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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 2239 (Introduced in Senate) — To consolidate or repeal unnecessary agency major rules, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Expedited procedures for consideration of joint resolution

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Any joint resolution— shall be introduced in the Senate (by request) by the Majority Leader or Minority Leader of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by the Majority Leader or Minority Leader of the Senate not later than 60 days after the date on which the date on which each appropriate congressional committee has issued the recommendation required under section 3(c); and shall be introduced in the House of Representatives (by request) by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives or by a Member of the House of Representatives designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives not later than 60 days after the date on which the date on which each appropriate congressional committee has issued the recommendation required under section 3(c).
Any joint resolution shall be reintroduced as described in paragraph
(1)not later than 60 days after the first day of a Congress if— the joint resolution was introduced during the previous Congress after the date that was 210 days before the date of the sine die adjournment of such previous Congress; and there was not a vote in either House of Congress on passage of the joint resolution introduced under subparagraph
(A)during the previous Congress by which the joint resolution was not agreed to. Upon introduction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be placed immediately on the calendar. Notwithstanding rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, not later than 210 days after the date on which the joint resolution is introduced or reintroduced in the Senate under subsection
(a)(even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of a joint resolution. For a motion to proceed to the consideration of a joint resolution— all points of order against the motion are waived; the motion 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 not be in order; and if the motion is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business until disposed of. If the Senate proceeds to consideration of a joint resolution— all points of order against the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived; consideration of the joint resolution, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority leaders or their designees; a motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable; an amendment to, a motion to postpone, or a motion to commit the joint resolution is not in order; and a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business is not in order. The vote on passage shall occur immediately following the conclusion of the consideration of a joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate. Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of this paragraph or the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution shall be decided without debate. Any committee of the House of Representatives to which a joint resolution is referred shall report it to the House of Representatives not later than 180 days after the date on which the joint resolution is introduced or reintroduced in the House of Representatives under subsection (a). If a committee fails to report the joint resolution within that period, the committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be referred to the appropriate calendar. After each committee authorized to consider a joint resolution reports it to the House of Representatives or has been discharged from its consideration, it shall be in order, not later than 210 days after the date on which the joint resolution is introduced or reintroduced in the House of Representatives under subsection (a), to move to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the House of Representatives. For a motion to proceed to consideration of a joint resolution— all points of order against the motion are waived; such a motion shall not be in order after the House of Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed on the joint resolution; the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion; the motion shall not be debatable; and a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order. If the House of Representatives proceeds to consideration of a joint resolution— the joint resolution shall be considered as read; all points of order against the joint resolution and against its consideration are waived; the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without intervening motion except 10 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; an amendment to the joint resolution shall not be in order; and a motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order. If, before the passage by one House of a joint resolution of that House, that House receives from the other House a joint resolution— the joint resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee; and with respect to a joint resolution of the House receiving the resolution— the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House; and the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other House. If one House fails to introduce or consider a joint resolution under this section, the joint resolution of the other House shall be entitled to expedited floor procedures under this section. If, following passage of a joint resolution in the Senate, the Senate receives the companion measure from the House of Representatives, the companion measure shall not be debatable. If the President vetoes the joint resolution, consideration of a veto message in the Senate under this paragraph shall be not more than 10 hours equally divided between the majority and minority leaders or their designees. This section is enacted by Congress— as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 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 a joint resolution, and to supersede other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 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.
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