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 94 STAT. 2550

PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 (e) ONE-HUNDRED-AND-TWENTY-DAY COMPUTATION.—For purposes

of this section— (1) continuity of session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment sine die; and (2) 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 the one-hundred-and-twenty-day calendar period. EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW

16 USC 3233.

42 USC 4321 note.

SEC. 1503. (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 to the recommendation.

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