[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 6968 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6968

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two


                                 An Act


 
     To prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian 
                   Federation, and for other purposes.

    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 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. 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). 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.--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--
        (1) indicates that the President proposes to terminate under 
    subsection (a) the prohibition under section 2; and
        (2) 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 
    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) 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) 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) 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 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) 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 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) 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) 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 the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
        House.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.