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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4681 

To establish a process for expedited consideration of legislation relating to 

decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. WARREN, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. PADILLA, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a process for expedited consideration of legislation relating to decisions by the Supreme Court of the 

United States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supreme Court Review 

5 Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘covered joint resolution’’ means a 

9 joint resolution— 


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1 (A) that is— 

2 (i) reported by a committee of the 

3 Senate under section 3(c)(1); 

4 (ii) placed on the calendar in the Sen5 ate in accordance with section 3(d); or 

6 (iii) reported by a committee of the 

7 House of Representatives under section 

8 3(c)(2); 

9 (B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 

10 resolution relating to llll’’, the blank 

11 space being filled in with the name of a covered 

12 Supreme Court decision the matter of which 

13 was referred to— 

14 (i) a committee of the Senate, upon 

15 the Senate agreeing to a motion offered 

16 under section 3(a)(2)(A); or 

17 (ii) 1 or more committees of the 

18 House of Representatives, upon the House 

19 of Representatives agreeing to a motion of20 fered under section 3(a)(3)(A); 

21 (C) which does not have a preamble; and 

22 (D) the matter after the resolving clause of 

23 which— 

24 (i) for a joint resolution with respect 

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1 scribed in paragraph (3)(A), only 

2 amends— 

3 (I) covered provisions of Federal 

4 statute with respect to the covered 

5 Supreme Court decision; or 

6 (II) provisions of Federal statute 

7 that are directly implicated by a cov8 ered provision of Federal statute de9 scribed in subclause (I), including 

10 statutory definitions, dates, and provi11 sions the meaning of which are rea12 sonably likely to be affected by an 

13 amendment to the covered provision of 

14 Federal statute; or 

15 (ii) for a joint resolution with respect 

16 to a covered Supreme Court decision de17 scribed in paragraph (3)(B), only amends 

18 or enacts provisions of Federal statute in 

19 a manner that is reasonably relevant to the 

20 covered Supreme Court decision; 

21 (2) the term ‘‘covered provision of Federal stat22 ute’’ means a provision of Federal statute inter23 preted for the first time or reinterpreted by a cov24 ered Supreme Court decision; 


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1 (3) the term ‘‘covered Supreme Court decision’’ 

2 means a decision of the Supreme Court— 

3 (A) which— 

4 (i) interprets a provision of Federal 

5 statute for the first time; or 

6 (ii) reinterprets a provision of Federal 

7 statute that was previously interpreted by 

8 the Supreme Court; or 

9 (B) which interprets or reinterprets the 

10 Constitution of the United States in a manner 

11 that diminishes an individual right or privilege 

12 that is or was previously protected by the Con13 stitution of the United States; 

14 (4) the term ‘‘extraneous matter’’, with respect 

15 to a covered joint resolution, an amendment between 

16 the Houses in relation thereto, or a conference re17 port thereon, means a provision— 

18 (A) for a covered joint resolution with re19 spect to a covered Supreme Court decision de20 scribed in paragraph (3)(A), that— 

21 (i) amends a provision of a Federal 

22 statute that is not— 

23 (I) a covered provision of Federal 

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1 fied in the title of the covered joint 

2 resolution; or 

3 (II) directly implicated by a cov4 ered provision of Federal statute de5 scribed in subclause (I); or 

6 (ii) amends a provision of Federal 

7 statute described in subclause (I) or (II) of 

8 clause (i) in a manner that is not reason9 ably relevant to the questions presented in 

10 the covered Supreme Court decision; or 

11 (B) for a covered joint resolution with re12 spect to a covered Supreme Court decision de13 scribed in paragraph (3)(B), that is not reason14 ably relevant to the covered Supreme Court de15 cision; and 

16 (5) the term ‘‘Supreme Court’’ means the Su17 preme Court of the United States. 

18 SEC. 3. RECONSIDERATION OF COVERED SUPREME COURT 

19 DECISIONS. 

20 (a) OPENING VOTE.— 

21 (1) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 

22 days after the date on which the Supreme Court 

23 issues a covered Supreme Court decision, the Comp24 troller General of the United States shall submit to 


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1 Congress written notice of the covered Supreme 

2 Court decision. 

3 (2) SENATE.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 

5 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, in 

6 the Senate, it shall be in order, not later than 

7 10 days of session after the date on which no8 tice of a covered Supreme Court decision is re9 ceived under paragraph (1), to move to refer 

10 the notice, with instructions to report, to— 

11 (i) for a notice with respect to a cov12 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

