[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2906 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2906
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional approval of
determinations to revoke the designation of the People's Republic of
China as a nonmarket economy country for purposes of that Act.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 9, 2016
Mr. Franken (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Finance
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A BILL
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional approval of
determinations to revoke the designation of the People's Republic of
China as a nonmarket economy country for purposes of that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``China Market Economy Status
Congressional Review Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF DETERMINATIONS TO REVOKE THE
DESIGNATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS A
NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY UNDER THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.
(a) In General.--Section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1677(18)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``Any
determination'' and inserting ``Except as provided in
subparagraph (D), any determination'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as
subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
``(D) Special rule with respect to the people's
republic of china.--
``(i) In general.--A determination made by
the administering authority under subparagraph
(A) that the People's Republic of China is a
nonmarket economy country may not be revoked
under subparagraph (C)(i) unless--
``(I) the administering authority
determines and reports to Congress that
the People's Republic of China no
longer meets the requirements of a
nonmarket economy country under this
paragraph; and
``(II) Congress, within 45 days
after receipt of a report under
subclause (I), enacts a joint
resolution the matter after the
resolving clause of which is as
follows: `That the determination of the
administering authority under section
771(18)(D)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of
1930 pursuant to the report submitted
to Congress on __ is hereby approved.',
with the blank space being filled with
the appropriate date.
``(ii) Joint resolution described.--A joint
resolution described in clause (i) and
introduced within the 45-day period specified
in that clause shall be considered in the
Senate and the House of Representatives in
accordance with paragraphs (3) through (7) of
section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-473; 98
Stat. 1936) in the same manner as a joint
resolution considered under that section,
except that any reference in such paragraphs to
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
shall be deemed to be a reference to the
Committee on Finance of the Senate and any
reference in such paragraphs to the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives shall be deemed to be a
reference to the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives.''.
(b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to any
determination made by the administering authority under section
771(18)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)(A)) on or
after such date.
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