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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1546. Congressional priority procedures for concurrent resolution
(a) Referral to Congressional committee; single report
Any concurrent resolution introduced pursuant to section 1544(c)
of this title 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 one such
concurrent resolution shall be reported out by such committee
together with its recommendations within fifteen calendar days,
unless such House shall otherwise determine by the yeas and nays.
(b) Pending business; vote
Any concurrent resolution 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 concurrent resolution 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 by such committee
together with its recommendations within fifteen calendar days and
shall thereupon become the pending business of such House and shall
be voted upon within three calendar days, 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 concurrent resolution passed by both
Houses, conferees shall be promptly appointed and the committee of
conference shall make and file a report with respect to such
concurrent resolution within six calendar days after the
legislation is referred to the committee of conference.
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 six calendar days after the conference
report is filed. In the event the conferees are unable to agree
within 48 hours, they shall report back to their respective Houses
in disagreement.
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