[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 282 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 282

To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
          relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2009

   Mr. Lugar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
          relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 
              1974 TO THE PRODUCTS OF KAZAKHSTAN.

    (a) Presidential Determinations and Extension of Nondiscriminatory 
Treatment.--Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may--
            (1) determine that the denial of nondiscriminatory 
        treatment should no longer apply to the products of Kazakhstan; 
        and
            (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with 
        respect to Kazakhstan, proclaim the extension of 
        nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) 
        to the products of Kazakhstan.
    (b) Termination of Applicability of Title IV.--On and after the 
date on which the President extends nondiscriminatory treatment to the 
products of Kazakhstan pursuant to subsection (a), title IV of the 
Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to Kazakhstan.
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