    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 117th Congress]
    [117th Congress]
    [House Document 116-177]
    [Legislate Procedures Enacted in Law]
    [Pages 1195-1198]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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

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    vised 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.
      Sec. 4006. revised schedule; congressional procedures applicable-- * *
    * (b)(1) In order to place a re

      (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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    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 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

      (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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