Source: https://budgetcounsel.com/laws-and-rules/congressional-budget-act-of-1974-2/%C2%A7115-section-305-provisions-relating-to-consideration-of-concurrent-resolutions-on-the-budget/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 09:13:58+00:00

Document:
(1) When a concurrent resolution on the budget has been reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and has been referred to the appropriate calendar of the House, it shall be in order on any day thereafter, subject to clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, to move to proceed to the consideration of the concurrent resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable. An amendment to the motion is not in order and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
(2) General debate on any concurrent resolution on the budget in the House of Representatives shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority parties, plus such additional hours of debate as are consumed pursuant to paragraph (3). A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit the concurrent resolution is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the concurrent resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
(3) Following the presentation of opening statements on the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget of the House, there shall be a period of up to four hours for debate on economic goals and policies.
(4) Only if a concurrent resolution on the budget reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House sets forth the economic goals (as described in sections 3(a)(2) and (4)(b) of the Full Employment Act of 1946) which the estimates, amounts, and levels (as described in section 301(a)) set forth in such resolution are designed to achieve, shall it be in order to offer to such resolution an amendment relating to such goals, and such amendment shall be in order only if it also proposes to alter such estimates, amounts, and levels in germane fashion in order to be consistent with the goals proposed in such amendment.
(5) Consideration of any concurrent resolution on the budget by the House of Representatives shall be in the Committee of the Whole, and the resolution shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule in accordance with the applicable provisions of rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. After the Committee rises and reports the resolution back to the House, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and any amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion; except that it shall be in order at any time prior to final passage (notwithstanding any other rule or provision of law) to adopt an amendment (or a series of amendments) changing any figure or figures in the resolution as so reported to the extent necessary to achieve mathematical consistency.
(6) Debate in the House of Representatives on the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be limited to not more than 5 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority parties. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit the conference report is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the conference report is agreed to or disagreed to.
(7) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the procedure relating to any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be decided without debate.
(1) Debate in the Senate on any concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 50 hours, except that with respect to any concurrent resolution referred to in section 304 all such debate shall be limited to not more than 15 hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.
(3) Following the presentation of opening statements on the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, there shall be a period of up to four hours for debate on economic goals and policies.
(4) Subject to the other limitations of this Act, only if a concurrent resolution on the budget reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate sets forth the economic goals (as described in sections 3(a)(2) and 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946) which the estimates, amounts, and levels (as described in section 301(a)) set forth in such resolution are designed to achieve, shall it be in order to offer to such resolution an amendment relating to such goals, and such amendment shall be in order only if it also proposes to alter such estimates, amounts, and levels in germane fashion in order to be consistent with the goals proposed in such amendment.
(5) A motion to further limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit (except a motion to recommit with instructions to report back within a specified number of days, not to exceed 3, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session) is not in order. Debate on any such motion to recommit shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution.
(6) Notwithstanding any other rule, an amendment or series of amendments to a concurrent resolution on the budget proposed in the Senate shall always be in order if such amendment or series of amendments proposes to change any figure or figures then contained in such concurrent resolution so as to make such concurrent resolution mathematically consistent or so as to maintain such consistency.
(1) A motion to proceed to the consideration of the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget (or a reconciliation bill or resolution) may be made even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to.
(2) During the consideration in the Senate of the conference report (or a message between Houses) on any concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments in disagreement, and all amendments thereto, and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, debate shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and minority leader or their designees. Debate on any debatable motion or appeal related to the conference report (or a message between Houses) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the conference report (or a message between Houses).
 This section is classified to the U.S. Code at 2 U.S.C. 636.
 See clause 10(a) of Rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
 This reference was recodified at the beginning of the 106th Congress as clause 4 of Rule XIII.
 A Special Order of Business reported by the Committee on the Rules of the House typically supersedes the time period for debate. The Chairman and Ranking Member (or designees) of the Joint Economic Committee typically controls this time.
 See rule XVIII of the House of Representatives.
If a concurrent resolution on the budget includes reconciliation instructions, the Senate Parliamentarian has advised that this may only provide for legislation which changes revenue, spending, or the public debt. This means a maximum of three bills is allowed, or fewer if a single bill changes more than one of those subject areas, such as both spending and revenue.
If a concurrent resolution is revised under this section, the Senate Parliamentarian has advised this may allow for additional bills to be considered under the reconciliation process. As with all matter related to reconciliation, the Senate Parliamentarian may change these advisories without notice.
