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[CITE: 42USC2159]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                 SUBCHAPTER X--INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 2159. Congressional review procedures


(a) Committee consideration of Presidential submissions; reports

    Not later than forty-five days of continuous session of Congress 
after the date of transmittal to the Congress of any submission of the 
President required by section 2155(a)(2), 2155(b)(2), 2157(b), 2158, 
2160(a)(3), or 2160(f)(1)(A) of this title, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives shall each submit a report to its respective 
House on its views and recommendations respecting such Presidential 
submission together with a resolution, as defined in subsection (f) of 
this section, stating in substance that the Congress approves or 
disapproves such submission, as the case may be: Provided, That if any 
such committee has not reported such a resolution at the end of such 
forty-five day period, such committee shall be deemed to be discharged 
from further consideration of such submission. If no such resolution has 
been reported at the end of such period, the first resolution, as 
defined in subsection (f) of this section, which is introduced within 
five days thereafter within such House shall be placed on the 
appropriate calendar of such House.

(b) Consideration of resolution by respective Houses of Congress

    When the relevant committee or committees have reported such a 
resolution (or have been discharged from further consideration of such a 
resolution pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) or when a 
resolution has been introduced and placed on the appropriate calendar 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, as the case may be, it is at 
any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same 
effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to 
move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion is 
highly privileged and is not debatable. The motion shall not be subject 
to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 
a motion to proceed to the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, 
the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the respective 
House until disposed of.

(c) Debate

    Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable motions and appeals 
in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than ten hours, 
which shall be divided equally between individuals favoring and 
individuals opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is 
in order and not debatable. An amendment to a motion to postpone, or a 
motion to recommit the resolution, or a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business is not in order. A motion to reconsider 
the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
be in order. No amendment to any concurrent resolution pursuant to the 
procedures of this section is in order except as provided in subsection 
(d) of this section.

(d) Vote on final approval

    Immediately following (1) the conclusion of the debate on such 
concurrent resolution, (2) a single quorum call at the conclusion of 
debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate 
House, and (3) the consideration of an amendment introduced by the 
Majority Leader or his designee to insert the phrase, ``does not'' in 
lieu of the word ``does'' if the resolution under consideration is a 
concurrent resolution of approval, the vote on final approval of the 
resolution shall occur.

(e) Appeals from decisions of Chair

    Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application 
of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case 
may be, to the procedure relating to such a resolution shall be decided 
without debate.

(f) Resolution

    For the purposes of subsections (a) through (e) of this section, the 
term ``resolution'' means a concurrent resolution of the Congress, the 
matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That the 
Congress (does or does not) favor the               transmitted to the 
Congress by the President on       ,               .'', the blank spaces 
therein to be appropriately filled, and the affirmative or negative 
phrase within the parenthetical to be appropriately selected.

(g) Continuity of Congressional sessions; computation of time

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for the purposes of this 
section--
        (A) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of 
    Congress sine die; and
        (B) 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 any period of time in which Congress is in 
    continuous session.

    (2) For purposes of this section insofar as it applies to section 
2153 of this title--
        (A) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of 
    Congress sine die at the end of a Congress; and
        (B) the days on which either House is not in session because of 
    an adjournment of more than three days are excluded in the 
    computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous 
    session.

(h) Supersedure or change in rules

    This section is enacted by Congress--
        (1) 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 resolutions described by subsection (f) of this section; and 
    they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are 
    inconsistent therewith; and
        (2) 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.

