    [United States Senate Manual, 118th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 118-1]
    [Cleaves Manual of Conferences and Conference Reports]
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                                  TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

                                    Chapter 449--SECURITY

           415  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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