3.0.0 5190 2023-09-20T19:45:17Z 2023-09-20T19:45:17Z Senate S 2022-12-06 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-12-06T17:54:29Z 2022-12-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2022-12-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000615 Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] Mitt Romney R UT N International Affairs International Affairs 00 2022-12-06 Introduced in Senate 2023-09-20T19:42:49Z Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act

This bill requires the Department of State to take actions to stop China from being classified as a developing nation by international organizations. (Generally, international organizations provide developing nations certain rights and beneficial treatment. For example, the World Trade Organization provides developing nations with so-called special and differential treatment, which includes measures that aim to increase trading opportunities for those nations.)

Under this bill, the State Department must advocate for international organizations to (1) change China's status from developing nation to developed nation, or (2) develop a mechanism to change China's status to developed nation if no mechanism currently exists.

The President may waive this requirement if doing so is in the national interest of the United States.

]]> Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act Display Title Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to end the treatment of the People's Republic of China as a developing nation. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s5190is/xml/BILLS-117s5190is.xml 2022-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.