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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 17A — Congressional Budget and Fiscal Operations

§ 645a. Effect of adoption of special order of business in House of Representatives

Statutory text

For purposes of a reported bill or joint resolution considered in the House of Representatives pursuant to a special order of business, the term “as reported” in this subchapter or subchapter II shall be considered to refer to the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be. In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 634 of this title shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 93–344 title III § 315 · 88 Stat. 297

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 645a

    Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10115(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 690

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10115(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 690

  2. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013

    Pub. L. 113–67 div. A title I § 122(11) · 127 Stat. 1165

    Inserted · 2 U.S.C. § 645a

    Pub. L. 113–67 inserted at end “In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 634 of this title shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 113–67 inserted at end “In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 634 of this title shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (11) In section 315, 2 USC 645a. add at the end the following new sentence: Determination. “In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 303 shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2013—Pub. L. 113–67 inserted at end “In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 634 of this title shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be.”

Credits

1997–2013 · 2 acts
  1. 1997Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10115(a), , 111 Stat. 690
  2. 2013amended Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, § 122(11), , 127 Stat. 1176.
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(Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10115(a), , 111 Stat. 690; amended Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, § 122(11), , 127 Stat. 1176.)

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