3.0.0 3327 2019-02-20T23:40:16Z 2019-02-24T03:00:03Z Senate S S 2012-06-21 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-06-21T18:26:29Z Russian World Trade Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012 112 6149 HR 2012-07-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2012-06-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2012-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2012-06-21 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2012-06-21 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2012-06-21 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Congressional oversight Free trade and trade barriers Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment Public participation and lobbying Russia Trade agreements and negotiations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2012-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-10T20:17:03Z Russian World Trade Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012 - Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), within 90 days after the effective date of an Act of Congress authorizing the extension of permanent normal trade relations treatment to products of the Russian Federation, to report to Congress on: (1) Russian Federation commitments under the protocol on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement, and (2) the date by which that protocol requires each such commitment to be implemented.

Requires the USTR to report annually to Congress on: (1) actions taken by the Russian Federation to comply with its commitments under the protocol that has a significant effect on U.S. commerce, (2) any commitment the Federation is not implementing or is not making progress toward implementing in a timely manner, and (3) any actions taken by the USTR to obtain Russian Federation compliance with its commitments.

Directs the USTR to take appropriate action to obtain Russian Federation compliance with commitments it is not implementing or is not making progress toward implementing in a timely manner. Authorizes the USTR, however, not to take any action if it is not in the U.S. national interest.

Requires the USTR to seek public participation in developing such reports and in determining what action, if any, to take with respect to any commitment the Russian Federation is not implementing or is not making progress toward implementing in a timely manner.

]]> Russian World Trade Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Russian World Trade Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012 Display Title Russian World Trade Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to take action to obtain the full compliance of the Russian Federation with its commitments under the protocol on the accession of the Russian Federation to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3327is/xml/BILLS-112s3327is.xml 2012-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.