''.
SEC. 2. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Clear Identification of New Material in Conference Reports.--
Rule XXVIII of the Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``7. The joint explanatory statement by a committee of conference
shall separately identify and explain each provision of the report in
violation of paragraph 2 or 3 of rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of
the Senate and, if possible, identify the Member who proposed such
provision.''.
(b) Sense of Congress on Conference Committee Protocols.--It is the
sense of Congress that--
(1) conference committees should hold regular, formal
meetings of all conferees that are open to the public or
televised;
(2) all conferees should be given adequate notice of the
time and place of all such meetings; and
(3) all conferees should be afforded an opportunity to
participate in full and complete debates of the matters that
such conference committees may recommend to their respective
Houses.
SEC. 3. ACTUAL VOTING REQUIRED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR MINORITY VIEWS.
Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``8. It shall not be in order to consider a conference report
unless the senior manager from the majority party on the part of the
Senate as so designated for that purpose by the majority leader and the
senior manager from the minority party on the part of the Senate as so
designated for that purpose by the minority leader include in the
statement of managers accompanying such conference report a signed
statement that--
``(1) all Senate managers have been afforded an opportunity
at a meeting of the committee on conference to vote on all
amendments and other propositions considered by that committee;
``(2) roll call votes have been held in public meetings of
the conferees on the matter contained in any motion to instruct
conferees passed by the Senate; and
``(3) the minority was offered an opportunity to submit
dissenting or minority views for the joint statement of
managers.''.
SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF LEGISLATION ON THE INTERNET.
Rule XIV of all the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``11.(a) The reading in full of any bill, resolution, conference
report, or amendment shall not be dispensed with unless such measure is
available to all Members and made available to the general public by
means of the Internet for at least 72 hours before its consideration.
``(b) This paragraph may only be waived by \2/3\ of Members, duly
chosen and sworn.''.
SEC. 5. EARMARKS.
Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``8.(a) In this paragraph, the term `earmark' means a provision
that requires or permits the obligation or expenditure of any amount
appropriated for the benefit of an identifiable person, program,
project, entity, or jurisdiction by earmarking or other specification,
whether by name or description, in a manner that--
``(1) discriminates against other persons, programs,
projects, entities, or jurisdictions similarly situated that
would be eligible, but for the requirement or permission, for
the amount appropriated; or
``(2) applies only to a single identifiable person,
program, project, entity, or jurisdiction, unless the
identifiable person, program, project, entity, or jurisdiction
is described or otherwise clearly identified in a law or Treaty
stipulation (or an Act or resolution previously passed by the
Senate during the same session or in the estimate submitted in
accordance with law).
``(b) No appropriation bill shall be considered unless a list of
all earmarks in such bill and accompanying reports are available to all
Members and made available to the general public by means of the
Internet for at least 72 hours before its consideration.
``(c) This paragraph may only be waived by \2/3\ of Members, duly
chosen and sworn.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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