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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1135 

To grant certain authorities to the President to combat economic coercion 

by foreign adversaries, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 

Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Mr. COLE, and Mr. BERA) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and 

Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To grant certain authorities to the President to combat economic coercion by foreign adversaries, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Economic 

5 Coercion Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Foreign adversaries are increasingly using 

2 economic coercion to pressure, punish, and influence 

3 United States allies and partners. 

4 (2) Economic coercion causes economic harm to 

5 United States allies and partners and creates malign 

6 influence on the sovereign political actions of such 

7 allies and partners. 

8 (3) Economic coercion can threaten the essen9 tial security of the United States and its allies. 

10 (4) Economic coercion is often characterized 

11 by— 

12 (A) capricious, pre-textual, and non-trans13 parent actions taken without due process af14 forded; 

15 (B) intimidation or threats of punitive ac16 tions; and 

17 (C) informal actions that take place with18 out explicit government action. 

19 (5) Existing mechanisms for trade dispute reso20 lution and international arbitration are inadequate 

21 for responding to economic coercion in a timely and 

22 effective manner as foreign adversaries exploit plau23 sible deniability and lengthy processes to evade ac24 countability. 


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1 (6) The United States should provide meaning2 ful economic and political support to allies and part3 ners affected by economic coercion. 

4 (7) Supporting foreign trading partners af5 fected by economic coercion can lead to opportunities 

6 for United States businesses, investors, and workers 

7 to reach new markets and customers. 

8 (8) Responding to economic coercion will be 

9 most effective when the United States provides relief 

10 to affected foreign trading partners in coordination 

11 with allies and like-minded countries. 

12 (9) Such coordination will further demonstrate 

13 broad resolve against economic coercion. 

14 SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY 

15 ECONOMIC POWERS ACT. 

16 The International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

17 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 209. AUTHORITIES TO COMBAT ECONOMIC COERCION 

20 BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’— 

25 ‘‘(A) means— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Foreign Rela2 tions of the Senate; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Af4 fairs of the House of Representatives; and 

5 ‘‘(B) includes— 

6 ‘‘(i) with respect to the exercise of any 

7 authority under subsection (c)(1)(A), 

8 (c)(1)(D), or (c)(2)— 

9 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Finance 

10 of the Senate; and 

11 ‘‘(II) the Committee on Ways 

12 and Means of the House of Rep13 resentatives; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) with respect to the exercise of 

15 any authority under subsection (c)(1)(B) 

16 or (b)(1)(G)— 

17 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Appro18 priations of the Senate; and 

19 ‘‘(II) the Committee on Appro20 priations of the House of Representa21 tives; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) with respect to the exercise of 

23 any authority under subparagraphs (F) or 

24 (H) of subsection (c)(1)— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Banking, 

2 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 

3 Senate; and 

4 ‘‘(II) the Committee on Financial 

5 Services of the House of Representa6 tives. 

7 ‘‘(2) ECONOMIC COERCION.—The term ‘eco8 nomic coercion’ means actions, practices, or threats 

9 undertaken by a foreign adversary to unreasonably 

10 restrain, obstruct, or manipulate trade, foreign aid, 

11 investment, or commerce in an arbitrary, capricious, 

12 or non-transparent manner with the intention to 

13 cause economic harm to achieve strategic political 

14 objectives or influence sovereign political actions. 

15 ‘‘(3) EXPORT; EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGU16 LATIONS; IN-COUNTRY TRANSFER; REEXPORT.—The 

17 terms ‘export’, ‘Export Administration Regulations’, 

18 ‘in-country transfer’, and ‘reexport’ have the mean19 ings given those terms in section 1742 of the Export 

20 Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801). 

21 ‘‘(4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY.—The term ‘foreign 

22 adversary’ has the meaning given that term in sec23 tion 8(c)(2) of the Secure and Trusted Communica24 tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)). 


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1 ‘‘(5) FOREIGN TRADING PARTNER.—The term 

2 ‘foreign trading partner’ means any partner or allied 

3 jurisdiction that trades with the United States. 