13 section 2(3)(A), the committee of the Sen14 ate with jurisdiction over the subject mat15 ter that predominates in the covered provi16 sions of Federal statute at issue in the cov17 ered Supreme Court decision; or 

18 (ii) for a notice with respect to a cov19 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

20 section 2(3)(B), the committee of the Sen21 ate with jurisdiction over the subject mat22 ter that predominates in relation to the 

23 right affected by the covered Supreme 

24 Court decision. 


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1 (B) FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTION TO

2 REFER WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT.—If a 

3 motion to refer the notice regarding a covered 

4 Supreme Court decision with instructions to re5 port is made in accordance with subparagraph 

6 (A) and is signed by 16 Senators— 

7 (i) all points of order against the mo8 tion are waived; 

9 (ii) consideration of the motion, and 

10 all debatable motions and appeals in con11 nection therewith, shall be limited to not 

12 more than 4 hours, which shall be divided 

13 equally between the majority and minority 

14 leaders or their designees; 

15 (iii) a motion further to limit debate 

16 is in order and not debatable; 

17 (iv) an amendment to or a motion to 

18 postpone the motion is not in order; and 

19 (v) a motion to proceed to the consid20 eration of other business is not in order. 

21 (C) REFERRAL WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS

22 TO REPORT.—If no motion to refer the notice 

23 regarding a Supreme Court decision with in24 structions to report is made in accordance with 

25 subparagraph (A) and signed by 16 Senators, 


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1 the notice shall be referred, with no instructions 

2 to report, to— 

3 (i) for a notice with respect to a cov4 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

5 section 2(3)(A), the committee of the Sen6 ate with jurisdiction over the subject mat7 ter that predominates in the covered provi8 sions of Federal statute at issue in the cov9 ered Supreme Court decision; or 

10 (ii) for a notice with respect to a cov11 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

12 section 2(3)(B), the committee of the Sen13 ate with jurisdiction over the subject mat14 ter that predominates in relation to the 

15 right affected by the covered Supreme 

16 Court decision. 

17 (3) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Rep19 resentatives, it shall be in order, not later than 

20 10 days of session after the date on which no21 tice of a covered Supreme Court decision is re22 ceived under paragraph (1), to move to refer 

23 the notice, with instructions to report, to— 

24 (i) for a notice with respect to a cov25 ered Supreme Court decision described in 


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1 section 2(3)(A), the committee or commit2 tees of the House of Representatives with 

3 jurisdiction over the subject matter that 

4 predominates in the covered provisions of 

5 Federal statute at issue in the covered Su6 preme Court decision; or 

7 (ii) for a notice with respect to a cov8 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

9 section 2(3)(B), the committee or commit10 tees of the House of Representatives with 

11 jurisdiction over the subject matter that 

12 predominates in relation to the right af13 fected by the covered Supreme Court deci14 sion. 

15 (B) PROCEDURE.—If a motion to refer the 

16 notice regarding a covered Supreme Court deci17 sion with instructions to report is made in ac18 cordance with subparagraph (A)— 

19 (i) all points of order against the mo20 tion are waived; 

21 (ii) the previous question shall be con22 sidered as ordered on the motion to its 

23 adoption, except 4 hours of debate equally 

24 divided and controlled by the proponent 

25 and an opponent; 


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1 (iii) an amendment to the motion 

2 shall not be in order; and 

3 (iv) a motion to reconsider the vote on 

4 adoption of the motion shall not be in 

5 order. 

6 (C) REFERRAL WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS

7 TO REPORT.—If no motion to refer the notice 

8 regarding a Supreme Court decision with in9 structions to report is made in accordance with 

10 subparagraph (A), the notice shall be referred, 

11 with no instructions to report, to— 

12 (i) for a notice with respect to a cov13 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

14 section 2(3)(A), the committee or commit15 tees of the House of Representatives with 

16 jurisdiction over the subject matter that 

17 predominates in the covered provisions of 

18 Federal statute at issue in the covered Su19 preme Court decision; or 

20 (ii) for a notice with respect to a cov21 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

22 section 2(3)(B), the committee or commit23 tees of the House of Representatives with 

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1 fected by the covered Supreme Court deci2 sion. 

