[United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
[S. Doc. 116-1]
[Cleaves Manual of Conferences and Conference Reports]
[Pages 499-501]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 449--SECURITY
413 Sec. 44901 note. Identification standards
``(a) Proposed Standards.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security--
``(A) shall propose minimum standards
for identification documents required of
domestic commercial airline passengers for
boarding an aircraft; and
``(B) may, from time to time, propose
minimum standards amending or replacing
standards previously proposed and
transmitted to Congress and approved under
this section.
``(2) Submission to congress.--Not later
than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act [Dec. 17, 2004], the Secretary shall
submit the standards under paragraph (1)(A) to
the Senate and the House of Representatives on
the same day while each House is in session.
``(3) Effective date.--Any proposed
standards submitted to Congress under this
subsection shall take effect when an approval
resolution is passed by the House and the Senate
under the procedures described in subsection (b)
and becomes law.
``(b) Congressional Approval Procedures.--
``(1) Rulemaking power.--This subsection is
enacted by Congress--
``(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking
power of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, respectively, and as such
they are 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 such approval
resolutions; and it supersedes other rules
only to the extent that they are
inconsistent therewith; 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.
``(2) Approval resolution.--For the purpose
of this subsection, the term `approval
resolution' means a joint resolution of
Congress, the matter after the resolving clause
of which is as follows: `That the Congress
approves the proposed standards issued under
section 7220 of the 9/11 Commission
Implementation Act of 2004, transmitted by the
President to the Congress on _____', the blank
space being filled in with the appropriate date.
``(3) Introduction.--Not later than the
first day of session following the day on which
proposed standards are transmitted to the House
of Representatives and the Senate under
subsection (a), an approval resolution--
``(A) shall be introduced (by request)
in the House by the Majority Leader of the
House of Representatives, for himself or
herself and the Minority Leader of the House
of Representa
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tives, or by Members of the House of
Representatives designated by the Majority
Leader and Minority Leader of the House; and
``(B) shall be introduced (by request)
in the Senate by the Majority Leader of the
Senate, for himself or herself and the
Minority Leader of the Senate, or by Members
of the Senate designated by the Majority
Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate.
``(4) Prohibitions.--
``(A) Amendments.--No amendment to an
approval resolution shall be in order in
either the House of Representatives or the
Senate.
``(B) Motions to suspend.--No motion to
suspend the application of this paragraph
shall be in order in either House, nor shall
it be in order in either House for the
Presiding Officer to entertain a request to
suspend the application of this paragraph by
unanimous consent.
``(5) Referral.--
``(A) In general.--An approval
resolution shall be referred to the
committees of the House of Representatives
and of the Senate with jurisdiction. Each
committee shall make its recommendations to
the House of Representatives or the Senate,
as the case may be, within 45 days after its
introduction. Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), if a committee to which an
approval resolution has been referred has
not reported it at the close of the 45th day
after its introduction, such committee shall
be automatically discharged from further
consideration of the resolution and it shall
be placed on the appropriate calendar.
``(B) Final passage.--A vote on final
passage of the resolution shall be taken in
each House on or before the close of the
15th day after the resolution is reported by
the committee or committees of that House to
which it was referred, or after such
committee or committees have been discharged
from further consideration of the
resolution.
``(C) Computation of days.--For purposes
of this paragraph, in computing a number of
days in either House, there shall be
excluded any day on which that House is not
in session.
``(6) Coordination with action of other
house.--If prior to the passage by one House of
an approval resolution of that House, that House
receives the same approval resolution from the
other House, then the procedure in that House
shall be the same as if no approval resolution
has been received from the other House, but the
vote on final passage shall be on the approval
resolution of the other House.
``(7) Floor consideration in the House of
Representatives.--
``(A) Motion to proceed.--A motion in
the House of Representatives to proceed to
the consideration of an approval resolution
shall be highly privileged and not
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall
not be in order, not shall it be in order to
move to reconsider the vote by which the
motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
``(B) Debate.--Debate in the House of
Representatives on an implementing bill or
approval resolution shall be limited to not
more than 4 hours, which shall be divided
equally between
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those favoring and those opposing the
resolution. A motion to further limit debate
shall not be debatable. It shall not be in
order to move to recommit an approval
resolution or to move to reconsider the vote
by which an approval resolution is agreed to
or disagreed to.
``(C) Motion to postpone.--Motions to
postpone made in the House of
Representatives with respect to the
consideration of an approval resolution and
motions to proceed to the consideration of
other business shall be decided without
debate.
``(D) Appeals.--All appeals from the
decisions of the Chair relating to the
application of the Rules of the House of
Representatives to the procedure relating to
an approval resolution shall be decided
without debate.
``(E) Rules of the House of
Representatives.--Except to the extent
specifically provided in subparagraphs (A)
through (D), consideration of an approval
resolution shall be governed by the Rules of
the House of Representatives applicable to
other resolutions in similar circumstances.
``(8) Floor consideration in the Senate.--
``(A) Motion to proceed.--A motion in
the Senate to proceed to the consideration
of an approval resolution shall be
privileged and not debatable. 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 on resolution.--Debate in
the Senate on an approval resolution, and
appeals in connection therewith, shall be
limited to not more than 10 hours, which
shall be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the Majority Leader and the
Minority Leader, or their designees.
``(C) Debate on motions and appeals.--
Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion
or appeal in connection with an approval
resolution shall be limited to not more than
1 hour, which shall 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
designee. Such leaders, or either of them,
may, from time under their control on the
passage of an approval resolution, allot
additional time to any Senator during the
consideration of any debatable motion or
appeal.
``(D) Limit on debate.--A motion in the
Senate to further limit debate is not
debatable. A motion to recommit an approval
resolution is not in order. (Pub. L. 108-
458, Title VII, Sec. c7220, Dec. 17, 2004,
118 Stat. 3835.)
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