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only on the day after the calendar day on which the Mem-
ber announces to the House concerned the Member’s in-
tention to make the motion, except that, in the case of
the House of Representatives, the motion may be made
without such prior announcement if the motion is made
by direction of the committee to which the legislation was
referred. All points of order against the legislation (and
against consideration of the legislation) are waived. The
motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives
and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to
postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration
of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not
be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration
of the legislation is agreed to, the respective House shall
immediately proceed to consideration of the legislation
without intervening motion, order, or other business, and
the legislation shall remain the unfinished business of the
respective House until disposed of.
(2) Immediately following the conclusion of the de-
bate on legislation described in subsection (a) and a single
quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested
in accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the
vote on final passage of the legislation shall occur.
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(3) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating
to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House
of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure
relating to legislation described in subsection (a) shall be
decided without debate.
(d) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—(1) If, be-
fore the passage by one House of legislation of that House
described in subsection (a), that House receives from the
other House legislation described in subsection (a), then
the following procedures shall apply:
(A) The legislation of the other House shall not
be referred to a committee and may not be consid-
ered in the House receiving it except in the case of
final passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii).
(B) With respect to legislation described in sub-
section (a) of the House receiving the legislation—
(i) the procedure in that House shall be
the same as if no legislation had been received
from the other House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on
the legislation of the other House.
(2) Upon disposition of the legislation received from
the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider
the legislation that originated in the receiving House.
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(e) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—This
section is enacted by Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and as such it is deemed a 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 legislation described by this
section, and it supersedes other rules only to the ex-
tent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
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.
SEC. 7. VOUCHERS.
Payments for expenses of the Joint Committee shall
be made using vouchers authorized by the Joint Commit-
tee, signed by the co-chairs of the Joint Committee, and
approved in a manner directed by the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on
House Oversight of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 8. TERMINATION.
The Commission shall terminate on December 31,
1999.
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