(A) the legislation of the other House shall not
be referred to a committee and may not be consid-
ered in the House that receives it otherwise than on
final passage under subparagraph (B)(ii) or (iii);
and
(B)(i) the procedure in the House that receives
such legislation with respect to such legislation that
was introduced in that House shall be the same as
if no legislation had been received from the other
House; but
(ii) in the case of legislation received from the
other House that is identical to the legislation as en-
grossed by the receiving House, the vote on final
passage shall be on the legislation of the other
House; or
(iii) after passage of the legislation, the legisla-
tion of the other House shall be considered as
amended with the text of the legislation just passed
and shall be considered as passed, and that House
shall be considered to have insisted on its amend-
ment and requested a conference with the other
House.
(2) Upon disposition of the legislation described in
subsection (a) that is received by one House from the
other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider such
legislation that was introduced in the receiving House.
(e) CONFERENCE.—Upon receiving from the other
House a message in which that House insists upon its
amendment to the legislation and requests a conference
with the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the
case may be, on the disagreeing votes thereon, the House
receiving the request shall be considered to have disagreed
to the amendment of the other House and agreed to the
conference requested by that House.
(f) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘legislative day’’ means a day on which the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as appropriate,
is in session.
(g) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—The provi-
sions of this section are enacted by the Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the Senate and the House of Representatives and, as
such, shall be considered as part of the rules of each
House and shall supersede other rules only to the
extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as
they relate to the procedures 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.
SEC. 7. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE REFERENDA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS DERIVED FROM
TAX ON FOREIGN RUM.—During the period begin-
ning October 1, 1997, and ending on the date the
President determines that all referenda required by
this Act have been held, from the amounts covered
into the treasury of Puerto Rico under section
7652(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
the Secretary of the Treasury—
(A) upon request and in the amounts iden-
tified from time to time by the President, shall
make the amounts so identified available to the
treasury of Puerto Rico for the purposes speci-
fied in subsection (b); and
(B) shall transfer all remaining amounts to
the treasury of Puerto Rico, as under current
law.
(2) REPORT OF REFERENDA EXPENDITURES.—
Within 180 days after each referendum required by
this Act, and after the end of the period specified in
paragraph (1), the President, in consultation with
the Government of Puerto Rico, shall submit a re-
port to the United States Senate and United States
House of Representatives on the amounts made
available under paragraph (1)(A) and all other
amounts expended by the State Elections Commis-
sion of Puerto Rico for referenda pursuant to this
Act.
(b) GRANTS
FOR CONDUCTING REFERENDA
AND
VOTER
EDUCATION.—From amounts made available
under subsection (a)(1), the Government of Puerto Rico
shall make grants to the State Elections Commission of
Puerto Rico for referenda held pursuant to the terms of
this Act, as follows:
(1) Fifty percent shall be available only for
costs of conducting the referenda.
(2) Fifty percent shall be available only for
voter education funds for the central ruling body of
the political party, parties, or other qualifying enti-
ties advocating a particular ballot choice. The
amount allocated for advocating a ballot choice
under this paragraph shall be apportioned equally
among the parties advocating that choice.
(c) 
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES.—In 
addition 
to
amounts made available by this Act, the Puerto Rico Leg-
islature may allocate additional resources for administra-
tive and voter education costs to each party so long as
the distribution of funds is consistent with the apportion-
ment requirements of subsection (b).
Passed the House of Representatives March 4,
1998.
Attest:
Clerk.