RESOLUTIONS DISAPPROVING CERTAIN ACTIONS.

SEC. 152. RESOLUTIONS DISAPPROVING CERTAIN ACTIONS. (a) Contents of Resolutions.— (1) For purposes of this section, the term “resolution” means only— (A) a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the Congress does not approve ________ transmitted to the Congress on ________.”, the first blank space being filled in accordance with paragraph (2) and the second blank space being filled with the appropriate date; and (B) a resolution of either House of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the ________ does not approve ________ transmitted to the Congress on ________.”, with the first blank space being filled with the name of the resolving House, the second blank space being filled in accordance with paragraph (3), and the third blank space being filled with the appropriate date. (2) The first blank space referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall be filled as follows: (A) in the case of a resolution referred to in section 203(c), with the phrase “the action taken by, or the determination of, the President under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974”; and 88 Stat. 2005 (B) in the case of a resolution referred to in section 302 (b), with the phrase “the action taken by the President under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974”. (3) The second blank space referred to in paragraph (1) (B) shall be filled as follows: (A) in the case of a resolution referred to in section 303 (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, with the phrase “the determination of the Secretary of the Treasury under section 303(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930”; (B) in the case of a resolution referred to in section 407 (c) (2), with the phrase “the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of ________” (with this blank space being filled with the name of the country involved); and (C) in the case of a resolution referred to in section 407(c) (3), with the phrase “the report of the President submitted under section ________ of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to ________” (with the first blank space being filled with “402(b)” or “409(b)”, as appropriate, and the second blank space being filled with the name of the country involved). (b) Reference to Committees.— All resolutions introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and all resolutions introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. (c) Discharge of Committees.— (1) If the committee of either House to which a resolution has been referred has not reported it at the end of 30 days after its introduction, not counting any day which is excluded under section 153(b), it is in order to move either to discharge the committee from further consideration of the resolution or to discharge the committee from further consideration of any other resolution introduced with respect to the same matter, except no motion to discharge shall be in order after the committee has reported a resolution with respect to the same matter. (2) A motion to discharge under paragraph (1) may be made only, by an individual favoring the resolution, and is highly privileged in the House and privileged in the Senate; and debate thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, the time to be divided in the. House equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution, and to be divided in the Senate equally between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. 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. (d) Floor Consideration in the House.— (1) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall be highly 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. (2) Debate in the House of Representatives on a resolution shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable. No 88 Stat. 2006amendment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution shall be in order. It shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which a resolution is agreed to or disagreed to. (3) Motions to postpone, made in the House of Representatives with respect to the consideration of a resolution, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate. (4) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the procedure relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate. (5) Except, to the extent specifically provided in the preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a resolution in the House of Representatives shall be governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to other resolutions in similar circumstances. (e) Floor Consideration in the Senate.— (1) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall be privileged. 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. (2) Debate in the Senate on a resolution, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. (3) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with a resolution shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution, except that in the event the manager of the 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 resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable motion or appeal. (4) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is not debatable. No amendment to, or motion to recommit, a resolution is in order in the Senate. (f) Special Rule for Concurrent Resolutions.— In the case of a resolution described in subsection (a) (l),if prior to the passage by one House of a resolution of that House, that House receives a resolution with respect to the same matter from the other House, then— (1) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no resolution had been received from the other House; but (2) the vote on final passage shall be on the resolution of the other House.