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 124 STAT. 500 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 contained in the proposal submitted, in the year which includes the date of enactment of this Act, to Congress under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.’; and ‘‘(B) in the case of implementation year 2020 and subse- quent implementation years, a joint resolution described in subsection (f)(1) is enacted not later than August 15, 2017. ‘‘(4) NO AFFECT ON AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Nothing in paragraph (3) shall be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary to implement any rec- ommendation contained in a proposal or advisory report under this section to the extent that the Secretary otherwise has the authority to implement such recommendation administra- tively. ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON REVIEW.—There shall be no administra- tive or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise of the implementation by the Secretary under this subsection of the recommendations contained in a proposal. ‘‘(f) JOINT RESOLUTION REQUIRED TO DISCONTINUE THE BOARD.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (e)(3)(B), a joint resolution described in this paragraph means only a joint resolution— ‘‘(A) that is introduced in 2017 by not later than Feb- ruary 1 of such year; ‘‘(B) which does not have a preamble; ‘‘(C) the title of which is as follows: ‘Joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consider- ation and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act’; and ‘‘(D) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘That Congress approves the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementa- tion of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.’. ‘‘(2) PROCEDURE.— ‘‘(A) REFERRAL.—A joint resolution described in para- graph (1) shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. ‘‘(B) DISCHARGE.—In the Senate, if the committee to which is referred a joint resolution described in paragraph (1) has not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 20 days after the joint resolu- tion described in paragraph (1) is introduced, such com- mittee may be discharged from further consideration of such joint resolution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Members of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be placed on the calendar. ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, when the com- mittee to which a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is discharged (under subparagraph (C)) from further consideration of a joint Deadline. Petition. Definition. Deadline.