[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 118th Congress]
[118th Congress]
[House Document 117-161]
[Legislate Procedures Enacted in Law]
[Pages 1346-1348]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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 38. Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act [19 

                 U.S.C. 2101 note; 19 U.S.C. 2434 note]

  Sec. 4. resumption of application of hts column 1 rates of duty and 

    restoration of normal trade relations treatment for the russian 


                 federation and the republic of belarus


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          (a) Temporary Application of HTS Column 1 Rates of Duty--

                  (1) In General--Notwithstanding any other provision of 

                law (including the application of column 2 rates of duty 

                under section 3), the President is authorized to 

                temporarily resume, for one or more periods not to 

                exceed 1 year each, the application of the rates of duty 

                set forth in column 1 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

                of the United States to the products of the Russian 

                Federation, the Republic of Belarus, or both, if the 

                President submits to Congress with respect to either or 

                both such countries a certification under subsection (c) 

                for each such period. Such action shall take effect 

                beginning on the date that is 90 calendar days after the 

                date of submission of such certification for such 

                period, unless there is enacted into law during such 90-


                day period a joint resolution of disapproval.


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          (b) Restoration of Normal Trade Relations Treatment--

                  (1) In General--The President is authorized to resume 

                the application of the rates of duty set forth in column 

                1 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 

                to the products of the Russian Federation, the Republic 

                of Belarus, or both, if the President submits to 

                Congress with respect to either or both such countries a 

                certification under subsection (c). Such action 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.


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          (d) Joint Resolution of Disapproval--

                  (1) Definition--For purposes of this section, the term 

                ``joint resolution of disapproval'' means only a joint 

                resolution--

                      (A) which does not have a preamble;

                      (B) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint 

                    resolution disapproving the President's 

                    certification under section 4(c) of the Suspending 

                    Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus 

                    Act.''; and

                      (C) the matter after the resolving clause of which 

                    is as follows: ``That Congress disapproves the 

                    certification of the President under section 4(c) of 

                    the Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia 

                    and Belarus 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 


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                    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 


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                    of the joint resolution shall not be in order.