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 PUBLIC LAW 104-130—APR. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 1205 "(3) Appeals from decisions of the Chair regarding apphcation of the rules of the House of Representatives to the procedure relating to a disapproval bill shall be decided without debate. "(4) It shall not be in order to consider under this subsection more than one disapproval bill for the same special message except for consideration of a similar Senate bill (unless the House has already rejected a disapproval bill for the same special message) or more than one motion to discharge described in paragraph (1) with respect to a disapproval bill for that special message. "(e) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE. — "(1) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.— Any disapproval bill introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the appropriate committee or committees. A committee to which a disapproval bill has been referred shall report the bill not later than the seventh day of session following the date of introduction of that bill. If any committee fails to report the bill within that period, that committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill and the bill shall be placed on the Calendar. "(2) DiSAPPROVAi. BILL FROM HOUSE. —When the Senate receives from the House of Representatives a disapproval bill, such bill shall not be referred to committee and shall be placed on the Calendar. "(3) CONSIDERATION OF SINGLE DISAPPROVAL BILL. —After the Senate has proceeded to the consideration of a disapproval bill for a special message, then no other disapproval bill originating in that same House relating to that same message shall be subject to the procedures set forth in this subsection. "(4) AMENDMENTS.— "(A) AMENDMENTS IN ORDER.— The only amendments in order to a disapproval bill are— "(i) an amendment that strikes the reference number of a cancellation from the disapproval bill; and "(ii) an amendment that only inserts the reference number of a cancellation included in the special message to which the disapproval bill relates that is not already contained in such bill. "(B) WAIVER OR APPEAL.— An affirmative vote of threefifths of the Senators, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate— "(i) to waive or suspend this paragraph; or "(ii) to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this paragraph. "(5) MOTION NONDEBATABLE. —A motion to proceed to consideration of a disapproval bill under this subsection shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion to proceed was adopted or rejected, although subsequent motions to proceed may be made under this paragraph. "(6) LIMIT ON CONSIDERATION. —(A) After no more than 10 hours of consideration of a disapproval bill, the Senate shall proceed, without intervening action or debate (except as permitted under paragraph (9)), to vote on the final disposition thereof to the exclusion of all amendments not then pending and to the exclusion of all motions, except a motion to reconsider or to table.

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