I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1092 
To amend title 31 of the United States Code and the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 to automatically increase the debt limit for the fiscal year 
of a budget resolution, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. NUNN of 
Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 31 of the United States Code and the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 to automatically increase 
the debt limit for the fiscal year of a budget resolution, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Budgeting 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL REQUEST TO INCREASE THE DEBT 
LIMIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking section 3101A and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 3101A. Modification of statutory limit on the public 
debt 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon adoption by Congress of 
a concurrent resolution on the budget under section 301 
or 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
632, 634) that satisfies the required ratio, as determined 
by the Congressional Budget Office, the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives shall prepare an engrossment of 
a joint resolution in the form prescribed in subsection (b) 
increasing the statutory limit on the public debt to the 
amount of debt subject to limit specified by such concur-
rent resolution. Upon engrossment of the joint resolution, 
the vote by which the concurrent resolution on the budget 
was adopted by the House of Representatives shall also 
be considered as a vote on passage of the joint resolution 
in the House of Representatives, and the joint resolution 
shall be considered as passed by the House of Representa-
tives and duly certified and examined. The engrossed copy 
shall be signed by the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and transmitted to the Senate. Upon receipt of the 
House of Representatives joint resolution in the Senate, 
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the vote by which the concurrent resolution on the budget 
was adopted in the Senate shall also be considered as a 
vote on passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, and 
the joint resolution shall be considered as passed by the 
Senate, duly certified and examined, and transmitted to 
the House of Representatives for enrollment. 
‘‘(b) FORM OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—The form of the 
joint resolution described in this subsection is a joint reso-
lution— 
‘‘(1) which does not have a preamble; 
‘‘(2) the title of which is only as follows: ‘Joint 
resolution increasing the debt limit, as prepared 
under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, 
on llllll’ (with the blank containing the 
date on which the joint resolution is prepared); and 
‘‘(3) the matter after the resolving clause which 
is only as follows: ‘The limitation under section 
3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is increased 
by $lll ’ (with the blank being filled with the 
increase, expressed as a dollar amount, of the debt 
subject to limit, as determined under subsection (c)). 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION.—The dollar amount under 
subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the amount necessary 
to increase the total debt subject to limit on the date of 
enactment of such joint resolution to the amount that such 
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limit is estimated to be on the last day of the budget year 
covered by the applicable concurrent resolution on the 
budget. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting— 
‘‘(1) the power of the House of Representatives 
or the Senate to consider and pass bills or joint res-
olutions, without regard to the procedures under 
subsection (a), that would change the statutory limit 
on the public debt; or 
‘‘(2) the rights of Members, Delegates, the 
Resident Commissioner, or committees with respect 
to the introduction, consideration, and reporting of 
such bills or joint resolutions. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 
3101B— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘required ratio’ means the ratio 
that reduces by not less than 5 percentage points 
the projected ratio under current law of debt held by 
the public to Gross Domestic Product in the tenth 
fiscal year after the current fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘statutory limit on the public 
debt’ means the maximum face amount of obliga-
tions issued under authority of this chapter and obli-
gations guaranteed as to principal and interest by 
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the United States (except such guaranteed obliga-
tions as may be held by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury), as determined under section 3101(b) after the 
application of section 3101(a), that may be out-
standing at any one time. 
‘‘§ 3101B. Presidential modification of the debt ceil-
ing 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) WRITTEN NOTIFICATION.—If, for a fiscal 
year, Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget that satisfies the required ratio 
by the covered date, the President may submit a 
written notification to Congress, including a debt re-
duction proposal with legislative language that satis-
fies the required ratio, that the President is increas-
ing the statutory limit on the public debt subject to 
limit in section 3101(b) and that further borrowing 
is required to meet existing commitments. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT OF NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), upon the submission of a written no-
tification by the President under paragraph (1), 
including a debt reduction proposal comprised 
of legislative text that the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget has determined 
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satisfies the required ratio, the statutory limit 
on the public debt shall be increased by an 
amount determined under subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (C), an increase of the 
statutory limit on the public debt under sub-
paragraph (A) shall take effect on the date that 
is 30 calendar days after the date on which the 
written notification is submitted by the Presi-
dent under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION
ON
AUTHORITY.—The 
statutory limit on the public debt shall not be 
increased under this paragraph if, during the 
30-calendar-day period beginning on the date 
on which Congress receives a notification under 
this paragraph, Congress enacts into law a joint 
resolution of disapproval in accordance with 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(D) DETERMINATION
OF
INCREASE.— 
The increase of the statutory limit on the public 
debt under subparagraph (A) shall be equal to 
the amount necessary to increase the total debt 
subject to limit to the amount that such limit 
is estimated to be on the last day of the first 
fiscal year beginning after the covered date. 
