    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 117th Congress]
    [117th Congress]
    [House Document 116-177]
    [Legislate Procedures Enacted in Law]
    [Pages 1315-1316]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

      27. Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996,

                          Sec. 204(e) [22 U.S.C. 6064]

      Sec. 204. termination of the economic embargo of cuba.

      (a) presidential actions.--Upon submitting a determination to the
    appropriate congressional committees under section 203(c)(1) that a
    transition government in Cuba is in power, the President, after
    consultation with the Congress, is authorized to take steps to suspend
    the economic embargo of Cuba and to suspend the right of action created
    in section 302 [22 U.S.C. 6082] with respect to actions thereafter filed
    against the Cuban Government, to the extent that such steps contribute
    to a stable foundation for a democratically elected government in Cuba.

                                      * * *

      (e) review of suspension of economic embargo.--

              (1)  review.--If the President takes action under subsection

            (a) to suspend the economic embargo of Cuba, the President shall

            immediately so notify the Congress. The President shall report

            to the Congress no less frequently than every 6 months

            thereafter, until he submits a determination under section

            203(c)(3) that a democratically elected government in Cuba is in

            power, on the progress being made by Cuba toward the

            establishment of such a democratically elected government. The

            action of the President under subsection (a) shall cease to be

            effective upon the enactment of a joint resolution described in

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            paragraph (2).

              (2)  joint resolutions.--For purposes of this subsection, the

            term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution of the 2

            Houses of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of

            which is as follows: ``That the Congress disapproves the action

            of the President under section 204(a) of the Cuban Liberty and

            Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to suspend the

            economic embargo of Cuba, notice of which was submitted to the

            Congress on ___.'', with the blank space being filled with the

            appropriate date.

              (3) referral to committees.--Joint resolutions introduced in

            the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee

            on International Relations and joint resolutions introduced in

            the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign

            Relations.

              (4) procedures.--(A) Any joint resolution shall be considered

            in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section

            601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export

            Control Act of 1976.

              (B) For the purpose of expediting the consideration and

            enactment of joint resolutions, a motion to proceed to the

            consideration of any joint resolution after it has been reported

            by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly

            privileged in the House of Representatives.

              (C) Not more than 1 joint resolution may be considered in the

            House of Representatives and the Senate in the 6-month period

            beginning on the date on which the President notifies the

            Congress under paragraph (1) of the action taken under

            subsection (a), and in each 6-month period thereafter.

                                                               Sec. 1130(28)