II 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 295 

To grant certain authorities to the President to combat economic coercion 

by foreign adversaries, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2023 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 The following is the sense of Congress: 

8 (1) Foreign adversaries are increasingly using 

9 economic coercion to pressure, punish, and influence 

10 United States allies and partners. 


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1 (2) Economic coercion causes economic harm to 

2 United States allies and partners and creates malign 

3 influence on the sovereign political actions of such 

4 allies and partners. 

5 (3) Economic coercion can threaten the essen6 tial security of the United States and its allies. 

7 (4) Economic coercion is often characterized 

8 by— 

9 (A) arbitrary, abusive, and discriminatory 

10 actions that seek to interfere with sovereign ac11 tions, violate international trade rules, and run 

12 counter to the rules-based international order; 

13 (B) capricious, pre-textual, and non-trans14 parent actions taken without due process af15 forded; 

16 (C) intimidation or threats of punitive ac17 tions; and 

18 (D) informal actions that take place with19 out explicit government action. 

20 (5) Existing mechanisms for trade dispute reso21 lution and international arbitration are inadequate 

22 for responding to economic coercion in a timely and 

23 effective manner as foreign adversaries exploit plau24 sible deniability and lengthy processes to evade ac25 countability. 


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1 (6) The United States should provide meaning2 ful economic and political support to foreign trading 

3 partners 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. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this Act: 

16 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’’— 

19 (A) means— 

20 (i) the Committee on Foreign Rela21 tions of the Senate; and 

22 (ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

23 of the House of Representatives; and 

24 (B) includes— 


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1 (i) with respect to the exercise of any 

2 authority under section 5(a)(1) or 5(b)— 

3 (I) the Committee on Finance of 

4 the Senate; and 

5 (II) the Committee on Ways and 

6 Means of the House of Representa7 tives; and 

8 (ii) with respect to the exercise of any 

9 authority under paragraph (6) or (8) of 

10 section 5(a)— 

11 (I) the Committee on Banking, 

12 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 

13 Senate; and 

14 (II) the Committee on Financial 

15 Services of the House of Representa16 tives. 

17 (2) ECONOMIC COERCION.—The term ‘‘eco18 nomic coercion’’ means actions, practices, or threats 

19 undertaken by a foreign adversary to unreasonably 

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

21 investment, or commerce in an arbitrary, capricious, 

22 or non-transparent manner with the intention to 

23 cause economic harm to achieve strategic political 

24 objectives or influence sovereign political actions. 


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1 (3) EXPORT; EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGU2 LATIONS; IN-COUNTRY TRANSFER; REEXPORT.—The 

3 terms ‘‘export’’, ‘‘Export Administration Regula4 tions’’, ‘‘in-country transfer’’, and ‘‘reexport’’ have 

5 the meanings given those terms in section 1742 of 

6 the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

7 4801). 

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

9 adversary’’ has the meaning given that term in sec10 tion 8(c)(2) of the Secure and Trusted Communica11 tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)). 

12 (5) FOREIGN TRADING PARTNER.—The term 

13 ‘‘foreign trading partner’’ means a jurisdiction that 

14 is a trading partner of the United States. 

15 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF ECONOMIC COERCION. 

16 (a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the President determines 

18 that a foreign trading partner is subject to economic 

19 coercion by a foreign adversary, the President may 

20 exercise, in a manner proportionate to the economic 

21 coercion, any authority described— 

22 (A) in section 5(a) to support or assist the 

23 foreign trading partner; or 

24 (B) in section 5(b) to penalize the foreign 

25 adversary. 


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1 (2) INFORMATION; HEARINGS.—To inform any 

2 determination or exercise of authority under para3 graph (1), the President shall— 

4 (A) obtain the written opinion and analysis 

5 of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Com6 merce, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

7 United States Trade Representative, and the 

8 heads of other Federal agencies, as the Presi9 dent considers appropriate; 

10 (B) seek information and advice from and 

11 consult with other relevant officers of the 

12 United States; and 

13 (C) afford other interested parties an op14 portunity to present relevant information and 

15 advice. 

16 (3) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—The 

17 President shall consult with the appropriate congres18 sional committees— 

19 (A) not earlier than 30 days and not later 

20 than 10 days before exercising any authority 

21 under paragraph (1); and 

22 (B) not less frequently than once every 

23 180 days for the duration of the exercise of 

24 such authority. 


