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Union Calendar No. 623 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4537 

[Report No. 115–804, Part I] 

To preserve the State-based system of insurance regulation and provide greater oversight of and transparency on international insurance standards 

setting processes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 4, 2017 

Mr. DUFFY (for himself, Mr. HECK, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. BUDD, 

Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. ROTHFUS, and Ms. TENNEY) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in 

addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JULY 3, 2018 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. MESSER, 

and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa 

JULY 3, 2018 

Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JULY 3, 2018 

Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 4, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To preserve the State-based system of insurance regulation 

and provide greater oversight of and transparency on 

international insurance standards setting processes, and 

for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘International Insurance 

5 Standards Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The State-based system for insurance regula9 tion in the United States has served American con10 sumers well for more than 150 years and has fostered 

11 an open and competitive marketplace with a diversity 

12 of insurance products to the benefit of policyholders 

13 and consumers. 

14 (2) Protecting policyholders by regulating to en15 sure an insurer’s ability to pay claims has been the 

16 hallmark of the successful United States system and 

17 should be the paramount objective of domestic pruden18 tial regulation and emerging international standards. 

19 (3) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

20 Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203) re21 affirmed the State-based insurance regulatory system. 

22 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT THAT INSURANCE STANDARDS RE23 FLECT UNITED STATES POLICY. 

24 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Parties representing the Federal 

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1 ting, or supervisory forum or in any negotiations of any 

2 international agreements relating to the prudential aspects 

3 of insurance shall not agree to, accede to, accept, or estab4 lish, and shall use their voice and shall vote to oppose, any 

5 proposed agreement or standard, including proposals devel6 oped by the International Association of Insurance Super7 visors (or a successor entity), unless such proposed agree8 ment or standard— 

9 (1) is consistent with and reflective of the exist10 ing United States system of insurance regulation, in11 cluding the primacy of policyholder protection in sol12 vency regulation; and 

13 (2) recognizes the existing United States system 

14 of insurance regulation as satisfying such proposals. 

15 (b) FEDERAL INSURANCE OFFICE FUNCTIONS.—Sub16 paragraph (E) of section 313(c)(1) of title 31, United States 

17 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘Department of the Treasury 

18 of the’’ before ‘‘United States’’. 

19 (c) NEGOTIATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall be 

20 construed to prevent participation in negotiations of any 

21 proposed agreement or standard. 

22 SEC. 4. STATE INSURANCE REGULATOR INVOLVEMENT IN 

23 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SETTING. 

24 In developing international insurance standards pur25 suant to section 3, and throughout the negotiations of such 


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1 standards, parties representing the Federal Government 

2 shall, on matters related to insurance, closely consult, co3 ordinate with, and include in such meetings, State insur4 ance commissioners or, at the option of the State insurance 

5 commissioners, designees of the insurance commissioners 

6 acting at their direction. 

7 SEC. 5. CONSULTATIONS. 

8 (a) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—Before initi9 ating negotiations to enter into an agreement under section 

10 3, during such negotiations, and before entering into any 

11 such agreement, parties representing the Federal Govern12 ment shall provide written notice to and consult with the 

13 Committee on Financial Services of the House of Represent14 atives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

15 Affairs of the Senate, and any other relevant committees 

16 of jurisdiction, regarding— 

17 (1) the intention of the United States to partici18 pate in or enter into such negotiations; 

19 (2) the nature and objectives of the negotiations; 

20 (3) the implementation of the agreement, includ21 ing how it is consistent with and does not materially 

22 differ from or otherwise affect Federal or State laws 

23 or regulations; 

24 (4) the impact on the competitiveness of United 

25 States insurers; and 


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1 (5) the impact on United States consumers. 

