§907b Modification of Presidential order

Summary

After the OMB Director issues a final sequestration report for a fiscal year, and before the close of the twentieth calendar day of the next session of Congress, the majority leader in either House may introduce one joint resolution that tells the President to change the latest sequestration order or offer another way to cut that year’s deficit. Only the first resolution like this introduced in a House in a calendar year gets the special fast-track rules. If the Senate gets such a resolution, it does not go to committee and goes straight to the calendar. Any Senator may move to take it up between the third and eighth calendar day after it is introduced (not counting Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays). That motion is given priority and cannot be re-opened if decided. If the Senate agrees to consider it, debate is limited to 10 hours total, split equally between the majority and minority leaders. Amendments must be on-topic, and each amendment or related motion gets no more than 30 minutes of debate, split between the person proposing it and the majority leader (with the minority leader opposing if the majority leader supports it). You cannot use motions to postpone, to go to other business, to reconsider the vote, or to send the bill back. Votes can only happen if the numbers in the resolution add up correctly. After debate and one possible quorum call, the Senate votes on final passage. Appeals from the chair are decided without debate. Budget-related points of order under Titles III, IV, and VI of the Congressional Budget Act apply to any conference report or disagreeing amendments. If a matching resolution comes from the House, it is also placed on the calendar and the Senate follows the same fast rules; if the texts are identical the vote will be on the House text, and if not, passage is treated as passing the House resolution as amended by the Senate.