§1546 Congressional Priority Procedures for Concurrent Resolution

Summary

Any concurrent resolution filed under section 1544(c) must be sent to the House Foreign Affairs Committee or the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, depending on which chamber started it. That committee has 15 calendar days to send the resolution back with recommendations, unless the full House votes to change the schedule. Once reported, the resolution becomes the next business and must be voted on within 3 calendar days; in the Senate, debate time is split evenly between supporters and opponents. If one House passes it, the other House’s same committee gets it and follows the same 15- and 3-day rules. If the two Houses disagree, each picks conferees right away. The conference committee must make and send a report within 6 calendar days after the matter goes to them, and both Houses must act on that report within 6 calendar days after it is filed. If the conferees cannot agree within 48 hours, they must report back that they disagree.