2 (b) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL ADVISORY COM3 MITTEE ON INSURANCE.—Before entering into an agree4 ment under section 3, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

5 consult with the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance 

6 formed pursuant to section 313(h) of title 31, United States 

7 Code. 

8 (c) SUBMISSION AND LAYOVER PROVISIONS.—Parties 

9 representing the Federal Government may not sign the final 

10 text or otherwise agree to, accept, or establish an agreement 

11 under section 3 that would not have the force and effect 

12 of law before— 

13 (1) such parties submit to the committees speci14 fied in subsection (a), on a day in which both Houses 

15 of Congress are in session, a copy of the final legal 

16 text of the agreement; and 

17 (2) the later of— 

18 (A) the expiration of 90-day period begin19 ning on the date on which the copy of the final 

20 legal text of the agreement is submitted to the 

21 congressional committees under paragraph (1); 

22 or 

23 (B) if the President has vetoed a joint reso24 lution described in section 6(b) relating to the 


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1 agreement, the expiration of the 15-day period 

2 described in section 6(a)(2). 

3 (d) DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO BOTH HOUSES.— 

4 Whenever, pursuant to this section, written notice or a doc5 ument is required to be transmitted to the Congress, copies 

6 of such notice or document shall be delivered to both Houses 

7 of Congress on the same day and shall be delivered to the 

8 Clerk of the House of Representatives if the House is not 

9 in session and to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate 

10 is not in session. 

11 SEC. 6. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. 

12 (a) DISAPPROVAL.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any agreement 

14 under section 3 that would not have the force and ef15 fect of law, the United States shall not be considered 

16 a party to such agreement if, before the expiration of 

17 the 90-day period beginning on the day that the final 

18 legal text of the agreement is submitted to the Con19 gress pursuant to section 5(c)(1), a joint resolution 

20 described in subsection (b) is enacted into law. 

21 (2) VETO.—If the President vetoes the joint reso22 lution, the joint resolution shall be treated as enacted 

23 into law before the end of the 90-day period under 

24 paragraph (1) if both Houses of Congress vote to over25 ride such veto on or before the later of— 


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1 (A) the last day of such 90-day period; or 

2 (B) the last day of the 15-day period (ex3 cluding any day described in subsection (h)) be4 ginning on the date the Congress receives the veto 

5 message from the President. 

6 (b) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—For purposes of this 

7 section, the term ‘‘resolution’’ means only a joint resolution 

8 of the two Houses of the Congress, that is introduced during 

9 the 60-day period beginning upon the submission to the 

10 Congress pursuant to section 5(c)(1) of the agreement to 

11 which such resolution relates, and the matter after the re12 solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress 

13 does not approve the agreement transmitted to the Congress 

14 pursuant to section 5(c)(1) of the International Insurance 

15 Standards Act of 2017, on llllll.’’, the blank space 

16 being filled with the appropriate date. 

17 (c) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.—All resolutions in18 troduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred 

19 to the Committee on Financial Services and all resolutions 

20 introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee 

21 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

22 (d) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the committee of either 

24 House to which a resolution has been referred has not 

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1 tion, not counting any day which is excluded under 

2 subsection (h), it is in order to move either to dis3 charge the committee from further consideration of the 

4 resolution or to discharge the committee from further 

5 consideration of any other resolution introduced with 

6 respect to the same matter, except that a motion to 

7 discharge— 

8 (A) may only be made on the second legisla9 tive day after the calendar day on which the 

10 Member making the motion announces to the 

11 House his intention to do so; and 

12 (B) is not in order after the committee has 

13 reported a resolution with respect to the same 

14 matter. 

15 (2) PRIVILEGE.—A motion to discharge under 

16 paragraph (1) may be made only by an individual 

17 favoring the resolution, and is highly privileged in the 

18 House and privileged in the Senate; and debate there19 on shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, the time 

20 to be divided in the House equally between those fa21 voring and those opposing the resolution, and to be 

22 divided in the Senate equally between, and controlled 

23 by, the majority leader and the minority leader or 

24 their designees. An amendment to the motion is not 

25 in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider 


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1 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

2 to. 

3 (e) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—A motion in the House of 

5 Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a 

6 resolution shall be highly privileged and not debat7 able. An amendment to the motion shall not be in 

8 order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider 

9 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

10 to. 

11 (2) DEBATE; NO RECONSIDERATION.—Debate in 

12 the House of Representatives on a resolution shall be 

13 limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall be di14 vided equally between those favoring and those oppos15 ing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate 

16 shall not be debatable. No amendment to, or motion 

17 to recommit, the resolution shall be in order. It shall 

18 not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 

19 which a resolution is agreed to or disagreed to. 