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The Office of Management and Budget shall 
determine the amount of such increase using 
baseline estimates provided by the Congres-
sional Budget Office. 
‘‘(3) COVERED DATE DEFINED.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), the term ‘covered date’ means the 
earlier of— 
‘‘(A) April 15 of the calendar year in 
which the fiscal year of the applicable concur-
rent resolution on the budget begins; or 
‘‘(B) 60 days before the date on which the 
statutory limit on the public debt will be 
reached, as described in the congressional noti-
fication submitted by the Secretary of the 
Treasury. 
‘‘(b) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a joint resolution of dis-
approval has not been enacted by the end of the 30- 
calendar-day period beginning on the date on which 
the presidential notification to which the joint reso-
lution relates was received by Congress under sub-
section (a), the statutory limit on public debt shall 
be increased as specified in the presidential notifica-
tion. 
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later than 6 days after the date on which the joint 
resolution is introduced under paragraph (1), it shall 
be in order to move to proceed to consider the joint 
resolution in the House of Representatives. All 
points of order against the motion are waived. Such 
a motion shall not be in order after the House of 
Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed 
on a joint resolution addressing a particular submis-
sion. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the motion to its adoption without inter-
vening motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A 
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the joint resolution and against its consider-
ation are waived. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the joint resolution to its pas-
sage without intervening motion except two hours of 
debate equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the 
vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 
in order. 
‘‘(d) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN SENATE.— 
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‘‘(1) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a written 
notification under subsection (a)(1), if the Senate 
has adjourned or recessed for more than 2 days, the 
majority leader of the Senate, after consultation 
with the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify 
the Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 
section, the Senate shall convene not later than the 
second calendar day after receipt of such message. 
‘‘(2) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro-
duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 
immediately placed on the calendar. 
‘‘(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 
in order at any time during the period begin-
ning on the day after the date on which Con-
gress receives a written notification under sub-
section (a) and ending on the sixth day after 
the date on which Congress receives a written 
notification under subsection (a) (even though a 
previous motion to the same effect has been dis-
agreed to) to move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the joint resolution, and all points of 
order against the joint resolution (and against 
consideration of the joint resolution) are 
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waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 
The motion is not subject to a motion to post-
pone. 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 con-
sideration of the resolution is agreed to, the 
joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 
business until disposed of. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of 
the joint resolution, and on all debatable mo-
tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between the majority 
and minority leaders or their designees. A mo-
tion further to limit debate is in order and not 
debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid-
eration of other business, or a motion to recom-
mit the joint resolution is not in order. 
‘‘(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate 
has voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the 
vote on passage of the joint resolution shall 
occur immediately following the conclusion of 
consideration of the joint resolution, and a sin-
gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 
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if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-
DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
relating to the application of the rules of the 
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to a joint resolution shall be decided 
without debate. 
‘‘(e) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.—A joint resolu-
tion of disapproval considered pursuant to this section 
shall not be subject to amendment in either the House 
of Representatives or the Senate. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY
OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the joint 
resolution, one House receives from the other a joint 
resolution— 
‘‘(A) the joint resolution of the other 
House shall not be referred to a committee; and 
‘‘(B) the procedure in the receiving house 
shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 
been received from the other house until the 
vote on passage, when the joint resolution re-
ceived from the other house shall supplant the 
joint resolution of the receiving House. 
