PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-146
respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of resolutions
described by paragraph (2) of this subsection; and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent
therewith; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right
of either House to change the rules (so far as those rules
relate to the procedure of that House) at any time, in
the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case
of any other rule of such House.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "resolution" means
a joint resolution, the text of which is as follows: "That the
House of Representatives and Senate approve the Presidential
finding, submitted to the Congress on XXXXX, that the limitation on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper
functioning of the population planning program.". The blank
space therein shall be filled with the date on which the President submits his finding to the House of Representatives and
the Senate.
(3) On the day on which the President submits a finding
under this section to the Congress, a joint resolution described
in paragraph (2) shall be introduced (by request) in the House
by the majority leader of the House, for himself and the minority leader of the House, or by Members of the House designated
by the majority leader and minority leader of the House; and
shall be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the majority
leader of the Senate, for himself and the minority leader of
the Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by the
majority leader and minority leader of the Senate. If either
House is not in session on the day on which the President
submits such finding, the resolution shall be introduced in
that House, as provided in the preceding sentence, on the
first day thereafter on which that House is in session. A resolution once introduced in the House with respect to a Presidential
finding under this section shall be referred to 1 or more committees (and all resolutions with respect to the same Presidential
finding shall be referred to the same committee or committees)
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A resolution
once introduced in the Senate with respect to a Presidential
finding under this section shall be referred to the appropriate
committee (and all resolutions with respect to the same Presidential finding shall be referred to the same committee) by
the President of the Senate.
(4) No amendment to a resolution introduced under this
section shall be in order in either the House of Representatives
or the Senate; and no motion to suspend the application of
this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall
it be in order in either House for the presiding officer to
entertain a request to suspend the application of this subsection
by unanimous consent.
(5)(A) If any committee to which a resolution with respect
to a Presidential finding under this section has been referred
has not reported it at the end of 5 calendar days after its
introduction, such committee shall be automatically discharged
from further consideration of the resolution and it shall be
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