riod, that committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from consideration of the bill or joint reso-
lution, and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed 
on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint 
resolution shall be taken in that House on or before 
the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses-
sion of that House after the date of the introduction 
of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the 
bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or 
joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent-
atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case 
of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) 
shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en-
grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other 
House of Congress on the same calendar day on 
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to. 
‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to 
the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the 
committee or committees of jurisdiction of that 
House. The committee or committees shall report 
the bill or joint resolution without substantive revi-
sion and with or without recommendation. The bill 
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or joint resolution shall be reported not later than 
the seventh day of continuous session of that House 
after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A com-
mittee failing to report the bill or joint resolution 
within such period shall be automatically discharged 
from consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and 
the bill or joint resolution shall be placed upon the 
appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint 
resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken 
on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of 
continuous session of that House after the date on 
which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If 
the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that 
House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
(in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in 
the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of 
the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution 
agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed 
bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House 
in which the bill or joint resolution originated. 
‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint 
resolution under this section shall be highly privi-
leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo-
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tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order 
to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives 
on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall 
not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally 
between those favoring and those opposing the bill 
or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate 
shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to 
move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under 
this section or to move to reconsider the vote by 
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to. 
‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
ing to the application of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or 
joint resolution under this section shall be decided 
without debate. 
‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided 
in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con-
sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec-
tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to 
the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under 
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this section shall be privileged and not debatable. An 
amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor 
shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote 
by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint res-
olution under this section, and all debatable motions 
and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed 
10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between, 
and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-
nority leader or their designees. 
‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable 
motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint 
resolution under this section shall be limited to not 
more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, 
and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 
bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the 
manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of 
any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition 
thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or 
his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, 
from time under their control on the passage of a 
bill or joint resolution, allot additional time to any 
Senator during the consideration of any debatable 
motion or appeal. 
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‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit 
debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section 
is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint 
resolution under this section is not in order. 
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment 
to a bill or joint resolution considered under this section 
shall be in order in either the House of Representatives 
or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of 
this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall 
it be in order in either House to suspend the application 
of this subsection by unanimous consent. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section 
continuity of a session of either House of Congress shall 
be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that 
House sine die, and the days on which that House is not 
in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days 
to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of 
any period.’’. 
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 
904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ in subsection (a) 
and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d) 
and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting 
‘‘1017’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’. 
(2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) 
(as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 
1014’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 
‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and 
(D) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (A); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
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