(b) the amount or value and source of each honorarium of $300 or more received by him during the preceding year.

4. All papers filed under section 3 of this rule shall be kept by the Secretary of the Senate for not less than three years and shall be made available promptly for public inspection and copying.

5. This rule shall take effect on July 1, 1968. No reports shall be filed for any period before office or employment was held with the Senate, or during a period of office or employment with the Senate of less than ninety days in a year; except that the Senator, or officer or employee of the Senate, may file a copy of the return of taxes for the year 1968, or a report of substantially equivalent information for only the effective part of the year 1968.

FIRST AND SECOND READINGS

See "First and Second Readings Before Reference," pp. 174–176.

FIVE-MINUTE RULE

See "Calendar, Debate Under Call of," pp. 394–395.

FLOOR PRIVILEGES

Rule XXXIII

[Persons Entitled to Floor Privileges]

No person shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate while in session, except as follows:

The President of the United States and his private secretary.

The President elect and Vice President elect of the United States. Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents of the United States. Judges of the Supreme Court.

Ex-Senators and Senators elect.

The officers and employees of the Senate in the discharge of their official duties.

Ex-Secretaries and ex-Sergeants at Arms of the Senate.

Members of the House of Representatives and Members elect.
Ex-Speakers of the House of Representatives.

The Sergeant at Arms of the House and his chief deputy and the Clerk of the House and his deputy.

Heads of the Executive Departments.

Ambassadors and Ministers of the United States.

Governors of States and Territories.

The General Commanding the Army.

The Senior Admiral of the Navy on the active list.
Members of National Legislatures of foreign countries.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

The Librarian of Congress and the Assistant Librarian in charge of the Law Library.

The Architect of the Capitol.

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Clerks to Senate committees and clerks to Senators when in the actual discharge of their official duties. Clerks to Senators, to be admitted to the floor, must be regularly appointed and borne upon the rolls of the Secretary of the Senate as such.

Under Rule XXXIII, no person shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate while in session except those specified in the rule, but the practice includes:

Clerks to Committees and to Senators:

Only clerks to Senate committees and to Senators borne upon the Senate payrolls as such when in the actual discharge of their official duties are entitled to the privilege of the floor under Rule XXXIII,' and this rule applies equally to men and women clerks."

The floor privilege granted the employees of the Senate is limited by the rule to the "actual discharge of their official duties." 3

The Vice President, in 1929, expressed the opinion that a clerk was not entitled to the privilege of the floor for the purpose of polling a committee on a matter.*

In 1908, the Chair ruled under a strict application of the rule relating to the privilege of the floor, that a committee clerk on the Senate floor reporting, under instructions, to the chairman when a quorum was not in fact present, was not in the actual discharge of his official duties."

In 1950, it was held that a person employed as counsel for a subcommittee of the Senate is entitled to the privilege of the floor during the consideration of a report filed by the committee in connection with which he was employed."

Contestants for Senate Seat:

Ex-Senators and Senators-elect are admitted to the floor under specific stipulations of the rule, and in practice nu1May 25, 1946, 79-2, Record, pp. 5708-09; May 22, 1929, 71-1, Journal, p. 72, Record, pp. 1729, 1730.

merous contestants have been granted floor privileges and the right to address the Senate in support of their claim to a seat.'

Heads of Departments:

The provision "Heads of Executive Departments" has been construed by the Committee on Rules, as authorized by an order previously adopted by the Senate, to be limited to Members of the Cabinet.R

Experts from the departments acting in an advisory capacity to Senators in debate on a bill are not entitled to the privileges of the floor."

Newspaper Reporters and Press Association Agents:

Newspaper reporters and representatives of press associations are not entitled to admission to the floor during sessions of the Senate,1o and while it was a former courtesy, to admit members of the press to the floor upon written order of the Committee on Rules, there is no such authority in the Senate rules for such practice."

Private Physician of a Senator:

In 1929, unanimous consent was granted for Senatorelect William S. Vare, of Pennsylvania, to have his physician sit with him in the Senate Chamber.12

Unauthorized Persons, Use of Floor:

On January 3, 1947, a point of order was made and sustained that unauthorized persons were on the Senate floor." On June 29, 1970, the Chair took the initiative to order the Sergeant at Arms to clear the Chamber of all unnecessary personnel."

While the floor privilege of employees is regulated by passes, under regulations of the Rules Committee, the rules

7

Apr. 25, 1932, 72-1, Journal, p. 423, Record, pp. 8872-77; Mar. 16, 1897, 5-1. Journal, p. 5; Jan. 22, 1890, 51-1, Record, p. 795; Feb. 25, 1892, 52–2, Journal, 1. 127, Record p. 1432; others include Thomas Heflin (Ala.), 1932; Frank Smith (ill.). 1926; Frederick Stanton (Kans.), Jan. 13, 1862; D. L. Yulee (Fla.), Aug. 27.1852.

Mar. 25, 1884, 48-1, Record, p. 2236.

Aug. 18, 1937, 75–1, Journal, p. 539; May 25, 1946, 79-2, Record, pp. 5708-09; see also Aug. 9, 1944, 78-2, Record, pp. 6818-19

10

May 22, 1929, 71-1, Journal, p. 72, Record, pp. 1729, 1730.

