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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prescribe a procedure for a bipartisan cloture motion on a motion to proceed to a measure or matter.
Requires the motion to be signed by 16 Senators, including the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, 7 additional Senators not affiliated with the majority, and 7 additional Senators not affiliated with the minority.
Requires: (1) the Presiding Officer, or the clerk at the Presiding Officer's direction, to lay the motion before the Senate one hour after the Senate meets on the following calendar day; and (2) a vote on the motion, without further debate, if cloture is invoked.
Amends Rule XXVIII (Conference Committees; Reports; Open Meetings) to make it in order, when a message from the House of Representatives is laid before the Senate, for a single, non-divisible motion to be made that includes motions to: (1) disagree to a House amendment or to insist upon a Senate amendment, (2) request a committee of conference with the House or to agree to a request by the House for a committee of conference, and (3) authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees (or a motion to appoint conferees).
Limits to two hours any debate, equally divided in the usual form, on a cloture motion presented on such motions.
Requires: (1) the Presiding Officer, or the clerk at the Presiding Officer's direction, to lay the motion before the Senate; and (2) a vote on the motion, without further debate, if cloture is invoked.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S.Res. 16 as passed Senate without amendment on Jan 24, 2013. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Jan 24, 2013
S. Res. 16
Resolution Agreed to
86 Yea 9 Nay 5 not voting
Crossed both parties 8 of 95 voting members broke with their own party: 8 Republicans.
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S.Res. 16 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S.Res. 16 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
4 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.