    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 113th Congress]
    [113rd Congress]
    [House Document 112-161]
    [Legislate Procedures Enacted in Law]
    [Pages 1268-1273]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    emergency supplemental act, 2000 Sec. 3204 [p.l. 106-246, 114 stat. 511,
     576, as amended by p.l. 107-115, 115 stat. 2131 and p.l. 108-199, 118
                        30. Andean Counterdrug Initiative

    Sec. 3204. limitations on support for plan colombia and on the
    assignment of united states personnel in colombia.

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                                   stat. 210]

      (a) limitation on support for plan colombia.--

              (1) limitation.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), none of

            the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by any Act

            shall be available for support of Plan Colombia unless and

            until--

                      (A) the President submits a report to Congress

                    requesting the availability of such funds; and

                      (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the

                    request of the President under subparagraph (A).

              (2) exceptions.--The limitation in paragraph (1) does not

            apply to--

                      (A) appropriations made by this Act, the Foreign

                    Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs

                    Appropriations Act, 2001, the Military Construction

                    Appropriations Act, 2001, the Commerce, Justice, State

                    and the Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2001, the Treasury

                    and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, or the

                    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001, for the

                    purpose of support of Plan Colombia; or

                      (B) the unobligated balances from any other program

                    used for their originally appropriated purpose to combat

                    drug production and trafficking, foster peace, increase

                    the rule of law, improve human rights, expand economic

                    development, and institute justice reform in the

                    countries covered by Plan Colombia.

              (3) waiver.--The limitations in subsection (a) may be waived

            by an Act of Congress.

      (b) limitation on assignment of united states personnel in colombia.--

              (1) limitation.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), none of

            the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or

            any other Act (including funds described in subsection (c)) may

            be available for--

                      (A) the assignment of any United States military

                    personnel for temporary or permanent duty in Colombia in

                    connection with support of Plan Colombia if that

                    assignment would cause the number of United States

                    military personnel so assigned in Colombia to exceed

                    400, or

                      (B) the employment of any United States individual

                    civilian retained as a contractor in Colombia if that

                    employment would cause the total number of United States

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                    individual civilian con

                    tractors employed in Colombia in support of Plan

                    Colombia who are funded by Federal funds to exceed 400.

              (2) exception.--The limitation contained in paragraph (1)

            shall not apply if--

                      (A) the President submits a report to Congress

                    requesting that the limitation not apply; and

                      (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the

                    request of the President under subparagraph (A).

      (c) waiver.--The President may waive the limitation in subsection
    (b)(1) for a single period of up to 90 days in the event that the Armed
    Forces of the United States are involved in hostilities or that imminent
    involvement by the Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities is
    clearly indicated by the circumstances.

      (d) statutory construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed
    to affect the authority of the President to carry out any emergency
    evacuation of United States citizens or any search or rescue operation
    for United States military personnel or other United States citizens.

      (e) report on support for plan colombia.--Not later than June 1, 2001,
    and not later than June 1 and December 1 of each of the succeeding 4
    fiscal years, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate
    congressional committees setting forth any costs (including incremental
    costs incurred by the Department of Defense) incurred by any department,
    agency, or other entity of the executive branch of Government during the
    two previous fiscal quarters in support of Plan Colombia. Each such
    report shall provide an itemization of expenditures by each such
    department, agency or entity.

      (f) quarterly reports.--Beginning within 90 days of the date of the
    enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall
    submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that shall
    include the aggregate number, locations, activities, and lengths of
    assignment for all temporary and permanent United States military
    personnel and United States individual civilians retained as contractors
    involved in the antinarcotics campaign in Colombia.

      (g) congressional priority procedures.--

              (1) joint resolutions defined.--

                      (A) For purposes of subsection (a)(1)(B), the term

                    ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution

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                    introduced not later than 10 days of the date

                    on which the report of the President under subsection

                    (a)(1)(A) is received by Congress, the matter after the

                    resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress

                    approves the request of the President for additional

                    funds for Plan Colombia contained in the report

                    submitted by the President under section 3204(a)(1) of

                    the 2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.''.

