duced with respect to the same matter, except that 
a motion to discharge— 
(A) may only be made on the second legis-
lative day after the calendar day on which the 
Member making the motion announces to the 
House his intention to do so; and 
(B) is not in order after the committee has 
reported a resolution with respect to the same 
matter. 
(2) PRIVILEGE.—A motion to discharge under 
paragraph (1) may be made only by an individual fa-
voring the resolution, and is highly privileged in the 
House and privileged in the Senate; and debate 
thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, the 
time to be divided in the House equally between 
those favoring and those opposing the resolution, 
and to be divided in the Senate equally between, and 
controlled by, the majority leader and the minority 
leader or their designees. An amendment to the mo-
tion is not in order, and it is not in order to move 
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed 
to or disagreed to. 
(e) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A motion in the House of 
Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a 
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resolution shall be highly privileged and not debat-
able. 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 dis-
agreed to. 
(2) DEBATE; NO
RECONSIDERATION.—Debate 
in the House of Representatives on a resolution shall 
be limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall 
be divided equally between those favoring and those 
opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit 
debate shall not be debatable. No amendment to, or 
motion to recommit, the resolution shall be in order. 
It shall not be in order to move to reconsider the 
vote by which a resolution is agreed to or disagreed 
to. 
(3) CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MOTIONS.—Mo-
tions to postpone, made in the House of Representa-
tives with respect to the consideration of a resolu-
tion, and motions to proceed to the consideration of 
other business, shall be decided without debate. 
(4) APPEALS TO DECISIONS OF CHAIR.—All ap-
peals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
application of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives to the procedure relating to a resolution shall 
be decided without debate. 
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(5) APPLICABILITY OF RULES.—Except to the 
extent specifically provided in the preceding provi-
sions of this subsection, consideration of a resolution 
in the House of Representatives shall be governed by 
the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable 
to other resolutions in similar circumstances. 
(f) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion in the 
Senate to proceed to the consideration of a resolu-
tion shall be privileged. An amendment to the mo-
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. 
(2) DEBATE ON RESOLUTION.—Debate in the 
Senate on a resolution, and all debatable motions 
and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 
to not more than 20 hours, to be equally divided be-
tween, and controlled by, the majority leader and the 
minority leader or their designees. 
(3) DEBATE ON MOTION OR APPEAL.—Debate 
in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in 
connection with a resolution shall be limited to not 
more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, 
and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 
resolution, except that in the event the manager of 
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the resolution is in favor of any such motion or ap-
peal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be con-
trolled by the minority leader or his designee. Such 
leaders, or either of them, may, from time under 
their control on the passage of a resolution, allot ad-
ditional time to any Senator during the consider-
ation of any debatable motion or appeal. 
(4) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A motion in 
the Senate to further limit debate on a resolution, 
debatable motion, or appeal is not debatable. No 
amendment to, or motion to recommit, a resolution 
is in order in the Senate. 
(g) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) PROCEDURES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the following procedures shall 
apply in the Senate to a resolution to which this sec-
tion applies: 
(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a 
resolution that has passed the House of Rep-
resentatives shall, when received in the Senate, 
be referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs for consideration 
in accordance with this section. 
(ii) If a resolution to which this section ap-
plies was introduced in the Senate before re-
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ceipt of a resolution that has passed the House 
of Representatives, the resolution from the 
House of Representatives shall, when received 
in the Senate, be placed on the calendar. If this 
clause applies, the procedures in the Senate 
with respect to a resolution introduced in the 
Senate that contains the identical matter as the 
resolution that passed the House of Representa-
tives shall be the same as if no resolution had 
been received from the House of Representa-
tives, except that the vote on passage in the 
Senate shall be on the resolution that passed 
the House of Representatives. 
(B) If the Senate passes a resolution be-
fore receiving from the House of Representa-
tives a joint resolution that contains the iden-
tical matter, the joint resolution shall be held at 
the desk pending receipt of the joint resolution 
from the House of Representatives. Upon re-
ceipt of the joint resolution from the House of 
Representatives, such joint resolution shall be 
deemed to be read twice, considered, read the 
third time, and passed. 
