A resolution to amend rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to limit the length of service of Senators on congressional committees.

Summary

Amends rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit a Senator who has served as a member of a congressional committee for four consecutive full Congresses from serving again as a member of that committee until the beginning of the third Congress following completion of his or her fourth term on such committee. Requires that at least one-half of the Members of the majority and minority parties appointed to serve on a committee during a Congress be Senators who served on that committee during the preceding Congress. Makes it out of order to consider a resolution or take any other action that appoints Senators to serve on a committee in violation of this rule or any other rule of the Senate. Exempts the service by a Senator on a congressional committee prior to the 103d Congress from this Act. Establishes a phase-in formula that rotates membership of Senators among congressional committees.

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Timeline

1. 25 February 1992

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Rules.

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2. 25 February 1992

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file

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Sponsors

• Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
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