{"identifier":"/us/usc/t3/s17","title_num":"3","num":"§ 17.","heading":"Same; limit of debate in each House","status":null,"guid":"id3706d657-2930-11f1-b70e-e9fd6f164ed0","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.)","seq_in_title":16,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t3/ch1","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t3","level":"title","num":"Title 3—","heading":"THE PRESIDENT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t3/ch1","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 1—","heading":"PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id58cb5832-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t3/s17\"><num value=\"17\">§ 17.</num><heading> Same; limit of debate in each House</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id58cda223-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t3/s17/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> all such objections and questions permitted with respect to such State shall be considered at such time;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id58cda224-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t3/s17/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> each Senator and Representative may speak to such objections or questions for up to five minutes, and not more than once;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id58cda225-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t3/s17/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> 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</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id58cda226-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t3/s17/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> 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.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id58cda227-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch644\">June 25, 1948, ch. 644</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/676\">62 Stat. 676</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/117/328/dP/tI/s110/a\">Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 110(a)</ref>, <date date=\"2022-12-29\">Dec. 29, 2022</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/136/5240\">136 Stat. 5240</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id58cda228-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id58cda229-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id58cda22a-f339-11ed-8dac-8130764b59bf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2022—<ref href=\"/us/pl/117/328\">Pub. L. 117–328</ref> 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.”</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"119-73","currency_date":"2026-01-23","congress":119,"law_num":73,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":370,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","03","05","06","10","14","15","16","17","18","20","21","22","28","29","31","32","33","34","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","46","48","49","50","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"119-73","currency_date":"2026-01-23","congress":119,"law_num":73,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":370,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","03","05","06","10","14","15","16","17","18","20","21","22","28","29","31","32","33","34","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","46","48","49","50","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"118-3","currency_date":"2023-04-10","congress":118,"law_num":3,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":302,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","03","05","05a","06","07","08","10","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","25","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","35","36","37","38","40","41","42","43","44","46","47","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}