Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraphs 2 through 9 as paragraphs 3 through 10, respectively;
(2)
in paragraph 3(c), as so redesignated, by striking “paragraph 4” and inserting “paragraph 5”;
(3)
in paragraph 4(b), as so redesignated, by striking “paragraph 4” and inserting “paragraph 5”;
(4)
in paragraph 5(a), as so redesignated, by striking “paragraph 2 or paragraph 3” and inserting “paragraph 3 or paragraph 4”;
(5)
in paragraph 6, as so redesignated—
(A)
in subparagraph (a), by striking “paragraph 2 or 3” and inserting “paragraph 3 or paragraph 4”;
(B)
in subparagraph (b), by striking “paragraph (4)” each place it appears and inserting “paragraph (5)”; and
(6)
inserting after paragraph 1 the following:
“2. (a) When a message from the House of Representatives is laid before the Senate, it shall be in order for a single, non-divisible motion to be made that includes—
“(1) a motion to disagree to a House amendment or insist upon a Senate amendment;
“(2) a motion to request a committee of conference with the House or to agree to a request by the House for a committee of conference; and
“(3) a motion to authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees (or a motion to appoint conferees).
“(b) If a cloture motion is presented on a motion made pursuant to subparagraph (a), the motion shall be debatable for no more than 2 hours, equally divided in the usual form, after which the Presiding Officer, or the clerk at the direction of the Presiding Officer, shall lay the motion before the Senate. If cloture is then invoked on the motion, the question shall be on the motion, without further debate.”