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 PUBLIC LAW 94-163—DEC. 22, 1975

89 STAT. 965

issued in violation of any limitation in appropriations or other Acts, with respect to the amounts of outstanding obligational authority. EXPIRATION

SEC. 531. Except as otherwise provided in title I or title II, all 42 USC 6401. authority under any provision of title I or title II (other than a Ante, pp. 875, provision of either such title amending another law) and any rule, ^90. regulation, or order issued pursuant to such authority, shall expire at midnight, June 30, 1985, but such expiration shall not affect any action or p e n d i n g proceedings, civil or criminal, not finally determined on such date, nor any action or proceeding based upon any act committed prior to midnight, June 30, 1985. P A R T C—CONGRESSIONAL KEVIEW PROCEDURE FOR CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL REQUESTS TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN AUTHORITIES

SEC. 551. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "energy action" means any matter required to be transmitted, or submitted to the Congress in accordance with the procedures of this section. (b) The President shall transmit any energy action (bearing an identification number) to both Houses of Congress on the same day. I f both Houses are not in session on the day any energy action is received by the appropriate officers of each House, for purposes of this section such energy action shall be deemed to have been transmitted on the first succeeding day on which both Houses are in session. (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection^ if energy action is transmitted to the Houses of Congress, such action shall take effect at the end of the first period of 15 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which such action is transmitted to such Houses, unless between the date of transmittal and the end of such 15-day period, either House passes a resolution stating in substance that such House does not favor such action. (2) A n energy action described in paragraph (1) may take effect prior to the expiration of the 15-calendar-day period after the date on which such action is transmitted, if each House of Congress approves a resolution affirmatively stating in substance that such House does not object to such action. (d) For the purpose of subsection (c) of this section— (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the 15-calendar-day period. (e) Under provisions contained in an energy action, a provision of such an action may take effect on a date later than the date on which such action otherwise takes effect pursuant to the provisions of this section. (f)(1) T h i s 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 it is 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 paragraph (2) of this subsection; and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent the r e w i t h; and

42 USC 6421. "Energy action." Transmittal to Congress,

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