,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #biji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ba1
 #bjbc,ms4 ,lummis 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,daines7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide for congressional   
review of rules rescheduling marijuana4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,deferring ,executive ,authority
 ,act or the ,,dea ,act4  #b4           
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,covered rule ,the term covered rule    
means a rule transferring marijuana     
between schedules established by section
 #bjb of the ,controlled ,substances    
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hab74  7#b7        
,marijuana ,the term marijuana has the  
meaning given the term in section #ajb  
of the ,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba
 ,u4,s4,c4 #hjb74  7#c7 ,joint          
resolution ,the term joint resolution   
means only a joint resolution introduced
 in the period beginning on the date on 

which the report referred to in section 
#c7;a77#a7 is received by ,congress and 
ending #fj days thereafter 7excluding   
days either ,house of ,congress is      
adjourned for more than #c days during a
 session of ,congress71 the matter after
 the resolving clause of which is as    
follows3 ,that ,congress disapproves the
 rule submitted by the ,attorney        
,general relating to transferring       
marijuana between schedules established 
by section #bjb of the ,controlled      
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hab71  
and such rule shall have no force or    
effect44  7#d7 ,submission or           
publication date ,the term submission or
 publication date means the later of the
 date on which-- 7,a7 ,congress receives
 the report submitted under section     
#c7;a77#a72 or  7,b7 the covered rule   
published in the ,federal ,register1 if 
so published4  #c4 ,congressional review
 of rules rescheduling marijuana  7a7   
,congressional review  7#a7 ,report     
,before a covered rule can take effect1 

the ,attorney ,general shall submit to  
each ,house of ,congress and to the     
,comptroller ,general a report          
containing-- 7,a7 a copy of the covered 
rule2  7,b7 a concise general statement 
relating to the covered rule2 and  7,c7 
the proposed effective date of the      
covered rule4  7#b7 ,joint resolution of
 disapproval ,a covered rule described  
in paragraph 7#a7 shall not take effect 
7or continue7 if ,congress enacts a     
joint resolution4  7b7 ,referral ,a     
joint resolution shall be referred to   
the committees in each ,house of        
,congress with jurisdiction4  7c7       
,discharge ,in the ,senate1 if the      
committee to which is referred a joint  
resolution has not reported such joint  
resolution 7or an identical joint       
resolution7 at the end of #bj calendar  
days after the submission or publication
 date1 such committee may be discharged 
from further consideration of such joint
 resolution upon a petition supported in
 writing by #cj ,members of the ,senate1

 and such joint resolution shall be     
placed on the calendar4  7d7 ,floor     
consideration  7#a7 ,in general ,in the 
,senate1 when the committee to which a  
joint resolution is referred has        
reported1 or when a committee is        
discharged 7under subsection 7c77 from  
further consideration of a joint        
resolution1 it is at any time thereafter
 in order 7even though a previous motion
 to the same effect has been disagreed  
to7 for a motion to proceed to the      
consideration of the joint resolution1  
and all points of order against the     
joint resolution 7and against           
consideration of the joint resolution7  
are waived4 ,the motion is not subject  
to amendment1 or to a motion to         
postpone1 or to a motion to proceed to  
the consideration of other business4 ,a 
motion to reconsider the vote by which  
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4 ,if a motion to  
proceed to the consideration of the     
joint resolution is agreed to1 the joint

 resolution shall remain the unfinished 
business of the ,senate until disposed  
of4  7#b7 ,debate ,in the ,senate1      
debate on the joint resolution1 and on  
all debatable motions and appeals in    
connection therewith1 shall be limited  
to not more than #aj hours1 which shall 
be divided equally between those        
favoring and those opposing the joint   
resolution4 ,a motion further to limit  
debate is in order and not debatable4   
,an amendment to1 or a motion to        
postpone1 or a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business1 or a   
motion to recommit the joint resolution 
is not in order4  7#c7 ,vote on final   
passage ,in the ,senate1 immediately    
following the conclusion of the debate  
on a joint resolution1 and a single     
quorum call at the conclusion of the    
debate if requested in accordance with  
the rules of the ,senate1 the vote on   
final passage of the joint resolution   
shall occur4  7#d7 ,appeals ,appeals    
from the decisions of the ,chair        

relating to the application of the rules
 of the ,senate to the procedure        
relating to a joint resolution shall be 
decided without debate4  7e7            
,applicability ,in the ,senate the      
procedure specified in subsection 7c7 or
 7d7 shall not apply to the             
consideration of a joint resolution     
respecting a covered rule-- 7#a7 after  
the expiration of the #fj session days  
beginning with the applicable submission
 or publication date2 or  7#b7 if the   
report under subsection 7a77#a7 was     
submitted during the period beginning on
 the date occurring1 in the case of the 
,senate1 #fj session days1 or in the    
case of the ,house of ,representatives1 
#fj legislative days1 before the date   
the ,congress adjourns a session of     
,congress through the date on which the 
same or succeeding ,congress first      
convenes its next session1 after the    
expiration of the #fj session days      
beginning on the #aeth session day after
 the succeeding session of ,congress    

first convenes4  7f7 ,coordination with 
action by other ,house ,if1 before the  
passage by one ,house of a joint        
resolution of that ,house1 that ,house  
receives from the other ,house a joint  
resolution1 then the following          
procedures shall apply3 7#a7 ,the joint 
resolution of the other ,house shall not
 be referred to a committee4  7#b7 ,with
 respect to a joint resolution of the   
,house receiving the joint resolution-- 
7,a7 the procedure in that ,house shall 
be the same as if no joint resolution   
had been received from the other ,house2
 but  7,b7 the vote on final passage    
shall be on the joint resolution of the 
other ,house4  7g7 ,rules of the ,senate
 and ,house of ,representatives ,this   
section is enacted by ,congress-- 7#a7  
as an exercise of the rulemaking power  
of the ,senate and ,house of            
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such it is deemed a part of the rules of
 each ,house1 respectively1 but         
applicable only with respect to the     

procedure to be followed in that ,house 
in the case of a joint resolution1 and  
it supersedes other rules only to the   
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 rules2 and  7#b7 with full recognition 
of the constitutional right of either   
,house to change the rules 7so far as   
relating to the procedure of that       
,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1
 and to the same extent as in the case  
of any other rule of that ,house4