3 (b) REFERRAL.— 

4 (1) SENATE.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, fol6 lowing the disposition of a motion offered under 

7 subsection (a)(2)(A), and without regard to 

8 whether the motion is agreed to, the notice of 

9 the applicable covered Supreme Court decision 

10 shall be referred to— 

11 (i) for a notice with respect to a cov12 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

13 section 2(3)(A), the committee of the Sen14 ate with jurisdiction over the subject mat15 ter that predominates in the covered provi16 sions of Federal statute at issue in the cov17 ered Supreme Court decision; or 

18 (ii) for a notice with respect to a cov19 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

20 section 2(3)(B), the committee of the Sen21 ate with jurisdiction over the subject mat22 ter that predominates in relation to the 

23 right affected by the covered Supreme 

24 Court decision. 


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1 (B) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES APPLY IF

2 REFERRAL AGREED TO.—If a motion offered 

3 under subsection (a)(2)(A) with respect to the 

4 notice of a covered Supreme Court decision is 

5 agreed to, the committee to which the notice is 

6 referred shall report a covered joint resolution 

7 with respect to the covered Supreme Court deci8 sion under subsection (c)(1), which shall be 

9 subject to consideration under the procedures 

10 under this section. 

11 (C) LIMITATION ON EXPEDITED PROCE12 DURES.—If a motion offered under subsection 

13 (a)(2)(A) with respect to the notice of a covered 

14 Supreme Court decision is not agreed to— 

15 (i) the committee to which the notice 

16 is referred may not report a covered joint 

17 resolution with respect to the covered Su18 preme Court decision; and 

19 (ii)(I) for a notice with respect to a 

20 covered Supreme Court decision described 

21 in section 2(3)(A), a measure reported by 

22 the committee relating to covered provi23 sions of Federal statute with respect to the 

24 covered Supreme Court decision shall not 


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1 be considered under the procedures under 

2 this section; or 

3 (II) for a notice with respect to a cov4 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

5 section 2(3)(B), a measure reported by the 

6 committee amending or enacting provisions 

7 of Federal statute relevant to the questions 

8 presented in the covered Supreme Court 

9 decision shall not be considered under the 

10 procedures under this section. 

11 (2) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Rep13 resentatives, following the disposition of a mo14 tion offered under subsection (a)(3)(A), and 

15 without regard to whether the motion is agreed 

16 to, the notice of the applicable covered Supreme 

17 Court decision shall be referred to— 

18 (i) for a notice with respect to a cov19 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

20 section 2(3)(A), the committee or commit21 tees of the House of Representatives with 

22 jurisdiction over the subject matter that 

23 predominates in the covered provisions of 

24 Federal statute at issue in the covered Su25 preme Court decision; or 


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1 (ii) for a notice with respect to a cov2 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

3 section 2(3)(B), the committee or commit4 tees of the House of Representatives with 

5 jurisdiction over the subject matter that 

6 predominates in relation to the right af7 fected by the covered Supreme Court deci8 sion. 

9 (B) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES APPLY IF

10 REFERRAL AGREED TO.—If a motion offered 

11 under subsection (a)(3)(A) with respect to the 

12 notice of a covered Supreme Court decision is 

13 agreed to, the committee or committees to 

14 which the notice is referred shall report a cov15 ered joint resolution with respect to the covered 

16 Supreme Court decision under subsection 

17 (c)(2), which shall be subject to consideration 

18 under the procedures under this section. 

19 (C) LIMITATION ON EXPEDITED PROCE20 DURES.—If a motion offered under subsection 

21 (a)(3)(A) with respect to the notice of a covered 

22 Supreme Court decision is not agreed to— 

23 (i) a committee to which the notice is 

24 referred may not report a covered joint 


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1 resolution with respect to the covered Su2 preme Court decision; and 

3 (ii)(I) for a notice with respect to a 

4 covered Supreme Court decision described 

5 in section 2(3)(A), a measure reported by 

6 such a committee relating to covered provi7 sions of Federal statute with respect to the 

8 covered Supreme Court decision shall not 

9 be considered under the procedures under 

10 this section; or 

11 (II) for a notice with respect to a cov12 ered Supreme Court decision described in 

13 section 2(3)(B), a measure reported by 

14 such a committee amending or enacting 

15 provisions of Federal statute relevant to 

16 the questions presented in the covered Su17 preme Court decision shall not be consid18 ered under the procedures under this sec19 tion. 

20 (c) CONSIDERATION BY COMMITTEE.— 

21 (1) SENATE.—If a motion offered under sub22 section (a)(2)(A) with respect to a notice regarding 

23 a covered Supreme Court decision is agreed to, not 

24 later than 30 days after the referral of the notice 

25 under subsection (b)(1), the committee of the Senate 


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1 to which the covered Supreme Court decision was re2 ferred shall report to the Senate a covered joint res3 olution with respect to the covered Supreme Court 

4 decision. 

