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2022 US Code
Title 3 - The President
Chapter 1 - Presidential Elections and Vacancies
Sec. 17 - Same; limit of debate in each House

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Citation 3 U.S.C. § 17 (2022)
Section Name §17. Same; limit of debate in each House
Section Text

When the two Houses separate to decide upon an objection pursuant to section 15(d)(2)(C)(i) that may have been made to the counting of any electoral vote or votes from any State, or other question arising in the matter—

(1) all such objections and questions permitted with respect to such State shall be considered at such time;

(2) each Senator and Representative may speak to such objections or questions for up to five minutes, and not more than once;

(3) the total time for debate for all such objections and questions with respect to such State shall not exceed two hours in each House, equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader, or their respective designees; and

(4) at the close of such debate, it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of each House to put each of the objections and questions to a vote without further debate.
Source Credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 676; Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, §110(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5240.)
Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

2022—Pub. L. 117–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "When the two Houses separate to decide upon an objection that may have been made to the counting of any electoral vote or votes from any State, or other question arising in the matter, each Senator and Representative may speak to such objection or question five minutes, and not more than once; but after such debate shall have lasted two hours it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of each House to put the main question without further debate."
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 3 - THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER 1 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES
Sec. 17 - Same; limit of debate in each House
Contains section 17
Date 2022
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 5, 2023
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 62 Stat. 676
136 Stat. 5240
Public Law References Public Law 117-328
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