Sec. 6. Congressional consideration of recommendations
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Section 14 of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 ( 40 U.S.C. 1303 note; Public Law 114–287 ) is amended to read as follows: In this section, the term joint resolution means only a joint resolution— that is introduced during the 10-day period beginning on the date on which the President submits an approval and certification of recommendations to Congress under paragraph
(1)or
(3)of section 13(b); that does not have a preamble; the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That Congress disapproves the recommendations of the Public Buildings Reform Board as submitted by the President on _________ , the blank space being filled in with the appropriate date; and the title of which is as follows: A Joint Resolution disapproving the recommendations of the Public Buildings Reform Board . Not later than 45 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress an approval and certification of recommendations under paragraph
(1)or
(3)of section 13(b), Congress may enact a joint resolution to disapprove the recommendations of the Board. For the purposes of this section, the days on which either House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain shall be excluded in the computation of the period of time described in subsection (a)(1). A joint resolution that is introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. A joint resolution that is introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. If the committee to which a joint resolution is referred has not reported the joint resolution (or an identical resolution) by the end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which the President submits the report to Congress under section 13(a)(2)— the committee shall be, at the end of that period, discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution; and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved. On or after the third day after the date on which the committee to which a joint resolution is referred has reported, or has been discharged (under subsection (e)) from further consideration of, such a joint resolution, it is in order, regardless of whether 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 joint resolution. A Member may make a motion described in paragraph
(1)only on the date after the calendar day on which the Member announces to the House concerned the intention of the Member to make the motion, except that, in the case of the House of Representatives, the motion may be made without such a prior announcement if the motion is made by direction of the committee to which the joint resolution was referred. A motion made under paragraph
(1)is— highly privileged in the House of Representatives, privileged in the Senate, and not debatable; and not subject to amendment, a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which a motion made under paragraph
(1)is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to— the respective House shall immediately proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution without intervening motion, order, or other business; and the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the respective House until disposed of. Debate on a joint resolution and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. An amendment to the joint resolution is not in order. A motion further to limit debate on the joint resolution is in order and not debatable. A motion to postpone, to proceed to the consideration of other business, to recommit the joint resolution, or to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate, if requested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur. Appeals of 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 a joint resolution shall be decided without debate. If, before the passage by a House of Congress of a joint resolution of that House, that House receives from the other House of Congress a joint resolution, the following procedures shall apply: The joint resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee and may not be considered in the House receiving the joint resolution except in the case of final passage as provided in subparagraph (B). With respect to a joint resolution of the House receiving the joint resolution, the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House, but the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other House. On disposition of the joint resolution received from the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the joint resolution that originated in the receiving House. This section is enacted by Congress— as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such— is deemed to be a part of the rules of each House, respectively; but is applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution; and supersedes other rules only to the extent that this section is inconsistent with those rules; and 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. If Congress fails to pass a joint resolution by the date that is 45 calendar days after the date of submission by the President to Congress of the recommendations of the Board, each Federal agency shall be required to implement and carry out all of the recommendations of the Board pursuant to section 15. .
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