4 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF ECONOMIC COERCION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the President deter7 mines that a foreign trading partner is subject 

8 to economic coercion by a foreign adversary, the 

9 President may exercise, in a manner propor10 tionate to the economic coercion, any authority 

11 described— 

12 ‘‘(i) in subsection (c)(1) to support or 

13 assist the foreign trading partner; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) in subsection (c)(2) to penalize 

15 the foreign adversary. 

16 ‘‘(B) INFORMATION; HEARINGS.—To in17 form any determination or exercise of authority 

18 under subparagraph (A), the President shall— 

19 ‘‘(i) obtain the written opinion and 

20 analysis of the Secretary of State, the Sec21 retary of Commerce, the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury, the United States Trade Rep23 resentative, and the heads of other Federal 

24 agencies, as the President considers appro25 priate; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) seek information and advice from 

2 and consult with other relevant officers of 

3 the United States; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) afford other interested parties 

5 an opportunity to present relevant infor6 mation and advice. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.— 

8 The President shall consult with the appro9 priate congressional committees— 

10 ‘‘(i) not later than 10 days before ex11 ercising any authority under this para12 graph; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) not less frequently than once 

14 every 180 days for the duration of the ex15 ercise of such authority. 

16 ‘‘(D) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days 

17 after the date that the President determines 

18 that a foreign trading partner is subject to eco19 nomic coercion or exercises any authority under 

20 subparagraph (A), the President shall publish 

21 in the Federal Register— 

22 ‘‘(i) a notice of the determination or 

23 exercise of authority; and 

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1 ing to the foreign trading partner and 

2 other circumstances that led to such deter3 mination or exercise of authority. 

4 ‘‘(2) EXPEDITED DETERMINATION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of 

6 State determines that a foreign trading partner 

7 is subject to economic coercion by a foreign ad8 versary, the Secretary of State or the head of 

9 the relevant Federal agency may exercise any 

10 authority described in subparagraphs (B) 

11 through (G) of subsection (c)(1). 

12 ‘‘(B) NOTICES.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 

14 days after a determination under subpara15 graph (A), the Secretary of State shall 

16 submit to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees a notice of such determination. 

18 ‘‘(ii) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—Not 

19 later than 10 days after the exercise of any 

20 authority described in subparagraphs (B) 

21 through (G) of subsection (c)(1) that relies 

22 on the determination for which the Sec23 retary of State submitted notice under 

24 clause (i), the Secretary of State or the 

25 head of the relevant Federal agency relying 


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1 on such determination shall submit to the 

2 appropriate congressional committees a no3 tice of intent to exercise such authority, 

4 but not more frequently than once every 

5 90 days. 

6 ‘‘(3) REVOCATION OF DETERMINATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any determination 

8 made by the President under paragraph (1) or 

9 Secretary of State under paragraph (2) shall be 

10 revoked on the earliest of— 

11 ‘‘(i) the date that is two years after 

12 the date of such determination; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the date of the enactment of a 

14 joint resolution of disapproval revoking the 

15 determination; or 

16 ‘‘(iii) the date on which the President 

17 issues a proclamation revoking the deter18 mination. 

19 ‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

20 Any authority described in subsection (c)(1) ex21 ercised pursuant to a determination that has 

22 been revoked under subparagraph (A) shall 

23 cease to be exercised on the date of such rev24 ocation, except that such revocation shall not 

25 affect— 


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1 ‘‘(i) any action taken or proceeding 

2 pending not finally concluded or deter3 mined on such date; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) any rights or duties that ma5 tured or penalties that were incurred prior 

6 to such date. 

7 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITIES TO ASSIST FOREIGN TRADING

8 PARTNERS AFFECTED BY ECONOMIC COERCION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN

10 TRADING PARTNERS.—The authorities described in 

11 this subsection are the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) Subject to subsection (e), with re13 spect to goods imported into the United States 

14 from a foreign trading partner subject to eco15 nomic coercion by a foreign adversary— 

16 ‘‘(i) the reduction or elimination of 

17 duties; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) the modification of tariff-rate 

19 quotas. 

20 ‘‘(B) Requesting appropriations for foreign 

21 aid to the foreign trading partner. 

22 ‘‘(C) Expedited decisions with respect to 

23 the issuance of licenses for the export or reex24 port to, or in-country transfer in, the foreign 

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1 under the Export Administration Regulations, 

2 consistent with the Export Control Reform Act 

3 of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘(D) Expedited regulatory processes re5 lated to the importation of goods and services 

6 into the United States from the foreign trading 

7 partner. 

8 ‘‘(E) Requesting the necessary authority 

9 and appropriations for sovereign loan guaran10 tees to the foreign trading partner. 

11 ‘‘(F) The waiver of policy requirements 

12 (other than policy requirements mandated by 

13 an Act of Congress) as necessary to facilitate 

14 the provision of financing to support exports to 

15 the foreign trading partner. 

16 ‘‘(G) Requesting appropriations for loan 

17 loss reserves to facilitate the provision of fi18 nancing to support United States exports to the 

19 foreign trading partner. 

20 ‘‘(H) The exemption of financing provided 

21 to support United States exports to the foreign 

22 trading partner from section 8(g)(1) of the Ex23 port-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 

24 635g(g)(1)). 


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1 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN

2 ADVERSARIES.—Subject to subsection (e), with re3 spect to goods imported into the United States from 

4 a foreign adversary engaged in economic coercion of 

5 a foreign trading partner, the authorities described 

6 in this subsection are the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) The increase in duties. 

8 ‘‘(B) The modification of tariff-rate 

9 quotas. 

10 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH ALLIES AND PART11 NERS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) COORDINATION BY PRESIDENT.—After a 

13 determination by the President that a foreign trad14 ing partner is subject to economic coercion by a for15 eign adversary, the President shall endeavor to co16 ordinate— 

17 ‘‘(A) the exercise of the authorities de18 scribed in subsection (c) with other allies and 

19 partners, in order to broaden economic support 

20 to the foreign trading partner affected by eco21 nomic coercion; and 

22 ‘‘(B) with allies and partners to issue joint 

23 condemnation of the actions of the foreign ad24 versary and support for the foreign trading 

25 partner. 


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1 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION BY SECRETARY.—The Sec2 retary of State, in coordination with the heads of 

3 relevant agencies, shall endeavor— 

4 ‘‘(A) to encourage allies and partners to 

5 create mechanisms and authorities necessary to 

6 facilitate the coordination under paragraph 

7 (1)(A); 

8 ‘‘(B) to coordinate with allies and partners 

9 to broaden international opposition to economic 

10 coercion; 

11 ‘‘(C) to coordinate with allies and partners 

12 to deter the use of economic coercion by foreign 

13 adversaries; and 

14 ‘‘(D) to engage with allies and partners to 

15 gather information about possible instances of 

16 economic coercion and share such information 

17 with the appropriate congressional committees. 

18 ‘‘(e) CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO TARIFF AU19 THORITY.— 

20 ‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS ON TARIFF AUTHORITY.— 

21 The authority described in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

22 ‘‘(A) does not include the authority to re23 duce or eliminate antidumping or countervailing 

24 duties imposed under title VII of the Tariff Act 

25 of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.); 


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1 ‘‘(B) may only apply to an article if— 

2 ‘‘(i) such article is— 

3 ‘‘(I) designated by the President 

4 as an eligible article for purposes of 

5 the Generalized System of Preferences 

6 under section 503 of the Trade Act of 

7 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463); and 

8 ‘‘(II) imported directly from the 

9 foreign trading partner into the cus10 toms territory of the United States; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the sum of the cost or value of 

13 the materials produced in the foreign trad14 ing partner and the direct costs of proc15 essing operations performed in such for16 eign trading partner is not less than 35 

17 percent of the appraised value of such arti18 cle at the time it is entered; and 

19 ‘‘(C) may not apply to any article that is 

20 the product of the foreign trading partner by 

21 virtue of having merely undergone— 

22 ‘‘(i) simple combining or packaging 

23 operations; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) mere dilution with water or an2 other substance that does not materially 

3 alter the characteristics of the article. 

4 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before exercising any 

6 authority described in paragraph (1)(A) or (2) 

7 of subsection (c), the President shall submit to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees a no9 tice of intent to exercise such authority that in10 cludes a description of— 

11 ‘‘(i) the circumstances that merit the 

12 exercise of such authority; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the expected effects of the exer14 cise of such authority on the economy of 

15 the United States and businesses, workers, 

16 farmers, and ranchers in the United 

17 States; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the expected effects of the exer19 cise of such authority on the foreign trad20 ing partner; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) the expected effects of the exer22 cise of such authority on the foreign adver23 sary. 

24 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—During the period 

2 of 45 calendar days beginning on the date 

3 on which the President submits a notice of 

4 intent under subparagraph (A), the appro5 priate congressional committees should 

6 hold hearings and briefings and otherwise 

7 obtain information in order to fully review 

8 the proposed exercise of authority. 

9 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON EXERCISE OF

10 AUTHORITY DURING CONGRESSIONAL RE11 VIEW.—Notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law, during the period for congres13 sional review described in clause (i) of a 

14 notice of intent submitted under subpara15 graph (A), the President may not take the 

16 proposed exercise of authority unless a 

17 joint resolution of approval with respect to 

18 that exercise of authority is enacted. 

19 ‘‘(iii) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF

20 JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re23 lating to a notice of intent submitted under 

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1 clause (i), the President may not take the 

2 proposed exercise of authority. 

3 ‘‘(f) PROCESS FOR JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF AP4 PROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.— 

5 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(A) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.— 

7 The term ‘joint resolution of approval’ means 

8 only a joint resolution of either House of Con9 gress— 

10 ‘‘(i) which does not have a preamble; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the title of which is as follows: ‘A 

12 joint resolution approving the President’s 

13 exercise of authority under section 209(c) 

14 of the International Emergency Economic 

15 Powers Act.’; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the sole matter after the resolv17 ing clause of which is as follows: ‘That 

18 Congress approves the exercise of authority 

19 by the President under section 209(c) of 

20 the International Emergency Economic 

21 Powers Act, submitted to Congress on 

22 lll.’, with the blank space being filled 

23 with the appropriate date. 


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1 ‘‘(B) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DIS2 APPROVAL.—The term ‘joint resolution of dis3 approval’ means— 

4 ‘‘(i) with respect to the determination 

5 in subsection (b)(1), per the revocation 

6 outlined in subsection (b)(3), only a joint 

7 resolution of either House of Congress— 

8 ‘‘(I) which does not have a pre9 amble; 

10 ‘‘(II) the title of which is as fol11 lows: ‘A joint resolution disapproving 

12 the President’s determination under 

13 section 209(b) of the International 

14 Emergency Economic Powers Act.’; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(III) the sole matter after the 

17 resolving clause of which is as follows: 

18 ‘That Congress disapproves the deter19 mination of the President under sec20 tion 209(b) of the International 

21 Emergency Economic Powers Act, 

22 published in the Federal Register on 

23 lll.’, with the blank space being 

24 filled with the appropriate date; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) with respect to an expedited de2 termination under subsection (b)(2), per 

3 the revocation outlined in subsection 

4 (b)(3), only a joint resolution of either 

5 House of Congress— 

6 ‘‘(I) which does not have a pre7 amble; 

8 ‘‘(II) the title of which is as fol9 lows: ‘A joint resolution disapproving 

10 the Secretary of State’s determination 

11 under section 209(b) of the Inter12 national Emergency Economic Powers 

13 Act.’; and 

14 ‘‘(III) the sole matter after the 

15 resolving clause of which is as follows: 

