highly privileged in the House of Representatives
and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable.
(II) A motion described in subclause (I) is not
subject to amendment, to a motion to postpone con-
sideration of the resolution, or to a motion to pro-
ceed to the consideration of other business.
(III) A motion to reconsider the vote by which
a motion described in subclause (I) is agreed to or
not agreed to shall not be in order.
(IV) If a motion described in subclause (I) is
agreed to, the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate, as the case may be, shall immediately proceed
to consideration of the joint resolution without inter-
vening motion, order, or other business, and the res-
olution shall remain the unfinished business of the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case
may be, until disposed of.
(B)(i) Debate on a joint resolution described in
paragraph (1) and on all debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith shall be limited to not
more than 5 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the
resolution.
(ii) An amendment to a joint resolution de-
scribed in paragraph (1) is not in order.
(iii) A motion further to limit debate on a joint
resolution described in paragraph (1) is in order and
not debatable.
(iv) A motion to postpone consideration of a
joint resolution described in paragraph (1), a motion
to proceed to the consideration of other business, or
a motion to recommit the resolution is not in order.
(v) A motion to reconsider the vote by which a
resolution described in paragraph (1) is agreed to or
not agreed to is not in order.
(C) Immediately following the conclusion of the
debate on a joint resolution described in paragraph
(1) and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the
debate if requested in accordance with the rules of
the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the
case may be, the vote on final passage of the resolu-
tion shall occur.
(D) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-
lating to the application of the rules of the House
of Representatives or of the Senate, as the case may
be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be decided without
debate.
(5) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—(A) If,
before the passage by one House of a joint resolu-
tion described in paragraph (1) that was introduced
in that House, that House receives from the other
House a joint resolution described in paragraph
(1)—
(i) the resolution of the other House shall
not be referred to a committee and may not be
considered in the House that receives it other-
wise than on final passage under clause (ii)(II);
and
(ii)(I) the procedure in the House that re-
ceives such a resolution with respect to such a
resolution that was introduced in that House
shall be the same as if no resolution had been
received from the other House; but
(II) the vote on final passage shall be on
the resolution of the other House.
(B) Upon disposition of a joint resolution de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that is received by one
House from the other House, it shall no longer be
in order to consider such a resolution that was intro-
duced in the receiving House.
(6) DATE
CERTAIN.—If the Senate and the
House of Representatives have not acted upon the
joint resolution by September 30th, then on that day
or the next day of session thereafter the joint resolu-
tion shall be called up by the Presiding Officer of
each House upon convening and a roll call vote shall
be conducted on passage. If the joint resolution
passes one House a vote on final passage shall be
immediately conducted in the other House.
(7) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—This subsection is enacted by
Congress—
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
of the Senate and House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and is deemed to be part of the rules
of each House, respectively, but applicable only
with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of a joint resolution de-
scribed in paragraph (1), and it supersedes
other rules only to the extent that it is incon-
sistent with such rules; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules
(so far as they relate to the procedure of that
House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other
rule of that House.