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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-329—JUNE 30, 1976

90 STAT. 765

tember 30, 1976, may not exceed an amount equal to one-fourth of the amount authorized by section 31(b) of such Act to be extended and ^»'«> P- 740. guaranteed for the fiscal year 1976. BASE AGREEMENTS W I T H SPAIN, GREECE, AND TURKEY

SEC. 507. (a) In addition to any amounts authorized to be appro- 22 USC 2151 priated by any amendment made by this Act which may be available note. for such purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 1977 to carry out international agreements or other arrangements for the use by the Armed Forces of the United States of military facilities in Spain, Greece, or Turkey. (b) No funds appropriated under this section may be obligated or expended to carry out any such agreement or other arrangement until legislation has been enaxited approving such agreement or other arrangement. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE

SEC. 601. (a)(1) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall apply with respect to the consideration in the Senate of any resolution required by law to be considered in accordance with such provisions. (2) Any such law shall— (A) state whether the term "resolution" as used in subsection 'Resolution. (b) of this section, means, for the purposes of such law— (i) a joint resolution; or (ii) a resolution of either House of Congress; (iii) a concurrent resolution; and (B) specify the certification to which such resolution shall apply. (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 in session because of an 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 in 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.