20 (3) CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MOTIONS.—Mo21 tions to postpone, made in the House of Representa22 tives with respect to the consideration of a resolution, 

23 and motions to proceed to the consideration of other 

24 business, shall be decided without debate. 


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1 (4) APPEALS TO DECISIONS OF CHAIR.—All ap2 peals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 

3 application of the Rules of the House of Representa4 tives to the procedure relating to a resolution shall be 

5 decided without debate. 

6 (5) APPLICABILITY OF RULES.—Except to the ex7 tent specifically provided in the preceding provisions 

8 of this subsection, consideration of a resolution in the 

9 House of Representatives shall be governed by the 

10 Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to 

11 other resolutions in similar circumstances. 

12 (f) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

13 (1) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion in the Sen14 ate to proceed to the consideration of a resolution 

15 shall be privileged. An amendment to the motion shall 

16 not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to 

17 reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to 

18 or disagreed to. 

19 (2) DEBATE ON RESOLUTION.—Debate in the 

20 Senate on a resolution, and all debatable motions and 

21 appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to 

22 not more than 20 hours, to be equally divided be23 tween, and controlled by, the majority leader and the 

24 minority leader or their designees. 


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1 (3) DEBATE ON MOTION OR APPEAL.—Debate in 

2 the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in con3 nection with a resolution shall be limited to not more 

4 than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con5 trolled by, the mover and the manager of the resolu6 tion, except that in the event the manager of the reso7 lution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the 

8 time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the 

9 minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or ei10 ther of them, may, from time under their control on 

11 the passage of a resolution, allot additional time to 

12 any Senator during the consideration of any debat13 able motion or appeal. 

14 (4) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A motion in the 

15 Senate to further limit debate on a resolution, debat16 able motion, or appeal is not debatable. No amend17 ment to, or motion to recommit, a resolution is in 

18 order in the Senate. 

19 (g) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 

20 (1) PROCEDURES.—Except as otherwise provided 

21 in this section, the following procedures shall apply in 

22 the Senate to a resolution to which this section ap23 plies: 

24 (A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a 

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1 resentatives shall, when received in the Senate, 

2 be referred to the Committee on Banking, Hous3 ing, and Urban Affairs for consideration in ac4 cordance with this section. 

5 (ii) If a resolution to which this section ap6 plies was introduced in the Senate before receipt 

7 of a resolution that has passed the House of Rep8 resentatives, the resolution from the House of 

9 Representatives shall, when received in the Sen10 ate, be placed on the calendar. If this clause ap11 plies, the procedures in the Senate with respect 

12 to a resolution introduced in the Senate that 

13 contains the identical matter as the resolution 

14 that passed the House of Representatives shall be 

15 the same as if no resolution had been received 

16 from the House of Representatives, except that 

17 the vote on passage in the Senate shall be on the 

18 resolution that passed the House of Representa19 tives. 

20 (B) If the Senate passes a resolution before 

21 receiving from the House of Representatives a 

22 joint resolution that contains the identical mat23 ter, the joint resolution shall be held at the desk 

24 pending receipt of the joint resolution from the 

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1 joint resolution from the House of Representa2 tives, such joint resolution shall be deemed to be 

3 read twice, considered, read the third time, and 

4 passed. 

5 (2) NON-IDENTICAL RESOLUTIONS.—If the texts 

6 of joint resolutions described in this section con7 cerning any matter are not identical— 

8 (A) the Senate shall vote passage on the res9 olution introduced in the Senate; and 

10 (B) the text of the joint resolution passed by 

11 the Senate shall, immediately upon its passage 

12 (or, if later, upon receipt of the joint resolution 

13 passed by the House), be substituted for the text 

14 of the joint resolution passed by the House of 

15 Representatives, and such resolution, as amend16 ed, shall be returned with a request for a con17 ference between the two Houses. 

