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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-223—APR. 2, 1980 120 days following the date of enactment of this Act and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate shall prescribe, to have the basis of all property acquired from or passing from the decedent (within the meaning of section 1014(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954) determined for all purposes under such Code as though the provisions of section 2005 of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 (as amended by the provisions of section 702(c) of the Revenue Act of 1978) applied to such property acquired or passing from such decedent. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply in respect of decedents dying after December 31, 1976.

94 STAT. 301

26 USC ioi4. 90 Stat. 1872. 92 Stat. 2925. 26 USC 1023 note.

SEC. 402. DISAPPROVAL OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS ADJUSTING OIL IMPORTS.

Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) la amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e)(1) An action taken by the President under subsection (b) to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have force and effect upon the enactment of a disapproval resolution, provided for in paragraph (2), relating to that action. "(2)(A) This paragraph is enacted by the Congress— "(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedures to be followed in that House in the case of disapproval resolutions and such procedures supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and "(ii) with the 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 any other rule of that House. "(B) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'disapproval resolution' means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: 'That the Congress disapproves the action taken under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 with respect to petroleum imports under dated .*, the first blank space being filled with the number of the proclamation, Executive order, or other Executive act issued under the authority of subsection (b) of such section 232 for purposes of adjusting imports of petroleum or petroleum products and the second blank being filled with the appropriate date. "(C)(i) AH disapproval resolutions introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and all disapproval resolutions introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. "(ii) No amendment to a disapproval resolution shall be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, and no motion to suspend the application of this clause 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 clause by unanimous consent." SEC. 403. QUALIFIED LIQUIDATIONS OF LIFO INVENTORIES. (a) TREATMENT OF QUALIFIED LIQUIDATIONS.—

"Disapproval resolution."

19 USC 1862

Resolutions, referral to congressional committees.