Sec. 4384. Congressional review period and disapproval
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Any numbered certification submitted to the appropriate congressional committees for a letter of offer or a license to export under section 4382 may not be issued not earlier than— in the case of a strategic United States ally, 15 legislative days after the date of submission of the certification; in the case of any other country, 30 legislative days after the date of submission of the certification; and in the case of a license for export of a commercial communications satellite for launch from, and by nationals of, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, or Kazakhstan, 15 legislative days after the date of submission of the certification.
No letter of offer, or license to export, may be issued for any proposed sale subject to the provisions of this section if a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted providing for any such sale within the respective time periods specified in subsection (a). Any such 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, except that for purposes of consideration of any joint resolution with respect to a strategic United States ally, it shall be in order in the Senate to move to discharge a committee to which such joint resolution was referred if such committee has not reported such joint resolution at the end of 5 calendar days after its introduction.
For the purpose of expediting the consideration and enactment of joint resolutions under this subsection, a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives.