<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="id3706d660-2930-11f1-b70e-e9fd6f164ed0" identifier="/us/usc/t3/s18"><num value="18">§ 18.</num><heading> Same; parliamentary procedure at joint session</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">While the two Houses shall be in session as provided in this chapter, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i).</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id3706d661-2930-11f1-b70e-e9fd6f164ed0">(<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/act/1954-09-03/ch1263/s3">Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 3</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/68/1227">68 Stat. 1227</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/117/328/dP/tI/s110/b">Pub. L. 117–328, div. P, title I, § 110(b)</ref>, (c)(2), <date date="2022-12-29">Dec. 29, 2022</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/136/5240">136 Stat. 5240</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="editorialNotes" id="id3706d663-2930-11f1-b70e-e9fd6f164ed0"><heading class="centered"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id3706d664-2930-11f1-b70e-e9fd6f164ed0"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2022—<ref href="/us/pl/117/328/s110/c/2">Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(c)(2)</ref>, substituted “session” for “meeting” in section catchline and text.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/pl/117/328/s110/b">Pub. L. 117–328, § 110(b)</ref>, inserted “under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i)” after “motion to withdraw”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1954—Act <date date="1954-09-03">Sept. 3, 1954</date>, substituted “chapter” for “subchapter”.</p>
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