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1 (4) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 

2 date that the President determines that a foreign 

3 trading partner is subject to economic coercion or 

4 exercises any authority under paragraph (1), the 

5 President shall publish in the Federal Register— 

6 (A) a notice of the determination or exer7 cise of authority; and 

8 (B) a description of the economic coercion 

9 that the foreign adversary is applying to the 

10 foreign trading partner and other circumstances 

11 that led to such determination or exercise of au12 thority. 

13 (b) EXPEDITED DETERMINATION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of State de15 termines that a foreign trading partner is subject to 

16 economic coercion by a foreign adversary, the Sec17 retary of State or the head of the relevant Federal 

18 agency may exercise any authority described in para19 graphs (2) through (7) of section 5(a). 

20 (2) NOTICES.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days 

22 after a determination under paragraph (1), the 

23 Secretary of State shall submit to the appro24 priate congressional committees a notice of such 

25 determination. 


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1 (B) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—Not later 

2 than 10 days after the exercise of any authority 

3 described in paragraphs (2) through (7) of sec4 tion 5(a) that relies on the determination for 

5 which the Secretary of State submitted notice 

6 under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State 

7 or the head of the relevant Federal agency rely8 ing on such determination shall submit to the 

9 appropriate congressional committees a notice 

10 of intent to exercise such authority, but not 

11 more frequently than once every 90 days. 

12 (c) REVOCATION OF DETERMINATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any determination made by 

14 the President under subsection (a) or the Secretary 

15 of State under subsection (b) shall be revoked on the 

16 earliest of— 

17 (A) the date that is 2 years after the date 

18 of such determination; 

19 (B) the date of the enactment of a joint 

20 resolution of disapproval revoking the deter21 mination; or 

22 (C) the date on which the President issues 

23 a proclamation revoking the determination. 

24 (2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITIES.—Any au25 thority described in section 5(a) exercised pursuant 


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1 to a determination that has been revoked under 

2 paragraph (1) shall cease to be exercised on the date 

3 of such revocation, except that such revocation shall 

4 not affect— 

5 (A) any action taken or proceeding pend6 ing not finally concluded or determined on such 

7 date; or 

8 (B) any rights or duties that matured or 

9 penalties that were incurred prior to such date. 

10 SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES TO ASSIST FOREIGN TRADING PART11 NERS AFFECTED BY ECONOMIC COERCION. 

12 (a) AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN

13 TRADING PARTNERS.—The authorities described in this 

14 subsection are the following: 

15 (1) Subject to section 7, with respect to goods 

16 imported into the United States from a foreign trad17 ing partner subject to economic coercion by a foreign 

18 adversary— 

19 (A) the reduction or elimination of duties; 

20 or 

21 (B) the modification of tariff-rate quotas. 

22 (2) Requesting appropriations for foreign aid to 

23 the foreign trading partner. 

24 (3) Expedited decisions with respect to the 

25 issuance of licenses for the export or reexport to, or 


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1 in-country transfer in, the foreign trading partner of 

2 items subject to controls under the Export Adminis3 tration Regulations, consistent with the Export Con4 trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.). 

5 (4) Expedited regulatory processes related to 

6 the importation of goods and services into the 

7 United States from the foreign trading partner. 

8 (5) Requesting the necessary authority and ap9 propriations for sovereign loan guarantees to the for10 eign trading partner. 

11 (6) The waiver of policy requirements (other 

12 than policy requirements mandated by an Act of 

13 Congress, including the policies and procedures es14 tablished pursuant to section 11 of the Export-Im15 port Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i–5)) as nec16 essary to facilitate the provision of financing to sup17 port exports to the foreign trading partner. 

18 (7) Requesting appropriations for loan loss re19 serves to facilitate the provision of financing to sup20 port United States exports to the foreign trading 

21 partner. 

22 (8) The exemption of financing provided to sup23 port United States exports to the foreign trading 

24 partner from section 8(g)(1) of the Export-Import 

25 Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635g(g)(1)). 


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1 (b) AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN AD2 VERSARIES.—With respect to goods imported into the 

3 United States from a foreign adversary engaged in eco4 nomic coercion of a foreign trading partner, the authori5 ties described in this subsection are the following: 

6 (1) The increase in duties. 

7 (2) The modification of tariff-rate quotas. 