(i) Joint resolutions

    (1) For the purposes of this subsection, the term ``joint 
resolution'' means a joint resolution, the matter after the resolving 
clause of which is as follows: ``That the Congress (does or does not) 
favor the proposed agreement for cooperation transmitted to the Congress 
by the President on       .'', with the date of the transmission of the 
proposed agreement for cooperation inserted in the blank, and the 
affirmative or negative phrase within the parenthetical appropriately 
selected.
    (2) On the day on which a proposed agreement for cooperation is 
submitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate under section 
2153(d) of this title, a joint resolution with respect to such agreement 
for cooperation shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the 
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for himself and the 
ranking minority member of the Committee, or by Members of the House 
designated by the chairman and ranking minority member; and shall be 
introduced (by request) in the Senate by the majority leader of the 
Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the Senate, or by Members 
of the Senate designated by the majority leader and minority leader of 
the Senate. If either House is not in session on the day on which such 
an agreement for cooperation is submitted, the joint resolution shall be 
introduced in that House, as provided in the preceding sentence, on the 
first day thereafter on which that House is in session.
    (3) All joint resolutions introduced in the House of Representatives 
shall be referred to the appropriate committee or committees, and all 
joint resolutions introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and in addition, in the case of a 
proposed agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to section 2121(c), 
2164(b), or 2164(c) of this title, the Committee on Armed Services.
    (4) If the committee of either House to which a joint resolution has 
been referred has not reported it at the end of 45 days after its 
introduction, the committee shall be discharged from further 
consideration of the joint resolution or of any other joint resolution 
introduced with respect to the same matter; except that, in the case of 
a joint resolution which has been referred to more than one committee, 
if before the end of that 45-day period one such committee has reported 
the joint resolution, any other committee to which the joint resolution 
was referred shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint 
resolution or of any other joint resolution introduced with respect to 
the same matter.
    (5) A joint resolution under this subsection shall be considered in 
the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b)(4) of the 
International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. 
For the purpose of expediting the consideration and passage of joint 
resolutions reported or discharged pursuant to the provisions of this 
subsection, it shall be in order for the Committee on Rules of the House 
of Representatives to present for consideration a resolution of the 
House of Representatives providing procedures for the immediate 
consideration of a joint resolution under this subsection which may be 
similar, if applicable, to the procedures set forth in section 601(b)(4) 
of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 
1976.
    (6) In the case of a joint resolution described in paragraph (1), if 
prior to the passage by one House of a joint resolution of that House, 
that House receives a joint resolution with respect to the same matter 
from the other House, then--
        (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no joint 
    resolution had been received from the other House; but
        (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution 
    of the other House.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 130, as added Pub. L. 95-242, 
title III, Sec. 308, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 139; amended Pub. L. 99-64, 
title III, Sec. 301(c), July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 160; renumbered title I, 
Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 
2944; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 15(f)(5), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4592.)

                       References in Text

    Section 601(b)(4) of the International Security Assistance and Arms 
Export Control Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (i)(5), is section 
601(b)(4) of Pub. L. 94-329, June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 729, which made 
provision for expedited procedures in the Senate, and is not classified 
to the Code.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsecs. (a), (i)(2). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Foreign 
Affairs'' for ``International Relations''.
    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-64, Sec. 301(c)(1), struck out 
``2153(d),'' after ``submission of the President required by section'', 
struck out ``, and in addition, in the case of a proposed agreement for 
cooperation arranged pursuant to section 2121(c), 2164(b), or 2164(c) of 
this title, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate,'' 
after ``Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives'', 
and struck out in proviso ``and if, in the case of a proposed agreement 
for cooperation arranged pursuant to section 2121(c), 2164(b), or 
2164(c) of this title, the other relevant committee of that House has 
reported such a resolution, such committee shall be deemed discharged 
from further consideration of that resolution'' after ``consideration of 
such submission''.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 99-64, Sec. 301(c)(2), designated existing 
provisions of subsec. (g) as par. (1), substituted ``Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), for'' for ``For'', redesignated former pars. (1) and 
(2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, and added par. (2).
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 99-64, Sec. 301(c)(2)(B), added subsec. (i).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-64 applicable to any agreement for 
cooperation entered into after July 12, 1985, see section 301(d) of Pub. 
L. 99-64, set out as a note under section 2153 of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Mar. 10, 1978, except as otherwise provided and 
regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing 
regulations, see section 603(c) of Pub. L. 95-242, set out as a note 
under section 3201 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2153, 2153c, 2155, 2157, 
2158, 2160 of this title.
