bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appro-
priate calendar.
‘‘(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint
resolution shall be taken in that House on or before
the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses-
sion of that House after the date of the introduction
of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the
bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or
joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent-
atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case
of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate)
shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en-
grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other
House of Congress on the same calendar day on
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to
the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on
Finance, as the case may be. The committee shall
report the bill or joint resolution without substantive
revision and with or without recommendation. The
bill or joint resolution shall be reported not later
than the seventh day of continuous session of that
House after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A
committee failing to report the bill or joint resolu-
tion within such period shall be automatically dis-
charged from consideration of the bill or joint reso-
lution, and the bill or joint resolution shall be placed
upon the appropriate calendar.
‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint
resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken
on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of
continuous session of that House after the date on
which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If
the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that
House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives
(in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in
the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of
the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution
agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed
bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House
in which the bill or joint resolution originated.
‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint
resolution under this section shall be highly privi-
leged and not debatable. 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.
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives
on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall
not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the bill
or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate
shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to
move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under
this section or to move to reconsider the vote by
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to.
‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
ing to the application of the Rules of the House of
Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or
joint resolution under this section shall be decided
without debate.
‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided
in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con-
sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec-
tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under
this section shall be privileged 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 in the Senate on a bill or joint res-
olution under this section, and all debatable motions
and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed
10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-
nority leader or their designees.
‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint
resolution under this section shall be limited to not
more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the
bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the
manager of the bill or joint 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 control on the passage of a
bill or joint resolution, allot additional time to any
Senator during the consideration of any debatable
motion or appeal.
‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section
is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint
resolution under this section is not in order.
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment
to a bill or joint resolution considered under this section
shall be in order in either the House of Representatives
or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of
this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall
it be in order in either House to suspend the application
of this subsection by unanimous consent.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section,
continuity of a session of either House of Congress shall
be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that
House sine die, and the days on which that House is not
in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days
to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of
any period.’’.
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section
904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ in subsection (a)
and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d)
and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’; and
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5))
is amended—