8 SEC. 6. COORDINATION WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS. 

9 (a) COORDINATION BY PRESIDENT.—After a deter10 mination by the President that a foreign trading partner 

11 is subject to economic coercion by a foreign adversary, the 

12 President shall endeavor to coordinate— 

13 (1) the exercise of the authorities described in 

14 section 5 with the exercise of relevant authorities by 

15 allies and partners in order to broaden economic 

16 support to the foreign trading partner affected by 

17 economic coercion; and 

18 (2) with allies and partners to issue joint con19 demnation of the actions of the foreign adversary 

20 and support for the foreign trading partner. 

21 (b) COORDINATION BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

22 of State, in coordination with the heads of the relevant 

23 agencies, shall endeavor— 


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1 (1) to encourage allies and partners to identify 

2 or create mechanisms and authorities necessary to 

3 facilitate the coordination under subsection (a)(1); 

4 (2) to coordinate with allies and partners to in5 crease opposition to economic coercion in the inter6 national community; 

7 (3) to coordinate with allies and partners to 

8 deter the use of economic coercion by foreign adver9 saries; and 

10 (4) to engage with foreign trading partners to 

11 gather information about possible instances of eco12 nomic coercion and share such information with the 

13 appropriate congressional committees. 

14 SEC. 7. CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO TARIFF AUTHOR15 ITY. 

16 (a) LIMITATIONS ON TARIFF AUTHORITY.—The au17 thority described in section 5(a)(1)— 

18 (1) does not include the authority to reduce or 

19 eliminate antidumping or countervailing duties im20 posed under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

21 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.); 

22 (2) may only apply to an article if— 

23 (A) such article is— 

24 (i) designated by the President as an 

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1 ized System of Preferences under section 

2 503 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

3 2463); and 

4 (ii) imported directly from the foreign 

5 trading partner into the customs territory 

6 of the United States; and 

7 (B) the sum of the cost or value of the ma8 terials produced in the foreign trading partner 

9 and the direct costs of processing operations 

10 performed in such foreign trading partner is 

11 not less than 35 percent of the appraised value 

12 of such article at the time it is entered; 

13 (3) may not apply to any article that is the 

14 product of the foreign trading partner by virtue of 

15 having merely undergone— 

16 (A) simple combining or packaging oper17 ations; or 

18 (B) mere dilution with water or another 

19 substance that does not materially alter the 

20 characteristics of the article; and 

21 (4) may not be applied in a manner that would 

22 provide indirect economic benefit to a foreign adver23 sary. 

24 (b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before exercising any au2 thority described in subsection (a)(1) or (b) of sec3 tion 5, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

4 congressional committees a notice of intent to exer5 cise such authority that includes a description of— 

6 (A) the circumstances that merit the exer7 cise of such authority; 

8 (B) the expected effects of the exercise of 

9 such authority on the economy of the United 

10 States and businesses, workers, farmers, and 

11 ranchers in the United States; 

12 (C) the expected effects of the exercise of 

13 such authority on the foreign trading partner; 

14 and 

15 (D) the expected effects of the exercise of 

16 such authority on the foreign adversary. 

17 (2) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 

19 45 calendar days beginning on the date on 

20 which the President submits a notice of intent 

21 under paragraph (1), the appropriate congres22 sional committees should hold hearings and 

23 briefings and otherwise obtain information in 

24 order to fully review the proposed exercise of 

25 authority. 


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1 (B) LIMITATION ON EXERCISE OF AU2 THORITY DURING CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 during the period for congressional review de5 scribed in subparagraph (A) of a notice of in6 tent submitted under paragraph (1), the Presi7 dent may not take the proposed exercise of au8 thority unless a joint resolution of approval 

9 with respect to that exercise of authority is en10 acted. 

11 (C) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF JOINT

12 RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwith13 standing any other provision of law, if a joint 

14 resolution of disapproval relating to a notice of 

15 intent submitted under paragraph (1) is en16 acted during the period for congressional review 

17 described in subparagraph (A), the President 

18 may not take the proposed exercise of author19 ity. 

