[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 593 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 593

   To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the 
provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy 
                               countries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 2005

    Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Burr, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Byrd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
 Graham, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Pryor, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
  Baucus, and Mr. Lott) introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the 
provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy 
                               countries.

    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 ``Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTIES TO NONMARKET ECONOMY 
              COUNTRIES.

    Section 701(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671(a)(1)) 
is amended by inserting ``(including a nonmarket economy country)'' 
after ``country'' each place it appears.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 apply to petitions filed under 
section 702 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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