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or the minority leader (or the minority leader’s des-
ignee). 
(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(A) REPORTING
AND
DISCHARGE.—If a 
committee of the House to which a joint resolu-
tion of disapproval has been referred has not re-
ported such joint resolution within 10 legislative 
days after the date of referral, that committee 
shall be discharged from further consideration 
thereof. 
(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Be-
ginning on the third legislative day after each 
committee to which a joint resolution of dis-
approval has been referred reports it to the 
House or has been discharged from further con-
sideration thereof, it shall be in order to move to 
proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 
House. All points of order against the motion are 
waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 
after the House has disposed of a motion to pro-
ceed on a joint resolution with regard to the 
same certification. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the motion to its adop-
tion without intervening motion. The motion
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shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 
be in order. 
(C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the joint resolution and against its con-
sideration are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolu-
tion to final passage without intervening motion 
except two hours of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the sponsor of the joint resolution 
(or a designee) and an opponent. A motion to re-
consider the vote on passage of the joint resolu-
tion shall not be in order. 
(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 
shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. 
(B) REPORTING
AND
DISCHARGE.—If the 
Committee on Finance has not reported such 
joint resolution of disapproval within 10 days on 
which the Senate is in session after the date of 
referral of such joint resolution, that committee 
shall be discharged from further consideration of
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such joint resolution and the joint resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(C) 
MOTION
TO
PROCEED.—Notwith-
standing Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, it is in order at any time after the Com-
mittee on Finance reports the joint resolution of 
disapproval to the Senate or has been discharged 
from its consideration (even though a previous 
motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 
to move to proceed to the consideration of the 
joint resolution, and all points of order against 
the joint resolution (and against consideration of 
the joint resolution) shall be waived. The motion 
to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not 
subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to re-
consider the vote by which the motion is agreed 
to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 
resolution of disapproval is agreed to, the joint 
resolution shall remain the unfinished business 
until disposed of. 
(D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu-
tion of disapproval, and on all debatable motions 
and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 
limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall