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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1545. Congressional priority procedures for joint resolution or bill
(a) Time requirement; referral to Congressional committee; single
report
Any joint resolution or bill introduced pursuant to section
1544(b) of this title at least thirty calendar days before the
expiration of the sixty-day period specified in such section shall
be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate, as the case may be, and such committee shall report one
such joint resolution or bill, together with its recommendations,
not later than twenty-four calendar days before the expiration of
the sixty-day period specified in such section, unless such House
shall otherwise determine by the yeas and nays.
(b) Pending business; vote
Any joint resolution or bill so reported shall become the pending
business of the House in question (in the case of the Senate the
time for debate shall be equally divided between the proponents and
the opponents), and shall be voted on within three calendar days
thereafter, unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and
nays.
(c) Referral to other House committee
Such a joint resolution or bill passed by one House shall be
referred to the committee of the other House named in subsection
(a) of this section and shall be reported out not later than
fourteen calendar days before the expiration of the sixty-day
period specified in section 1544(b) of this title. The joint
resolution or bill so reported shall become the pending business of
the House in question and shall be voted on within three calendar
days after it has been reported, unless such House shall otherwise
determine by yeas and nays.
(d) Disagreement between Houses
In the case of any disagreement between the two Houses of
Congress with respect to a joint resolution or bill passed by both
Houses, conferees shall be promptly appointed and the committee of
conference shall make and file a report with respect to such
resolution or bill not later than four calendar days before the
expiration of the sixty-day period specified in section 1544(b) of
this title. In the event the conferees are unable to agree within
48 hours, they shall report back to their respective Houses in
disagreement. Notwithstanding any rule in either House concerning
the printing of conference reports in the Record or concerning any
delay in the consideration of such reports, such report shall be
acted on by both Houses not later than the expiration of such
sixty-day period.
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