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(2) NON-IDENTICAL
RESOLUTIONS.—If the 
texts of joint resolutions described in this section 
concerning any matter are not identical— 
(A) the Senate shall vote passage on the 
resolution introduced in the Senate; and 
(B) the text of the joint resolution passed 
by the Senate shall, immediately upon its pas-
sage (or, if later, upon receipt of the joint reso-
lution passed by the House), be substituted for 
the text of the joint resolution passed by the 
House of Representatives, and such resolution, 
as amended, shall be returned with a request 
for a conference between the two Houses. 
(3) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE.—Con-
sideration in the Senate of any veto message with 
respect to a joint resolution described in subsection 
(b), including consideration of all debatable motions 
and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 
to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and con-
trolled by, the majority leader and the minority lead-
er or their designees. 
(h) COMPUTATION
OF PERIOD.—For purposes of 
subsection (a)(1) of this section and subsection (b)(2) of 
section 5, the 90-day period referred to in such sub-
sections shall be computed by excluding— 
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(1) the days on which either House is not in 
session because of an adjournment of more than 3 
days to a day certain or an adjournment of the Con-
gress sine die; and 
(2) any Saturday and Sunday, not excluded 
under paragraph (1), when either House is not in 
session. 
(i) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This sec-
tion is enacted by the Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such they are 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 resolutions described in 
subsection (b); and they 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 
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. 
(j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section, and any 
failure to enact a resolution under this section, shall not 
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be construed to be an endorsement of or to establish or 
expand any authority to enter into or implement an agree-
ment described in section 3 that is not otherwise provided 
for under Federal law. 
SEC. 7. COVERED AGREEMENTS. 
(a) PREEMPTION
OF
STATE
INSURANCE
MEAS-
URES.—Subsection (f) of section 313 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (2) of section 313(r) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) applies only on a prospective basis.’’. 
(c) CONSULTATION; SUBMISSION
AND
LAYOVER; 
CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW.—Section 314 of title 31, 
United States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking 
‘‘laws’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘and Fed-
eral law, and the nature of any changes in the 
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laws of the United States or the administration 
of such laws that would be required to carry out 
a covered agreement’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ACCESS
TO
NEGOTIATING
TEXTS
AND 
OTHER
DOCUMENTS.—Congressional 
Committees 
and staff with proper security clearances shall be 
given access to United States negotiating proposals, 
consolidated draft texts, and other pertinent docu-
ments related to the negotiations, including classi-
fied materials.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘only if—’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘only if, before signing the final legal 
text or otherwise entering into the agreement— 
’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘congres-
sional 
committees 
specified 
in 
subsection 
(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional committees 
and to staff with proper security clearances’’; 
and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(2)(A) the 90-day period beginning on the 
date on which the copy of the final legal text of the 
agreement is submitted under paragraph (1) to the 
congressional committees and staff has expired; and 
‘‘(B) if the President has vetoed a joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (d)(2) relating to the 
agreement, the 15-day period described in subsection 
(d)(1)(B)(ii) has expired.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) DISAPPROVAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered agreement 
shall have no force and effect in the United 
States if, before the expiration of the 90-day 
period beginning on the day that the final legal 
text of the agreement is submitted to the Con-
gress pursuant to subsection (c), a joint resolu-
tion described in paragraph (2) is enacted into 
law. 
‘‘(B) VETO.—If the President vetoes the 
joint resolution, the joint resolution shall be 
treated as enacted into law before the end of 
the 90-day period under subparagraph (A) if 
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both Houses of Congress vote to override such 
veto on or before the later of— 
‘‘(i) the last day of such 90-day pe-
riod; or 
‘‘(ii) the last day of the 15-day period 
(excluding any day described in paragraph 
(8)) beginning on the date the Congress 
receives the veto message from the Presi-
dent. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTIONS.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘resolution’ means 
only a joint resolution of the two Houses of the Con-
gress, that is introduced during the 60-day period 
beginning upon the submission to the Congress pur-
suant to subsection (c) of the covered agreement to 
which such resolution relates, and the matter after 
the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘That the 
Congress does not approve the covered agreement 
transmitted to the Congress pursuant to section 
314(c) of title 31, United States Code, on 
llllll.’, the blank space being filled with 
the appropriate date. 
‘‘(3) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.—All resolu-
tions introduced in the House of Representatives 
shall be referred to the Committee on Financial 
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Services and all resolutions introduced in the Senate 
shall be referred to the Committee on Banking 
Housing and Urban Affairs. 
