En bloc consideration of certain nominations

Rule XXXI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end the following: 8.(a) In this paragraph, the term covered nomination means a nomination to a position that is not a position— (1) at level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United States Code; (2) as a judge of a court of appeals of the United States; or (3) as Chief Justice of the United States or as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (b) It shall be in order for the Majority Leader to move to proceed to the en bloc consideration of not more than 10 covered nominations that were reported to the Senate by the same committee of the Senate and placed on the calendar. (c) Consideration of a motion to proceed under subparagraph (b), and the en bloc consideration of the nominations that are the subject of the motion, shall be conducted in the same manner as if it were a motion to proceed to the consideration of a single nomination..