Modifies Senate Rule 50 to provide that referral of a bill to committee by the President Pro Tem of the Senate shall be to a committee designated by the sponsor of the bill

Summary

The resolution changes Senate Rule 50 to require that when the President Pro Tem assigns a bill to a committee, the committee must be the one the bill’s sponsor designates. It also adds procedural safeguards, such as requiring a committee report before final passage and giving a minority of senators the power to move a bill off a committee. The measure failed to pass and was referred to the Rules Committee.

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