‘‘(4) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the committee of ei-
ther House to which a resolution has been re-
ferred has not reported it at the end of 30 days 
after its introduction, not counting any day 
which is excluded under paragraph (8), it is in 
order to move either to discharge the committee 
from further consideration of the resolution or 
to discharge the committee from further consid-
eration of any other resolution introduced with 
respect to the same matter, except that a mo-
tion to discharge— 
‘‘(i) may only be made on the second 
legislative day after the calendar day on 
which the Member making the motion an-
nounces to the House his intention to do 
so; and 
‘‘(ii) is not in order after the com-
mittee has reported a resolution with re-
spect to the same matter. 
‘‘(B) PRIVILEGE.—A motion to discharge 
under subparagraph (A) may be made only by 
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either of them, may, from time under their con-
trol on the passage of a resolution, allot addi-
tional time to any Senator during the consider-
ation of any debatable motion or appeal. 
‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A mo-
tion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is not 
debatable. No amendment to, or motion to re-
commit, a resolution is in order in the Senate. 
‘‘(7) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this section, the following proce-
dures shall apply in the Senate to a resolution 
to which this subsection applies: 
‘‘(i)(I) Except as provided in sub-
clause (II), a resolution that has passed 
the House of Representatives shall, when 
received in the Senate, be referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs for consideration in accord-
ance with this subsection. 
‘‘(II) If a resolution to which this sub-
section applies was introduced in the Sen-
ate before receipt of a resolution that has 
passed the House of Representatives, the 
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resolution from the House of Representa-
tives shall, when received in the Senate, be 
placed on the calendar. If this subclause 
applies, the procedures in the Senate with 
respect to a resolution introduced in the 
Senate that contains the identical matter 
as the resolution that passed the House of 
Representatives shall be the same as if no 
resolution had been received from the 
House of Representatives, except that the 
vote on passage in the Senate shall be on 
the resolution that passed the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(ii) If the Senate passes a resolution 
before receiving from the House of Rep-
resentatives a joint resolution that contains 
the identical matter, the joint resolution 
shall be held at the desk pending receipt of 
the joint resolution from the House of 
Representatives. Upon receipt of the joint 
resolution from the House of Representa-
tives, such joint resolution shall be deemed 
to be read twice, considered, read the third 
time, and passed. 
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‘‘(B) NON-IDENTICAL
RESOLUTIONS.—If 
the texts of joint resolutions described in this 
subsection concerning any matter are not iden-
tical— 
‘‘(i) the Senate shall vote passage on 
the resolution introduced in the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the text of the joint resolution 
passed by the Senate shall, immediately 
upon its passage (or, if later, upon receipt 
of the joint resolution passed by the 
House), be substituted for the text of the 
joint resolution passed by the House of 
Representatives, and such resolution, as 
amended, shall be returned with a request 
for a conference between the two Houses. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION
OF
VETO
MES-
SAGE.—Consideration in the Senate of any veto 
message with respect to a joint resolution de-
scribed in paragraph (2), including consider-
ation of all debatable motions and appeals in 
connection therewith, shall be limited to 10 
hours, to be equally divided between, and con-
trolled by, the majority leader and the minority 
leader or their designees. 
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‘‘(8) COMPUTATION OF PERIOD.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection and para-
graph (2)(A) of subsection (c), the 90-day period re-
ferred to in such paragraph shall be computed by ex-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) the days on which either House is not 
in session because of an adjournment of more 
than 3 days to a day certain or an adjournment 
of the Congress sine die; and 
‘‘(B) any Saturday and Sunday, not ex-
cluded under subparagraph (A), when either 
House is not in session. 
‘‘(9) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This 
subsection is enacted by the Congress— 
‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking 
power of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, respectively, and as such they are 
deemed a part of the rules of each House, re-
spectively, but applicable only with respect to 
the procedure to be followed in that House in 
the case of resolutions described in paragraph 
(2); and they supersede other rules only to the 
extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
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(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. 
‘‘(e) 
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CONSULTATIONS.— 
Throughout the negotiations of a covered agreement, par-
ties representing the Federal Government shall— 
‘‘(1) closely consult and coordinate with, and 
include in such meetings, State insurance commis-
sioners or, at the option of the State insurance com-
missioners, designees of the insurance commissioners 
acting at their direction; and 
‘‘(2) closely consult with State and local govern-
ments, consumer organizations, and representatives 
of the insurance industry and policyholders’’. 
Æ 
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