5 (2) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—If a motion 

6 offered under subsection (a)(3)(A) with respect to a 

7 notice regarding a covered Supreme Court decision 

8 is agreed to, not later than 30 days after the referral 

9 of the notice under subsection (b)(2), each com10 mittee of the House of Representatives to which the 

11 covered Supreme Court decision was referred shall 

12 report to the House of Representatives a covered 

13 joint resolution with respect to the covered Supreme 

14 Court decision. 

15 (d) ALTERNATIVE COVERED JOINT RESOLUTIONS IN

16 THE SENATE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—A covered joint resolution 

18 with respect to a covered Supreme Court decision 

19 that is introduced in the Senate shall be immediately 

20 placed on the appropriate calendar if a motion to 

21 place the covered joint resolution on the appropriate 

22 calendar that is signed by 40 Senators is filed— 

23 (A) if another covered joint resolution with 

24 respect to the covered Supreme Court decision 


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1 is reported to the Senate under subsection 

2 (c)(1), during— 

3 (i) the period beginning on the date 

4 on which the other covered joint resolution 

5 is reported under subsection (c)(1); and 

6 (ii) ending on the date that is 10 ses7 sion days after the date described in clause 

8 (i); or 

9 (B) if a motion offered under subsection 

10 (a)(2)(A) with respect to the notice regarding 

11 the covered Supreme Court decision is agreed 

12 to and no other covered joint resolution with re13 spect to the covered Supreme Court decision is 

14 reported to the Senate under subsection (c)(1), 

15 notwithstanding the requirement to report 

16 under subsection (c)(1), during— 

17 (i) the period beginning on the date 

18 that is 30 days after the date of the refer19 ral of the notice with respect to the cov20 ered Supreme Court decision under sub21 section (b)(1); and 

22 (ii) ending on the date that is 10 ses23 sion days after the date described in clause 

24 (i). 

25 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Only 1 covered joint 

2 resolution with respect to a covered Supreme 

3 Court decision may be placed on the appro4 priate calendar pursuant to this subsection. 

5 (B) MULTIPLE MOTIONS.—If multiple mo6 tions to place a covered joint resolution with re7 spect to a covered Supreme Court decision on 

8 the appropriate calendar are signed by 40 Sen9 ators and submitted within the appropriate pe10 riods described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

11 of paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) the only covered joint resolution 

13 that shall be placed on the appropriate cal14 endar pursuant to this subsection is the 

15 covered joint offered by the first motion 

16 that is signed by the Minority Leader of 

17 the Senate; and 

18 (ii) any other such motion— 

19 (I) shall not be placed on the ap20 propriate calendar; and 

21 (II) shall be referred to— 

22 (aa) for a covered joint reso23 lution with respect to a covered 

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1 committee of the Senate with ju2 risdiction over the subject matter 

3 that predominates in the covered 

4 provisions of Federal statute at 

5 issue in the covered Supreme 

6 Court decision; or 

7 (bb) for a covered joint reso8 lution with respect to a covered 

9 Supreme Court decision de10 scribed in section 2(3)(B), the 

11 committee of the Senate with ju12 risdiction over the subject matter 

13 that predominates in relation to 

14 the right affected by the covered 

15 Supreme Court decision. 

16 (e) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.— 

17 (1) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 

19 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, in 

20 the Senate, it shall be in order— 

21 (i) to move to proceed to a covered 

22 joint resolution reported to the Senate 

23 under subsection (c)(1) not later than 10 

24 days after the date on which the covered 

25 joint resolution is reported; or 


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1 (ii) to move to proceed to a covered 

2 joint resolution placed on the calendar 

3 under subsection (d) not later than 10 

4 days after the date on which the covered 

5 joint resolution is placed on the calendar. 

6 (B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro7 ceed to the consideration of a covered joint res8 olution— 

9 (i) all points of order against the mo10 tion are waived; 

11 (ii) the motion is not debatable; 

12 (iii) the motion is not subject to a mo13 tion to postpone; 

14 (iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 

15 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

16 to shall not be in order; and 

17 (v) if the motion is agreed to, the cov18 ered joint resolution shall remain the un19 finished business until disposed of. 