20 SEC. 8. PROCESS FOR JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF APPROVAL 

21 OR DISAPPROVAL. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

23 (1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—The 

24 term ‘‘joint resolution of approval’’ means only a 

25 joint resolution of either House of Congress— 


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1 (A) which does not have a preamble; 

2 (B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A 

3 joint resolution approving the President’s exer4 cise of authority under section 5 of the Coun5 tering Economic Coercion Act of 2023.’’; and 

6 (C) the sole matter after the resolving 

7 clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress 

8 approves the exercise of authority by the Presi9 dent under section 5 of the Countering Eco10 nomic Coercion Act of 2023, submitted to Con11 gress on lll.’’, with the blank space being 

12 filled with the appropriate date. 

13 (2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—The 

14 term ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means— 

15 (A) with respect to a determination under 

16 section 4(a), only a joint resolution of either 

17 House of Congress— 

18 (i) which does not have a preamble; 

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

20 joint resolution disapproving the Presi21 dent’s determination under section 4(a) of 

22 the Countering Economic Coercion Act of 

23 2023.’’; and 

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1 gress disapproves the determination of the 

2 President under section 4(a) of the Coun3 tering Economic Coercion Act of 2023, 

4 published in the Federal Register on 

5 lll.’’, with the blank space being filled 

6 with the appropriate date; 

7 (B) with respect to a determination under 

8 section 4(b), only a joint resolution of either 

9 House of Congress— 

10 (i) which does not have a preamble; 

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

12 joint resolution disapproving the Secretary 

13 of State’s determination under section 4(b) 

14 of the Countering Economic Coercion Act 

15 of 2023.’’; and 

16 (iii) the sole matter after the resolving 

17 clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Con18 gress disapproves the determination of the 

19 Secretary of State under section 4(b) of 

20 the Countering Economic Coercion Act of 

21 2023, submitted to Congress on lll.’’, 

22 with the blank space being filled with the 

23 appropriate date; and 

24 (C) with respect to section 7, only a joint 

25 resolution of either House of Congress— 


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1 (i) which does not have a preamble; 

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

3 joint resolution disapproving the Presi4 dent’s exercise of authority under section 5 

5 of the Countering Economic Coercion Act 

6 of 2023.’’; and 

7 (iii) the sole matter after the resolving 

8 clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Con9 gress disapproves the exercise of authority 

10 by the President under section 5 of the 

11 Countering Economic Coercion Act of 

12 2023, submitted to Congress on lll.’’, 

13 with the blank space being filled with the 

14 appropriate date. 

15 (b) INTRODUCTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA16 TIVES.—During a period of 5 legislative days beginning 

17 on the date that a notice of determination is published 

18 in the Federal Register in accordance with section 4(a)(4) 

19 or submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 in accordance with section 4(b)(2)(A) or a notice of intent 

21 is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 

22 in accordance with section 4(b)(2)(B) or section 7(b)(1), 

23 a joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution of dis24 approval may be introduced in the House of Representa25 tives by the majority leader or the minority leader. 


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1 (c) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—During a pe2 riod of 5 days on which the Senate is in session beginning 

3 on the date that a notice of determination is published 

4 in the Federal Register in accordance with section 4(a)(4) 

5 or submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 

6 in accordance with section 4(b)(2)(A) or a notice of intent 

7 is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 

8 in accordance with section 4(b)(2)(B) or section 7(b)(1), 

9 a joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution of dis10 approval may be introduced in the Senate by the majority 

11 leader (or the majority leader’s designee) or the minority 

12 leader (or the minority leader’s designee). 

13 (d) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP14 RESENTATIVES.— 

15 (1) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a com16 mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 

17 joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis18 approval has been referred has not reported such 

19 joint resolution within 10 legislative days after the 

20 date of referral, that committee shall be discharged 

21 from further consideration of the joint resolution. 

22 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—In the 

23 House of Representatives, the following procedures 

24 shall apply to a joint resolution of approval or a 

25 joint resolution of disapproval: 


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1 (A) Beginning on the third legislative day 

2 after each committee to which a joint resolution 

3 of approval or joint resolution of disapproval 

4 has been referred reports it to the House of 

5 Representatives or has been discharged from 

6 further consideration of the joint resolution, it 

7 shall be in order to move to proceed to consider 

8 the joint resolution in the House of Representa9 tives. 

10 (B) All points of order against the motion 

11 are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 

12 after the House of Representatives has disposed 

13 of a motion to proceed on a joint resolution 

14 with regard to the same certification. The pre15 vious question shall be considered as ordered on 

16 the motion to its adoption without intervening 

17 motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A 

18 motion to reconsider the vote by which the mo19 tion is disposed of shall not be in order. 