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‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF 
OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or 
consider a joint resolution under this section, the 
joint resolution of the House shall be entitled to ex-
pedited floor procedures under this section. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.— 
If, following passage of the joint resolution in the 
Senate, the Senate then receives the companion 
measure from the House of Representatives, the 
companion measure shall not be debatable. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If Congress passes a 
joint resolution, the period beginning on the 
date the President is presented with the joint 
resolution and ending on the date the President 
signs, allows to become law without the signa-
ture of the President, or vetoes and returns the 
joint resolution (but excluding days when either 
House is not in session) shall be disregarded in 
computing the appropriate calendar day period 
described in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(B) DEBATE
ON
VETO
MESSAGE.—De-
bate on a veto message in the Senate under this 
section shall be 1 hour equally divided between 
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the majority and minority leaders or their des-
ignees. 
‘‘(C) VETO OVERRIDE.—If, within the 30- 
calendar-day period described in subsection 
(b)(1), Congress overrides a veto of a joint reso-
lution, the limitation in effect under section 
3101(b) shall not be suspended. 
‘‘(g) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 
SENATE.—This section and section 3101A are enacted by 
Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it is deemed a 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, and it super-
sedes other rules only to the extent that it is incon-
sistent with such rules; and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating 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.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 31, United States 
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Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
3101A and inserting the following: 
‘‘3101A. Modification of statutory limit on the public debt. 
‘‘3101B. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE DEBT REDUCTION PRO-
POSAL SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
406 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 407. CONSIDERATION OF THE DEBT REDUCTION PRO-
POSAL SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any debt reduction proposal 
submitted by the President under section 3101B(a)(2)(A) 
of title 31, United States Code, is required to satisfy the 
required ratio as determined by the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S PRO-
POSAL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(1) INTRODUCTION.—Any debt reduction pro-
posal submitted by the President under section 
3101B of title 31, United States Code, shall be in-
troduced by the majority or minority leader of the 
House of Representatives or their designees. Upon 
introduction, the Chair of the Committee on the 
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Budget shall within 3 days submit the proposal to 
the Congressional Budget Office to be scored. 
‘‘(2) REFERRAL.—Any proposal introduced 
under paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(3) REQUESTS BY BUDGET COMMITTEE.—Not 
later than 3 days after the date on which a proposal 
is referred under paragraph (2), the Chair of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall submit to each appropriate com-
mittee of the House a debt reduction target and a 
request that, during the 30-day period beginning on 
the date on which the request is made, the appro-
priate committee submit to the Committee on the 
Budget of the House— 
‘‘(A) a general assessment of the proposal 
introduced under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) a legislative proposal within the com-
mittee’s jurisdiction that results in debt reduc-
tion meeting or exceeding the target assigned to 
the committee under this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) REPORTED LEGISLATION BY BUDGET COM-
MITTEE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives shall 
report a bill that meets the required ratio not 
later than 60 days after the date on which the 
President submits a debt reduction proposal 
under this section. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS
OF
LEGISLATION.—The 
bill reported under subparagraph (A) may in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) the debt reduction proposal sub-
mitted by the President under this section, 
including any modifications to such pro-
posal by the Committee on Budget of the 
House of Representatives that are nec-
essary to make it achieve the required 
ratio; and 
‘‘(ii) the compilation of proposals sub-
mitted to the Committee on Budget of the 
House of Representatives under paragraph 
(3), including any modifications to such 
package by such Committee that are nec-
essary to make it achieve the required 
ratio. 
‘‘(C) CBO SCORE.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No bill may be re-
ported under subparagraph (A) unless the 
Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 
‘‘(I) submits to the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office such 
bill for a cost estimate to be prepared 
under section 402; and 
‘‘(II) receives from the Director a 
cost estimate described in subclause 
(I) that includes a statement that 
such bill meets the required ratio. 
‘‘(ii) TIME PERIOD.—The 60-day pe-
riod described in subparagraph (A) shall 
not include the period beginning on the 
date on which the Chair of the Committee 
on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives submits to the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office the bill under 
clause (i)(I) and ending on the date on 
which the Chair receives the cost estimate 
under clause (i)(II). 
