[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S862-S863]
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  SA 3. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 316, to repeal the authorizations for use of military 
force against Iraq; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO FTO DESIGNATION 
                   OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days before the 
     Secretary of State rescinds the designation of the Islamic 
     Republic Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist 
     organization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), the Secretary shall submit 
     to Congress a notice of intent to rescind such designation.
       (b) Limitation on Exercise of Authority During 
     Congressional Review.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, during the 30-day period described in subsection (a), 
     the Secretary may not rescind the designation of the Islamic 
     Republic Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist 
     organization unless a joint resolution of approval is 
     enacted.
       (c) Effect of Enactment of Joint Resolution of 
     Disapproval.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if 
     a joint resolution of disapproval relating to a notice of 
     intent submitted under subsection (a) is enacted during the 
     30-day period described in

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     subsection (a), the Secretary may not rescind the designation 
     of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guard as a foreign 
     terrorist organization.
       (d) Process for Joint Resolutions of Approval or 
     Disapproval.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Covered joint resolution.--The term ``covered joint 
     resolution'' means a joint resolution of approval or a joint 
     resolution of disapproval.
       (B) Joint resolution of approval.--The term ``joint 
     resolution of approval'' means only a joint resolution of 
     either House of Congress--
       (i) which does not have a preamble;
       (ii) the title of which is as follows: ``A joint resolution 
     approving the Secretary of State's rescindment of the 
     designation of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guard as a 
     foreign terrorist organization.''; and
       (iii) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
     is as follows: ``That Congress approves the Secretary of 
     State's rescindment of the designation of the Islamic 
     Republic Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist 
     organization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), submitted to Congress on 
     ___.'', with the blank space being filled with the 
     appropriate date.
       (C) Joint resolution of disapproval.--The term ``joint 
     resolution of disapproval'' means only a joint resolution of 
     either House of Congress--
       (i) which does not have a preamble;
       (ii) the title of which is as follows: ``A joint resolution 
     disapproving the Secretary of State's rescindment of the 
     designation of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guard as a 
     foreign terrorist organization.''; and
       (iii) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
     is as follows: ``That Congress disapproves Secretary of 
     State's rescindment of the designation of the Islamic 
     Republic Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist 
     organization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), submitted to Congress on 
     ___.'', with the blank space being filled with the 
     appropriate date.
       (2) Introduction.--During the 30- calendar day period 
     described in subsection (a), a covered joint resolution may 
     be introduced--
       (A) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the designee 
     of the majority leader) or the minority leader (or the 
     designee of the minority leader); and
       (B) in the House of Representatives, by the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives or the minority leader.
       (3) Floor consideration in the house of representatives.--
     If a committee of the House of Representatives to which a 
     covered joint resolution has been referred has not reported 
     such joint resolution within 10 calendar days after the date 
     of referral, that committee shall be discharged from further 
     consideration of the covered joint resolution.
       (4) Consideration in the senate.--
       (A) Committee referral.--A covered joint resolution 
     introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
       (B) Reporting and discharge.--If the committee to which a 
     covered joint resolution was referred has not reported the 
     joint resolution within 10 calendar days after the date of 
     referral of the joint resolution, that committee shall be 
     discharged from further consideration of the 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 Foreign Relations reports the covered 
     joint resolution 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 covered joint resolution, and all points 
     of order against the covered joint resolution (and against 
     consideration of the covered joint resolution) are 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.
       (D) 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 approval or the joint 
     resolution of disapproval shall be decided without debate.
       (E) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate 
     of any veto message with respect to the joint resolution of 
     approval or 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.
       (5) Rules relating to senate and house of 
     representatives.--
       (A) Treatment of senate joint resolution in house.--In the 
     House of Representatives, the following procedures shall 
     apply to a covered joint resolution received from the Senate 
     (unless the House has already passed a joint resolution 
     relating to the same proposed action):
       (i) The covered joint resolution shall be referred to the 
     appropriate committees.
       (ii) If a committee to which a covered joint resolution has 
     been referred has not reported the covered joint resolution 
     within 2 calendar days after the date of referral, that 
     committee shall be discharged from further consideration of 
     the joint resolution.
       (iii) Beginning on the third legislative day after each 
     committee to which a covered joint resolution has been 
     referred reports the covered joint resolution to the House or 
     has been discharged from further consideration thereof, it 
     shall be in order to move to proceed to consider the covered 
     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 the 
     covered joint resolution. 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.
       (iv) The covered joint resolution shall be considered as 
     read. All points of order against the covered joint 
     resolution and against its consideration are waived. The 
     previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     covered joint resolution to final passage without intervening 
     motion except 2 hours of debate equally divided and 
     controlled by the sponsor of the covered joint resolution (or 
     a designee) and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote 
     on passage of the covered joint resolution shall not be in 
     order.
       (B) Treatment of house joint resolution in senate.--
       (i) If, before the passage by the Senate of a covered joint 
     resolution, the Senate receives an identical covered joint 
     resolution from the House of Representatives, the following 
     procedures shall apply:

       (I) That covered joint resolution shall not be referred to 
     a committee.
       (II) With respect to that covered joint resolution--

       (aa) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as if no 
     joint resolution had been received from the House of 
     Representatives; but
       (bb) the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution 
     from the House of Representatives.
       (ii) If, following passage of a covered joint resolution in 
     the Senate, the Senate receives an identical covered joint 
     resolution from the House of Representatives, that covered 
     joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate Senate 
     calendar.
       (iii) If a covered joint resolution is received from the 
     House of Representatives, and no companion covered joint 
     resolution has been introduced in the Senate, the Senate 
     procedures under this subsection shall apply to the covered 
     joint resolution of the House of Representatives.
       (6) Rules of the house of representatives and senate.--This 
     section 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 covered joint 
     resolution under this section, 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.
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