§ 912. — Procedure after report or discharge of committee; debate; vote on final passage.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 5USC912]
TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 9--EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION
Sec. 912. Procedure after report or discharge of committee;
debate; vote on final passage
(a) When the committee has reported, or has been deemed to be
discharged (under section 911) from further consideration of, a
resolution with respect to a reorganization plan, it is at any time
thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect
has been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to move to
proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion is highly
privileged and is not debatable. The motion shall not be subject to
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the
consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If
a motion to proceed to the consideration of the resolution is agreed to,
the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the respective
House until disposed of.
(b) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable motions and
appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than ten
hours, which shall be divided equally between individuals favoring and
individuals opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is
in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or
a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion
to recommit the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the
vote by which the resolution is passed or rejected shall not be in
order.
(c) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on the
resolution with respect to a reorganization plan, and a single quorum
call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the
rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the
resolution shall occur.
(d) 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 with
respect to a reorganization plan shall be decided without debate.
(e) If, prior to the passage by one House of a resolution of that
House, that House receives a resolution with respect to the same
reorganization plan from the other House, then--
(1) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no
resolution had been received from the other House; but
(2) the vote on final passage shall be on the resolution of the
other House.
(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 398; Pub. L. 95-17, Sec. 2,
Apr. 6, 1977, 91 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(d), (e)(1), (2), Nov.
8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3193.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Statutes and
Derivation U.S. Code Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 133z-14. June 20, 1949, ch.
226, Sec. 205, 63
Stat. 207.
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Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(e)(2), substituted ``passage'' for
``disapproval'' in section catchline.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(d)(1), substituted ``passed or
rejected'' for ``agreed to or disagreed to''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(d)(2), substituted ``final
passage'' for ``final approval''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 3(e)(1), added subsec. (e).
1977--Pub. L. 95-17 inserted ``; vote on final disapproval'' after
``debate'' in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-17 inserted provisions that a motion to
discharge a committee is not subject to a motion to postpone or to a
motion to proceed to the consideration of other business and that if a
motion to proceed to the consideration of the resolution is agreed to,
the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the respective
House until disposed of.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-17 inserted provisions that a motion to
postpone or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business
is not in order.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-17 added subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-17 added subsec. (d) which provisions were
formerly set out in section 913(b) of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 908, 909 of this title;
title 42 section 2941.
