16 U.S.C. § 3233 — Expedited Congressional review
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-487 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 346 words · no verdicts yet
This section sets congressional procedures for quickly considering a joint resolution approving a presidential recommendation under the related statute. It defines the resolution, requires referral to the same committees, and applies another statute’s procedures unless this section changes them.
(a) Rulemaking. Congress enacts this subsection as an exercise of each House’s rulemaking power. It is part of each House’s rules for procedures involving resolutions described in subsection (b), and overrides inconsistent rules only to that extent. Either House may change these procedural rules at any time, in the same way and to the same extent as any other rule.
(b) Resolution. “Resolution” means a joint resolution whose resolving clause says: “That the House of Representatives and Senate approve the recommendation of the President for [activity] in [area] submitted to the Congress on [date].” The blanks must identify the activity, the affected land area, and the submission date. The resolution may also include material about how the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 applies to the recommendation.
(c) Referral. Once introduced, a resolution concerning the presidential recommendation must be referred by the Senate President or House Speaker, as applicable, to one or more committees. All resolutions concerning the same recommendation must go to the same committee or committees.
(d) Other procedures. Unless this section says otherwise, section 719f(d) of title 15 governs consideration of the resolution.
This subsection is enacted by Congress—
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of each House of Congress, respectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the House in the case of resolutions described by subsection (b) of this section and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith; and
with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as those relate 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 such House.
For purposes of this section, the term “resolution” means a joint resolution, the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the House of Representatives and Senate approve the recommendation of the President for in submitted to the Congress on 19 .”, the first blank space therein to be filled in with appropriate activity, the second blank space therein to be filled in with the name or description of the area of land affected by the activity, and the third blank space therein to be filled with the date on which the President submits his recommendation to the House of Representatives and the Senate. Such resolution may also include material relating to the application and effect of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] to the recommendation.
A resolution once introduced with respect to such Presidential recommendation shall be referred to one or more committees (and all resolutions with respect to the same Presidential recommendation shall be referred to the same committee or committees) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
Except as otherwise provided in this section the provisions of section 719f(d) of title 15 shall apply to the consideration of the resolution.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–487, title XV, § 1503, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2550.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-487 · 94 Stat. 2550
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