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 PUBLIC LAW 99-603—NOV. 6, 1986

100 STAT. 3371

resolutions under subsection (1), a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives. "(n) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.— "(1) CONTINUITY OF SESSION.—For purposes of subsection (1),

the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the period indicated. "(2) RULEMAKING POWER.—Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection are enacted— "(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of joint resolutions referred to in subsection (1), and supersede other rules of ' the Senate only to the extent that such paragraphs are inconsistent therewith; and "(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change such rules at any time, in the same manner as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.

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"(3) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.— "(A) MOTION TO DISCHARGE.—If the committee of the

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Senate to which has been referred a joint resolution relating to the report described in subsection (1) has not reported such joint resolution at the end of ten calendar days after its introduction, not counting any day which is excluded under paragraph (1) of this subsection, it is in order to move either to discharge the committee from further consideration of the joint resolution or to discharge the committee from further consideration of any other joint resolution introduced with respect to the same report which has been referred to the committee, except that no motion to discharge shall be in order after the committee has reported a joint resolution with respect to the same report. "(B) CONSIDERATION OF MOTION.—A motion to discharge under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph may be made only by a Senator favoring the joint resolution, is privileged, and debate thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution, the time to be divided 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.

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"(4) MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION.—

"(A) IN GENERAL.—A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a joint 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. "(B) DEBATE ON RESOLUTION.—Debate in the Senate on a

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joint resolution, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10

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