18 (3) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE.—Con19 sideration in the Senate of any veto message with re20 spect to a joint resolution described in subsection (b), 

21 including consideration of all debatable motions and 

22 appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to 10 

23 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled 

24 by, the majority leader and the minority leader or 

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1 (h) COMPUTATION OF PERIOD.—For purposes of sub2 section (a)(1) of this section and subsection (c)(2) of section 

3 5, the 90-day period referred to in such subsections shall 

4 be computed by excluding— 

5 (1) the days on which either House is not in ses6 sion because of an adjournment of more than 3 days 

7 to a day certain or an adjournment of the Congress 

8 sine die; and 

9 (2) any Saturday and Sunday, not excluded 

10 under paragraph (1), when either House is not in ses11 sion. 

12 (i) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This section 

13 is enacted by the Congress— 

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

15 House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 

16 and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of 

17 each House, respectively, but applicable only with re18 spect to the procedure to be followed in that House in 

19 the case of resolutions described in subsection (b); and 

20 they supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

21 are inconsistent therewith; and 

22 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

23 right of either House to change the rules (so far as re24 lating 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 the 

2 case of any other rule of that House. 

3 (j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section, and any 

4 failure to enact a resolution under this section, shall not 

5 be construed to be an endorsement of or to establish or ex6 pand any authority to enter into or implement an agree7 ment described in section 3 that is not otherwise provided 

8 for under Federal law. 

9 SEC. 7. COVERED AGREEMENTS. 

10 (a) PREEMPTION OF STATE INSURANCE MEASURES.— 

11 Subsection (f) of section 313 of title 31, United States Code, 

12 is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such term ap13 pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

14 (b) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (2) of section 313(r) of 

15 title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(C) applies only on a prospective basis.’’. 

23 (c) CONSULTATION; SUBMISSION AND LAYOVER; CON24 GRESSIONAL REVIEW.—Section 314 of title 31, United 

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1 (1) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘laws’’ 

3 and inserting the following: ‘‘and Federal law, 

4 and the nature of any changes in the laws of the 

5 United States or the administration of such laws 

6 that would be required to carry out a covered 

7 agreement’’; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(3) ACCESS TO NEGOTIATING TEXTS AND OTHER

11 DOCUMENTS.—Congressional committees and staff 

12 with proper security clearances shall be given access 

13 to United States negotiating proposals, consolidated 

14 draft texts, and other pertinent documents related to 

15 the negotiations, including classified materials.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

18 by striking ‘‘only if—’’ and inserting the fol19 lowing: ‘‘only if, before signing the final legal 

20 text or otherwise entering into the agreement— 

21 ’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘congres23 sional committees specified in subsection (b)(1)’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘congressional committees and to 

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1 (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

2 the following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(2)(A) the 90-day period beginning on the date 

4 on which the copy of the final legal text of the agree5 ment is submitted under paragraph (1) to the con6 gressional committees and staff has expired; and 

7 ‘‘(B) if the President has vetoed a joint resolu8 tion described in subsection (d)(2) relating to the 

9 agreement, the 15-day period described in subsection 

10 (d)(1)(B)(ii) has expired.’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 sections: 

13 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DISAPPROVAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered agreement 

16 shall have no force and effect in the United 

17 States if, before the expiration of the 90-day pe18 riod beginning on the day that the final legal 

19 text of the agreement is submitted to the Congress 

20 pursuant to subsection (c), a joint resolution de21 scribed in paragraph (2) is enacted into law. 

22 ‘‘(B) VETO.—If the President vetoes the 

23 joint resolution, the joint resolution shall be 

24 treated as enacted into law before the end of the 

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1 Houses of Congress vote to override such veto on 

2 or before the later of— 

3 ‘‘(i) the last day of such 90-day period; 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(ii) the last day of the 15-day period 

6 (excluding any day described in paragraph 

7 (8)) beginning on the date the Congress re8 ceives the veto message from the President. 

9 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTIONS.—For purposes 

10 of this subsection, the term ‘resolution’ means only a 

11 joint resolution of the two Houses of the Congress, 

12 that is introduced during the 60-day period beginning 

13 upon the submission to the Congress pursuant to sub14 section (c) of the covered agreement to which such res15 olution relates, and the matter after the resolving 

16 clause of which is as follows: ‘That the Congress does 

17 not approve the covered agreement transmitted to the 

18 Congress pursuant to section 314(c) of title 31, 

19 United States Code, on llllll.’, the blank 

20 space being filled with the appropriate date. 

