[United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
[S. Doc. 116-1]
[Cleaves Manual of Conferences and Conference Reports]
[Pages 329-331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
Chapter 159--REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND
LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY
337 Sec. 2687 note. Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Commission
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Sec. 2904. Closure and Realignment of Military Installations
``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the
Secretary shall--
``(1) close all military installations
recommended for closure by the Commission in
each report transmitted to the Congress by the
President pursuant to section 2903(e);
``(2) realign all military installations
recommended for realignment by such Commission
in each such report;
``(3) carry out the privatization in place
of a military installation recommended for
closure or realignment by the Commission in the
2005 report only if privatization in place is a
method of closure or realignment of the military
installation specified in the recommendations of
the Commission in such report and is determined
by the Commission to be the most cost-effective
method of implementation of the recommendation;
``(4) initiate all such closures and
realignments no later than two years after the
date on which the President transmits a report
to the Congress pursuant to section 2903(e)
containing the recommendations for such closures
or realignments; and
``(5) complete all such closures and
realignments no later than the end of the six-
year period beginning on the date on which the
President transmits the report pursuant to
section 2903(e) containing the recommendations
for such closures or realignments.
``(b) Congressional Disapproval.--(1) The Secretary may
not carry out any closure or realignment recommended by the
Commission in a report transmitted from the President
pursuant to section 2903(e) if a joint resolution is
enacted, in accordance with the provisions of section 2908,
disapproving such recommendations of the Commission before
the earlier of--
``(A) the end of the 45-day period beginning
on the date on which the President transmits
such report; or
``(B) the adjournment of Congress sine die
for the session during which such report is
transmitted.
``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection
and subsections (a) and (c) of section 2908, the days on
which either House of Congress is not in session because of
an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain
shall be excluded in the computation of a period. (Pub. L.
101-510, div. B, Title XXIX, part A, Sec. 2904, Nov. 5,
1990, 104 Stat. 1812, 1813.)
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Sec. 2908. Congressional Consideration of Commission Report
``(a) Terms of the Resolution.--For purposes of section
2904(b), the term `joint resolution' means only a joint
resolution which is introduced within the 10-day period
beginning on the date on which the President transmits the
report to the Congress under section 2903(e), and--
``(1) which does not have a preamble;
``(2) the matter after the resolving clause
of which is as follows: `That Congress
disapproves the recommendations of the Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Commission as
submitted by the President on________', the
blank space being filled in with the appropriate
date; and
``(3) the title of which is as follows:
`Joint resolution disapproving the
recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission.'.
``(b) Referral.--A resolution described in subsection
(a) that is introduced in the House of Representatives shall
be referred to the Committee on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives. A resolution described in subsection (a)
introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee
on Armed Services of the Senate.
``(c) Discharge.--If the committee to which a resolution
described in subsection (a) is referred has not reported
such resolution (or an identical resolution) by the end of
the 20-day period beginning on the date on which the
President transmits the report to the Congress under section
2903(e), such committee shall be, at the end of such period,
discharged from further consideration of such resolution,
and such resolution shall be placed on the appropriate
calendar of the House involved.
``(d) Consideration.--(1) On or after the third day
after the date on which the committee to which such a
resolution is referred has reported, or has been discharged
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of, such a
resolution, it is 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. A Member may make the motion only on the day
after the calendar day on which the Member announces to the
House concerned the Member's intention to make the motion,
except that, in the case of the House of Representatives,
the motion may be made without such prior announcement if
the motion is made by direction of the committee to which
the resolution was referred. 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 respective House shall
immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolution
without intervening motion, order, or other business, and
the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the
respective House until disposed of.
``(2) Debate on the resolution, and on all
debatable motions and appeals in connection
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2
hours, which shall be divided equally between
those favoring and those opposing the
resolution. An amendment to the resolution is
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not in order. A motion further to limit debate
is in order and not debatable. 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.
``(3) Immediately following the conclusion
of the debate on a resolution described in
subsection (a) 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.
``(4) 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 described in subsection (a) shall
be decided without debate.
``(e) Consideration by Other House.--(1) If, before the
passage by one House of a resolution of that House described
in subsection (a), that House receives from the other House
a resolution described in subsection (a), then the following
procedures shall apply:
``(A) The resolution of the other House
shall not be referred to a committee and may not
be considered in the House receiving it except
in the case of final passage as provided in
subparagraph (B)(ii).
``(B) With respect to a resolution described
in subsection (a) of the House receiving the
resolution--
``(i) the procedure in that House shall
be the same as if no resolution had been
received from the other House; but
``(ii) the vote on final passage shall
be on the resolution of the other House.
``(2) Upon disposition of the resolution
received from the other House, it shall no
longer be in order to consider the resolution
that originated in the receiving House.
``(f) Rules of the Senate and House.--This section is
enacted by Congress--
``(1) 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 subsection (a), and it
supersedes other rules only to the extent that
it is inconsistent with such rules; and
``(2) 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. (Pub. L. 101-510, div.
B, Title XXIX, part A, Sec. 2908, Nov. 5, 1990,
104 Stat. 1816, 1818.)
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