    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Cleaves Manual of Conferences and Conference Reports]
    [Pages 516-520]
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                                        MISCELLANEOUS

           426  Sec. Sec. 303(a-d), 602(c), 604, 740, District of Columbia
                    Home Rule Act
                    Pub. L. 93-198; 87 Stat. 774; D.C. Official Code Sec. 1-
                201.01 et seq. Approved December 24, 1973
           427  Sec. 1-203.03. Charter amending procedure.
                    (a) The charter set forth in subchapter IV of this
                chapter (including any provision of law amended by such
                subchapter), except Sec. Sec. 1-204.01(a) and 1-204.21(a),
                and part C of such subchapter, may be amended by an act
                passed by the Council and ratified by a majority of the
                registered qualified electors of the District voting in the
                referendum held for such ratification. The Chairman of the
                Council shall submit all such acts to the Speaker of the
                House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on
                the day the Board of Elections and Ethics certifies that
                such act was ratified by a majority of the registered
                qualified electors voting thereon in such referendum.
                    (b) An amendment to the charter ratified by the
                registered electors shall take effect upon the expiration of
                the 35-calendar-day period (excluding Saturdays, Sundays,
                holidays, and days on which either House of Congress is not
                in session) following the date such amendment was submitted
                to the Congress, or upon the date prescribed by such
                amendment, whichever is later, unless during such 35-day
                period, there has been enacted into law a joint resolution,
                in accordance with the procedures specified in Sec. 1-
                206.04, disapproving such amendment. In any case in which
                any such joint resolution disapproving such an amendment
                has, within such 35-day period, passed both Houses of
                Congress and has been transmitted to the President, such
                resolution, upon becoming law subsequent to the expiration
                of such 35-day period, shall be deemed to have repealed such
                amendment, as of the date such resolution becomes law.
                    (c) The Board of Elections and Ethics shall prescribe
                such rules as are necessary with respect to the distribution
                and signing of petitions and the holding of elections for
                ratifying amendments to subchapter IV of this chapter
                according to the procedures specified in subsection (a) of
                this section.
                    (d) The amending procedure provided in this section may
                not be used to enact any law or affect any law with respect
                to which the Council may not enact any act, resolution, or
                rule under the limitations specified in Sec. Sec. 1-206.01
                to 1-206.03. (Pub. L. 93-198, Title III, Sec. 303, Dec. 24,
                1973, 87 Stat. 784; Pub. L. 93-376, Title III, Sec. 306(a),
                Aug. 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 458; Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 131(b),
                Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1974.)
           428  Sec. 1-206.02. Limitations on the Council.

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                    (c)(1) Except acts of the Council which are submitted to
                the President in accordance with Chapter 11 of Title 31,
                United States Code, any act which the Council determines,
                according to Sec. 1-204.12(a), should take effect
                immediately because of emergency circumstances, and acts

