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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4537 

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 

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. 

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 Insur5 ance Standards Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The State-based system for insurance regu4 lation in the United States has served American con5 sumers well for more than 150 years and has fos6 tered an open and competitive marketplace with a 

7 diversity of insurance products to the benefit of pol8 icyholders and consumers. 

9 (2) Protecting policyholders by regulating to en10 sure an insurer’s ability to pay claims has been the 

11 hallmark of the successful United States system and 

12 should be the paramount objective of domestic pru13 dential regulation and emerging international stand14 ards. 

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

16 Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203) re17 affirmed the State-based insurance regulatory sys18 tem. 

19 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT THAT INSURANCE STANDARDS RE20 FLECT UNITED STATES POLICY. 

21 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Parties representing the Fed22 eral Government in any international regulatory, stand23 ard-setting, or supervisory forum or in any negotiations 

24 of any international agreements relating to the prudential 

25 aspects of insurance shall not agree to, accede to, accept, 

26 or establish, and shall use their voice and shall vote to 


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1 oppose, any proposed agreement or standard, including 

2 proposals developed by the International Association of In3 surance Supervisors (or a successor entity), unless such 

4 proposed agreement or standard— 

5 (1) is consistent with and reflective of existing 

6 Federal and State laws, regulations, and policies on 

7 regulation of insurance, including the primacy of 

8 policyholder protection in solvency regulation; and 

9 (2) recognizes existing Federal and State laws, 

10 regulations, and policies on the regulation of insur11 ance as satisfying such proposals. 

12 (b) FEDERAL INSURANCE OFFICE FUNCTIONS.— 

13 Subparagraph (E) of section 313(c)(1) of title 31, United 

14 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘Department of the 

15 Treasury of the’’ before ‘‘United States’’. 

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

17 construed to prevent participation in negotiations of any 

18 proposed agreement or standard. 

19 SEC. 4. STATE INSURANCE REGULATOR INVOLVEMENT IN 

20 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SETTING. 

21 In developing international insurance standards pur22 suant to section 3, and throughout the negotiations of 

23 such standards, parties representing the Federal Govern24 ment shall, on matters related to insurance, closely con25 sult, coordinate with and include in such meetings, State 


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1 insurance commissioners or, at the option of the State in2 surance commissioners, designees of the insurance com3 missioners acting at their direction. 

4 SEC. 5. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS. 

5 (a) CONSULTATION.—Before initiating negotiations 

6 to enter into an agreement under section 3, during such 

7 negotiations, and before entering into any such agreement, 

8 parties representing the Federal Government shall provide 

9 written notice to and consult with the Committee on Fi10 nancial Services of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 

12 the Senate, and any other relevant committees of jurisdic13 tion, regarding— 

14 (1) the intention of the United States to par15 ticipate or enter into such negotiations; 

16 (2) the nature and objectives of the negotia17 tions; 

18 (3) the implementation of the agreement, in19 cluding how it is consistent with and does not mate20 rially differ from or otherwise affect Federal or 

21 State laws or regulations; 

22 (4) the impact on the competitiveness of United 

23 States insurers; and 

24 (5) the impact on United States consumers. 


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1 (b) SUBMISSION AND LAYOVER PROVISIONS.—Par2 ties representing the Federal Government may not sign 

3 the final text or otherwise agree to, accept, or establish 

4 an agreement under section 3 that would not have the 

5 force and effect of law before— 

6 (1) such parties submit to the committees speci7 fied in subsection (a), on a day in which both 

8 Houses of Congress are in session, a copy of the 

9 final legal text of the agreement; and 

10 (2) the later of— 

11 (A) the expiration of 90-day period begin12 ning on the date on which the copy of the final 

13 legal text of the agreement is submitted to the 

14 congressional committees under paragraph (1); 

15 or 

16 (B) if the President has vetoed a joint res17 olution described in section 6(b) relating to the 

18 agreement, the expiration of the 15-day period 

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

20 (c) DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO BOTH HOUSES.— 

21 Whenever, pursuant to this section, written notice or a 

22 document is required to be transmitted to the Congress, 

23 copies of such notice or document shall be delivered to 

24 both Houses of Congress on the same day and shall be 

25 delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if 


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1 the House is not in session and to the Secretary of the 

2 Senate if the Senate is not in session. 

3 SEC. 6. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. 

4 (a) DISAPPROVAL.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any agree6 ment under section 3 that would not have the force 

7 and effect of law, the United States shall not be con8 sidered a party to such agreement if, before the ex9 piration of the 90-day period beginning on the day 

10 that the final legal text of the agreement is sub11 mitted to the Congress pursuant to section 5(b)(1), 

12 a joint resolution described in subsection (b) is en13 acted into law. 

