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 PUBLIC LAW 99-83—AUG. 8, 1985 that joint resolution and that joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House. (5)(A) At any time after the first joint resolution placed on the appropriate calendar has been on that calendar for a period of 5 legislative days, it is in order for any Member of the House (after consultation with the Speaker as to the most appropriate time for the consideration of that joint resolution) to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of that joint resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is in order even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. All points of order against the joint resolution under clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI of the Rules of the House are waived. If the motion is agreed to, the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the House until disposed of. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disagreed to shall not be in order. (B) Debate on the joint resolution shall not exceed ten hours, which shall be divided equally between a Member favoring and a Member opposing the joint resolution. A motion to limit debate is in order at any time in the House or in the Committee of the Whole and is not debatable. (C) An amendment to the joint resolution is not in order. (D) At the conclusion of the debate on the joint resolution, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and report the joint resolution back to the House, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion. (6) As used in this subsection, the term "legislative day" means a day on which the House is in session. (o) SENATE PROCEDURES.—A joint resolution which is introduced in the Senate within 3 calendar days after the day on which the Congress receives a Presidential request described in subsection (k) and which, if enacted, would grant the President the authority to take any or all of the actions described in subsection (k) shall be considered in accordance with procedures contained in paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in Public Law 98-473), except that— (1) references in such paragraphs to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate shall be deemed to be references to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate; and (2) amendments to the joint resolution are in order. (p) SUBMISSION OF RF.QUEST FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR NICA-

RAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE.—If the President determines at any time after the enactment of this Act that— (1) negotiations based on the Contadora Document of Objectives of September 9, 1983, have failed to produce an agreement, or (2) other trade and economic measures have failed to resolve the conflict, the President may submit to the Congress a request for budget and other authority to provide additional assistance for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance. (q) STATEMENT TO B E INCLUDED.—The President's request pursuant to subsection (p) shall include a detailed statement as to why the negotiations or other measures have failed to resolve the conflict in the region.

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