2 U.S. Code § 30b

2 U.S. Code § 30b is about Notice of objecting to proceeding. It is under Chapter 2 (Organization of Congress) of Title 2 (The Congress) of the Code.

(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) following the objection to a unanimous consent to proceeding to, and, or passage of, a measure or matter on their behalf, submits the notice of intent in writing to the appropriate leader or their designee; and

(2) not later than 6 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 proceedings to , dated ____ for the following reasons _____.”.

(b) Calendar
(1) In general
The Secretary of the Senate shall establish for both the Senate Calendar of Business and the Senate Executive Calendar a separate section entitled “Notice of Intent to Object to Proceeding”.

(2) Content
The section required by paragraph (1) shall include—
(A)the name of each Senator filing a notice under subsection (a)(2);
(B)the measure or matter covered by the calendar that the Senator objects to; and
(C)the date the objection was filed.

(3) Notice
A Senator who has notified their respective leader and who has withdrawn their objection within the 6 session day period is not required to submit a notification under subsection (a)(2).

(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 proceed to _____, dated ____.”.