14 (2) VETO.—If the President vetoes the joint 

15 resolution, the joint resolution shall be treated as en16 acted into law before the end of the 90-day period 

17 under paragraph (1) if both Houses of Congress 

18 vote to override such veto on or before the later of— 

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

20 (B) the last day of the 15-day period (ex21 cluding any day described in subsection (h)) be22 ginning on the date the Congress receives the 

23 veto message from the President. 

24 (b) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 

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1 lution of the two Houses of the Congress, that is intro2 duced during the 60-day period beginning upon the sub3 mission to the Congress pursuant to section 5(b)(1) of the 

4 agreement to which such resolution relates, and the matter 

5 after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That 

6 the Congress does not approve the agreement transmitted 

7 to the Congress pursuant to section 5(b)(1) of the Inter8 national Insurance Standards Act of 2017, on 

9 llllll.’’, the blank space being filled with the ap10 propriate date. 

11 (c) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.—All resolutions 

12 introduced in the House of Representatives shall be re13 ferred to the Committee on Financial Services and all res14 olutions introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 

15 Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs. 

16 (d) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.— 

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

18 House to which a resolution has been referred has 

19 not reported it at the end of 30 days after its intro20 duction, not counting any day which is excluded 

21 under subsection (h), it is in order to move either to 

22 discharge the committee from further consideration 

23 of the resolution or to discharge the committee from 

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1 duced with respect to the same matter, except that 

2 a motion to discharge— 

3 (A) may only be made on the second legis4 lative day after the calendar day on which the 

5 Member making the motion announces to the 

6 House his intention to do so; and 

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

8 reported a resolution with respect to the same 

9 matter. 

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

11 paragraph (1) may be made only by an individual fa12 voring the resolution, and is highly privileged in the 

13 House and privileged in the Senate; and debate 

14 thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, the 

15 time to be divided in the House equally between 

16 those favoring and those opposing the resolution, 

17 and to be divided in the Senate equally between, and 

18 controlled by, the majority leader and the minority 

19 leader or their designees. An amendment to the mo20 tion is not in order, and it is not in order to move 

21 to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed 

22 to or disagreed to. 

23 (e) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.— 

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

25 Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a 


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1 resolution shall be highly privileged and not debat2 able. An amendment to the motion shall not be in 

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

4 the vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis5 agreed to. 

6 (2) DEBATE; NO RECONSIDERATION.—Debate 

7 in the House of Representatives on a resolution shall 

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

9 be divided equally between those favoring and those 

10 opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit 

11 debate shall not be debatable. No amendment to, or 

12 motion to recommit, the resolution shall be in order. 

13 It shall not be in order to move to reconsider the 

14 vote by which a resolution is agreed to or disagreed 

15 to. 

16 (3) CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MOTIONS.—Mo17 tions to postpone, made in the House of Representa18 tives with respect to the consideration of a resolu19 tion, and motions to proceed to the consideration of 

20 other business, shall be decided without debate. 

21 (4) APPEALS TO DECISIONS OF CHAIR.—All ap22 peals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 

23 application of the Rules of the House of Representa24 tives to the procedure relating to a resolution shall 

25 be decided without debate. 


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1 (5) APPLICABILITY OF RULES.—Except to the 

2 extent specifically provided in the preceding provi3 sions of this subsection, consideration of a resolution 

4 in the House of Representatives shall be governed by 

5 the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable 

6 to other resolutions in similar circumstances. 

7 (f) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

8 (1) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion in the 

9 Senate to proceed to the consideration of a resolu10 tion shall be privileged. An amendment to the mo11 tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order 

12 to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

13 is agreed to or disagreed to. 

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

15 Senate on a resolution, and all debatable motions 

16 and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 

17 to not more than 20 hours, to be equally divided be18 tween, and controlled by, the majority leader and the 

19 minority leader or their designees. 

20 (3) DEBATE ON MOTION OR APPEAL.—Debate 

21 in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in 

22 connection with a resolution shall be limited to not 

23 more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, 

24 and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 

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1 the resolution is in favor of any such motion or ap2 peal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be con3 trolled by the minority leader or his designee. Such 

4 leaders, or either of them, may, from time under 

5 their control on the passage of a resolution, allot ad6 ditional time to any Senator during the consider7 ation of any debatable motion or appeal. 

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

9 the Senate to further limit debate on a resolution, 

10 debatable motion, or appeal is not debatable. No 

11 amendment to, or motion to recommit, a resolution 

12 is in order in the Senate. 

