Sec. 7220. IDENTIFICATION STANDARDS
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## SEC. 7220 IDENTIFICATION STANDARDS **[**[49 U.S.C. 44901 note](/us/usc/t49/s44901)**]** ###
(a)Proposed Standards ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Homeland Security— #####
(A)shall propose minimum standards for identification documents required of domestic commercial airline passengers for boarding an aircraft; and #####
(B)may, from time to time, propose minimum standards amending or replacing standards previously proposed and transmitted to Congress and approved under this section. ####
(2)Submission to congress Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the standards under paragraph (1)(A) to the Senate and the House of Representatives on the same day while each House is in session. ####
(3)Effective date Any proposed standards submitted to Congress under this subsection shall take effect when an approval resolution is passed by the House and the Senate under the procedures described in subsection
(b)and becomes law. ###
(b)Congressional Approval Procedures ####
(1)Rulemaking power This subsection is enacted by Congress— #####
(A)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 such approval resolutions; and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and #####
(B)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. ####
(2)Approval resolution For the purpose of this subsection, the term “**approval resolution**” means a joint resolution of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the Congress approves the proposed standards issued under section 7220 of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004, transmitted by the President to the Congress on ——————”, the blank space being filled in with the appropriate date. ####
(3)Introduction Not later than the first day of session following the day on which proposed standards are transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate under subsection (a), an approval resolution— #####
(A)shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, for himself or herself and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or by Members of the House of Representatives designated by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House; and #####
(B)shall be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the Majority Leader of the Senate, for himself or herself and the Minority Leader of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate. ####
(4)Prohibitions #####
(A)Amendments No amendment to an approval resolution shall be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. #####
(B)Motions to suspend No motion to suspend the application of this paragraph 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 paragraph by unanimous consent. ####
(5)Referral #####
(A)In general An approval resolution shall be referred to the committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate with jurisdiction. Each committee shall make its recommendations to the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be, within 45 days after its introduction. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if a committee to which an approval resolution has been referred has not reported it at the close of the 45th day after its introduction, such committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the resolution and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. #####
(B)Final passage A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be taken in each House on or before the close of the 15th day after the resolution is reported by the committee or committees of that House to which it was referred, or after such committee or committees have been discharged from further consideration of the resolution. #####
(C)Computation of days For purposes of this paragraph, in computing a number of days in either House, there shall be excluded any day on which that House is not in session. ####
(6)Coordination with action of other house If prior to the passage by one House of an approval resolution of that House, that House receives the same approval resolution from the other House, then the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no approval resolution has been received from the other House, but the vote on final passage shall be on the approval resolution of the other House. ####
(7)Floor consideration in the house of representatives #####
(A)Motion to proceed A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the consideration of an approval resolution shall be highly privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, not shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. #####
(B)Debate Debate in the House of Representatives on an implementing bill or approval resolution shall be limited to not more than 4 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion to further limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to move to recommit an approval resolution or to move to reconsider the vote by which an approval resolution is agreed to or disagreed to. #####
(C)Motion to postpone Motions to postpone made in the House of Representatives with respect to the consideration of an approval resolution and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business shall be decided without debate. #####
(D)Appeals All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the procedure relating to an approval resolution shall be decided without debate. #####
(E)Rules of the house of representatives Except to the extent specifically provided in subparagraphs
(A)through (D), consideration of an approval resolution shall be governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to other resolutions in similar circumstances. ####
(8)Floor consideration in the Senate #####
(A)Motion to proceed A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of an approval resolution shall be privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. #####
(B)Debate on resolution Debate in the Senate on an approval resolution, and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, or their designees. #####
(C)Debate on motions and appeals Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with an approval resolution shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, which shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution, except that in the event the manager of the resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the Minority Leader or designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control on the passage of an approval resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable motion or appeal. #####
(D)Limit on debate A motion in the Senate to further limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit an approval resolution is not in order. ###
(c)Default Standards ####
(1)In general If the standards proposed under subsection (a)(1)(A) are not approved pursuant to the procedures described in subsection (b), then not later than 1 year after rejection by a vote of either House of Congress, domestic commercial airline passengers seeking to board an aircraft shall present, for identification purposes— #####
(A)a valid, unexpired passport; #####
(B)domestically issued documents that the Secretary of Homeland Security designates as reliable for identification purposes; #####
(C)any document issued by the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security under the authority of 1 of the immigration laws (as defined under section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)); or #####
(D)a document issued by the country of nationality of any alien not required to possess a passport for admission to the United States that the Secretary designates as reliable for identifications purposes ####
(2)Exception The documentary requirements described in paragraph (1)— #####
(A)shall not apply to individuals below the age of 17, or such other age as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security; #####
(B)may be waived by the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of an unforeseen medical emergency. ###
(d)Recommendation to Congress Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall recommend to Congress— ####
(1)categories of Federal facilities that the Secretary determines to be at risk for terrorist attack and requiring minimum identification standards for access to such facilities; and ####
(2)appropriate minimum identification standards to gain access to those facilities. ## Subtitle C National Preparedness
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