H. R. 6968 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 

An Act 

To prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian Federation, and 

for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be known as the ‘‘Ending Importation of Russian 

Oil Act’’. 

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF ENERGY PRODUCTS OF 

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

All products of the Russian Federation classified under chapter 

27 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall 

be banned from importation into the United States, in a manner 

consistent with any implementation actions issued under Executive 

Order 14066 (87 Fed. Reg. 13625; relating to prohibiting certain 

imports and new investments with respect to continued Russian 

Federation efforts to undermine the sovereignty and territorial 

integrity of Ukraine). 

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF ENERGY 

PRODUCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to terminate 

the prohibition on importation of energy products of the Russian 

Federation under section 2 if the President submits to Congress 

a certification under subsection (c). Such termination shall take 

effect beginning on the date that is 90 calendar days after the 

date of submission of such certification, unless there is enacted 

into law during such 90-day period a joint resolution of disapproval. 

(b) CONSULTATION AND REPORT.—The President shall, not later 

than 45 calendar days before submitting a certification under subsection (a)— 

(1) consult with— 

(A) the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

and 

(B) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on 

Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

(2) submit to all such committees a report that explains 

the basis for the determination of the President contained in 

such certification. 

(c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification under this subsection is a 

certification in writing that— 
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(1) indicates that the President proposes to terminate under 

subsection (a) the prohibition under section 2; and 

(2) contains a determination of the President that the Russian Federation— 

(A) has reached an agreement to withdraw Russian 

forces and for the cessation of military hostilities that 

is accepted by the free and independent government of 

Ukraine; 

(B) poses no immediate military threat of aggression 

to any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member; and 

(C) recognizes the right of the people of Ukraine to 

independently and freely choose their own government. 

(d) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term 

‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint resolution— 

(A) that does not have a preamble; 

(B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint resolution 

disapproving the President’s certification under section 3(c) 

of the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act.’’; and 

(C) the matter after the resolving clause of which is 

as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves the certification 

of the President under section 3(c) of the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act, submitted to Congress on lll’’, 

the blank space being filled in with the appropriate date. 

(2) INTRODUCTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

During a period of 5 legislative days beginning on the date 

that a certification under subsection (c) is submitted to Congress, a joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced in 

the House of Representatives by the majority leader or the 

minority leader. 

(3) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—During a period of 5 

days on which the Senate is in session beginning on the date 

that a certification under subsection (c) is submitted to Congress, a joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced in 

the Senate by the majority leader (or the majority leader’s 

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

(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

(A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a committee of the 

House to which a joint resolution of disapproval has been 

referred has not reported such joint resolution within 10 

legislative days after the date of referral, that committee 

shall be discharged from further consideration thereof. 

(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Beginning on the 

third legislative day after each committee to which a joint 

resolution of disapproval has been referred reports it to 

the House or has been discharged from further consideration thereof, it shall be in order to move to proceed to 

consider the joint resolution in the House. All points of 

order against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall 

not be in order after the House has disposed of a motion 

to proceed on a joint resolution with regard to the same 

certification. The previous question shall be considered as 

ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening 

motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to 
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reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 

shall not be in order. 

(C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution shall be 

considered as read. All points of order against the joint 

resolution and against its consideration are waived. The 

previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion 

except two hours of debate equally divided and controlled 

by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) and 

an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage 

of the joint resolution shall not be in order. 

(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint resolution of disapproval introduced in the Senate shall be referred to 

the Committee on Finance. 

(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the Committee on 

Finance has not reported such joint resolution of disapproval within 10 days on which the Senate is in session 

after the date of referral of such joint resolution, that 

committee shall be discharged from further consideration 

of such joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 

placed on the appropriate calendar. 

(C) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII 

of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at 

any time after the Committee on Finance reports the joint 

resolution of disapproval to the Senate or has been discharged from its consideration (even though a previous 

motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move 

to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 

all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 

consideration of the joint resolution) shall be waived. The 

motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not 

subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider 

the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the 

consideration of the joint resolution of disapproval is agreed 

to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business 

until disposed of. 

(D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolution of disapproval, and on all debatable motions and appeals in 

connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 

10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the 

majority and minority leaders or their designees. A motion 

to further limit debate is in order and not debatable. An 

amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to 

proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion 

to recommit the joint resolution of disapproval is not in 

order. 

(E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage shall occur 

immediately following the conclusion of the debate on the 

joint resolution of disapproval and a single quorum call 

at the conclusion of the debate, if requested in accordance 

with the rules of the Senate. 

(F) RULES OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.—Appeals from 

the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of 

the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure 
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relating to the joint resolution of disapproval shall be 

decided without debate. 

(G) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—Debate in the 

Senate of any veto message with respect to the joint resolution of disapproval, including all debatable motions and 

appeals in connection with such joint resolution, shall be 

limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and 

controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader 

or their designees. 

(6) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the following procedures shall apply 

in the Senate to a joint resolution of disapproval: 

(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a joint 

resolution of disapproval that has passed the House of 

Representatives shall, when received in the Senate, be 

referred to the Committee on Finance for consideration 

in accordance with this subsection. 

(B) If a joint resolution of disapproval was introduced 

in the Senate before receipt of a joint resolution of disapproval that has passed the House of Representatives, 

the joint resolution from the House of Representatives 

shall, when received in the Senate, be placed on the calendar. If this subparagraph applies, the procedures in the 

Senate with respect to a joint resolution of disapproval 

introduced in the Senate that contains the identical matter 

as the joint resolution of disapproval that passed the House 

of Representatives shall be the same as if no joint resolution 

of disapproval had been received from the House of Representatives, except that the vote on passage in the Senate 

shall be on the joint resolution of disapproval that passed 

the House of Representatives. 

(7) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE

SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Congress— 

(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and 

as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 

respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint 

resolution of disapproval, and supersedes other rules only 

to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right 

of either House to change the rules (so far as relating 

to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same 
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manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 

other rule of that House. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.