21 ‘‘(3) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.—All resolu22 tions introduced in the House of Representatives shall 

23 be referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

24 and all resolutions introduced in the Senate shall be 


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1 referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

2 Urban Affairs. 

3 ‘‘(4) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the committee of ei5 ther House to which a resolution has been re6 ferred has not reported it at the end of 30 days 

7 after its introduction, not counting any day 

8 which is excluded under paragraph (8), it is in 

9 order to move either to discharge the committee 

10 from further consideration of the resolution or to 

11 discharge the committee from further consider12 ation of any other resolution introduced with re13 spect to the same matter, except that a motion 

14 to discharge— 

15 ‘‘(i) may only be made on the second 

16 legislative day after the calendar day on 

17 which the Member making the motion an18 nounces to the House his intention to do so; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(ii) is not in order after the com21 mittee has reported a resolution with respect 

22 to the same matter. 

23 ‘‘(B) PRIVILEGE.—A motion to discharge 

24 under subparagraph (A) may be made only by 

25 an individual favoring the resolution, and is 


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1 highly privileged in the House and privileged in 

2 the Senate; and debate thereon shall be limited to 

3 not more than 1 hour, the time to be divided in 

4 the House equally between those favoring and 

5 those opposing the resolution, and to be divided 

6 in the Senate equally between, and controlled by, 

7 the majority leader and the minority leader or 

8 their designees. An amendment to the motion is 

9 not in order, and it is not in order to move to 

10 reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed 

11 to or disagreed to. 

12 ‘‘(5) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A motion in the House 

14 of Representatives to proceed to the consideration 

15 of a resolution shall be highly privileged and not 

16 debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not 

17 be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to 

18 reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed 

19 to or disagreed to. 

20 ‘‘(B) DEBATE; NO RECONSIDERATION.—De21 bate in the House of Representatives on a resolu22 tion shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, 

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1 able. No amendment to, or motion to recommit, 

2 the resolution shall be in order. It shall not be 

3 in order to move to reconsider the vote by which 

4 a resolution is agreed to or disagreed to. 

5 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MO6 TIONS.—Motions to postpone, made in the House 

7 of Representatives with respect to the consider8 ation of a resolution, and motions to proceed to 

9 the consideration of other business, shall be de10 cided without debate. 

11 ‘‘(D) APPEALS TO DECISIONS OF CHAIR.— 

12 All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relat13 ing to the application of the Rules of the House 

14 of Representatives to the procedure relating to a 

15 resolution shall be decided without debate. 

16 ‘‘(E) APPLICABILITY OF RULES.—Except to 

17 the extent specifically provided in the preceding 

18 provisions of this paragraph, consideration of a 

19 resolution in the House of Representatives shall 

20 be governed by the Rules of the House of Rep21 resentatives applicable to other resolutions in 

22 similar circumstances. 

23 ‘‘(6) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

24 ‘‘(A) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion in 

25 the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a 


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1 resolution shall be privileged. An amendment to 

2 the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be 

3 in order to move to reconsider the vote by which 

4 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

5 ‘‘(B) DEBATE ON RESOLUTION.—Debate in 

6 the Senate on a resolution, and all debatable mo7 tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

8 be limited to not more than 20 hours, to be 

9 equally divided between, and controlled by, the 

10 majority leader and the minority leader or their 

11 designees. 

12 ‘‘(C) DEBATE ON MOTION OR APPEAL.—De13 bate in the Senate on any debatable motion or 

14 appeal in connection with a resolution shall be 

15 limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally 

16 divided between, and controlled by, the mover 

17 and the manager of the resolution, except that in 

18 the event the manager of the resolution is in 

19 favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in 

20 opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the mi21 nority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or ei22 ther of them, may, from time under their control 

23 on the passage of a resolution, allot additional 

24 time to any Senator during the consideration of 

25 any debatable motion or appeal. 


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1 ‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A motion 

2 in the Senate to further limit debate on a resolu3 tion, debatable motion, or appeal is not debat4 able. No amendment to, or motion to recommit, 

5 a resolution is in order in the Senate. 

