(c) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) is referred has not re-
ported such resolution (or an identical resolution) by the 
end of the day period beginning on the day of certification 
of referendum results shall be, at the end of such period, 
discharged from further consideration of such resolution, 
and such resolution shall be placed on the appropriate cal-
endar of the Body involved. 
(d) CONSIDERATION.—(1) On or after the third day 
after the date on which the committee to which such a 
resolution is referred has reported, or has been discharged 
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of, such 
a resolution, it is in order (even though a previous motion 
to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member 
of the respective body to move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the resolution. A Member may make the motion 
only on the day after the calendar day on which the Mem-
ber announces to the body concerned the Member’s inten-
tion to make the motion, except that, in the case of the 
House of Representatives, the motion may be made with-
out such prior announcement if the motion is made by 
direction of the committee to which the resolution was re-
ferred. All points of order against the resolution (and 
against consideration of the resolution) are waived. The 
motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives 
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and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to 
postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the resolution is agreed to, the respective body shall 
immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolu-
tion without intervening motion, order, or other business, 
and the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of 
the respective body until disposed of. 
(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable 
motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be lim-
ited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided 
equally between those favoring and those opposing the res-
olution. An amendment to the resolution is not in order. 
A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debat-
able. A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 
the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to 
is not in order. 
(3) Immediately following the conclusion of the de-
bate on a resolution described in subsection (a) and a sin-
gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if re-
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quested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate 
body, the vote on final passage of the resolution shall 
occur. 
(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House 
of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure 
relating to a resolution described in subsection (a) shall 
be decided without debate. 
(e) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER BODY.—If, before 
the passage by one body of a resolution of that body de-
scribed in subsection (a), that body receives from the other 
body a resolution described in subsection (a), then the fol-
lowing procedures shall apply: 
(1) The resolution of the other body shall not 
be referred to a committee and may not be consid-
ered in the body receiving it except in the case of 
final passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii). 
(2) With respect to a resolution described in 
subsection (a) of the body receiving the resolution— 
(A) the procedure in that body shall be the 
same as if no resolution had been received from 
the other body; but 
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the resolution of the other body. 
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