16 ‘That Congress disapproves the deter17 mination of the Secretary of State 

18 under section 209(b) of the Inter19 national Emergency Economic Powers 

20 Act, submitted to Congress on 

21 lll.’, with the blank space being 

22 filled with the appropriate date; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) with respect to the exercise of 

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1 joint resolution of either House of Con2 gress— 

3 ‘‘(I) which does not have a pre4 amble; 

5 ‘‘(II) the title of which is as fol6 lows: ‘A joint resolution disapproving 

7 the President’s exercise of authority 

8 under section 209(c) of the Inter9 national Emergency Economic Powers 

10 Act.’; and 

11 ‘‘(III) the sole matter after the 

12 resolving clause of which is as follows: 

13 ‘That Congress disapproves the exer14 cise of authority by the President 

15 under section 209(c) of the Inter16 national Emergency Economic Powers 

17 Act, submitted to Congress on 

18 lll.’, with the blank space being 

19 filled with the appropriate date. 

20 ‘‘(2) INTRODUCTION IN THE HOUSE OF REP21 RESENTATIVES.—During a period of 5 legislative 

22 days beginning on the date that a notice of deter23 mination is published in the Federal Register in ac24 cordance with subsection (b)(1)(D) or submitted to 

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1 ance with subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) or a notice of in2 tent is submitted to the appropriate congressional 

3 committees in accordance with subsection 

4 (b)(2)(B)(ii) or subsection (e)(2)(A), a joint resolu5 tion of approval or a joint resolution of disapproval 

6 may be introduced in the House of Representatives 

7 by the majority leader or the minority leader. 

8 ‘‘(3) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—During 

9 a period of 5 days on which the Senate is in session 

10 beginning on the date that a notice of determination 

11 is published in the Federal Register in accordance 

12 with subsection (b)(1)(D) or submitted to the appro13 priate congressional committees in accordance with 

14 subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) or a notice of intent is sub15 mitted to the appropriate congressional committees 

16 in accordance with subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii) or sub17 section (e)(2)(A), a joint resolution of approval or a 

18 joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced in 

19 the Senate by the majority leader (or the majority 

20 leader’s designee) or the minority leader (or the mi21 nority leader’s designee). 

22 ‘‘(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

23 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

24 ‘‘(A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a 

25 committee of the House of Representatives to 


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1 which a joint resolution of approval or joint res2 olution of disapproval has been referred has not 

3 reported such joint resolution within 10 legisla4 tive days after the date of referral, that com5 mittee shall be discharged from further consid6 eration of the joint resolution. 

7 ‘‘(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

8 In the House of Representatives, the following 

9 procedures shall apply to a joint resolution of 

10 approval or a joint resolution of disapproval: 

11 ‘‘(i) Beginning on the third legislative 

12 day after each committee to which a joint 

13 resolution of approval or joint resolution of 

14 disapproval has been referred reports it to 

15 the House of Representatives or has been 

16 discharged from further consideration of 

17 the joint resolution, it shall be in order to 

18 move to proceed to consider the joint reso19 lution in the House of Representatives. 

20 ‘‘(ii) All points of order against the 

21 motion are waived. Such a motion shall not 

22 be in order after the House of Representa23 tives has disposed of a motion to proceed 

24 on a joint resolution with regard to the 

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1 shall be considered as ordered on the mo2 tion to its adoption without intervening 

3 motion. The motion shall not be debatable. 

4 A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

5 the motion is disposed of shall not be in 

6 order. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolu8 tion shall be considered as read. All points of 

9 order against the joint resolution and against 

10 its consideration are waived. The previous ques11 tion shall be considered as ordered on the joint 

12 resolution to final passage without intervening 

13 motion except two hours of debate equally di14 vided and controlled by the sponsor of the joint 

15 resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A 

16 motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 

17 joint resolution shall not be in order. 

