,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #be1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,lee 7for himself and ,mrs4  
,blackburn7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,foreign     
,assistance ,act of #aifa to modify the 
,presidential drawdown authority1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,safeguarding ,our ,stockpiles ,act4    
#b4 ,modification of ,presidential      
drawdown authority ,section #ejf7;a7 of 
the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcah7;a77 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 in the          
undesignated matter following           
subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 by striking he 
may direct1 and inserting the ,president
 may direct1 subject to paragraph 7#d712
 and  7,b7 by inserting 1 except as     
provided in paragraph 7#e7 after fiscal 
year2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the

 following new paragraphs3  7#d7 7,a7   
,the ,president may direct the drawdown 
of defense articles1 defense services1  
and military education and training     
under paragraph 7#a7 only during the    
#bj-;day period beginning on the date on
 which the ,president reports to        
,congress that an unforeseen emergency  
exists under such paragraph4  7,b7 ,the 
authority to deliver defense articles1  
defense services1 and military education
 and training pursuant to a drawdown    
directed under paragraph 7#a7 shall     
expire at the end of the fiscal year in 
which the drawdown was directed4  7#e7  
7,a7 ,the ,president may direct the     
drawdown of defense articles1 defense   
services1 and military education and    
training under paragraph 7#a7 of an     
aggregate value that would exceed       
#ajj1jjj1jjj in a fiscal year if-- 7i7  
the ,president submits to ,congress--   
7,i7 a request for authorization to     
direct such a drawdown of an aggregate  
value that exceeds #ajj1jjj1jjj for that

 fiscal year2 and  7,,ii7 a report that 
an unforeseen emergency exists1 in      
accordance with paragraph 7#a72  7ii7   
after the submission of such request and
 report1 there is enacted a joint       
resolution or other provision of law    
approving the authorization requested2  
and  7iii7 ,congress has authorized     
appropriations in a specific amount     
sufficient to replenish the aggregate   
value of the proposed drawdown4  7,b7   
7i7 ,each request submitted under       
subparagraph 7,a77i7 may request        
authorization to direct a drawdown under
 paragraph 7#a7 for only one intended   
recipient country4  7ii7 ,a resolution  
or other provision of law described in  
subparagraph 7,a77ii7 may approve a     
request for authorization to direct a   
drawdown under paragraph 7#a7 for only  
one intended recipient country4  7#f7   
7,a7 ,any resolution described in       
paragraph 7#e77;,a77ii7 may be          
considered by ,congress using the       
expedited procedures set forth in this  

paragraph4  7,b7 ,for purposes of this  
paragraph1 the term resolution means    
only a joint resolution of the two      
,houses of ,congress-- 7i7 the title of 
which is as follows3 ,a joint resolution
 approving the use of the special       
authority provided by section           
#ejf7;a77#a7 of the ,foreign ,assistance
 ,act of #aifa in excess of the fiscal  
year limitation42  7ii7 which does not  
have a preamble2 and  7iii7 the sole    
matter after the resolving clause of    
which is as follows3 ,the proposed use  
of the special authority provided by    
section #ejf7;a77#a7 of the ,foreign    
,assistance ,act of #aifa in excess of  
the fiscal year limitation1 to respond  
to the unforeseen emergency in  1 which 
was received by ,congress on            
7,transmittal number71 is authorized1   
with the name of the intended recipient 
country and transmittal number inserted4
  7,c7 ,a resolution described in       
subparagraph 7,b7 that is introduced in 
the ,senate shall be referred to the    

,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate4 ,a resolution described in    
subparagraph 7,b7 that is introduced in 
the ,house of ,representatives shall be 
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives4  7,d7 ,if the         
committee to which a resolution         
described subparagraph 7,b7 is referred 
has not reported such resolution 7or an 
identical resolution7 by the end of #aj 
calendar days beginning on the date of  
introduction1 such committee shall be1  
at the end of such period1 discharged   
from further consideration of such      
resolution1 and such resolution shall be
 placed on the appropriate calendar of  
the ,house involved4  7,e7 7i7 ,on or   
after the third calendar day after the  
date on which the committee to which    
such a resolution is referred has       
reported1 or has been discharged 7under 
subparagraph 7,d77 from further         
consideration of1 such a resolution1 it 
is in order for any ,member of the      

respective ,house to move to proceed to 
the consideration of the resolution4    
,all points of order against the        
resolution 7and against consideration of
 the resolution7 are waived4 ,the motion
 is highly privileged in the ,house of  
,representatives and is privileged in   
the ,senate and is not debatable4 ,the  
motion is not subject to amendment1 or  
to a motion to postpone1 or to a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of other
 business4 ,a motion to reconsider the  
vote by which the motion is agreed to or
 disagreed to shall not be in order4 ,if
 a motion to proceed to the             
consideration of the resolution is      
agreed to1 the respective ,house shall  
immediately proceed to consideration of 
the joint resolution without intervening
 motion1 order1 or other business1 and  
the resolution shall remain the         
unfinished business of the respective   
,house until disposed of4  7ii7 ,debate 
on the resolution1 and on all debatable 
motions and appeals in connection       

therewith1 shall be limited to not more 
than #aj hours1 which shall be divided  
equally between those favoring and those
 opposing the resolution4 ,an amendment 
to the resolution is not in order4 ,a   
motion further to limit debate is in    
order and not debatable4 ,a motion to   
postpone1 or a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business1 or a   
motion to recommit the resolution is not
 in order4 ,a motion to reconsider the  
vote by which the resolution is agreed  
to or disagreed to is not in order4     
7iii7 ,immediately following the        
conclusion of the debate on the         
resolution and a single quorum call at  
the conclusion of the debate if         
requested in accordance with the rules  
of the appropriate ,house1 the vote on  
final passage of the resolution shall   
occur4  7iv7 ,appeals from the decisions
 of the ,chair relating to the          
application of the rules of the ,senate 
or the ,house of ,representatives1 as   
the case may be1 to the procedure       

relating to a resolution shall be       
decided without debate4  7,f7 7i7 ,if1  
before passage by one ,house of a       
resolution of that ,house described in  
subparagraph 7,b71 that ,house receives 
from the other ,house a resolution      
described in subparagraph 7,b71 then the
 following procedures shall apply3 7,i7 
,the resolution of the other ,house     
shall not be referred to a committee4   
7,,ii7 ,the consideration as described  
in subparagraph 7,e7 in that ,house     
shall be the same as if no resolution   
had been received from the other ,house1
 but the vote on final passage shall be 
on the resolution of the other ,house4  
7ii7 ,upon disposition of the resolution
 received from the other ,house1 it     
shall no longer be in order to consider 
the resolution that originated in the   
receiving ,house4  7,g7 ,this paragraph 
is enacted by ,congress-- 7i7 as an     
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  

such it is deemed a part of the rules of
 each ,house1 respectively1 but         
applicable only with respect to the     
procedure to be followed in that ,house 
in the case of a resolution described in
 subparagraph 7,b71 and it supersedes   
other rules only to the extent that it  
is inconsistent with such rules2 and    
7ii7 with full recognition of the       
constitutional right of either ,house to
 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4  7#g7 ,in this     
subsection1 the term unforeseen         
emergency means a direct kinetic        
attack-- 7,a7 on a bilateral or         
multilateral treaty ally of the ,united 
,states1 undetected or reasonably       
unforeseen by ,united ,states           
intelligence assessments1 by an         
adversary of the ,united ,states2 and   
7,b7 that poses a direct or imminent    
threat to ,united ,states security      

interests1 as outlined in the most      
recent national defense strategy of the 
,united ,states4  4