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[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.
