    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 115th Congress]
    [115th Congress]
    [House Document 114-192]
    [Legislate Procedures Enacted in Law]
    [Pages 1171-1173]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

             8. Pension Reform Act, Sec. 4006(b) [29 U.S.C. 1306(b)]

      Sec. 4006. revised schedule; congressional procedures applicable-- * *
    * (b)(1) In order to place a revised schedule (other than a schedule
    described in subsection (a)(2) (C), (D), or (E) of this section) in
    effect, the corporation shall transmit the proposed schedule, its
    proposed effective date, and the reasons for its proposal to the
    Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Education and Labor of
    the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Finance and the
    Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.

      (2) The succeeding paragraphs of this subsection are enacted by
    Congress as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the
    House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be deemed
    a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only
    with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case
    of resolutions described in paragraph (3). They shall supersede other
    rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith. They are
    enacted with full recognition of the constitutional right of either
    House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that
    House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the
    case of any rule of that House.

      (3) For the purpose of the succeeding paragraphs of this subsection,
    ``resolution'' means only a joint resolution, the matter after the
    resolving clause of which is as follows: ``The proposed revised schedule
    transmitted to Congress by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on
    ___ is hereby approved.'', the blank space therein being filled with the
    date on which the corporation's message proposing the rate was
    delivered.

      (4) A resolution shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
    and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives
    and to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Labor and Human
    Resources of the Senate.

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    further consideration of that resolution, or to discharge the committee
    from further consideration of any other resolution with respect to the
    proposed adjustment which has been referred to the committee. The motion
    to discharge may be made only by a person 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 proposed rate), and
    debate thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be divided
    equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. An
    amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move
    to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
    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
    proposed rate.
      (5) If a committee to which has been referred a resolution has not
    reported it before the expiration of 10 calendar days after its
    introduction, it shall then (but not before) be in order to move to
    discharge the committee from

      (6) When a committee has reported, or has been discharged from further
    consideration of a resolution, it is 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 is
    highly privileged and is not debatable. An amendment to the motion is
    not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by
    which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. Debate on the resolution
    shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided
    equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A
    motion further to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to, or
    motion to recommit, the resolution is not in order, and it is not in
    order to move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed
    to or disagreed to.

      (7) 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.
    Appeals from the decisions 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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      By unanimous consent a concurrent resolution approving a revised
    coverage schedule proposed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
    was considered ``in the House as in Committee of the Whole'' (Nov. 2,
    1977, pp. 36644-46).

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