[United States Senate Manual, 117th Congress]
[S. Doc. 117-1]
[Cleaves Manual of Conferences and Conference Reports]
[Pages 335-337]
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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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