[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 2179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2179

To amend the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to clarify the 
 conditions under which export controls may be imposed on agricultural 
                               products.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 16, 1998

 Ms. Moseley-Braun introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
  and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to clarify the 
 conditions under which export controls may be imposed on agricultural 
                               products.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Selective Agriculture Embargo 
Prohibition Act''.

SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL EXPORT CONTROLS.

    The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 208 as section 209; and
            (2) by inserting after section 207 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 208. AGRICULTURAL CONTROLS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Report to congress.--If the President imposes export 
        controls on any agricultural commodity in order to carry out 
        the provisions of this Act, the President shall immediately 
        transmit a report on such action to Congress, setting forth the 
        reasons for the controls in detail and specifying the period of 
        time, which may not exceed 1 year, that the controls are 
        proposed to be in effect. If Congress, within 60 days after the 
        date of its receipt of the report, adopts a joint resolution 
        pursuant to subsection (b), approving the imposition of the 
        export controls, then such controls shall remain in effect for 
        the period specified in the report, or until terminated by the 
        President, whichever occurs first. If Congress, within 60 days 
        after the date of its receipt of such report, fails to adopt a 
        joint resolution approving such controls, then such controls 
        shall cease to be effective upon the expiration of that 60-day 
        period.
            ``(2) Application of paragraph (1).--The provisions of 
        paragraph (1) and subsection (b) shall not apply to export 
        controls--
                    ``(A) which are extended under this Act if the 
                controls, when imposed, were approved by Congress under 
                paragraph (1) and subsection (b); or
                    ``(B) which are imposed with respect to a country 
                as part of the prohibition or curtailment of all 
                exports to that country.
    ``(b) Joint Resolution.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `joint resolution' means only a joint resolution the 
        matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: 
        `That, pursuant to section 208 of the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act, the President may impose export controls 
        as specified in the report submitted to Congress on 
        __________________.', with the blank space being filled with 
        the appropriate date.
            ``(2) Introduction.--On the day on which a report is 
        submitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate under 
        subsection (a), a joint resolution with respect to the export 
        controls specified in such report shall be introduced (by 
        request) in the House of Representatives by the chairman of the 
        Committee on International Relations, for himself and the 
        ranking minority member of the Committee, or by Members of the 
        House designated by the chairman and ranking minority member; 
        and shall be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the 
        Majority Leader of the Senate, for himself and the Minority 
        Leader of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by 
        the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate. If 
        either House is not in session on the day on which such a 
        report is submitted, the joint resolution shall be introduced 
        in that House, as provided in the preceding sentence, on the 
        first day thereafter on which that House is in session.
            ``(3) Referral.--All joint resolutions introduced in the 
        House of Representatives and in the Senate shall be referred to 
        the appropriate committee.
            ``(4) Discharge of committee.--If the committee of either 
        House to which a joint resolution has been referred has not 
        reported the joint resolution at the end of 30 days after its 
        referral, the committee shall be discharged from further 
        consideration of the joint resolution or of any other joint 
        resolution introduced with respect to the same matter.
            ``(5) Consideration in senate and house of 
        representatives.--A joint resolution under this subsection 
        shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the 
        provisions of section 601(b)(4) of the International Security 
        Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. For the purpose 
        of expediting the consideration and passage of joint 
        resolutions reported or discharged pursuant to the provisions 
        of this subsection, it shall be in order for the Committee on 
        Rules of the House of Representatives to present for 
        consideration a resolution of the House of Representatives 
        providing procedures for the immediate consideration of a joint 
        resolution under this subsection which may be similar, if 
        applicable, to the procedures set forth in section 601(b)(4) of 
        the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control 
        Act of 1976.
            ``(6) Passage by 1 house.--In the case of a joint 
        resolution described in paragraph (1), if, before the passage 
        by 1 House of a joint resolution of that House, that House 
        receives a resolution with respect to the same matter from the 
        other House, then--
                    ``(A) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                as if no joint resolution had been received from the 
                other House; but
                    ``(B) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
                joint resolution of the other House.
    ``(c) Computation of Time.--In the computation of the period of 60 
days referred to in subsection (a) and the period of 30 days referred 
to in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), there shall be excluded the days 
on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an 
adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain or because of an 
adjournment of Congress sine die.''.
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