Procedures regarding treaty withdrawal actions

(a) Congressional notification for withdrawal action (1) Consultation requirement The President shall consult with Congress not later than 72 hours after— (A) considering a withdrawal action; (B) determining that a withdrawal action is under consideration by any member of the Cabinet; or (C) beginning to make a plan to initiate a withdrawal action. (2) Reporting requirement Not later than 48 hours after initiating a withdrawal action, the President shall submit to Congress a report, including— (A) a legal justification for the withdrawal action; (B) a strategic rationale for the withdrawal action; and (C) expected military and alliance effects of the withdrawal action. (b) Approval or termination by joint resolution (1) Authorization required after 30 days A withdrawal action shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the withdrawal action is initiated unless Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the withdrawal action. (2) Termination by joint resolution Notwithstanding paragraph (1), during the 30-day period beginning on the date a withdrawal action is initiated, the President shall terminate the withdrawal action if Congress so directs by joint resolution. (3) Funding prohibition No Federal funds may be used to implement or continue any withdrawal action terminated pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (2). (c) Expedited congressional procedures (1) Referral of joint resolution A joint resolution described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, as the case may be, and such committee shall report one such joint resolution, together with its recommendations, not later than twelve calendar days after the date the applicable withdrawal action is initiated, unless such House shall otherwise determine by the yeas and nays. (2) Vote on joint resolution Any joint resolution so reported shall become the pending business of the House in question (in the case of the Senate the time for debate shall be equally divided between the proponents and the opponents), and shall be voted on within three calendar days thereafter, unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. (3) Reported joint resolution Such a joint resolution passed by one House shall be referred to the committee of the other House named in paragraph (1) and shall be reported out not later than fourteen calendar days after such referral. The joint resolution so reported shall become the pending business of the House in question and shall be voted on within three calendar days after it has been reported, unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. (4) Conference on joint resolution In the case of any disagreement between the two Houses of Congress with respect to a joint resolution passed by both Houses, conferees shall be promptly appointed and the committee of conference shall make and file a report with respect to such resolution or bill not later than four calendar days after such appointment. In the event the conferees are unable to agree within 48 hours of such appointment, they shall report back to their respective Houses in disagreement. Notwithstanding any rule in either House concerning the printing of conference reports in the Record or concerning any delay in the consideration of such reports, such report shall be acted on by both Houses not later than five days after such report. (d) Standing for relief (1) In general In the case of any violation of this section, a Member of Congress may bring an action in the appropriate Federal district court for appropriate relief. (2) Expedited review A court shall advance on the docket and consider an action under paragraph (1) on an expedited basis, and shall, to the extent practicable, make a disposition of such action not later than 30 days after such action is filed. (e) Withdrawal action defined In this section, the term withdrawal action means any formal or informal step to suspend or terminate the membership of the United States in or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including transmitting a notification of withdrawal or intent to withdraw from such Organization to a foreign country that is a member of such Organization.