amendment to, or motion to recommit the resolution shall not be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which such resolution was agreed to or disagreed to. (6)(A) Motions to postpone, made with respect to the discharge from committee, or the consideration of a resolution and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate. (B) Appeals from the decision of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedures relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate. (7) 44 With respect to any rationing contingency plan (A) In the consideration of any motion to discharge any committee from further consideration of any resolution on any such plan, it shall be in order after debate allowed for under paragraph (4)(B) to offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute for such motion (i) consisting of a motion to discharge such committee from further consideration of a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(i) with respect to any rationing contingency plan, if the discharge motion sought to be amended relates to a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(ii) with respect to the same such plan, or (ii) consisting of a motion to discharge such committee from further consideration of a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(ii) with respect to any rationing contingency plan, if the discharge motion sought to be amended relates to a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(i) with respect to the same such plan. An amendment described in this subparagraph shall not be amendable. Debate on such an amendment shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the amendment. (B) In the consideration of any resolution on any such plan which has been reported by a committee, it shall be in order at any time during the debate allowed for under paragraph (5)(B) to offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute for such resolution (i) consisting of the text of a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(i) with respect to any rationing contingency plan, if the resolution sought to be amended is a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(ii) with respect to the same such plan, or (ii) consisting of the text of a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(ii) with respect to any rationing contingency plan, if the resolution sought to be amended is a resolution described in paragraph (2)(B)(i) with respect to the same such plan. An amendment described in this subparagraph shall not be amendable. 44 Par. (7) was added by sec. 103(b)(2)(G) of Public Law 96-102 (93 Stat. 754). (C) If one House receives from the other House a resolution with respect to a rationing contingency plan, then the following procedure applies: (i) the resolution of the other House with respect to such plan shall not be referred to a committee; (ii) in the case of a resolution of the first House with respect to such plan (I) the procedure with respect to that or other resolutions of such House with respect to such plan shall be the same as if no resolution from the other House with respect to such plan had been received; but (II) on any vote on final passage of a resolution of the first House with respect to such plan a resolution from the other House with respect to such plan which has the same effect shall be automatically substituted for the resolution of the first House. (D) Notwithstanding any of the preceding provisions of this subsection, if a House has approved a resolution with respect to a rationing contingency plan, then it shall not be in order to consider in that House any other resolution under this section with respect to the approval of such plan. 5. Negotiations With Canada Concerning the Alaska Pipeline Partial text of Public Law 93-153 [S. 1081], 87 Stat. 576 at 588, approved November 16, 1973 AN ACT To amend section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and to authorize a trans-Alaska oil pipeline, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE III-NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA Sec. 301.1 The President of the United States is authorized and requested to enter into negotiations with the Government of Canada to determine (a) the willingness of the Government of Canada to permit the construction of pipelines or other transportation systems across Canadian territory for the transport of natural gas and oil from Alaska's North Slope to markets in the United States, including the use of tankers by way of the Northwest Passage; (b) the need for intergovernmental understandings, agreements, or treaties to protect the interests of the Governments of Canada and the United States and any party or parties involved with the construction, operation, and maintenance of pipelines or other transportation systems for the transport of such natural gas or oil; (c) the terms and conditions under which pipelines or other transportation systems could be constructed across Canadian territory; (d) the desirability of undertaking joint studies and investigations designed to insure protection of the environment, reduce legal and regulatory uncertainty, and insure that the respective energy requirements of the people of Canada and of the United States are adequately met; (e) the quantity of such oil and natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska for which the Government of Canada would guarantee transit; and (f) the feasibility, consistent with the needs of other sections of the United States, of acquiring additional energy from other sources that would make unnecessary the shipment of oil from the Alaska pipeline by tanker into the Puget Sound area. The President shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs the actions taken, the progress achieved, the areas of disagreement, and the matters about which 1 43 U.S.C. 1651 note. 6. Defense Production Act of 1950, As Amended Partial text of Public Law 81-774 [H.R. 9176], ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798, approved September 8, 1950; as amended by Public Law 94-152 [S. 1537], 89 Stat. 810, approved December 16, 1975; Public Law 94-153 [H.R. 11027], 89 Stat. 822, approved December 16, 1975; and by Public Law 94-220 [H.J. Res. 784], 90 Stat. 195, approved February 7, 1976 AN ACT To establish a system of priorities and allocations for materials and facilities, authorize the requisitioning thereof, provide financial assistance for expansion of production capacity and supply, provide for price and wage stabilization, provide for the settlement of labor disputes, strengthen controls over credit, and by these measures facilitate the production of goods and services necessary for the national security, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, divided into titles, may be cited as the "Defense Production Act of 1950". SEC. 708A.1 (a) Except as specifically provided in subsection (j) of this section and section 708(j) of this Act, no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person any immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create defenses to actions, under the antitrust laws. (b) As used in this section (1) The term "international energy supply emergency" means any period (A) beginning on any date which the President determines allocation of petroleum products to nations participating in the international agreement is required by chapters III and IV of such program, and (B) ending on a date on which he determines such allocation is no longer required. Such a period may not exceed ninety days, but the President may establish one or more additional periods by making the determination under clause (A) of the preceding sentence. Any determination respecting the beginning or end of any such period shall be published in the Federal Register. (2) The term "international agreement" means the Agreement on an International Energy Program, signed by the United States on November 18, 1974.2 (3) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration. (4) The term "petroleum products" means 150 U.S.C. App. 2158a. Added by sec. 3 of the Defense Production Act Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-152; 89 Stat. 810). Sec. 9 of the same Act, amended by Public Law 94-220, provided the following: "SEC. 9. This Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect at the close of November 30, 1975, except that the amendment made by section 3 shall take effect upon the one hundred and twentieth day beginning after the date of its enactment.". 2 For text, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1988, vol. V, sec. L. |