Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/680

 94 STAT. 630

Debate, time limitation.

Appeals.

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 "(5)(A) If the committee to which a resolution with respect to a synthetic fuel action has been referred has not reported it at the end of 20 calendar days after it was received by the House involved, it shall be in order to move either to discharge the committee from further consideration of such resolution or to discharge the committee from further consideration of any other resolution with respect to such sjoithetic fuel action which has been referred to the committee. "(B) A motion to discharge may be made only by an individual favoring the resolution, shall be highly privileged (except that it may not be made after the committee has reported a resolution with respect to the same S3nithetic fuel action), and debate thereon shall be limited to not more than one hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion was agreed to or disagreed to. "(C) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreed to, the motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the committee be made with respect to any other resolution with respect to the same sjmthetic fuel action. "(6)(A) When the committee has reported (or has been discharged from further consideration of) a resolution, it shall be at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion shall be highly privileged and shall not be debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion was agreed to or disagreed to. "(B) Debate on the resolution referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be limited to not more than 5 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing such resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable. An amendment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution shall not be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which such resolution was agreed to or disagreed to, except that it shall be in order— "(i) to offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute, consisting of the text of the resolution described in paragraph (2) with respect to a synthetic fuel action, for a resolution described in paragraph (3) with respect to the same sjmthetic fuel action; or "(ii) to offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute, consisting of the text of a resolution described in paragraph (3) with respect to a synthetic fuel action, for a resolution described in paragraph (2) with respect to the same such synthetic fuel action. "(C) The amendments described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall not be amendable and shall be debatable under the 5minute rule in the House of Representatives by the offering of pro forma amendments. "(7)(A) Motions to postpone made with respect to the discharge from committee or the consideration of a resolution and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate. "(B) Appeals from the decision of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate.

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