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                proposing amendments to subchapter IV of this chapter and
                except as provided in Sec. 1-204.62(c) and Sec. 1-
                204.72(d)(1) the Chairman of the Council shall transmit to
                the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
                President of the Senate, a copy of each act passed by the
                Council and signed by the Mayor, or vetoed by the Mayor and
                repassed by two-thirds of the Council present and voting,
                each act passed by the Council and allowed to become
                effective by the Mayor without his signature, and each
                initiated act and act subject to referendum which has been
                ratified by a majority of the registered qualified electors
                voting on the initiative or referendum. Except as provided
                in paragraph (2) of this subsection, such act shall take
                effect upon the expiration of the 30-calendar-day period
                (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and any day on
                which neither House is in session because of an adjournment
                sine die, a recess of more than 3 days, or an adjournment of
                more than 3 days) beginning on the day such act is
                transmitted by the Chairman to the Speaker of the House of
                Representatives and the President of the Senate, or upon the
                date prescribed by such act, whichever is later, unless
                during such 30-day period, there has been enacted into law a
                joint resolution disapproving such act. In any case in which
                any such joint resolution disapproving such an act has,
                within such 30-day period, passed both Houses of Congress
                and has been transmitted to the President, such resolution,
                upon becoming law, subsequent to the expiration of such 30-
                day period, shall be deemed to have repealed such act, as of
                the date such resolution becomes law. The provisions of
                Sec. 1-206.04, except subsections (d), (e), and (f) of such
                section, shall apply with respect to any joint resolution
                disapproving any act pursuant to this paragraph.
                    (2) In the case of any such act transmitted by the
                Chairman with respect to any act codified in Title 22, 23,
                or 24 of the District of Columbia Code, such act shall take
                effect at the end of the 60-day period beginning on the day
                such act is transmitted by the Chairman to the Speaker of
                the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
                unless, during such 60-day period, there has been enacted
                into law a joint resolution disapproving such act. In any
                case in which any such joint resolution disapproving such an
                act has, within such 60-day period, passed both Houses of
                Congress and has been transmitted to the President, such
                resolution, upon becoming law subsequent to the expiration
                of such 60-day period shall be deemed to have repealed such
                act, as of the date such resolution becomes law. The
                provisions of Sec. 1A1-206.04, relating to an expedited
                procedure for consideration of joint resolutions, shall
                apply to a joint resolution disapproving such act as
                specified in this paragraph.
                    (3) The Council shall submit with each Act transmitted
                under this subsection an estimate of the costs which will be
                incurred by the District of Columbia as a result of the
                enactment of the act in each of the first 4 fiscal years for
                which the act is in effect, together with a statement of the
                basis for such estimate. (Pub. L. 93-198, Title VI,
                Sec. 602, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 813; Pub. L. 94-402, Sept.
                7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1220; Pub. L. 95-526, Oct. 27, 1978, 92
                Stat. 2023; Pub. L. 97-105, Sec. 17, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat.
                1493; Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 131(d)-(g), Oct. 12, 1984, 98
                Stat. 1974; Pub. L. 104-8, Sec. Sec. 108(b)(2), 301(d)(1),
                Apr. 17, 1995, 109 Stat. 107, 142.)

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           429  Sec. 1-206.04. Congressional action on certain District
                    matters.
                    (a) This section is enacted by Congress:
                                (1) As an exercise of the rulemaking power
                            of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
                            respectively, and as such these provisions are
                            deemed a part of the rule of each House,
                            respectively, but applicable only with respect
                            to the procedure to be followed in that House in
                            the case of resolutions described by this
                            section; and they supersede other rules only to
                            the extent that they are inconsistent therewith;
                            and
                                (2) With full recognition of the
                            constitutional right of either House to change
                            the rule (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.
                    (b) For the purpose of this section, ``resolution''
                means only a joint resolution, the matter after the
                resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That the
                ......... approves/disapproves of the action of the District
                of Columbia Council described as follows: _____'', the blank
                spaces therein being appropriately filled, and either
                approval or disapproval being appropriately indicated; but
                does not include a resolution which specifies more than 1
                action.
                    (c) A resolution with respect to Council action shall be
                referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the
                House of Representatives, or the Committee on the District
                of Columbia of the Senate, by the President of the Senate or
                the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may
                be.
                    (d) If the Committee to which a resolution has been
                referred has not reported it at the end of 20 calendar days
                after its introduction, it is in order to move to discharge
                the Committee from further consideration of any other
                resolution with respect to the same Council action which has
                been referred to the Committee.
                    (e) A motion to discharge may be made only by an
                individual favoring the resolution, is highly privileged
                (except that it may not be made after the Committee has
                reported a resolution with respect to the same action), and
                debate thereon shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to
                be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing
                the resolution. An amendment to the motion is not in order,
                and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by
                which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
                    (f) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreed
                to, the motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to
                discharge the Committee be made with respect to any other
                resolution with respect to the same action.
                    (g) When the Committee has reported, or has been
                discharged from further consideration of, a resolution, it
                is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous
                motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to
                proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion
                is highly privileged and is not debatable. An amendment to
                the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move
                to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
                disagreed to.
                    (h) Debate on the resolution shall be limited to not
                more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between
                those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion
                further to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to,
                or motion to recommit, the resolution is not

