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respect to one or more of the products of the Rus-
sian Federation described in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the President cer-
tifies that such waiver is in the national interest of 
the United States and includes in such certification 
a description of the product or products to which the 
waiver is proposed to apply. Such waiver 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. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.— 
(A) PRIOR JUSTIFICATION.—The President 
shall, not later than 15 calendar days before 
submitting a certification described in para-
graph (1), submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a justification for the waiver 
proposed under such paragraph. 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(i) the Committee on Ways and 
Means, the Committee on Financial Serv-
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ices, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Finance, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. 
(c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means 
only a joint resolution— 
(A) which does not have a preamble; 
(B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 
resolution disapproving the President’s pro-
posed waiver under section 2(b)(1) of the Sus-
pending Energy Imports from Russia Act.’’; 
and 
(C) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves 
the proposed waiver of the President under sec-
tion 2(b)(1) of the Suspending Energy Imports 
from Russia Act, submitted to Congress on 
lll’’, the blank space being filled in with 
the appropriate date. 
(2) INTRODUCTION
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REP-
RESENTATIVES.—During a period of 5 legislative 
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days beginning on the date that a certification under 
subsection (b)(1) 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 sub-
section (b)(1) is submitted to Congress, a joint reso-
lution of disapproval may be introduced in the Sen-
ate 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 resolu-
tion of disapproval has been referred has not 
reported such joint resolution within 10 legisla-
tive days after the date of referral, that com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consid-
eration thereof. 
(B) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
Beginning on the third legislative day after 
each committee to which a joint resolution of 
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disapproval has been referred reports it to the 
House or has been discharged from further con-
sideration 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 mo-
tion shall not be debatable. A motion to recon-
sider 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 con-
sideration are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso-
lution to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except two hours of debate equally divided 
and controlled by the sponsor of the joint reso-
lution (or a designee) and an opponent. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
joint resolution shall not be in order. 
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