This section is referred to in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in section 310(e), where the procedures set forth here are also applied to reconciliation bills in the Senate, with certain differences.
Section 305, as enacted by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 97-344).
Section 305 (BPLA), as set out in the Budget Process Law Annotated (1993).
Pub. L. 93–344, title III, §305, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 310 (Congressional Budget Act of 1974).
Pub. L. 95–523, title III, §303(b), (c), Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1905, 1906 (Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978).
Pub. L. 99–177, title II, §201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1047 (Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985).
Pub. L. 100–119, title II, §209, Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 787 (Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1985).
Pub. L. 100–203, title VIII, §8003(d), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–282 (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987).
Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, §§13209, 13210(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–619, 1388-620; (Budget Enforcement Act of 1990).
Pub. L. 105–33, title X, §10109(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 684 (Budget Enforcement Act of 1997).
Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, §122(4)–(6), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1175 (Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013).
For this section’s classification to the Code, see “Short Title” note set out under section 621 of Title 2, The Congress, U.S. Code, (section 2 (Declaration of Purposes) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974).
This section is classified to the U.S. Code at 2 U.S.C. 636. It was formerly classified to section 1326 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, §1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877 (Title 31 Revision and Codification Act of 1982).
Pub. L. 113–67, §122(4), substituted “clause 4 of rule XIII” for “clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI”.
Pub. L. 113–67, §122(5), substituted “provisions of rule XVIII” for “provisions of rule XXIII”.
Pub. L. 113–67, §122(6), substituted “section 635” for “section 635(a)”.
Pub. L. 101–508, §13209(1) (BEA 1990), struck out at beginning “The conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be in order in the Senate at any time after the third day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) following the day on which such conference report is reported and is available to Members of the Senate.” and inserted “on any concurrent resolution on the budget (or a reconciliation bill or resolution)” after “consideration of the conference report”.
Pub. L. 101–508, §13209(2) (BEA 1990), inserted “(or a message between Houses)” after “conference report” wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 100–203, §8003(d), inserted a comma after “therewith”.
Pub. L. 100–119 inserted “and all amendments in disagreement, and all amendments thereto, and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith” after “budget,”.
Pub. L. 99–177 (BBEDCA 1985), in amending subsection (a) generally, in paragraph (1) inserted provisions relating to applicability of report after first day and substituted “fifth day” for “tenth day”, in paragraph (3) struck out “first” before “concurrent”, in paragraph (5) substituted “considered for” for “read for”, struck out paragraph (7) relating to motions to postpone, and redesignated paragraph (8) as (7).
Pub. L. 99–177 (BBEDCA 1985), in amending subsection (b) generally, in paragraph (1) substituted “any concurrent” for “the second required concurrent” and “635(a)” for “641(a)”, in paragraph (3) struck out “first” before “concurrent”, and in paragraph (4) inserted provisions relating to applicability of other limitations of this Act.
Pub. L. 99–177 (BBEDCA 1985), in amending section generally, reenacted subsections (c) to (e) without change.
Pub. L. 95–523, §303(b), inserted in paragraph (2) “, plus such additional hours of debate as are consumed pursuant to paragraph (3)” after “and minority parties”, added pars. (3) and (4) and redesignated existing pars. (3) to (6) as (6) to (9), respectively. Existing pars. (3) to (6) were renumbered (5) to (8), respectively, as the probable intent of Congress, notwithstanding the language of section 303(b)(2) of Pub. L. 95–523 directing that existing pars. (3) to (6) be redesignated (6) to (9), respectively.
Pub. L. 95–523, §303(c), added pars. (3) and (4) and redesignated existing pars. (3) and (4) as (6) and (7), respectively. Existing pars. (3) and (4) were renumbered (5) and (6), respectively, as the probable intent of Congress, notwithstanding the language of section 303(c)(1) of Pub. L. 95–523 directing that existing pars. (3) and (4) be redesignated (6) and (7), respectively.
The amendments made by Pub. L. 99–177 (Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), effective Dec. 12, 1985, were applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985. Section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99–177 was set out as an Effective and Termination Dates prior to its repeal by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–25, title I, §104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246).

References: §305
 §303
 §201
 §209
 §8003
 §10109
 §122
 §1
 §122
 §122
 §122
 §13209
 §13209
 §8003
 §303
 §303
 §104