3 U.S.C. § 17 — Same; limit of debate in each House

This section is a single, undivided provision. This section applies when the two Houses separate to decide an objection under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i) — an objection to counting a state's electoral votes, or some other question about them. Four rules apply. (1) All objections and questions allowed for that state get considered together, at the same time — not one at a time. (2) Each Senator and each Representative can speak on these objections or questions for up to five minutes, and can only speak once. (3) Total debate time on all of that state's objections and questions is capped at two hours in each House, split evenly and controlled by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader (or the people they designate). (4) Once that debate time ends, the presiding officer of each House must immediately put each objection and question to a vote, with no more debate allowed.