S.Amdt. 3

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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