[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 125 (Thursday, July 30, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4397]
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SA 6727. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 6711 submitted by Mrs. Britt (for Ms. Graham (for
herself and Mr. Blumenthal)) and intended to be proposed to the bill
H.R. 5334, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early
childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Insert after section 113 the following:
SEC. 113A. DURATION OF DUTIES AND CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.
(a) Duration of Duties.--
(1) In general.--Duties imposed under section 112 or 113
shall--
(A) apply for the 30-day period following the initial
imposition of those duties; and
(B) remain in effect only if a joint resolution of approval
under subsection (c) is enacted prior to the end of that 30-
day period and not less frequently than every 60 days
thereafter.
(2) Initial implementation of duties.--For purposes of
paragraph (1), modification or termination of duties imposed
under section 112 or 113 does not serve to restart the 30-day
period specified in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the
modified duties or any subsequent similar duties imposed
under either such section.
(b) Notification.--
(1) In general.--When the President imposes duties under
section 112 or 113, the President shall submit to both Houses
of Congress on the same day a notification of the imposition
of those duties.
(2) Congressional calendar.--If, when a notification under
paragraph (1) is submitted, the Congress has adjourned sine
die or has adjourned for any period, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the
Senate, if they deem it advisable (or if petitioned by not
less than 30 percent of the membership of their respective
Houses) shall jointly request the President to convene
Congress in order that it may consider the notification and
take appropriate action pursuant to this section.
(c) Joint Resolution of Approval.--
(1) Joint resolution of approval defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' means a
joint resolution of either House of Congress the sole matter
after the resolving clause of which is the following:
``Congress approves of the duties imposed under the Lindsey
O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 for which
notification was submitted to Congress on ____.'' with the
blank space being filled with the date of the notification.
(2) Referral.--A joint resolution of approval shall be
referred to the committees in each House of Congress with
jurisdiction.
(3) Discharge.--In the Senate, if the committee to which is
referred a joint resolution of approval has not reported such
joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the
end of 3 calendar days after the referral, such committee may
be discharged from further consideration of such joint
resolution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Members
of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be placed on
the calendar.
(4) Consideration.--
(A) In general.--In the Senate, when the committee to which
a joint resolution of approval is referred has reported, or
when a committee is discharged (under paragraph (3)) from
further consideration of the joint resolution, it is at any
time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to
the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 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) are waived. The motion
is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or
to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business. 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 is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain
the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of.
(B) Debate.--In the Senate, debate on a joint resolution of
approval, 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 those favoring
and those opposing the joint resolution. A motion further to
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 is not in order.
(C) Final passage.--In the Senate, immediately following
the conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution of
approval, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the
debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the
Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution
shall occur.
(D) Appeals.--Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate to the
procedure relating to a joint resolution of approval shall be
decided without debate.
(5) Resolution from other house.--If, before the passage by
one House of a joint resolution of approval of that House,
that House receives from the other House a joint resolution
of approval, the following procedures shall apply:
(A) The joint resolution of the other House shall not be
referred to a committee.
(B) With respect to a joint resolution of approval of the
House receiving the joint resolution--
(i) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no
joint resolution had been received from the other House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint
resolution of the other House.
(6) Rules of 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
it 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
approval, and it 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.
(d) Effect of Invalidity on Other Provisions.--
Notwithstanding section 202, if this section or any part of
this section is held to be invalid, this section, section
112, and section 113 shall be invalid.
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