read and shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and the pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered to its passage 
without intervening motion. It shall not be in order to re-
consider the vote on passage. If a vote on final passage of 
the joint resolution has not been taken by the third Thurs-
day on which the Speaker may recognize a Member under 
this subsection, such vote shall be taken on that day. 
‘‘(f)(1) If, before passing a joint resolution described 
in subsection (a), one House receives from the other a joint 
resolution having the same text, then— 
‘‘(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 received from the other House 
shall supplant the joint resolution of the receiving 
House. 
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply to the House of 
Representatives if the joint resolution received from the Sen-
ate is a revenue measure. 
‘‘(g) If either House has not taken a vote on final pas-
sage of the joint resolution by the last day of the period 
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described in section 801(b)(2), then such vote shall be taken 
on that day. 
‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by Con-
gress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, 
and as such are 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 described in subsection (a) 
and superseding other rules only where explicitly so; 
and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
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. 
‘‘§ 803. 
Congressional 
disapproval 
procedure 
for 
nonmajor rules 
‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint resolu-
tion’ means only a joint resolution introduced in the period 
beginning on the date on which the report referred to in 
section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and ending 60 
days thereafter (excluding days either House of Congress is 
adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of Con-
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gress), the matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the nonmajor rule sub-
mitted by the lll relating to lll, and such rule 
shall have no force or effect.’ (The blank spaces being appro-
priately filled in). 
‘‘(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall 
be referred to the committees in each House of Congress with 
jurisdiction. 
‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is referred 
a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has not re-
ported such joint resolution (or an identical joint resolu-
tion) at the end of 15 session days after the date of introduc-
tion of the joint resolution, such committee may be dis-
charged from further consideration of such joint resolution 
upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Members of the 
Senate, and such joint resolution shall be placed on the cal-
endar. 
‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which 
a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a com-
mittee is discharged (under subsection (c)) from further con-
sideration of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), 
it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous 
motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 
all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 
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consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The mo-
tion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to post-
pone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the mo-
tion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 
a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-
tion is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfin-
ished business of the Senate until disposed of. 
‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, and 
on all debatable motions and appeals in connection there-
with, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further limit de-
bate 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 recommit the joint 
resolution is not in order. 
‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-
sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-
section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall 
occur. 
‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
to the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure 
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relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(e) In the Senate, the procedure specified in sub-
section (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of 
a joint resolution respecting a nonmajor rule— 
‘‘(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days 
beginning with the applicable submission or publica-
tion date; or 
‘‘(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) was 
submitted during the period referred to in section 
801(d)(1), after the expiration of the 60 session days 
beginning on the 15th session day after the succeeding 
session of Congress first convenes. 
‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint reso-
lution of that House described in subsection (a), that House 
receives from the other House a joint resolution described 
in subsection (a), then the following procedures shall apply: 
‘‘(1) The joint resolution of the other House shall 
not be referred to a committee. 
‘‘(2) With respect to a joint resolution described 
in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint reso-
lution— 
‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no joint resolution had been re-
ceived from the other House; but 
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‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the joint resolution of the other House. 
‘‘§ 804. Definitions 
‘‘For purposes of this chapter: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any agen-
cy as that term is defined in section 551(1). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘major rule’ means any rule, in-
cluding an interim final rule, that the Administrator 
of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of 
the Office of Management and Budget finds has re-
sulted in or is likely to result in— 
‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of 
$100 million or more; 
‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for 
consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, 
or local government agencies, or geographic re-
gions; or 
‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi-
tion, employment, investment, productivity, in-
novation, or the ability of United States-based 
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enter-
prises in domestic and export markets. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘nonmajor rule’ means any rule 
that is not a major rule. 
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