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 pas-
sage 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 amend-
ed 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 amendment and re-
quested 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 legisla-
tion that was introduced in the receiving House.
(e) Upon receiving from the other House a message in
which that House insists upon its amendment to the legisla-
tion and requests a conference with the House of Represent-
atives or the Senate, as the case may be, on the disagreeing
votes thereon, the House receiving the request shall be con-
sidered 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 ses-
sion.
(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 beginning
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 specified
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 report 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 Commission 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 fol-
lows:
(1) 50 percent shall be available only for costs of
conducting the referenda.
(2) 50 percent shall be available only for voter
education funds for the central ruling body of the po-
litical party, parties, or other qualifying entities ad-
vocating a particular ballot choice. The amount allo-
cated for advocating a ballot choice under this para-
graph 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 Legis-
lature may allocate additional resources for administrative
and voter education costs to each party so long as the dis-
tribution of funds is consistent with the apportionment re-
quirements of subsection (b).