CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES FOR JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

SEC. 9013. CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES FOR JOINT RESOLUTIONS. (a) Definitions.—For purposes of this section— (1) the term “joint resolution” means, except as otherwise provided, only a joint resolution or bill described in section 9002(5) which originated in the House of Representatives and is received in the Senate; (2) the term “session days” means days on which the Senate is in session. (b) Referral of Joint Resolution.—A joint resolution referred in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (c) Committee Action.— (1) If the Committee on Foreign Relations has not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 3 session days after its introduction, such Committee shall be discharged from further consideration of such joint resolution, and such joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the Senate. (2) After the Committee on Foreign Relations reports or is dis-charged from a joint resolution, no other joint resolution with respect to the same matter may be reported by or be discharged from such Committee while the first joint resolution is before the Senate (including remaining on the calendar), a committee of conference, or the President. 102 STAT. 2270–56 (d) Floor Action.— (1) When the Committee on Foreign Relations has reported, or has been discharged under subsection (c) from further consideration of such joint resolution, notwithstanding any rule or precedent of the Senate, including Rule 22, it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Minority Leader, to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution and, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (insofar as it relates to germaneness and relevancy of amendments), all points of order against the joint resolution and consideration of the joint resolution are waived. The motion is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall be in order, except that such motion may not be entered for future disposition. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate, to the exclusion of all other business, until disposed of. (2) (A) Consideration in the Senate of the joint resolution, and all amendments and debatable motions in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, or by their designees. The Majority Leader or the Minority Leader or their designees may, from the time under their control on the joint resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any amendment, debatable motion, or appeal. (B) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii), only amendments which are germane and relevant to the joint resolution are in order. Debate on any amendment to the joint resolution shall be limited to 2 hours, except that debate on any amendment to an amendment shall be limited to 1 hour. The time of debate for each amendment shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover of the amendment and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in the event the manager is in favor of any such amendment, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the Minority Leader or his designee. (ii) It shall be in order for the Majority Leader or the Minority Leader to offer one amendment to strike out the text of the House originated measure and insert in lieu thereof the following text: “That the Congress hereby authorizes the President to transport to the Nicaraguan Resistance all previously appropriated assistance held in title by the Nicaraguan Resistance and provides, if requested, (A) the authority for the interchangeability of the assistance with certain equipment, and (B) the transportation of humanitarian and military assistance in the same transportation system.”. (C) A motion to postpone the joint resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is in order, except that such motion may not be entered for future disposition, and debate on such motion shall be limited to 1 hour. (3) Whenever all the time for debate on a joint resolution has been used or yielded back, no further amendments may be proposed, and the vote on the adoption of the joint resolution shall occur, except that a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate may occur immediately before such vote. 102 STAT. 2270–57 (4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the Senate to the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall be limited to one-half hour of debate, equally divided between, and controlled by, the Senator making the appeal and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in the event the manager is in favor of any such appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the Minority Leader or his designee. (e) Resolution of Differences Between the House and the Senate.— (1) (A) The time for debate in a House of Congress on all motions required for the disposition of amendments between the Houses shall not exceed 2 hours, equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover of the motion and the manager of the joint resolution at each stage of the proceedings between the two Houses, except that in the event the manager is in favor of any such motion, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the Minority Leader or his designee. In the case of any disagreement between the two Houses of Congress with respect to a joint resolution which is not resolved, any Member of Congress may make any motion or motions referred to in this subparagraph within 2 session days after action by the second House or before the appointment of conferees, whichever comes first. In the event the conferees are unable to agree within 72 hours after the second House is notified that the first House has agreed to conference, they shall report back to their respective House in disagreement. (B) Notwithstanding any rule in either House of Congress concerning the printing of conference reports in the Congressional Record or concerning any delay in the consideration of such reports, such report, including a report filed or returned in disagreement, shall be acted on in the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 2 session days after the first House files the report or, in the case of the Senate acting first, the report is first made available on the desks of the Senators. Debate in a House of Congress on a conference report or a report filed or returned in disagreement on any such joint resolution shall be limited to 3 hours, equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, and their designees. (2) If a joint resolution is vetoed by the President, the time for debate in consideration of the veto message on such measure shall be limited to 6 hours in each House of Congress, equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, or their designees. (f) Congressional Rulemaking Powers.—This section is enacted by the Congress— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, (insofar as it applies to that House), but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of legislation described in this section, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent 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.