‘‘(2) PROCEDURES
FOR
CONSIDERATION
OF 
JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(A) INTRODUCTION.—After the President 
transmits to Congress a proclamation declaring 
a national emergency under section 201(a), or 
an Executive order renewing an emergency 
under section 201(d) or specifying emergency 
powers or authorities under section 201(b)(2), a 
joint resolution of approval may be introduced 
in either House of Congress by any member of 
that House. 
‘‘(B) REQUESTS TO CONVENE CONGRESS 
DURING
RECESSES.—If, when the President 
transmits to Congress a proclamation declaring 
a national emergency under section 201(a), or 
an Executive order renewing an emergency 
under section 201(d) or specifying emergency 
powers or authorities under section 201(b)(2), 
Congress has adjourned sine die or has ad-
journed for any period in excess of 3 calendar 
days, the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Sen-
ate, if they deem it advisable (or if petitioned 
by at least one-third of the membership of their 
respective Houses) shall jointly request the 
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President to convene Congress in order that it 
may consider the proclamation or Executive 
order and take appropriate action pursuant to 
this section. 
‘‘(C) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint res-
olution of approval shall be referred in each 
House of Congress to the committee or commit-
tees having jurisdiction over the emergency au-
thorities invoked by the proclamation or Execu-
tive order that is the subject of the joint resolu-
tion. 
‘‘(D) CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.—In the 
Senate, the following shall apply: 
‘‘(i) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If 
the committee to which a joint resolution 
of approval has been referred has not re-
ported it at the end of 10 calendar days 
after its introduction, that committee shall 
be automatically discharged from further 
consideration of the resolution and it shall 
be placed on the calendar. 
‘‘(ii) 
PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDER-
ATION.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII of 
the Standing Rules of the Senate, when 
the committee to which a joint resolution 
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of approval is referred has reported the 
resolution, or when that committee is dis-
charged under clause (i) from further con-
sideration of the resolution, it is at any 
time thereafter in order (even though a 
previous motion to the same effect has 
been disagreed to) for a motion 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) are waived. The mo-
tion to proceed is subject to 4 hours of de-
bate divided equally between those favoring 
and those opposing the joint resolution of 
approval. The motion is not subject to 
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or 
to a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of other business. 
‘‘(iii) 
FLOOR
CONSIDERATION.—A 
joint resolution of approval shall be subject 
to 10 hours of debate, to be divided evenly 
between the proponents and opponents of 
the resolution. 
‘‘(iv) AMENDMENTS.— 
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‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Except as 
provided in subclause (II), no amend-
ments shall be in order with respect to 
a joint resolution of approval. 
‘‘(II) AMENDMENTS
TO
STRIKE 
OR
ADD
SPECIFIED
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Subclause (I) shall not apply 
with respect to any amendment to 
strike or add from the list required by 
paragraph (1)(B) a provision or provi-
sions of law specified by the President 
under section 201(b) in the proclama-
tion or Executive order. 
‘‘(v) MOTION TO RECONSIDER FINAL 
VOTE.—A motion to reconsider a vote on 
final passage of a joint resolution of ap-
proval shall not be in order. 
‘‘(vi) APPEALS.—Points of order, in-
cluding questions of relevancy, and appeals 
from the decision of the Presiding Officer, 
shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(E) CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—In the House of Representa-
tives, if any committee to which a joint resolu-
tion of approval has been referred has not re-
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ported it to the House at the end of 10 cal-
endar days after its introduction, such com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consid-
eration of the joint resolution, and it shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. On Thurs-
days it shall be in order at any time for the 
Speaker to recognize a Member who favors pas-
sage of a joint resolution that has appeared on 
the calendar for at least 3 calendar days to call 
up that joint resolution for immediate consider-
ation in the House without intervention of any 
point of order. When so called up a joint resolu-
tion shall be considered as read and shall be de-
batable for 1 hour equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, and 
the previous question shall be considered as or-
dered to its passage without intervening motion. 
It shall not be in order to reconsider the vote 
on passage. If a vote on final passage of the 
joint resolution has not been taken on or before 
the close of the 10th calendar day after the res-
olution is reported by the committee or commit-
tees to which it was referred, or after such com-
mittee or committees have been discharged 
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from further consideration of the resolution, 
such vote shall be taken on that day. 
‘‘(F) RECEIPT
OF
RESOLUTION
FROM 
OTHER HOUSE.—If, before passing a joint reso-
lution of approval, one House receives from the 
other a joint resolution of approval from the 
other House, then— 
‘‘(i) the joint resolution of the other 
House shall not be referred to a committee 
and shall be deemed to have been dis-
charged from committee on the day it is 
received; and 
‘‘(ii) the procedures set forth in sub-
paragraphs (D), (E), and (F), as applica-
ble, shall apply in the receiving House to 
the joint resolution received from the other 
House to the same extent as such proce-
dures apply to a joint resolution of the re-
ceiving House. 
‘‘(G) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The en-
actment of a joint resolution of approval under 
this subsection shall not be interpreted to serve 
as a grant or modification by Congress of statu-
tory authority for the emergency powers of the 
President. 
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