[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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.