‘‘(5) DISCHARGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Representatives 
fails to report a bill within 60 days after the re-
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ferral of the proposal submitted under section 
3101B of title 31, United States Code, and 
such proposal has been determined by the Di-
rector to satisfy the required ratio, then the 
committee shall be discharged from further con-
sideration of the bill that embodies the debt re-
duction proposal of the President and it shall 
be referred to the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—In the House of 
Representatives, if the Committee on Rules fails 
to report a rule within 7 legislative days of the 
bill being placed on the Calendar for the consid-
eration of a bill reported by the Committee on 
the Budget under paragraph (4) or discharged 
under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 
which has been determined by the Director to 
satisfy the required ratio, then any Member 
may offer a privilege resolution providing for 
the consideration of the bill. Such resolution 
shall provide that upon its adoption it shall be 
in order to consider in the House of Represent-
atives the bill. The bill under the procedure set 
forth in section 408(c) shall be debatable for 
two hours equally divided and controlled by a 
proponent and opponent of thereof. The pre-
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vious question shall be considered as ordered on 
the bill of final passage without intervening mo-
tion except 1 motion to recommit. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION
OF
THE PRESIDENT’S PRO-
POSAL IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) INTRODUCTION.—Any debt reduction pro-
posal submitted by the President under section 
3101B of title 31, United States Code, shall be in-
troduced by the majority or minority leader of the 
Senate or their designees. Upon introduction, the 
Chair of the Committee on the Budget shall within 
3 days submit the proposal to the Congressional 
Budget Office to be scored. 
‘‘(2) REFERRAL.—Any proposal introduced 
under paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) REQUESTS BY BUDGET COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(A) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES.—Not 
later than 3 days after the date on which a pro-
posal is referred under paragraph (2), the Chair 
of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
shall submit to each appropriate committee of 
the Senate a debt reduction target and a re-
quest that, during the 30-day period beginning 
on the date on which the request is made, the 
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appropriate committee submit to the Committee 
on the Budget of the Senate— 
‘‘(i) a general assessment of the pro-
posal introduced under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) a legislative proposal within the 
committee’s jurisdiction that results in 
debt reduction meeting or exceeding the 
target assigned to the committee under 
this subparagraph. 
‘‘(B) OTHER PROPOSALS.—Any Member of 
the Senate may introduce a bill that meets the 
required ratio, as determined by the Congres-
sional Budget Office, which shall be referred to 
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate if 
the proposal is sponsored by not less than one- 
fifth of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, 
including— 
‘‘(i) not fewer than 10 Members who 
are members of or caucus with the mem-
bers of the political party of the majority 
leader of the Senate; and 
‘‘(ii) not fewer than 10 Members who 
are members of or caucus with any other 
political party that is not the political 
party of the majority leader of the Senate. 
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‘‘(4) REPORTED LEGISLATION BY BUDGET COM-
MITTEE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on the 
Budget of the Senate shall report at least one 
bill that meets the required ratio not later than 
60 days after the date on which the President 
submits a debt reduction proposal under this 
section. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF LEGISLATION.—A bill 
reported under subparagraph (A) may in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) the debt reduction proposal sub-
mitted by the President under this sub-
section, including any modifications to 
such proposal by the Committee on Budget 
of the Senate that are necessary to make 
it achieve the required ratio; 
‘‘(ii) the compilation of proposals sub-
mitted to the Committee on Budget of the 
Senate under subparagraph (3)(A), includ-
ing any modifications to such package by 
the Committee on Budget of the Senate 
that are necessary to make it achieve the 
required ratio; or 
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‘‘(5) DISCHARGE.—If the Committee on the 
Budget of the Senate has not reported a bill under 
paragraph (4) before the end of the 60-day period 
described in that paragraph, the Committee on the 
Budget of the Senate shall be automatically dis-
charged from further consideration of— 
‘‘(A) the proposal introduced under para-
graph (1), which shall be placed on the appro-
priate calendar; and 
‘‘(B) any proposal submitted under para-
graph (3)(B), which shall be placed on the ap-
propriate calendar. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section and section 408, 
the term ‘required ratio’ means the ratio that reduces by 
not less than 5 percentage points the projected ratio under 
current law of debt held by the public to Gross Domestic 
Product in the tenth fiscal year after the current fiscal 
year. 