                      (B) For purposes of subsection (b)(2)(B), the term

                    ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution

                    introduced not later than 10 days of the date on which

                    the report of the President under subsection (a)(1)(A)

                    is received by Congress, the matter after the resolving

                    clause of which is as follows: ``That Congress approves

                    the request of the President for exemption from the

                    limitation applicable to the assignment of personnel in

                    Colombia contained in the report submitted by the

                    President under section 3204(b)(2)(B) of the 2000

                    Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.''.

              (2) procedures.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a

            joint resolution described in paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) shall

            be considered in a House of Congress in accordance with the

            procedures applicable to joint resolutions under paragraphs (3)

            through (8) of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense

            Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in Public Law 98-473; 98

            Stat. 1936).

      (h) plan colombia defined.--In this section, the term ``Plan
    Colombia'' means the plan of the Government of Colombia instituted by
    the administration of President Pastrana to combat drug production and
    trafficking, foster peace, increase the rule of law, improve human
    rights, expand economic development, and institute justice reform.
    * * * * *

      department of defense appropriations act, 1985 Sec. 8066(c) [P.L. 98-

                          473; 98 stat. 1904, 1936-37]

      Sec. 8066 * * * (c)

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    propriations of the Senate. Such a resolution may not be reported before
    the eighth day after its introduction.
      (c)(3) A resolution described in paragraph (1) introduced in the House
    of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations
    of the House of Representatives. A resolution described in paragraph (1)
    introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Ap

      (4) If the committee to which is referred a resolution described in
    paragraph (1) has not reported such resolution (or an identical
    resolution) at the end of fifteen calendar days after its introduction,
    such committee shall be discharged from further consideration of such
    resolution and such resolution shall be placed on the appropriate
    calendar of the House involved.

      (5)(A) When the committee to which a resolution is referred has
    reported, or has been deemed to be discharged (under paragraph (4)) from
    further consideration of, a resolution described in paragraph (1)
    notwithstanding any rule or precedent of the Senate, including Rule 22,
    it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to
    the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective
    House to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution, and all
    points of order against the resolution (and against consideration of the
    resolution) are waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of
    Representatives and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable.
    The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or
    to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion
    to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to
    shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of
    the resolution is agreed to, the resolution shall remain the unfinished
    business of the respective House until disposed of.

      (B) Debate on the resolution, and all debatable motions and appeals in
    connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than ten hours, which
    shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the
    resolution. A motion further to limit debate is in order and not
    debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to
    proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit
    the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which
    the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.

      (C) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a resolution
    described in paragraph (1), and a single quorum call at the conclusion
    of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the
    appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the resolution shall
    occur.

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    Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a
    resolution described in paragraph (1) shall be decided without debate.
      (D) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
    application of the rules of the Senate or the House of

      (6) If, before the passage by the Senate of a resolution described in
    paragraph (1), the Senate receives from the House of Representatives a
    resolution described in paragraph (1), then the following procedures
    shall apply:

              (A) The resolution of the House of Representatives shall not

            be referred to a committee.

              (B) With respect to a resolution described in paragraph (1) of

            the Senate--

                      (i) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as

                    if no resolution had been received from the House; but

                      (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the

                    resolution of the House.

              (C) Upon disposition of the resolution received from the

            House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the resolution

            originated in the Senate.

      (7) If the Senate receives from the House of Representatives a
    resolution described in paragraph (1) after the Senate has disposed of a
    Senate originated resolution, the action of the Senate with regard to
    the disposition of the Senate originated resolution shall be deemed to
    be the action of the Senate with regard to the House originated
    resolution.

      (8) This subsection is enacted by Congress--

              (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and

            House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed

            a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable

            only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House

            in the case of a resolution described in paragraph (1), and it

            supercedes other rules only to the extent that it is

            inconsistent with such rules; and

              (B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of

            either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the

            procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to

            the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

                                                               Sec. 1130(31)