Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/182

 99 STAT. 160

PUBLIC LAW 99-64—JULY 12, 1985 (3) in subsection d. by inserting before the sentence which begins "Any such proposed agreement" the following: "During the sixty-day period the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate shall each hold hearings on the proposed agreement for cooperation and submit a report to their respective bodies recommending whether it should be approved or disapproved.". (b) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS.—Subsection d.

of

section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153(d)) is amended— (1) by striking out "adopts a concurrent resolution" and inserting in lieu thereof "adopts, and there is enacted, a joint resolution"; (2) by striking out the period at the end of the first proviso and inserting in lieu thereof ": Provided further. That an agreement for cooperation exempted by the President pursuant to subsection a. from any requirement contained in that subsection shall not become effective unless the Congress adopts, and there is enacted, a joint resolution stating that the Congress does favor such agreement."; and (3) by striking out "130 of this Act for the consideration of Presidential submissions" and inserting in lieu thereof "130 i. of this Act". (c) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENTS.— (1) TECHNICAL CHANGES.—Section 130 a. of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2159(a)) is amended— (A) in the first sentence— (i) by striking out "123 d.,"; and (ii) by striking out ", and in addition, in the case of a proposed agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to subsection 91 c, 144 b., or 144 c, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate,"; and (B) in the proviso, by striking out "and* if, in the case of a proposed agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to subsection 91 c, 144 b., or 144 c. of this Act, the other relevant committee of that House has reported such a resolution, such committee shall be deemed discharged from further consideration of that resolution". (2) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS.—

Ante, p. 159.

Section 130 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended— (A) by amending subsection g.— (i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as clauses (A) and (B); (ii) by striking out "g. For" and inserting in lieu thereof "g. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for"; and (iii) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) For purposes of this section insofar as it applies to section 123— "(A) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die at the end of a Congress; and "(B) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days are excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session.'; and

