and the International Trade Advisory 
Committee on Services and Finance Indus-
tries 
established 
pursuant 
to 
section 
135(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2155(c)(1))’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking 
‘‘laws’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘and Fed-
eral law, and the nature of any changes in the 
laws of the United States or the administration 
of such laws that would be required to carry out 
a covered agreement’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ACCESS
TO
NEGOTIATING
TEXTS
AND 
OTHER
DOCUMENTS.—Congressional 
committees, 
staff with proper security clearances, and the Inter-
national Trade Advisory Committee specified in 
paragraph (1) shall be given access to United States 
negotiating proposals, consolidated draft texts, and 
other pertinent documents related to the negotia-
tions, including classified 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 
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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 International Trade Advisory Committee 
specified in subsection (b)(1) and to staff with 
proper security clearances’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(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, International Trade Advi-
sory Committee, 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 
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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 
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 
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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 
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— 
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‘‘(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 
an individual favoring 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 di-
vided in the Senate equally between, and con-
trolled by, the majority leader and the minority 
leader or their designees. An amendment to the 
motion is not in order, and it is not in order 
to move to reconsider the vote by which the mo-
tion is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(5) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A motion in the 
House of Representatives to proceed to the con-
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sideration of a resolution shall be highly privi-
leged and not debatable. 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 disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) 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 resolu-
tion. 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 dis-
agreed to. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION
OF
OTHER
MO-
TIONS.—Motions to postpone, made in the 
House of Representatives with respect to the 
consideration of a resolution, and motions to 
proceed to the consideration of other business, 
shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(D) APPEALS TO DECISIONS OF CHAIR.— 
All appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-
lating to the application of the Rules of the 
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House of Representatives to the procedure re-
lating to a resolution shall be decided without 
debate. 
‘‘(E) APPLICABILITY
OF
RULES.—Except 
to the extent specifically provided in the pre-
ceding provisions of this paragraph, consider-
ation of a resolution in the House of Represent-
atives shall be governed by the Rules of the 
House of Representatives applicable to other 
resolutions in similar circumstances. 
‘‘(6) FLOOR
CONSIDERATION
IN
THE
SEN-
ATE.— 
‘‘(A) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion in 
the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a 
resolution shall be privileged. 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 disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) 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 between, and controlled by, 
the majority leader and the minority leader or 
their designees. 
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‘‘(C) 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 equal-
ly divided between, and controlled by, the mover 
and the manager of the resolution, except that 
in the event the manager of the resolution is in 
favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in 
opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the 
minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or 
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: 
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‘‘(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 
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. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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 
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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. 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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 
(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) PARTICIPATION OF STATE INSURANCE COMMIS-
SIONERS.—Throughout the negotiations of a covered 
agreement, parties representing the Federal Government 
shall closely consult and coordinate with, and include in 
such meetings, State insurance commissioners or, at the 
option of the State insurance commissioners, designees of 
the insurance commissioners acting at their direction.’’. 
Æ 
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