; and the recommended penalty under paragraph (j). (i) If the committee reports a resolution of contempt, it shall be treated as a rule IX question of privilege of the House requiring precedence over all other questions until resolved and promptly scheduled for floor consideration. The chair of the committee shall present the case for passage of the resolution. At the conclusion of the allotted period for presentations, questions and debate, a vote on passage of the resolution will be taken. If the vote is for passage, a second vote will be taken on the committee’s recommended penalty. A proffer of an amendment to alter the recommended penalty is in order. (j) (1) The penalty for contempt recommended by a committee under paragraph (h) and approved or amended by the House under paragraph (i) may, as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3), be either in the form of a monetary penalty, detention, or both. (2) (A) If the recommended penalty as approved by the House is a monetary penalty, the contemnor may be assessed by the House an initial penalty of not more than $25,000 and total penalties of not more than $100,000. The amount of the ultimate penalty depends on the timeliness of the contemnor’s compliance in providing information withheld. The initial penalty of not more than $25,000 may be increased by the chair of the committee involved by increments of not more than $25,000 after a one-time waiting period of 10 calendar days from the initial penalty until the $100,000 maximum is reached. The 10-day waiting period shall only be observed after the first penalty. Upon expiration of the 10-day waiting period, if the chair deems the measure of compliance by the contemnor to be insufficient to satisfy the legislative needs of the committee, the chair may, over a period of not more than fifteen days, at his or her discretion, increase the penalty by increments of not more than $25,000 until the maximum is reached. Upon expiration of the 10-day waiting period, the General Counsel is authorized to recover any accrued