# Plain Language Summary: A Resolution Providing for Sufficient Time for Legislation to Be Read

This resolution is essentially a rule that Congress is proposing to follow about how much time lawmakers need to actually read bills before voting on them. Right now, there's no strict requirement that members of Congress have a set amount of time to review the full text of a bill before they're asked to vote on it. This resolution would establish that members should get adequate time to read and understand what they're voting on before the vote happens.

The practical impact of this is straightforward: it's trying to slow down the legislative process just enough to ensure that representatives and senators aren't voting on bills they haven't had a chance to properly review. In reality, this addresses a common complaint from lawmakers across both parties—that sometimes bills are introduced, debated, and voted on so quickly that even the people voting on them haven't fully read what's in them. This is especially true for longer, more complex bills that might be hundreds of pages long.

This resolution doesn't change what bills can do or create any new laws. Instead, it's a procedural measure about Congress's own internal rules. If adopted, it would mean that before a vote happens on a bill, there would need to be a reasonable waiting period for members to review it. The exact amount of time isn't specified in the resolution itself—that would likely be worked out through Congress's existing rules. The goal is simply to make the legislative process more transparent and thoughtful by giving elected officials time to actually know what they're voting on.

A resolution providing for sufficient time for legislation to be read.

Paul, Rand

 <p>This resolution makes it out of order in the Senate to consider a measure or matter until one session day has passed since introduction for every 20 pages included in the measure or matter, plus one session day for any remaining pages less than 20.</p> <p>Any Senator may raise a point of order that the consideration of a measure or matter is not in order if not enough days have passed since introduction. The point of order may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators.</p>