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(4) individuals determined to be participating in
or otherwise facilitating the sale of such organs in
the United States should be prosecuted to the fullest
possible extent of the law; and
(5) the appropriate officials in the United
States should interview individuals, including doc-
tors, who may have knowledge of such organ har-
vesting and transplanting practice.
TITLE II—AGREEMENT ON
NUCLEAR COOPERATION
(a) AMENDMENT TO JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING
TO AGREEMENT FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION.—The
joint resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution relating to the
approval and implementation of the proposed agreement
for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the
People’s Republic of China (Public Law 99–183; approved
December 16, 1985) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and subject to section
2,’’ after ‘‘or any international agreement,’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘thirty’’
and inserting ‘‘120’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 2. (a) ACTION BY CONGRESS TO DISAPPROVE
CERTIFICATION.—No license may be issued for the export
to the People’s Republic of China of any nuclear material,
facilities, or components subject to the Agreement, and no
approval for the transfer or retransfer to the People’s Re-
public of China of any nuclear material, facilities, or com-
ponents subject to the Agreement shall be given if, during
the 120-day period referred to in subsection (b)(1) of the
first section, there is enacted a joint resolution described
in subsection (b) of this section.
‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—A joint
resolution is described in this subsection if it is a joint
resolution which has a provision disapproving the Presi-
dent’s certification under subsection (b)(1), or a provision
or provisions modifying the manner in which the Agree-
ment is implemented, or both.
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF JOINT
RESOLUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) REFERENCE TO COMMITTEES.—Joint res-
olutions—
‘‘(A) may be introduced in either House of
Congress by any Member of such House; and
‘‘(B) shall be referred, in the House of
Representatives, to the Committee on Inter-
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national Relations and, in the Senate, to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
It shall be in order to amend such joint resolutions
in the committees to which they are referred.
‘‘(2) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—(A) The provi-
sions of section 152(d) and (e) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(d) and (e)) (relating to the
floor consideration of certain resolutions in the
House and Senate) apply to joint resolutions de-
scribed in subsection (b).
‘‘(B) It is not in order for—
‘‘(i) the House of Representatives to con-
sider any joint resolution described in sub-
section (b) that has not been reported by the
Committee on International Relations; and
‘‘(ii) the Senate to consider any joint reso-
lution described in subsection (b) that has not
been reported by the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations.
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION OF SECOND RESOLUTION NOT
IN ORDER.—It shall not be in order in either the House
of Representatives or the Senate to consider a joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (b) (other than a joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (b) received from the other
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House), if that House has previously adopted such a joint
resolution.
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES RELATING TO CONFERENCE RE-
PORTS IN THE SENATE.—
‘‘(1) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration in the
the Senate of the conference report on any joint res-
olution described in subsection (b), including consid-
eration of all amendments in disagreement (and all
amendments thereto), and consideration of all debat-
able motions and appeals in connection therewith,
shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided
between, and controlled by, the majority leader and
the minority leader or their designees. Debate on
any debatable motion or appeal related to the con-
ference report shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equal-
ly divided between, and controlled by, the mover and
the manager of the conference report.
‘‘(2) DEBATE ON AMENDMENTS IN DISAGREE-
MENT.—In any case in which there are amendments
in disagreement, time on each amendment shall be
limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the manager of the conference re-
port and the minority leader or his designee. No
amendment to any amendment in disagreement shall
be received unless it is a germane amendment.
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‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION
OF
VETO
MESSAGE.—
Consideration in the Senate of any veto message
with respect to a joint resolution described in sub-
section (b), including consideration of all debatable
motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall
be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided be-
tween, and controlled by, the majority leader and the
minority leader or their designees.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 5,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.