18 ‘‘(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

19 ‘‘(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint res20 olution of approval or a joint resolution of dis21 approval introduced in the Senate shall be re22 ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 

23 ‘‘(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

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1 resolution of disapproval within 10 days on 

2 which the Senate is in session after the date of 

3 referral of such joint resolution, that committee 

4 shall be discharged from further consideration 

5 of such joint resolution and the joint resolution 

6 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

7 ‘‘(C) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwith8 standing Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 

9 the Senate, it is in order at any time after the 

10 Committee on Foreign Relations reports the 

11 joint resolution of approval or the joint resolu12 tion of disapproval to the Senate or has been 

13 discharged from its consideration (even though 

14 a previous motion to the same effect has been 

15 disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consid16 eration of the joint resolution, and all points of 

17 order against the joint resolution (and against 

18 consideration of the joint resolution) shall be 

19 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

20 The motion is not subject to a motion to post21 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

22 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

23 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the con24 sideration of the joint resolution of approval or 

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1 the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 

2 business until disposed. 

3 ‘‘(D) DEBATE.—Debate on a joint resolu4 tion of approval or a joint resolution of dis5 approval, and on all debatable motions and ap6 peals in connection with such joint resolution, 

7 shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 

8 which shall be divided equally between the ma9 jority and minority leaders or their designees. A 

10 motion to further limit debate is in order and 

11 not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion 

12 to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the con13 sideration of other business, or a motion to re14 commit the joint resolution is not in order. 

15 ‘‘(E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on 

16 passage shall occur immediately following the 

17 conclusion of the debate on the joint resolution 

18 of approval or the joint resolution of dis19 approval and a single quorum call at the con20 clusion of the debate, if requested in accordance 

21 with the rules of the Senate. 

22 ‘‘(F) RULES OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE23 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

24 relating to the application of the rules of the 

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1 lating to the joint resolution of approval or the 

2 joint resolution of disapproval shall be decided 

3 without debate. 

4 ‘‘(G) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES5 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes6 sage with respect to the joint resolution of ap7 proval or the joint resolution of disapproval, in8 cluding all debatable motions and appeals in 

9 connection with such joint resolution, shall be 

10 limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided be11 tween, and controlled by, the majority leader 

12 and the minority leader or their designees. 

13 ‘‘(6) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Except as 

14 otherwise provided in this section, the following pro15 cedures shall apply in the Senate to a joint resolu16 tion of approval or a joint resolution of disapproval 

17 to which this section applies: 

18 ‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 

19 (B), a joint resolution of approval or a joint 

20 resolution of disapproval that has passed the 

21 House of Representatives shall, when received 

22 in the Senate, be referred to the Committee on 

23 Foreign Relations for consideration in accord24 ance with this subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(B) If a joint resolution of approval or a 

2 joint resolution of disapproval to which this sec3 tion applies was introduced in the Senate before 

4 receipt of a joint resolution of approval or a 

5 joint resolution of disapproval that has passed 

6 the House of Representatives, the joint resolu7 tion from the House of Representatives shall, 

8 when received in the Senate, be placed on the 

9 calendar. If this paragraph applies, the proce10 dures in the Senate with respect to a joint reso11 lution of approval or a joint resolution of dis12 approval introduced in the Senate that contains 

13 the identical matter as a joint resolution of ap14 proval or a joint resolution of disapproval that 

15 passed the House of Representatives shall be 

16 the same as if no joint resolution of approval or 

17 joint resolution of disapproval had been received 

18 from the House of Representatives, except that 

19 the vote on passage in the Senate shall be on 

20 the joint resolution of approval or the joint res21 olution of disapproval that passed the House of 

22 Representatives. 

23 ‘‘(7) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA24 TIVES AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by 

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1 ‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking 

2 power of the Senate and the House of Rep3 resentatives, respectively, and as such is deemed 

4 a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 

5 but applicable only with respect to the proce6 dure to be followed in that House in the case 

7 of a joint resolution of approval or a joint reso8 lution of disapproval under this subparagraph, 

9 and supersedes other rules only to the extent 

10 that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

11 ‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu12 tional right of either House to change the rules 

13 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

14 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

15 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

16 rule of that House.’’. 

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