118 STAT. 3836 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 (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 proce- dure 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 sub- section, 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 stand- ards issued under section 7220 of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004, transmitted by the President to the Congress on llllll’’, 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 sub- section (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 Representatives, or by Members of the House of Rep- resentatives 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 Rep- resentatives 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 Deadline. Deadline. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00370 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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