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                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I send to the desk en bloc 11 unanimous 
consent requests, and I ask for their immediate consideration en bloc; 
further, I ask that the requests be agreed to en bloc and that they 
appear separately in the Record.

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  Before the Chair acts on my request, I would like to point out that 
these requests are routine and done at the beginning of each new 
Congress.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to agreeing to the 
unanimous consent requests en bloc?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The unanimous consent agreements agreed to en bloc are as follows:

       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the 
     duration of the 119th Congress, the Ethics Committee be 
     authorized to meet during the session of the Senate.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the 
     duration of the 119th Congress, there be a limitation of 15 
     minutes each upon any rollcall vote, with the warning signal 
     to be sounded at the midway point, beginning at the 7-1/2 
     minutes, and when rollcall votes are of 10-minute duration, 
     the warning signal be sounded at the beginning of the last 7-
     1/2 minutes.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that during the 
     119th Congress, it be in order for the Secretary of the 
     Senate to receive reports at the desk when presented by a 
     Senator at any time during the day of the session of the 
     Senate.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the majority 
     and minority leaders may daily have up to 10 minutes each on 
     each calendar day following the prayer and disposition of the 
     reading of, or the approval of, the Journal.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding 
     the provisions of rule XXVIII, conference reports and 
     statements accompanying them not be printed as Senate reports 
     when such conference reports and statements have been printed 
     as a House report unless specific request is made in the 
     Senate in each instance to have such a report printed.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
     on Appropriations be authorized during the 119th Congress to 
     file reports during the adjournments or recesses of the 
     Senate on appropriations bills, including joint resolutions, 
     together with any accompanying notices of motions to suspend 
     rule XVI, pursuant to rule V, for the purpose of offering 
     certain amendments to such bills or joint resolutions, which 
     proposed amendments shall be printed.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that for the 
     duration of the 119th Congress, the Secretary of the Senate 
     be authorized to make technical and clerical corrections in 
     the engrossments of all Senate-passed bills and joint 
     resolutions, Senate amendments to House bills and 
     resolutions, Senate amendments to House amendments to Senate 
     bills and resolutions, and Senate amendments to House 
     amendments to Senate amendments to House bills or 
     resolutions.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, for the 
     duration of the 119th Congress, when the Senate is in recess 
     or adjournment the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to 
     receive messages from the President of the United States, 
     and--with the exception of House bills, joint resolutions and 
     concurrent resolutions--messages from the House of 
     Representatives; and that they be appropriately referred; and 
     that the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, 
     and the Acting President pro tempore be authorized to sign 
     duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, for the 
     duration of the 119th Congress, Senators be allowed to leave 
     at the desk with the Journal clerk the names of two staff 
     members who will be granted the privilege of the floor during 
     the consideration of the specific matter noted, and that the 
     Sergeant at Arms be instructed to rotate staff members as 
     space allows.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, for the 
     duration of the 119th Congress, it be in order to refer 
     treaties and nominations on the day when they are received 
     from the President, even when the Senate has no executive 
     session that day.
       Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, for the 
     duration of the 119th Congress, Senators may be allowed to 
     bring to the desk bills, joint resolutions, concurrent 
     resolutions and simple resolutions, for referral to 
     appropriate committees.

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