Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/698

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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 648 Debate, time limitation.

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 (B) Debate on the joint resolution and all amendments thereto pursuant to paragraph (9)(A) shall be limited to not more than 10 hours and final action on the joint resolution shall occur immediately following conclusion of such debate. A motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable. Except to the extent provided in paragraph (9)(B), an amendment to, or motion to recommit such a joint resolution shall not be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which such a joint resolution was agreed to or disagreed to. (8)(A) Motions to postpone made with respect to the discharge from committee or the consideration of a joint resolution, shall be decided without debate. (B) Appeals from the decision 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 procedures relating to a joint resolution shall be decided without debate. (9) With respect to the comprehensive strategy— (A) In the consideration of any such joint resolution on any such comprehensive strategy, it shall be in order to offer an amendment to the dollar figure in the second blank of the text of the joint resolution described in paragraph (5), and any amendments thereto only containing such a dollar figure. No other amendments except pro forma amendments shall be in order. (B) If one House receives from the other House a joint resolution with respect to the comprehensive strategy, then the following procedure applies: (i) the joint resolution of the other House with respect to such comprehensive strategy shall not be referred to a committee; and (ii) in the case of a joint resolution of the first House with respect to such plan— (I) the procedure with respect to that or other resolutions of such House with respect to such plan shall be the same as if no joint resolution from the other House with respect to such comprehensive strategy had been received; but (II) on any vote on final passage of a resolution of the first House with respect to such plan a resolution from the other House with respect to such plan where the text is identical shall be automatically substituted for the joint resolution of the first House. (10)(A) The Corporation at any time after the approval of the comprehensive strategy may submit requests pursuant to subsection (b)(4) for additional authorizations of appropriations each of which shall be in the form of a joint resolution of approval (bearing an identification number). (B) Such joint resolution shall read as follows after the resolving clause: "That the Congress of the United States approves the request transmitted to the Congress by the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation on and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation to the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase and retain notes or other obligations of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation the sum of dollars.", the first blank space therein being filled with the day and year, and the second blank space therein being filled with the appropriate dollar figure.