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H.Res. 393 is a procedural resolution that establishes rules for the House to consider and vote on H.J. Res. 73, a separate measure addressing a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025. The resolution streamlines the legislative process by waiving standard procedural obstacles, allowing only one hour of debate (split between the chair and ranking minority member of the Foreign Affairs Committee) and one motion to recommit before a final vote. This resolution itself doesn't create policy or allocate funding—it simply sets the terms for how the House will handle the national emergency resolution. Once passed, the House must send its decision to the Senate within one week. The actual details of what the national emergency resolution does would be contained in H.J. Res. 73, which is the underlying measure being debated under these rules.

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