13 (g) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 

14 (1) PROCEDURES.—Except as otherwise pro15 vided in this section, the following procedures shall 

16 apply in the Senate to a resolution to which this sec17 tion applies: 

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

19 resolution that has passed the House of Rep20 resentatives shall, when received in the Senate, 

21 be referred to the Committee on Banking, 

22 Housing, and Urban Affairs for consideration 

23 in accordance with this section. 

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1 ceipt of a resolution that has passed the House 

2 of Representatives, the resolution from the 

3 House of Representatives shall, when received 

4 in the Senate, be placed on the calendar. If this 

5 clause applies, the procedures in the Senate 

6 with respect to a resolution introduced in the 

7 Senate that contains the identical matter as the 

8 resolution that passed the House of Representa9 tives shall be the same as if no resolution had 

10 been received from the House of Representa11 tives, except that the vote on passage in the 

12 Senate shall be on the resolution that passed 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (B) If the Senate passes a resolution be15 fore receiving from the House of Representa16 tives a joint resolution that contains the iden17 tical matter, the joint resolution shall be held at 

18 the desk pending receipt of the joint resolution 

19 from the House of Representatives. Upon re20 ceipt of the joint resolution from the House of 

21 Representatives, such joint resolution shall be 

22 deemed to be read twice, considered, read the 

23 third time, and passed. 


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1 (2) NON-IDENTICAL RESOLUTIONS.—If the 

2 texts of joint resolutions described in this section 

3 concerning any matter are not identical— 

4 (A) the Senate shall vote passage on the 

5 resolution introduced in the Senate; and 

6 (B) the text of the joint resolution passed 

7 by the Senate shall, immediately upon its pas8 sage (or, if later, upon receipt of the joint reso9 lution passed by the House), be substituted for 

10 the text of the joint resolution passed by the 

11 House of Representatives, and such resolution, 

12 as amended, shall be returned with a request 

13 for a conference between the two Houses. 

14 (3) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE.—Con15 sideration in the Senate of any veto message with 

16 respect to a joint resolution described in subsection 

17 (b), including consideration of all debatable motions 

18 and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 

19 to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and con20 trolled by, the majority leader and the minority lead21 er or their designees. 

22 (h) COMPUTATION OF PERIOD.—For purposes of 

23 subsection (a)(1) of this section and subsection (b)(2) of 

24 section 5, the 90-day period referred to in such sub25 sections shall be computed by excluding— 


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1 (1) the days on which either House is not in 

2 session because of an adjournment of more than 3 

3 days to a day certain or an adjournment of the Con4 gress sine die; and 

5 (2) any Saturday and Sunday, not excluded 

6 under paragraph (1), when either House is not in 

7 session. 

8 (i) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This sec9 tion is enacted by the Congress— 

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

11 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re12 spectively, and as such they are deemed a part of 

13 the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable 

14 only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 

15 that House in the case of resolutions described in 

16 subsection (b); and they supersede other rules only 

17 to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; 

18 and 

19 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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

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

22 in the same manner and to the same extent as in 

23 the case of any other rule of that House. 

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

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1 be construed to be an endorsement of or to establish or 

2 expand any authority to enter into or implement an agree3 ment described in section 3 that is not otherwise provided 

4 for under Federal law. 

5 SEC. 7. COVERED AGREEMENTS. 

6 (a) PREEMPTION OF STATE INSURANCE MEAS7 URES.—Subsection (f) of section 313 of title 31, United 

8 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place 

9 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

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

11 title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

13 the end; 

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

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

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub17 paragraph: 

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

19 (c) CONSULTATION; SUBMISSION AND LAYOVER; 

20 CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—Section 314 of title 31, 

21 United States Code is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking 

24 ‘‘laws’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘and Fed25 eral law, and the nature of any changes in the 


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1 laws of the United States or the administration 

2 of such laws that would be required to carry out 

3 a covered agreement’’; and 

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

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(3) ACCESS TO NEGOTIATING TEXTS AND

7 OTHER DOCUMENTS.—Congressional Committees 

8 and staff with proper security clearances shall be 

9 given access to United States negotiating proposals, 

10 consolidated draft texts, and other pertinent docu11 ments related to the negotiations, including classi12 fied materials.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c)— 

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

15 by striking ‘‘only if—’’ and inserting the fol16 lowing: ‘‘only if, before signing the final legal 

17 text or otherwise entering into the agreement— 

18 ’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘congres20 sional committees specified in subsection 

21 (b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional committees 

22 and to staff with proper security clearances’’; 

23 and 

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

2 date on which the copy of the final legal text of the 

3 agreement is submitted under paragraph (1) to the 

4 congressional committees and staff has expired; and 

5 ‘‘(B) if the President has vetoed a joint resolu6 tion described in subsection (d)(2) relating to the 

7 agreement, the 15-day period described in subsection 

8 (d)(1)(B)(ii) has expired.’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub10 sections: 

11 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 

12 ‘‘(1) DISAPPROVAL.— 

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

14 shall have no force and effect in the United 

15 States if, before the expiration of the 90-day 

16 period beginning on the day that the final legal 

17 text of the agreement is submitted to the Con18 gress pursuant to subsection (c), a joint resolu19 tion described in paragraph (2) is enacted into 

20 law. 

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

22 joint resolution, the joint resolution shall be 

23 treated as enacted into law before the end of 

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1 both Houses of Congress vote to override such 

2 veto on or before the later of— 

3 ‘‘(i) the last day of such 90-day pe4 riod; 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 

8 receives the veto message from the Presi9 dent. 

10 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTIONS.—For pur11 poses of this subsection, the term ‘resolution’ means 

12 only a joint resolution of the two Houses of the Con13 gress, that is introduced during the 60-day period 

14 beginning upon the submission to the Congress pur15 suant to subsection (c) of the covered agreement to 

16 which such resolution relates, and the matter after 

17 the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘That the 

18 Congress does not approve the covered agreement 

19 transmitted to the Congress pursuant to section 

20 314(c) of title 31, United States Code, on 

21 llllll.’, the blank space being filled with 

22 the appropriate date. 

23 ‘‘(3) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.—All resolu24 tions introduced in the House of Representatives 

25 shall be referred to the Committee on Financial 


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1 Services and all resolutions introduced in the Senate 

2 shall be referred to the Committee on Banking 

3 Housing and Urban Affairs. 

4 ‘‘(4) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the committee of ei6 ther House to which a resolution has been re7 ferred has not reported it at the end of 30 days 

8 after its introduction, not counting any day 

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

10 order to move either to discharge the committee 

11 from further consideration of the resolution or 

12 to discharge the committee from further consid13 eration of any other resolution introduced with 

14 respect to the same matter, except that a mo15 tion to discharge— 

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

17 legislative day after the calendar day on 

18 which the Member making the motion an19 nounces to the House his intention to do 

20 so; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) is not in order after the com22 mittee has reported a resolution with re23 spect to the same matter. 

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

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1 an individual favoring the resolution, and is 

2 highly privileged in the House and privileged in 

3 the Senate; and debate thereon shall be limited 

4 to not more than 1 hour, the time to be divided 

5 in the House equally between those favoring 

6 and those opposing the resolution, and to be di7 vided in the Senate equally between, and con8 trolled by, the majority leader and the minority 

9 leader or their designees. An amendment to the 

10 motion is not in order, and it is not in order 

11 to move to reconsider the vote by which the mo12 tion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

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

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A motion in the 

15 House of Representatives to proceed to the con16 sideration of a resolution shall be highly privi17 leged and not debatable. An amendment to the 

18 motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in 

19 order to move to reconsider the vote by which 

20 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

21 ‘‘(B) DEBATE; NO RECONSIDERATION.— 

22 Debate in the House of Representatives on a 

23 resolution shall be limited to not more than 20 

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1 tion. A motion further to limit debate shall not 

2 be debatable. No amendment to, or motion to 

3 recommit, the resolution shall be in order. It 

4 shall not be in order to move to reconsider the 

5 vote by which a resolution is agreed to or dis6 agreed to. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MO8 TIONS.—Motions to postpone, made in the 

9 House of Representatives with respect to the 

10 consideration of a resolution, and motions to 

11 proceed to the consideration of other business, 

12 shall be decided without debate. 

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

14 All appeals from the decisions of the Chair re15 lating to the application of the Rules of the 

16 House of Representatives to the procedure re17 lating to a resolution shall be decided without 

18 debate. 

19 ‘‘(E) APPLICABILITY OF RULES.—Except 

20 to the extent specifically provided in the pre21 ceding provisions of this paragraph, consider22 ation of a resolution in the House of Represent23 atives shall be governed by the Rules of the 

24 House of Representatives applicable to other 

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1 ‘‘(6) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SEN2 ATE.— 

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

4 the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a 

5 resolution shall be privileged. An amendment to 

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

7 in order to move to reconsider the vote by 

8 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

9 ‘‘(B) DEBATE ON RESOLUTION.—Debate 

10 in the Senate on a resolution, and all debatable 

11 motions and appeals in connection therewith, 

12 shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, to 

13 be equally divided between, and controlled by, 

14 the majority leader and the minority leader or 

15 their designees. 