‘‘SEC. 408. CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES OF ALTERNATIVE DEBT REDUCTION 
PROPOSALS. 
‘‘(a) INTRODUCTION.—In the House of Representa-
tives, any bill that satisfies the required ratio as deter-
mined by the Congressional Budget Office and does not 
contain any matter that is unrelated to debt reduction may 
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be introduced by the majority leader, the minority leader, 
or by any other Member (if that Member’s proposed bill 
is cosponsored by at least 145 other Members or by at 
least 20 Members of the majority party and 20 Members 
of the minority party). 
‘‘(b) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON RULES.—Any 
bill introduced under subsection (a) shall be referred to 
the Committee on Rules. Each such bill shall be scored 
by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to de-
termine if such bill satisfies the required ratio. If such bill 
achieves the required ratio, it shall be reported without 
amendment to the House for its consideration within 30 
calendar days of the date of introduction of the bill. 
‘‘(c) QUEEN-OF-THE-HILL RULE
FOR CONSIDER-
ATION.—In the House of Representatives, any bill de-
scribed in section 407 and any bill reported under sub-
section (b) shall be considered in the House of Representa-
tives pursuant to a special order of business if the text 
of the bill provides that the text of all such bills reported 
under subsection (b) may be offered as amendments in 
the nature of a substitute and if more than one such 
amendment is adopted then the one receiving the greater 
number of affirmative recorded votes shall be considered 
as finally adopted. 
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‘‘SEC. 409. CONSIDERATION ON THE FLOOR OF THE SEN-
ATE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII of 
the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, not later 
than 5 days of session after the date on which a bill meet-
ing the requirements of section 407(c)(4) is reported from 
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the date 
on which any proposal is placed on the calendar after dis-
charge under section 407(c)(5), as applicable, for the ma-
jority leader of the Senate or a Member of the Senate des-
ignated by the majority leader of the Senate to move to 
proceed to the consideration of the bill. It shall also be 
in order, notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, for any Member of the Senate to 
move to proceed to the consideration of the bill at any 
time after the conclusion of such 5-day period. A motion 
to proceed is in order even though a previous motion to 
the same effect has been disagreed to. All points of order 
against the motion to proceed to the bill are waived. The 
motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion 
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to 
or disagreed to shall not be in order. Consideration of the 
motion to proceed shall be limited to not more than 10 
hours equally divided between the majority leader and the 
minority leader or their designees. A motion to proceed 
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shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Senators 
duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(b) EXTRANEOUS PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid-
ering a bill under subsection (a), upon a point of 
order being made by any Senator against a extra-
neous material contained in the joint resolution, and 
the point of order is sustained by the Chair, the pro-
vision that contains the extraneous material shall be 
stricken from the joint resolution. 
‘‘(2) EXTRANEOUS
MATERIAL
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘extraneous material’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a provision that does not produce a 
change in outlays or revenue, including changes 
in outlays and revenues brought about by 
changes in the terms and conditions under 
which outlays are made or revenues are re-
quired to be collected (but a provision in which 
outlay decreases or revenue increases exactly 
offset outlay increases or revenue decreases 
shall not be considered extraneous by virtue of 
this subparagraph); or 
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‘‘(B) a provision producing changes in out-
lays or revenues which are merely incidental to 
the non-budgetary components of the provision. 
‘‘(3) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point 
of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 
Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 
‘‘SEC. 410. CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE. 
‘‘If a House of Congress receives a bill passed by the 
other House under section 408 or 409 and has not yet 
passed a bill under section 408 or 409, the following pro-
cedures for consideration shall apply: 
‘‘(1) EXPEDITED
CONSIDERATION
IN
THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—It shall be in 
order, not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the House of Representa-
tives receives a bill passed by the Senate 
under section 409, to move to proceed to 
consider the bill in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to 
proceed to consider a bill under this sub-
paragraph— 
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