To establish as a standing order of the Senate a requirement that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to object to proceeding to any measure or matter.

SA 2944. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Inhofe)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2349, to provide greater transparency in the legislative process; as
follows:

At the end of title I, add the following:

SEC. __. REQUIREMENT OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROCEED.

(a) In General.--The majority and minority leaders of the
Senate or their designees shall recognize a notice of intent
of a Senator who is a member of their caucus to object to
proceeding to a measure or matter only if the Senator--
(1) submits the notice of intent in writing to the
appropriate leader or their designee; and
(2) within 3 session days after the submission under
paragraph (1), submits for inclusion in the Congressional
Record and in the applicable calendar section described in
subsection (b) the following notice:
``I, Senator __, intend to object to proceeding to __,
dated __.''.
(b) Calendar.--The Secretary of the Senate shall establish
for both the Senate Calendar of Business and the Senate
Executive Calendar a separate section entitled ``Notices of
Intent to Object to Proceeding''.

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Each section shall include the name of each Senator filing a
notice under subsection (a)(2), the measure or matter covered
by the calendar that the Senator objects to, and the date the
objection was filed.
(c) Removal.--A Senator may have an item with respect to
the Senator removed from a calendar to which it was added
under subsection (b) by submitting for inclusion in the
Congressional Record the following notice:
``I, Senator __, do not object to proceeding to __, dated
__.''.
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