the case may be, shall immediately proceed to
consideration of the reform bill without inter-
vening motion, order, or other business, and the
reform bill shall remain the unfinished business
of the House of Representatives or the Senate,
as the case may be, until disposed of.
(D) LIMITED DEBATE.—Debate on the re-
form bill and on all debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith shall be limited to
not more than the lesser of 100 hours or 14
days, which shall be divided equally between
those favoring and those opposing the reform
bill. A motion further to limit debate on the re-
form bill is in order and not debatable.
(E) AMENDMENTS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), amendments to the reform bill—
(I) during consideration in the
House of Representatives shall be lim-
ited in accordance with a rule adopted
by the Committee on Rules of the
House of Representatives; and
(II) during consideration in the
Senate shall be limited to—
(aa) one first degree amend-
ment per member or that mem-
ber’s designee with 1 hour of de-
bate equally divided; and
(bb) germane second degree
amendments (without limit) with
30 minutes of debate equally di-
vided.
(ii) LEADERSHIP AMENDMENTS.—The
Speaker of the House of Representatives
and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives and the Majority Leader
of the Senate and the Minority Leader of
the Senate may each offer 1 first degree
amendment (in addition to the amend-
ments afforded such members under clause
(i)), with 4 hours of debate equally divided
on each such amendment offered. No sec-
ond degree amendments may be offered by
the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, the Majority Leader of
the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the
Senate in their leadership capacities.
(F) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Imme-
diately following the conclusion of the debate on
the reform bill, and on all amendments offered
to the reform bill, and all votes required on
amendments offered to the reform bill, the vote
on final passage of the reform bill shall occur.
(G) OTHER MOTIONS NOT IN ORDER.—A
motion to postpone consideration of the reform
bill, a motion to proceed to the consideration of
other business, or a motion to recommit the re-
form bill is not in order. A motion to reconsider
the vote by which the reform bill is agreed to
or not agreed to is not in order.
(H) APPEALS.—Appeals from the decisions
of the Chair relating to the application of the
rules of the House of Representatives or of the
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to the reform bill shall be decided with-
out debate.
(2) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—If, be-
fore the passage by one House of the reform bill
that was introduced in such House, such House re-
ceives from the other House a reform bill as passed
by such other House—
(A) the reform bill of the other House shall
not be referred to a committee and may only be
considered for final passage in the House that
receives it under subparagraph (C);
(B) the procedure in the House in receipt
of the reform bill of the other House, with re-
spect to the reform bill that was introduced in
the House in receipt of the reform bill of the
other House, shall be the same as if no reform
bill had been received from the other House;
and
(C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the
vote on final passage shall be on the reform bill
of the other House.
Upon disposition of a reform bill that is received by
one House from the other House, it shall no longer
be in order to consider the reform bill that was in-
troduced in the receiving House.
(3) CONSIDERATION IN CONFERENCE.—
(A) CONVENING OF CONFERENCE.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Immediately upon a
final passage of the reform bill that results
in a disagreement between the two Houses
of Congress with respect to the bill, the