Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act
Bill: H.R.6968 | Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX)
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act
This bill prohibits the importation of energy products from Russia.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the importation of Russian products that are classified under chapter 27 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (which includes mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous substances, and mineral waxes).
The President may terminate this prohibition, subject to congressional disapproval, if the President certifies that Russia (1) has reached an agreement to withdraw Russian forces and cease military hostilities in Ukraine, (2) poses no immediate military threat of aggression to any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member, and (3) recognizes the right of the Ukrainian people to independently and freely choose their own government.

[117th Congress Public Law 109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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                  ENDING IMPORTATION OF RUSSIAN OIL ACT

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Public Law 117-109
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
     To prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian 
   Federation, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Apr. 8, 2022 -  [H.R. 
                                6968]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Ending 
Importation of Russian Oil Act. 22 USC 8923 note.>> 
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. <<NOTE: President.>>  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). <<NOTE: Effective date. Time period.>> 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.-- <<NOTE: Deadline.>> 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) <<NOTE: Determination.>>  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 ___'', the blank space being filled in with 
                the appropriate date.
            (2) Introduction in the house of representatives.--During 
        a <<NOTE: Time period. Effective date.>>  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) <<NOTE: Time period. Effective date.>>  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) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  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) <<NOTE: Effective date.>>  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) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  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) <<NOTE: Applicability.>>  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) <<NOTE: Applicability.>>  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 
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                manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 
                other rule of that House.

    Approved April 8, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6968:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Mar. 9, considered and passed House.
            Apr. 7, considered and passed Senate, amended. House 
                concurred in Senate amendment.

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