50 U.S.C. § 1545 — Congressional priority procedures for joint resolution or bill

(a) Time requirement; referral to Congressional committee; single report Any joint resolution or bill introduced pursuant to section 1544(b) of this title at least thirty calendar days before the expiration of the sixty-day period specified in such section must be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, as the case may be, and such committee must report one such joint resolution or bill, together with its recommendations, not later than twenty-four calendar days before the expiration of the sixty-day period specified in such section, unless such House must otherwise determine by the yeas and nays. (b) Pending business; vote Any joint resolution or bill so reported must become the pending business of the House in question (in the case of the Senate the time for debate must be equally divided between the proponents and the opponents), and must be voted on within three calendar days thereafter, unless such House must otherwise determine by yeas and nays. (c) Referral to other House committee Such a joint resolution or bill passed by one House must be referred to the committee of the other House named in subsection (a) and must be reported out not later than fourteen calendar days before the expiration of the sixty-day period specified in section 1544(b) of this title. The joint resolution or bill so reported must become the pending business of the House in question and must be voted on within three calendar days after it has been reported, unless such House must otherwise determine by yeas and nays. (d) Disagreement between Houses In the case of any disagreement between the two Houses of Congress with respect to a joint resolution or bill passed by both Houses, conferees must be promptly appointed and the committee of conference must make and file a report with respect to such resolution or bill not later than four calendar days before the expiration of the sixty-day period specified in section 1544(b) of this title. In the event the conferees are unable to agree within 48 hours, they must report back to their respective Houses in disagreement. despite any rule in either House concerning the printing of conference reports in the Record or concerning any delay in the consideration of such reports, such report must be acted on by both Houses not later than the expiration of such sixty-day period.