(C) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 days 
prior to October 1 of each fiscal year, the Com-
mission may submit to Congress a list, in the 
form of a legislative proposal, of the State ap-
plications that the Commission recommends for 
approval under this section. 
(5) PROGRAM OR PROJECT PERIOD.—A State 
program or project may be approved for a period of 
5 years and may be extended for a subsequent pe-
riod of time upon approval by the Commission, 
based upon achievement of targets. 
(e) EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION AND EXPEDITED CONSIDER-
ATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(A) INTRODUCTION
IN
HOUSE
OF
REP-
RESENTATIVES.—The legislative proposal sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (d)(4)(C) shall be 
in the form of a joint resolution (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘‘resolution’’). Such 
resolution shall be introduced in the House of 
Representatives by the Speaker immediately 
upon receipt of the language and shall be re-
ferred non-sequentially to the appropriate com-
mittee (or committees) of House of Representa-
tives. If the resolution is not introduced in ac-
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cordance with the preceding sentence, the reso-
lution may be introduced by any member of the 
House of Representatives. 
(B) COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION.—Not 
later than 15 calendar days after the introduc-
tion of the resolution described in subparagraph 
(A), each committee of House of Representa-
tives to which the resolution was referred shall 
report the resolution. The report may include, 
at the committee’s discretion, a recommenda-
tion for action by the House. If a committee 
has not reported such resolution (or an iden-
tical resolution) at the end of 15 calendar days 
after its introduction or at the end of the first 
day after there has been reported to the House 
a resolution, whichever is earlier, such com-
mittee shall be deemed to be discharged from 
further consideration of such resolution and 
such resolution shall be placed on the appro-
priate calendar of the House of Representatives. 
(C) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN HOUSE.— 
Not later than 5 legislative days after the date 
on which all committees have been discharged 
from consideration of a resolution, the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, or the Speak-
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er’s designee, shall move to proceed to the con-
sideration of the resolution. It shall also be in 
order for any member of the House of Rep-
resentatives to move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the resolution at any time after the 
conclusion of such 5-day period. All points of 
order against the resolution (and against con-
sideration of the resolution) are waived. A mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of the reso-
lution is highly privileged in the House of Rep-
resentatives and is not debatable. The motion is 
not subject to amendment, to a motion to post-
pone consideration of the resolution, or to a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion to proceed is agreed to or not 
agreed to shall not be in order. If the motion 
to proceed is agreed to, the House of Rep-
resentatives shall immediately proceed to con-
sideration of the resolution without intervening 
motion, order, or other business, and the reso-
lution shall remain the unfinished business of 
the House of Representatives until disposed of. 
A motion to recommit the resolution shall not 
be in order. Upon its passage in the House, the 
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clerk of the House shall provide for its imme-
diate transmittal to the Senate. 
(2) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE SEN-
ATE.— 
(A) REFERRAL
TO
COMMITTEE.—If the 
resolution is agreed to by the House of Rep-
resentatives, upon its receipt in the Senate the 
Majority Leader of the Senate, or the Leader’s 
designee, the resolution shall be referred to the 
appropriate committee of Senate. 
(B) COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION.—Not 
later than 15 calendar days after the referral of 
the resolution under subparagraph (A), the 
committee of the Senate to which the resolution 
was referred shall report the resolution. The re-
port may include, at the committee’s discretion, 
a recommendation for action by the Senate. If 
a committee has not reported such resolution 
(or an identical resolution) at the end of 15 cal-
endar days after its referral or at the end of the 
first day after there has been reported to the 
Senate a resolution, whichever is earlier, such 
committee shall be deemed to be discharged 
from further consideration of such resolution 
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and such resolution shall be placed on the ap-
propriate calendar of the Senate. 
(C) EXPEDITED FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
Not later than 5 legislative days after the date 
on which all committees have been discharged 
from consideration of a resolution, the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, or the Majority Leader’s 
designee, shall move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the resolution. It shall also be in order 
for any member of the Senate to move to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the resolution at 
any time after the conclusion of such 5-day pe-
riod. All points of order against the resolution 
(and against consideration of the resolution) 
are waived. A motion to proceed to the consid-
eration of the resolution in the Senate is privi-
leged and is not debatable. The motion is not 
subject to amendment, to a motion to postpone 
consideration of the resolution, or to a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion to proceed is agreed to or not 
agreed to shall not be in order. If the motion 
to proceed is agreed to, the Senate shall imme-
diately proceed to consideration of the resolu-
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tion without intervening motion, order, or other 
business, and the resolution shall remain the 
unfinished business of the Senate until disposed 
of. 
(3) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.—This subsection is enacted by 
Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and is 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 resolution under 
this subsection, and it supersedes other rules 
only to the extent that it is inconsistent with 
such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional 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. 
(4) FEDERAL
BUDGET
NEUTRALITY.—Except 
insofar as it allots appropriations made pursuant to 
subsection (k), the legislative proposal submitted 
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