20 (2) FLOOR CONSIDERATION GENERALLY.—If 

21 the Senate proceeds to consideration of a covered 

22 joint resolution— 

23 (A) all points of order against the covered 

24 joint resolution (and against consideration of 

25 the covered joint resolution) are waived, except 


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1 for points of order relating to extraneous mat2 ter; 

3 (B) consideration of the covered joint reso4 lution, and all debatable motions and appeals in 

5 connection therewith, shall be limited to not 

6 more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 

7 equally between the majority and minority lead8 ers or their designees; 

9 (C) a motion further to limit debate is in 

10 order and not debatable; 

11 (D) an amendment to, a motion to post12 pone, or a motion to recommit the covered joint 

13 resolution is not in order; and 

14 (E) a motion to proceed to the consider15 ation of other business is not in order. 

16 (3) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST EXTRANEOUS

17 MATTER.— 

18 (A) POINT OF ORDER.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it 

20 shall not be in order to consider a provi21 sion in a covered joint resolution that con22 tains extraneous matter. 

23 (ii) POINT OF ORDER SUSTAINED.—If 

24 a point of order is made by a Senator 

25 against a provision described in clause (i), 


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1 and the point of order is sustained by the 

2 Chair, that provision shall be stricken from 

3 the measure. 

4 (B) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A 

5 point of order under subparagraph (A)(i) may 

6 be raised by a Senator as provided in section 

7 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

8 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

9 (C) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the 

10 Senate is considering a conference report on, or 

11 an amendment between the Houses in relation 

12 to, a covered joint resolution, upon a point of 

13 order being made by any Senator pursuant to 

14 subparagraph (A)(i), and such point of order 

15 being sustained, such material contained in 

16 such conference report or House amendment 

17 shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 

18 to consider the question of whether the Senate 

19 shall recede from its amendment and concur 

20 with a further amendment, or concur in the 

21 House amendment with a further amendment, 

22 as the case may be, which further amendment 

23 shall consist of only that portion of the con24 ference report or House amendment, as the 

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1 in the Senate shall not be debatable. In any 

2 case in which such point of order is sustained 

3 against a conference report (or Senate amend4 ment derived from such conference report by 

5 operation of this subparagraph), no further 

6 amendment shall be in order. 

7 (D) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND AP8 PEAL.—In the Senate, this paragraph may be 

9 waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote 

10 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chose and 

11 sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

12 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn 

13 shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 

14 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 

15 under this paragraph. 

16 (4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

17 of a covered joint resolution shall occur immediately 

18 following the conclusion of the consideration of the 

19 covered joint resolution, and a single quorum call at 

20 the conclusion of the debate if requested in accord21 ance with the rules of the Senate. 

22 (5) LIMITATION ON MULTIPLE MEASURES.—If 

23 a covered joint resolution with respect to a covered 

24 Supreme Court decision is agreed to in the Senate, 

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1 ceed to any other covered joint resolution that was 

2 introduced in the Senate with respect to the covered 

3 Supreme Court decision. 

4 (6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

5 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

6 the application of this subsection or the rules of the 

7 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relat8 ing to a covered joint resolution shall be decided 

9 without debate. 

10 (f) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.— 

11 (1) TREATMENT OF COVERED JOINT RESOLU12 TION OF OTHER HOUSE.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate receives 

14 from the House of Representatives a covered 

15 joint resolution, the covered joint resolution of 

16 the House of Representatives shall be entitled 

17 to expedited floor procedures under this section, 

18 without regard to whether Senate introduced or 

19 considered a covered joint resolution relating to 

20 the applicable covered Supreme Court decision. 

21 (B) LIMITATION ON MULTIPLE MEAS22 URES.—If a covered joint resolution with re23 spect to a covered Supreme Court decision re24 ceived from the House of Representatives is 

25 considered in the Senate under the procedures 


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1 under this section, it shall not be in order in 

2 the Senate to move to proceed to any other cov3 ered joint resolution with respect to the covered 

4 Supreme Court decision that is received from 

5 the House of Representatives. 

6 (2) VETOES.—If the President vetoes a covered 

7 joint resolution, consideration of a veto message in 

8 the Senate under this section shall be not more than 

9 2 hours equally divided between the majority and 

10 minority leaders or their designees. 

11 (g) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND

12 SENATE.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) and 

13 subsections (b) through (f) are enacted by Congress— 

14 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

15 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec16 tively, and as such are deemed a part of the rules 

17 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

18 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

19 House in the case of a covered joint resolution, and 

20 supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

21 are inconsistent with such rules; and 

22 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

23 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

24 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 


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1 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

2 the case of any other rule of that House. 

3 SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

4 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the 

5 authority of the Senate or the House of Representatives 

6 to consider and enact legislation relating to covered provi7 sions of Federal statute or rights under the Constitution 

8 of the United States under other applicable procedures. 

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