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                in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the
                vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
                    (i) Motions to postpone made with respect to the
                discharge from Committee or the consideration of a
                resolution, and motions to proceed to the consideration of
                other business, shall be decided without debate.
                    (j) Appeals from the decisions of the chair relating to
                the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of
                Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure
                relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate.
           430  Sec.  1-207.40. Emergency control of police.
                    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever
                the President of the United States determines that special
                conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the
                use of the Metropolitan Police force for federal purposes,
                he may direct the Mayor to provide him, and the Mayor shall
                provide, such services of the Metropolitan Police force as
                the President may deem necessary and appropriate. In no
                case, however, shall such services made available pursuant
                to any such direction under this subsection extend for a
                period in excess of 48 hours unless the President has, prior
                to the expiration of such period, notified the Chairmen and
                ranking minority members of the Committees on the District
                of Columbia of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
                in writing, as to the reason for such direction and the
                period of time during which the need for such services is
                likely to continue.
                    (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this
                section, such services made available in accordance with
                subsection (a) of this section shall terminate upon the end
                of such emergency, the expiration of a period of 30 days
                following the date on which such services are first made
                available, or the enactment into law of a joint resolution
                by the Congress providing for such termination, whichever
                first occurs.
                    (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
                section, in any case in which such services are made
                available in accordance with the provisions of subsection
                (a) of this section during any period of an adjournment of
                the Congress sine die, such services shall terminate upon
                the end of the emergency, the expiration of the 30-day
                period following the date on which Congress first convenes
                following such adjournment, or the enactment into law of a
                joint resolution by the Congress providing for such
                termination, whichever first occurs.
                    (d) Except to the extent provided for in subsection (c)
                of this section, no such services made available pursuant to
                the direction of the President pursuant to subsection (a) of
                this section shall extend for any period in excess of 30
                days, unless the Senate and the House of Representatives
                enact into law a joint resolution authorizing such an
                extension.
           431  Pub. L. 94-329, International Security Assistance and Arms
                    Export Control Act of 1976 (ISAAECA), Title VI,
                    Sec. 601(b), June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 765.

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                Expedited Procedure in the Senate
                    (b)(1) For purposes of any such law, the continuity of a
                session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the
                Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not
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                adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are
                excluded in the computation of the period indicated.
                    (2) Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection are
                enacted--
                                (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
                            of the Senate and as such they are deemed a part
                            of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only
                            with respect to the procedure to be followed in
                            the Senate in the case of resolutions described
                            by subsection (a)(1) of this section; and they
                            supersede other rules of the Senate only to the
                            extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
                                (B) with full recognition of the
                            constitutional right of the Senate to change
                            such rules at any time, in the same manner and
                            to the same extent as in the case of any other
                            rule of the Senate.
                    (3)(A) If the committee of the Senate to which has been
                referred a resolution relating to a certification has not
                reported such resolution at the end of ten calendar days
                after its introduction, not counting any day which is
                excluded under paragraph (1) of this subsection, it is order
                to move either to discharge the committee from further
                consideration of the resolution or to discharge the
                committee from further consideration of any other resolution
                introduced with respect to the same certification which has
                been referred to the committee, except that no motion to
                discharge shall be in order after the committee has reported
                a resolution with respect to the same certification.
                    (B) A motion to discharge under subparagraph (A) of this
                paragraph may be made only by a Senator favoring the
                resolution, is privileged, and debate thereon shall be
                limited to not more than 1 hour, to be divided equally
                between those favoring and those opposing the resolution,
                the time to be divided equally between, and controlled by,
                the majority leader and the minority leader or their
                designees. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and
                it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which
                the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
                    (4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the
                consideration of a resolution shall be privileged. An
                amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it
                be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the
                motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
                    (B) Debate in the Senate on a resolution, and all
                debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall
                be limited to not more than 10 hours, to be equally divided
                between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the
                minority leader or their designees.
                    (C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or
                appeal in connection with a resolution shall be limited to
                not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and
                controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution,
                except that in the event the manager of the resolution is in
                favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition
                thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
                designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time
                under their control on the passage of a resolution, allot
                additional time to any Senator during the consideration of
                any debatable motion or appeal.
                    (D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a
                resolution, debatable motion, or appeal is not debatable. No
                amendment to, or motion to recommit, a resolution is in
                order in the Senate.