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(i) RECEIVED
BEFORE
PASSAGE
OF 
SENATE RESOLUTION.—If, before the pas-
sage by the Senate of a covered resolution, 
the Senate receives an identical resolution 
from the House of Representatives, the fol-
lowing procedures shall apply: 
(I) That resolution shall not be 
referred to a committee. 
(II) With respect to that resolu-
tion— 
(aa) the procedure in the 
Senate shall be the same as if no 
resolution had been received from 
the House of Representatives; 
but 
(bb) the vote on passage 
shall be on the resolution from 
the House of Representatives. 
(ii) RECEIVED
AFTER
PASSAGE
OF 
SENATE
RESOLUTION.—If, following pas-
sage of a covered resolution in the Senate, 
the Senate receives an identical resolution 
from the House of Representatives, that 
resolution shall be placed on the appro-
priate Senate calendar. 
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(iii) NO
SENATE
COMPANION.—If a 
covered resolution is received from the 
House of Representatives, and no com-
panion resolution has been introduced in 
the Senate, the Senate procedures under 
this subsection shall apply to the resolution 
from the House of Representatives. 
(C) APPLICATION
TO
REVENUE
MEAS-
URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 
not apply in the House of Representatives to a 
covered resolution that is a revenue measure. 
(6) RULES
OF
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES 
AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con-
gress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 
of the rules of each House, respectively, and su-
persedes other rules only to the extent that it 
is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
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to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House. 
SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 
all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry 
out this Act. 
(b) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of section 
6 or 7 or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
out that section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 
unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 10. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as an author-
ization of military force against China. 
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