[United States Senate Manual, 117th Congress]
[S. Doc. 117-1]
[Cleaves Manual of Conferences and Conference Reports]
[Pages 523-527]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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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            of such 35-day period, shall be deemed to have repealed such 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.