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§ 3233. —  Expedited Congressional review.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3233]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
  SUBCHAPTER VII--NATIONAL NEED MINERAL ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATION PROCESS
 
Sec. 3233. Expedited Congressional review


(a) Rulemaking

    This subsection is enacted by Congress--
        (1) 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
        (2) 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.

(b) Resolution

    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.

(c) Referral

    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.

(d) Other procedures

    Except as otherwise provided in this section the provisions of 
section 719f(d) of title 15 shall apply to the consideration of the 
resolution.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XV, Sec. 1503, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2550.)

                       References in Text

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in 
subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 91-190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, as amended, 
which is classified generally to chapter 55 (Sec. 4321 et seq.) of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of 
Title 42 and Tables.



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