[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1642 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 398
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1642

                          [Report No. 104-264]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 12 (legislative day, July 10), 1996

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

                              May 9, 1996

                Reported by Mr. Roth, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) 
          to the products of Cambodia, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Cambodia is now under democratic rule after 20 
        years of undemocratic regimes and civil war, and is striving to 
        rebuild its market economy;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) extension of unconditional most-favored-nation 
        treatment would assist Cambodia in developing its economy based 
        on free market principles and becoming competitive in the 
        global marketplace;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) establishing normal commercial relations on a 
        reciprocal basis with Cambodia will promote United States 
        exports to the rapidly growing Southeast Asian region and 
        expand opportunities for United States business and investment 
        in the Cambodian economy; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) expanding bilateral trade relations that 
        includes a commercial agreement will promote further progress 
        by Cambodia on human rights and toward adoption of regional and 
        world trading rules and principles.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT TO THE 
              PRODUCTS OF CAMBODIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Harmonized Tariff Schedule Amendment.--General note 
3(b) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ``Kampuchea''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
applies with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the effective date of a notice published in 
the Federal Register by the United States Trade Representative that a 
trade agreement obligating reciprocal most-favored-nation treatment 
between Cambodia and the United States has entered into 
force.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The President shall submit to the Congress, not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on the 
trade relations between the United States and Cambodia pursuant to the 
trade agreement described in section 2(b).</DELETED>

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) despite recent increases in acts of repression by the 
        Cambodian Government and growing government corruption that has 
        contributed to substantial environmental degradation, Cambodia 
        has made some progress towards democratic rule after 20 years 
        of undemocratic regimes and civil war, and is striving to 
        rebuild its market economy;
            (2) extension of unconditional most-favored-nation 
        treatment would assist Cambodia in developing its economy based 
        on free market principles and becoming competitive in the 
        global marketplace;
            (3) establishing normal commercial relations on a 
        reciprocal basis with Cambodia will promote United States 
        exports to the rapidly growing Southeast Asian region and 
        expand opportunities for United States business and investment 
        in the Cambodian economy; and
            (4) expanding bilateral trade relations that includes a 
        commercial agreement may promote further progress by Cambodia 
        on human rights and democratic rule and assist Cambodia in 
        adopting regional and world trading rules and principles.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS OF 
              CAMBODIA.

    (a) Harmonized Tariff Schedule Amendment.--General note 3(b) of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by striking 
``Kampuchea''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the effective date of a notice published in 
the Federal Register by the United States Trade Representative that a 
trade agreement obligating reciprocal most-favored-nation treatment 
between Cambodia and the United States has entered into force.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    The President shall submit to the Congress, not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on the 
trade relations between the United States and Cambodia pursuant to the 
trade agreement described in section 2(b).
                                                       Calendar No. 398

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1642

                          [Report No. 104-264]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) 
          to the products of Cambodia, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 9, 1996

                       Reported with an amendment