6 ‘‘(7) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 

7 ‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—Except as otherwise 

8 provided in this section, the following procedures 

9 shall apply in the Senate to a resolution to 

10 which this subsection applies: 

11 ‘‘(i)(I) Except as provided in subclause 

12 (II), a resolution that has passed the House 

13 of Representatives shall, when received in 

14 the Senate, be referred to the Committee on 

15 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for 

16 consideration in accordance with this sub17 section. 

18 ‘‘(II) If a resolution to which this sub19 section applies was introduced in the Sen20 ate before receipt of a resolution that has 

21 passed the House of Representatives, the res22 olution from the House of Representatives 

23 shall, when received in the Senate, be placed 

24 on the calendar. If this subclause applies, 

25 the procedures in the Senate with respect to 


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1 a resolution introduced in the Senate that 

2 contains the identical matter as the resolu3 tion that passed the House of Representa4 tives shall be the same as if no resolution 

5 had been received from the House of Rep6 resentatives, except that the vote on passage 

7 in the Senate shall be on the resolution that 

8 passed the House of Representatives. 

9 ‘‘(ii) If the Senate passes a resolution 

10 before receiving from the House of Rep11 resentatives a joint resolution that contains 

12 the identical matter, the joint resolution 

13 shall be held at the desk pending receipt of 

14 the joint resolution from the House of Rep15 resentatives. Upon receipt of the joint reso16 lution from the House of Representatives, 

17 such joint resolution shall be deemed to be 

18 read twice, considered, read the third time, 

19 and passed. 

20 ‘‘(B) NON-IDENTICAL RESOLUTIONS.—If the 

21 texts of joint resolutions described in this sub22 section concerning any matter are not iden23 tical— 

24 ‘‘(i) the Senate shall vote passage on 

25 the resolution introduced in the Senate; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the text of the joint resolution 

2 passed by the Senate shall, immediately 

3 upon its passage (or, if later, upon receipt 

4 of the joint resolution passed by the House), 

5 be substituted for the text of the joint resolu6 tion passed by the House of Representatives, 

7 and such resolution, as amended, shall be 

8 returned with a request for a conference be9 tween the two Houses. 

10 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE.— 

11 Consideration in the Senate of any veto message 

12 with respect to a joint resolution described in 

13 paragraph (2), including consideration of all de14 batable motions and appeals in connection there15 with, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 

16 divided between, and controlled by, the majority 

17 leader and the minority leader or their designees. 

18 ‘‘(8) COMPUTATION OF PERIOD.—For purposes of 

19 paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection and paragraph 

20 (2)(A) of subsection (c), the 90-day period referred to 

21 in such paragraph shall be computed by excluding— 

22 ‘‘(A) the days on which either House is not 

23 in session because of an adjournment of more 

24 than 3 days to a day certain or an adjournment 

25 of the Congress sine die; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) any Saturday and Sunday, not ex2 cluded under subparagraph (A), when either 

3 House is not in session. 

4 ‘‘(9) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This 

5 subsection is enacted by the Congress— 

6 ‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

7 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

8 respectively, and as such they are deemed a part 

9 of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap10 plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 

11 followed in that House in the case of resolutions 

12 described in paragraph (2); and they supersede 

13 other rules only to the extent that they are incon14 sistent therewith; and 

15 ‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu16 tional right of either House to change the rules 

17 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

18 House) at any time, in the same manner and to 

19 the same extent as in the case of any other rule 

20 of that House. 

21 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSULTATIONS.—Through22 out the negotiations of a covered agreement, parties rep23 resenting the Federal Government shall closely consult and 

24 coordinate with, and include in such meetings, State insur25 ance commissioners or, at the option of the State insurance 


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1 commissioners, designees of the insurance commissioners 

2 acting at their direction.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 623 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4537 

[Report No. 115–804, Part I] 

A BILL 

To preserve the State-based system of insurance 

ards setting processes, and for other purposes. transparency on international insurance standregulation and provide greater oversight of and 

JULY 3, 2018 

Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with 

J

an amendment 

ULY 3, 2018 

Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 


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