In the Senate of the United States, 

April 7, 2022. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 6968) entitled ‘‘An Act to prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian Federation, and for 

other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be known as the ‘‘Ending Importation 

3 of Russian Oil Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF ENERGY PROD5 UCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

6 All products of the Russian Federation classified under 

7 chapter 27 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

8 States shall be banned from importation into the United 

9 States, in a manner consistent with any implementation 

10 actions issued under Executive Order 14066 (87 Fed. Reg. 
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1 13625; relating to prohibiting certain imports and new in2 vestments with respect to continued Russian Federation ef3 forts to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity 

4 of Ukraine). 

5 SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION 

6 OF ENERGY PRODUCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FED7 ERATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to ter9 minate the prohibition on importation of energy products 

10 of the Russian Federation under section 2 if the President 

11 submits to Congress a certification under subsection (c). 

12 Such termination shall take effect beginning on the date 

13 that is 90 calendar days after the date of submission of such 

14 certification, unless there is enacted into law during such 

15 90-day period a joint resolution of disapproval. 

16 (b) CONSULTATION AND REPORT.—The President 

17 shall, not later than 45 calendar days before submitting a 

18 certification under subsection (a)— 

19 (1) consult with— 

20 (A) the Committee on Ways and Means and 

21 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

22 of Representatives; and 

23 (B) the Committee on Finance and the 

24 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

25 and 
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1 (2) submit to all such committees a report that 

2 explains the basis for the determination of the Presi3 dent contained in such certification. 

4 (c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification under this sub5 section is a certification in writing that— 

6 (1) indicates that the President proposes to ter7 minate under subsection (a) the prohibition under 

8 section 2; and 

9 (2) contains a determination of the President 

10 that the Russian Federation— 

11 (A) has reached an agreement to withdraw 

12 Russian forces and for the cessation of military 

13 hostilities that is accepted by the free and inde14 pendent government of Ukraine; 

15 (B) poses no immediate military threat of 

16 aggression to any North Atlantic Treaty Organi17 zation member; and 

18 (C) recognizes the right of the people of 

19 Ukraine to independently and freely choose their 

20 own government. 

21 (d) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

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

23 the term ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only 

24 a joint resolution— 

25 (A) that does not have a preamble; 
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1 (B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 

2 resolution disapproving the President’s certifi3 cation under section 3(c) of the Ending Importa4 tion of Russian Oil Act.’’; and 

5 (C) the matter after the resolving clause of 

6 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves 

7 the certification of the President under section 

8 3(c) of the Ending Importation of Russian Oil 

9 Act, submitted to Congress on lll’’, the 

10 blank space being filled in with the appropriate 

11 date. 

12 (2) INTRODUCTION IN THE HOUSE OF REP13 RESENTATIVES.—During a period of 5 legislative 

14 days beginning on the date that a certification under 

15 subsection (c) is submitted to Congress, a joint resolu16 tion of disapproval may be introduced in the House 

17 of Representatives by the majority leader or the mi18 nority leader. 

19 (3) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—During a 

20 period of 5 days on which the Senate is in session be21 ginning on the date that a certification under sub22 section (c) is submitted to Congress, a joint resolution 

23 of disapproval may be introduced in the Senate by 

24 the majority leader (or the majority leader’s designee) 
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1 or the minority leader (or the minority leader’s des2 ignee). 

3 (4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

4 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

5 (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a 

6 committee of the House to which a joint resolu7 tion of disapproval has been referred has not re8 ported such joint resolution within 10 legislative 

9 days after the date of referral, that committee 

10 shall be discharged from further consideration 

11 thereof. 

12 (B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Be13 ginning on the third legislative day after each 

14 committee to which a joint resolution of dis15 approval has been referred reports it to the 

16 House or has been discharged from further con17 sideration thereof, it shall be in order to move to 

18 proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 

19 House. All points of order against the motion are 

20 waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 

21 after the House has disposed of a motion to pro22 ceed on a joint resolution with regard to the 

23 same certification. The previous question shall be 

24 considered as ordered on the motion to its adop25 tion without intervening motion. The motion 
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1 shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 

2 vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 

3 be in order. 