16 ‘‘(C) DEBATE ON MOTION OR APPEAL.— 

17 Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion 

18 or appeal in connection with a resolution shall 

19 be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equal20 ly divided between, and controlled by, the mover 

21 and the manager of the resolution, except that 

22 in the event the manager of the resolution is in 

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

24 opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the 

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1 either of them, may, from time under their con2 trol on the passage of a resolution, allot addi3 tional time to any Senator during the consider4 ation of any debatable motion or appeal. 

5 ‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A mo6 tion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 

7 resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is not 

8 debatable. No amendment to, or motion to re9 commit, a resolution is in order in the Senate. 

10 ‘‘(7) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 

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

12 provided in this section, the following proce13 dures shall apply in the Senate to a resolution 

14 to which this subsection applies: 

15 ‘‘(i)(I) Except as provided in sub16 clause (II), a resolution that has passed 

17 the House of Representatives shall, when 

18 received in the Senate, be referred to the 

19 Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

20 Urban Affairs for consideration in accord21 ance with this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(II) If a resolution to which this sub23 section applies was introduced in the Sen24 ate before receipt of a resolution that has 

25 passed the House of Representatives, the 


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1 resolution from the House of Representa2 tives shall, when received in the Senate, be 

3 placed on the calendar. If this subclause 

4 applies, the procedures in the Senate with 

5 respect to a resolution introduced in the 

6 Senate that contains the identical matter 

7 as the resolution that passed the House of 

8 Representatives shall be the same as if no 

9 resolution had been received from the 

10 House of Representatives, except that the 

11 vote on passage in the Senate shall be on 

12 the resolution that passed the House of 

13 Representatives. 

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

15 before receiving from the House of Rep16 resentatives a joint resolution that contains 

17 the identical matter, the joint resolution 

18 shall be held at the desk pending receipt of 

19 the joint resolution from the House of 

20 Representatives. Upon receipt of the joint 

21 resolution from the House of Representa22 tives, such joint resolution shall be deemed 

23 to be read twice, considered, read the third 

24 time, and passed. 


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1 ‘‘(B) NON-IDENTICAL RESOLUTIONS.—If 

2 the texts of joint resolutions described in this 

3 subsection concerning any matter are not iden4 tical— 

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

6 the resolution introduced in the Senate; 

7 and 

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

9 passed by the Senate shall, immediately 

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

11 of the joint resolution passed by the 

12 House), be substituted for the text of the 

13 joint resolution passed by the House of 

14 Representatives, and such resolution, as 

15 amended, shall be returned with a request 

16 for a conference between the two Houses. 

17 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES18 SAGE.—Consideration in the Senate of any veto 

19 message with respect to a joint resolution de20 scribed in paragraph (2), including consider21 ation of all debatable motions and appeals in 

22 connection therewith, shall be limited to 10 

23 hours, to be equally divided between, and con24 trolled by, the majority leader and the minority 

25 leader or their designees. 


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1 ‘‘(8) COMPUTATION OF PERIOD.—For purposes 

2 of paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection and para3 graph (2)(A) of subsection (c), the 90-day period re4 ferred to in such paragraph shall be computed by ex5 cluding— 

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

7 in session because of an adjournment of more 

8 than 3 days to a day certain or an adjournment 

9 of the Congress sine die; and 

10 ‘‘(B) any Saturday and Sunday, not ex11 cluded under subparagraph (A), when either 

12 House is not in session. 

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

14 subsection is enacted by the Congress— 

15 ‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking 

16 power of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate, respectively, and as such they are 

18 deemed a part of the rules of each House, re19 spectively, but applicable only with respect to 

20 the procedure to be followed in that House in 

21 the case of resolutions described in paragraph 

22 (2); and they supersede other rules only to the 

23 extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

24 ‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu25 tional right of either House to change the rules 


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1 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

2 House) at any time, in the same manner and 

3 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

4 rule of that House. 

5 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSULTATIONS.— 

6 Throughout the negotiations of a covered agreement, par7 ties representing the Federal Government shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) closely consult and coordinate with, and 

9 include in such meetings, State insurance commis10 sioners or, at the option of the State insurance com11 missioners, designees of the insurance commissioners 

12 acting at their direction; and 

13 ‘‘(2) closely consult with State and local govern14 ments, consumer organizations, and representatives 

15 of the insurance industry and policyholders’’. 

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