; and (B) disclosed to the Commission. (4) The order in which the company receives the proposals shall have no bearing in determining whether a proposal is so included. (5) If any 2 or more proposals submitted are substantially similar, all such proposals shall be considered to be a single proposal for the purposes of this subsection. (6) No proposal submitted by a member of the board of directors of the company may be so included. (c) Rules of construction Nothing in this section may be construed— (1) to require a company to include a shareholder proposal in the proxy statement of the company if, under rules prescribed by the Commission, the proposal otherwise is not required to be included in the proxy statement; (2) to authorize or approve any Commission rule or claim of authority to require a company to include the proposal of a shareholder in the proxy statement of the company; or (3) to restrict the ability of the Commission to repeal any rule requiring a company to include the proposal of a shareholder in the proxy statement of the company.