20 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

21 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

22 against the joint resolution and against its consider23 ation are waived. The previous question shall be con24 sidered as ordered on the joint resolution to final 

25 passage without intervening motion except two hours 


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1 of debate equally divided and controlled by the spon2 sor of the joint resolution (or a designee) and an op3 ponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage 

4 of the joint resolution shall not be in order. 

5 (e) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

6 (1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint resolution 

7 of approval or a joint resolution of disapproval intro8 duced in the Senate shall be referred to the Com9 mittee on Foreign Relations. 

10 (2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the Com11 mittee on Foreign Relations has not reported a joint 

12 resolution of approval or a joint resolution of dis13 approval within 10 days on which the Senate is in 

14 session after the date of referral of such joint resolu15 tion, that committee shall be discharged from fur16 ther consideration of such joint resolution and the 

17 joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 

18 calendar. 

19 (3) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwithstanding 

20 Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it 

21 is in order at any time after the Committee on For22 eign Relations reports the joint resolution of ap23 proval or the joint resolution of disapproval to the 

24 Senate or has been discharged from its consideration 

25 (even though a previous motion to the same effect 


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1 has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 

2 consideration of the joint resolution, and all points 

3 of order against the joint resolution (and against 

4 consideration of the joint resolution) shall be waived. 

5 The motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion 

6 is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to 

7 reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to 

8 or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to 

9 proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution 

10 of approval or the joint resolution of disapproval is 

11 agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the un12 finished business until disposed. 

13 (4) DEBATE.—Debate on a joint resolution of 

14 approval or a joint resolution of disapproval, and on 

15 all debatable motions and appeals in connection with 

16 such joint resolution, shall be limited to not more 

17 than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally be18 tween the majority and minority leaders or their des19 ignees. A motion to further limit debate is in order 

20 and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion 

21 to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider22 ation of other business, or a motion to recommit the 

23 joint resolution is not in order. 

24 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

25 shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 


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1 the debate on the joint resolution of approval or the 

2 joint resolution of disapproval and a single quorum 

3 call at the conclusion of the debate, if requested in 

4 accordance with the rules of the Senate. 

5 (6) RULES OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

6 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

7 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

8 case may be, to the procedure relating to the joint 

9 resolution of approval or the joint resolution of dis10 approval shall be decided without debate. 

11 (7) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—De12 bate in the Senate of any veto message with respect 

13 to the joint resolution of approval or the joint reso14 lution of disapproval, including all debatable motions 

15 and appeals in connection with such joint resolution, 

16 shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided 

17 between, and controlled by, the majority leader and 

18 the minority leader or their designees. 

19 (f) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Except as other20 wise provided in this section, the following procedures 

21 shall apply in the Senate to a joint resolution of approval 

22 or a joint resolution of disapproval to which this section 

23 applies: 

24 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a joint 

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1 approval that has passed the House of Representa2 tives shall, when received in the Senate, be referred 

3 to the Committee on Foreign Relations for consider4 ation in accordance with this subsection. 

5 (2) If a joint resolution of approval or a joint 

6 resolution of disapproval to which this section ap7 plies was introduced in the Senate before receipt of 

8 a joint resolution of approval or a joint resolution of 

9 disapproval that has passed the House of Represent10 atives, the joint resolution from the House of Rep11 resentatives shall, when received in the Senate, be 

12 placed on the calendar. If this paragraph applies, 

13 the procedures in the Senate with respect to a joint 

14 resolution of approval or a joint resolution of dis15 approval introduced in the Senate that contains the 

16 identical matter as a joint resolution of approval or 

17 a joint resolution of disapproval that passed the 

18 House of Representatives shall be the same as if no 

19 joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis20 approval had been received from the House of Rep21 resentatives, except that the vote on passage in the 

22 Senate shall be on the joint resolution of approval or 

23 the joint resolution of disapproval that passed the 

24 House of Representatives. 


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1 (g) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

2 AND SENATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 

3 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

4 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re5 spectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules 

6 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

7 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

8 House in the case of a joint resolution of approval 

9 or a joint resolution of disapproval under this para10 graph, and supersedes other rules only to the extent 

11 that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

12 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

13 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

14 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 

15 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

16 the case of any other rule of that House. 

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