11 Ibid.

12 Dec. 4, 1929, 71-2, Journal, p. 18, Record, p. 75.

13 Jan. 3, 1947, 80-1, Record, pp. 9, 10.

of the Senate do not restrict Senate aides from being on the floor; Rule XXXIII grants floor privilege to the officers and employees of the Senate in the actual discharge of their official duties.15

On various occasions the Senate has seen fit, usually under unanimous consent procedure, to extend a temporary privilege of the floor to persons in different categories.10

FLOWERS IN SENATE CHAMBER
Resolution Adopted by Senate in 1905

Resolved, that until further orders the Sergeant at Arms is instructed not to permit flowers to be brought into the Senate Chamber.17

In 1923, for the occasion of the memorial exercises of a deceased Senator, the standing order prohibiting the bringing of flowers into the Senate Chamber was suspended."

FOOD IN SENATE CHAMBER

See "Debate," Milk While Speaking," p. 419.

15 See Aug. 12, 1970, 91-2, Record, p. 28456.

For a listing see: May 8 and 16, 1916, 64–1, Journal, p. 352, Record, pp. 7560, 8024, 8025; Dec. 12, 1950, 81-2, Record, p. 16433; Apr. 18, 1951, 82-1, Record, p. 4028; May 21, 1951, 82-1, Record, p. 5490; Mar. 25 and 26, 1952, 82-2, Record, pp. 2876-83, 2889, 2890; Aug. 1, 1946, 79-2, Record, p. 10614; Mar. 29, 1948, 80-2, Record, p. 3586; Apr. 4, 1949, 81-1, Record, p. 3774; May 31, 1949, 81-1, Record, p. 7010; June 6, 1949, 81-1, Record, p. 7231; Sept. 7, 1949, 81-1, Record, pp. 12615, 12620, 12621; Sept. 23, 1949, 81-1, Record, p. 13193; Oct. 15, 1949, 81-1, Record, p. 14678; June 13, 1950; 81-2, Record, pp. 8490-91; Jan. 15, 1934, 73-2, Record, p. 627; Aug. 18, 1937, 75–1, Journal, p. 529, Record, p. 9216; Mar. 28, 1952, 82-2, Record, p. 3106; June 28, 1952, 82-2, Record, p. 8398; Nov. 8, 1954, 83-2, Record, p. 15851; May 2, 1955, 84-1, Record, p. 5287; Feb. 7, 1956, 84-2, Record, p. 2178; Feb. 5, 1891, 51-2, Record, p. 2171; Jan. 20, 1897, 54-2, Journal, p. 63, Record, p. 962; Jan. 8, 1930, 71-2, Record, p. 1226; Aug. 10, 19, 20, 23, 1960, 86-2, Record, pp. 16182, 16785, 16899, 17175; June 14, 16, 22, 1960, 86-2, Record, pp. 12529, 12872, 13726; Mar. 4, 1960, 86-2, Record, p. 4500; May 21, 1959, 86-1, Record, p. 8746; Sept. 9. 1959, 86-1, Record, p. 18681; Aug. 17, 1959, 86-1, Record, p. 15999; July 23, 1959, 86-1, Record, p. 14083; Apr. 16, 29, 1959, 86-1, Record, pp. 6109, 6993; Mar. 23, 25, 1959, 86-1, Record, pp. 4906, 5163; Feb. 6, 1959, 86-1, Record, p. 2005; Feb. 26, 1958, 85-2, Record, p. 2855; Feb. 25, 1958, 85-2, Record, p. 2729; Feb. 24, 1958, 85-2, Record, p. 2566; Apr. 15, 1957, 85-1, Record, p. 5643.

Feb. 24, 1905, 58-3, Journal, p. 261, Senate Manual, p. 133. 18 Jan. 19, 1923, 67-4, Journal, p. 99, Record, p. 2012.

FOREIGN MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS

Rule VII, Paragraph 5

[Procedure on Handling Petitions and Memorials]

Every petition or memorial shall be signed by the petitioner or memorialist and have indorsed thereon a brief statement of its contents, and shall be presented and referred without debate. But no petition or memorial or other paper signed by citizens or subjects of a foreign power shall be received, unless the same be transmitted to the Senate by the President.

The reception of a paper, petition, or memorial from a subject or citizen of a foreign power is in contravention of paragraph 5, Rule VII, and cannot be received unless transmitted to the Senate by the President of the United States;1 but a Senator, in the course of an address may use the information contained therein in supporting an argument made by him.2

A petition of a subject of Great Britain for authority to renew his application for a patent, having been presented to the Senate, was subsequently withdrawn as being in violation of the rule prohibiting the receipt of petitions of foreign subjects unless transmitted to the Senate by the President.3

A communication from a citizen or subject of a foreign power may be printed in the Congressional Record under a suspension of the rules.*

FORM OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS CHANGED

See "Form of Bills and Resolutions Changed," pp. 168-170.

GALLERIES

Rule XIX, Paragraph 6

[Chair Authorized To Keep Order in Galleries]

Whenever confusion arises in the Chamber or the galleries, or demonstrations of approval or disapproval are indulged in by the occu

Mar. 31, 1888, 50-1, Record, p. 2541; Mar. 10, 1926, 69-1, Journal, p. 219.

Sept. 27, 1919, 66–1, Record, pp. 6017, 6018.

1

2

* Jan. 13, 1886, 49-1, Record, p. 626.