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[CITE: 50USC1546]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                    CHAPTER 33--WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
 
Sec. 1546. Congressional priority procedures for concurrent 
        resolution
        

(a) Referral to Congressional committee; single report

    Any concurrent resolution introduced pursuant to section 1544(c) of 
this title shall 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 one such concurrent resolution shall be 
reported out by such committee together with its recommendations within 
fifteen calendar days, unless such House shall otherwise determine by 
the yeas and nays.

(b) Pending business; vote

    Any concurrent resolution so reported shall become the pending 
business of the House in question (in the case of the Senate the time 
for debate shall be equally divided between the proponents and the 
opponents) and shall be voted on within three calendar days thereafter, 
unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays.

(c) Referral to other House committee

    Such a concurrent resolution passed by one House shall be referred 
to the committee of the other House named in subsection (a) of this 
section and shall be reported out by such committee together with its 
recommendations within fifteen calendar days and shall thereupon become 
the pending business of such House and shall be voted upon within three 
calendar days, unless such House shall 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 concurrent resolution passed by both Houses, conferees 
shall be promptly appointed and the committee of conference shall make 
and file a report with respect to such concurrent resolution within six 
calendar days after the legislation is referred to the committee of 
conference. Notwithstanding 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 shall be acted on by both 
Houses not later than six calendar days after the conference report is 
filed. In the event the conferees are unable to agree within 48 hours, 
they shall report back to their respective Houses in disagreement.

(Pub. L. 93-148, Sec. 7, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 557.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
