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