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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2179

To amend the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to clarify

the conditions under which export controls may be imposed on agricultural products.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 16, 1998

Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To amend the International Emergency Economic Powers

Act to clarify the conditions under which export controls

may be imposed on agricultural products.

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 ‘‘Selective Agriculture

5 Embargo Prohibition Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL EXPORT CONTROLS.

7 The International Emergency Economic Powers Act

8 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating section 208 as section 209;

2 and

3 (2) by inserting after section 207 the following

4 new section:

5 ‘‘SEC. 208. AGRICULTURAL CONTROLS.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

7 ‘‘(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If the President

8 imposes export controls on any agricultural commod9 ity in order to carry out the provisions of this Act,

10 the President shall immediately transmit a report on

11 such action to Congress, setting forth the reasons

12 for the controls in detail and specifying the period

13 of time, which may not exceed 1 year, that the con14 trols are proposed to be in effect. If Congress, within

15 60 days after the date of its receipt of the report,

16 adopts a joint resolution pursuant to subsection (b),

17 approving the imposition of the export controls, then

18 such controls shall remain in effect for the period

19 specified in the report, or until terminated by the

20 President, whichever occurs first. If Congress, within

21 60 days after the date of its receipt of such report,

22 fails to adopt a joint resolution approving such con23 trols, then such controls shall cease to be effective

24 upon the expiration of that 60-day period.
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1 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH (1).—The

2 provisions of paragraph (1) and subsection (b) shall

3 not apply to export controls—

4 ‘‘(A) which are extended under this Act if

5 the controls, when imposed, were approved by

6 Congress under paragraph (1) and subsection

7 (b); or

8 ‘‘(B) which are imposed with respect to a

9 country as part of the prohibition or curtail10 ment of all exports to that country.

11 ‘‘(b) JOINT RESOLUTION.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sub13 section, the term ‘joint resolution’ means only a joint

14 resolution the matter after the resolving clause of

15 which is as follows: ‘That, pursuant to section 208

16 of the International Emergency Economic Powers

17 Act, the President may impose export controls as

18 specified in the report submitted to Congress on

19 lllllllll.’, with the blank space being

20 filled with the appropriate date.

21 ‘‘(2) INTRODUCTION.—On the day on which a

22 report is submitted to the House of Representatives

23 and the Senate under subsection (a), a joint resolu24 tion with respect to the export controls specified in

25 such report shall be introduced (by request) in the
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1 House of Representatives by the chairman of the

2 Committee on International Relations, for himself

3 and the ranking minority member of the Committee,

4 or by Members of the House designated by the

5 chairman and ranking minority member; and shall

6 be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the Ma7 jority Leader of the Senate, for himself and the Mi8 nority Leader of the Senate, or by Members of the

9 Senate designated by the Majority Leader and Mi10 nority Leader of the Senate. If either House is not

11 in session on the day on which such a report is sub12 mitted, the joint resolution shall be introduced in

13 that House, as provided in the preceding sentence,

14 on the first day thereafter on which that House is

15 in session.

16 ‘‘(3) REFERRAL.—All joint resolutions intro17 duced in the House of Representatives and in the

18 Senate shall be referred to the appropriate commit19 tee.

20 ‘‘(4) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE.—If the com21 mittee of either House to which a joint resolution

22 has been referred has not reported the joint resolu23 tion at the end of 30 days after its referral, the com24 mittee shall be discharged from further consider-
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1 ation of the joint resolution or of any other joint res2 olution introduced with respect to the same matter.

3 ‘‘(5) CONSIDERATION IN SENATE AND HOUSE

4 OF REPRESENTATIVES.—A joint resolution under

5 this subsection shall be considered in the Senate in

6 accordance with the provisions of section 601(b)(4)

7 of the International Security Assistance and Arms

8 Export Control Act of 1976. For the purpose of ex9 pediting the consideration and passage of joint reso10 lutions reported or discharged pursuant to the provi11 sions of this subsection, it shall be in order for the

12 Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives

13 to present for consideration a resolution of the

14 House of Representatives providing procedures for

15 the immediate consideration of a joint resolution

16 under this subsection which may be similar, if appli17 cable, to the procedures set forth in section

18 601(b)(4) of the International Security Assistance

19 and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.

20 ‘‘(6) PASSAGE BY 1 HOUSE.—In the case of a

21 joint resolution described in paragraph (1), if, before

22 the passage by 1 House of a joint resolution of that

23 House, that House receives a resolution with respect

24 to the same matter from the other House, then—
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1 ‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be

2 the same as if no joint resolution had been re3 ceived from the other House; but

4 ‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on

5 the joint resolution of the other House.

6 ‘‘(c) COMPUTATION OF TIME.—In the computation of

7 the period of 60 days referred to in subsection (a) and

8 the period of 30 days referred to in paragraph (4) of sub9 section (b), there shall be excluded the days on which ei10 ther House of Congress is not in session because of an

11 adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain or be12 cause of an adjournment of Congress sine die.’’.

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