4 (C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

5 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

6 against the joint resolution and against its con7 sideration are waived. The previous question 

8 shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolu9 tion to final passage without intervening motion 

10 except two hours of debate equally divided and 

11 controlled by the sponsor of the joint resolution 

12 (or a designee) and an opponent. A motion to re13 consider the vote on passage of the joint resolu14 tion shall not be in order. 

15 (5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

16 (A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso17 lution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 

18 shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. 

19 (B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

20 Committee on Finance has not reported such 

21 joint resolution of disapproval within 10 days on 

22 which the Senate is in session after the date of 

23 referral of such joint resolution, that committee 

24 shall be discharged from further consideration of 
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1 such joint resolution and the joint resolution 

2 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

3 (C) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwith4 standing Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

5 Senate, it is in order at any time after the Com6 mittee on Finance reports the joint resolution of 

7 disapproval to the Senate or has been discharged 

8 from its consideration (even though a previous 

9 motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 

10 to move to proceed to the consideration of the 

11 joint resolution, and all points of order against 

12 the joint resolution (and against consideration of 

13 the joint resolution) shall be waived. The motion 

14 to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not 

15 subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to re16 consider the vote by which the motion is agreed 

17 to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a mo18 tion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 

19 resolution of disapproval is agreed to, the joint 

20 resolution shall remain the unfinished business 

21 until disposed of. 

22 (D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu23 tion of disapproval, and on all debatable motions 

24 and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 

25 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall 
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1 be divided equally between the majority and mi2 nority leaders or their designees. A motion to 

3 further limit debate is in order and not debat4 able. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, 

5 or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

6 other business, or a motion to recommit the joint 

7 resolution of disapproval is not in order. 

8 (E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas9 sage shall occur immediately following the con10 clusion of the debate on the joint resolution of 

11 disapproval and a single quorum call at the con12 clusion of the debate, if requested in accordance 

13 with the rules of the Senate. 

14 (F) RULES OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE15 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

16 relating to the application of the rules of the 

17 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re18 lating to the joint resolution of disapproval shall 

19 be decided without debate. 

20 (G) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.— 

21 Debate in the Senate of any veto message with 

22 respect to the joint resolution of disapproval, in23 cluding all debatable motions and appeals in 

24 connection with such joint resolution, shall be 

25 limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided be-
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1 tween, and controlled by, the majority leader and 

2 the minority leader or their designees. 

3 (6) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Except as 

4 otherwise provided in this subsection, the following 

5 procedures shall apply in the Senate to a joint resolu6 tion of disapproval: 

7 (A) Except as provided in subparagraph 

8 (B), a joint resolution of disapproval that has 

9 passed the House of Representatives shall, when 

10 received in the Senate, be referred to the Com11 mittee on Finance for consideration in accord12 ance with this subsection. 

13 (B) If a joint resolution of disapproval was 

14 introduced in the Senate before receipt of a joint 

15 resolution of disapproval that has passed the 

16 House of Representatives, the joint resolution 

17 from the House of Representatives shall, when re18 ceived in the Senate, be placed on the calendar. 

19 If this subparagraph applies, the procedures in 

20 the Senate with respect to a joint resolution of 

21 disapproval introduced in the Senate that con22 tains the identical matter as the joint resolution 

23 of disapproval that passed the House of Rep24 resentatives shall be the same as if no joint reso25 lution of disapproval had been received from the 
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1 House of Representatives, except that the vote on 

2 passage in the Senate shall be on the joint reso3 lution of disapproval that passed the House of 

4 Representatives. 

5 (7) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

6 AND THE SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by 

7 Congress— 

8 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

9 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

10 respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the 

11 rules of each House, respectively, but applicable 

12 only with respect to the procedure to be followed 

13 in that House in the case of a joint resolution 

14 of disapproval, and supersedes other rules only to 

15 the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; 

16 and 

17 (B) with full recognition of the constitu18 tional right of either House to change the rules 

19 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

20 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
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1 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

2 rule of that House. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 6968 

AMENDMENT