1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Russia and Moldova
Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Permanent normal trade relations for the Russian
Federation
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Termination of application of title IV of the Trade
Act of 1974 to products of the Russian Federation.
TITLE II—Trade enforcement measures relating to the Russian
Federation
Sec. 201. Reports on implementation by the Russian Federation
of obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization and enforcement
actions by the United States Trade Representative.
Sec. 202. Promotion of the rule of law in the Russian
Federation to support United States trade and investment.
Sec. 203. Reports on laws, policies, and practices of the
Russian Federation that discriminate against United States digital
trade.
Sec. 204. Efforts to reduce barriers to trade imposed by the
Russian Federation.
TITLE III—Permanent normal trade relations for
Moldova
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. Termination of application of title IV of the Trade
Act of 1974 to products of Moldova.
<enum>I</enum><header>Permanent normal
trade relations for the Russian Federation</header>
<section id="H870322335EDD4C2BA4B388F940897A32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H98A67610AB244B828CFE89035FC7D20D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Russian
Federation allows its citizens the right and opportunity to emigrate, free of
any heavy tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for
emigration and free of any tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any
citizens as a consequence of the desire of those citizens to emigrate to the
country of their choice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA20858A2AD24990B4CDAE48D4E685F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Russian
Federation has been found to be in full compliance with the freedom of
emigration requirements under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431
et seq.) since 1994.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H469E9E026DCC4EA2BA731402CA037782"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Russian
Federation has received normal trade relations treatment since concluding a
bilateral trade agreement with the United States that entered into force in
1992.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B925109786C4AC1AEA4D1A81404358E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On December 16,
2011, the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization invited the
Russian Federation to accede to the World Trade Organization.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HAA2C2E844B944E9E9D8FE231B67084D4"><enum>102.</enum><header>Termination of
application of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to products of the Russian
Federation</header>
<subsection id="HE6E218F308F445C8A253AAC013513380"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Presidential
determinations and extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may—</text>
<paragraph id="HED80FC910D5B425AA5B6542AFFD2A6DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine that
such title should no longer apply to the Russian Federation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F60F54279A84DC2B1D7742BC49B1D80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after making a
determination under paragraph (1) with respect to the Russian Federation,
proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations
treatment) to the products of the Russian Federation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7E95B1A011144D2D8B8F27FBB3D88FAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date
of nondiscriminatory treatment</header><text>The extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment to the products of the Russian Federation pursuant to subsection (a)
shall be effective not sooner than the effective date of the accession of the
Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB153CF3B05CE489CBF0C2D990F4CF42B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
applicability of title IV</header><text>On and after the effective date under
subsection (b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products
of the Russian Federation, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et
seq.) shall cease to apply to the Russian Federation.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Trade enforcement
measures relating to the Russian Federation</header>
<section id="H64850BF163494A47889BDE32315B85D4"><enum>201.</enum><header>Reports on
implementation by the Russian Federation of obligations as a member of the
World Trade Organization and enforcement actions by the United States Trade
Representative</header>
<subsection id="HA676DE9E3CA24DF3A20D7E5AE1FA93BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports on
implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H3A73B0EE77D74C068C4458A3A43A3259"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the effective date under
section 102(b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products
of the Russian Federation, and annually thereafter, the United States Trade
Representative shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report assessing
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2C48DDB1A4D4703BF37C00FA1DE1345"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The extent to
which the Russian Federation is implementing the WTO Agreement (as defined in
section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) and the
following agreements annexed to that Agreement:</text>
<clause id="HDC2F950C690D40D9999AB43327279068"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (referred
to in section 101(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(d)(3))).</text>
</clause><clause id="H54BB5EC6AC094194A4513E5A1E6E7753"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (referred to
in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(d)(15))).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7392E950FBFB45D48A3079B44CFEE866"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The progress made
by the Russian Federation in acceding to, and the extent to which the Russian
Federation is implementing, the following:</text>
<clause id="HCA141AE3F49843C4A205DF1F2E5CDDCE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products of the
World Trade Organization, agreed to at Singapore December 13, 1996 (commonly
referred to as the <term>Information Technology Agreement</term>) (or a
successor agreement).</text>
</clause><clause id="HB5A94EAA463B413F94B930D12C8738EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
Agreement on Government Procurement (referred to in section 101(d)(17) of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17))).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE356DB2170649CCAC6664E92365A54C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan for action
by Trade Representative</header>
<subparagraph id="H5BF2ED4139CB4038A4C48B9B9632B35B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If, in preparing a report required by paragraph (1), the
Trade Representative believes that the Russian Federation is not fully
implementing an agreement specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of that
paragraph or that the Russian Federation is not making adequate progress in
acceding to an agreement specified in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, the
Trade Representative shall, except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this
paragraph, include in the report a description of the actions the Trade
Representative plans to take to encourage the Russian Federation to improve its
implementation of the agreement or increase its progress in acceding to the
agreement, as the case may be.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19A91761ED254D72BC73F6C20A6B8566"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Classified
information</header><text>If any information regarding a planned action
referred to in subparagraph (A) is classifiable under Executive Order 13526 (75
Fed. Reg. 707; relating to classified national security information) or a
subsequent Executive order, the Trade Representative shall report that
information to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives by—</text>
<clause id="H6E4647A83D804932B31F6F5449FB96C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>including the
information in a classified annex to the report required by paragraph (1);
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0D0F5E18FCFC4C72B222B8F5B9E53E28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consulting with
the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means with respect to
the information instead of including the information in the report or a
classified annex to the report.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC44A1BCDB05D4E6E9511B65F90F6BF81"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
comments</header>
<subparagraph id="HCADEB92F6A144646B8F408C68052D3CC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In developing the report required by paragraph (1), the
Trade Representative shall provide an opportunity for the public to comment,
including by holding a public hearing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63DF18F6E96D4126A49517EB38560AB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication in
Federal Register</header><text>The Trade Representative shall publish notice of
the opportunity to comment and hearing required by subparagraph (A) in the
Federal Register.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H18BA2654EA6A4E199F97C1A58CA746F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on
enforcement actions taken by Trade Representative</header><text>Not later than
180 days after the effective date under section 102(b) of the extension of
nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Russian Federation, and
annually thereafter, the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the
Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives a report describing the enforcement actions taken by
the Trade Representative against the Russian Federation to ensure the full
compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the
World Trade Organization, including obligations under agreements with members
of the Working Party on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World
Trade Organization.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0735C122E9AC47F6A5DBB37798A0CE62"><enum>202.</enum><header>Promotion of
the rule of law in the Russian Federation to support United States trade and
investment</header>
<subsection id="HA3B98B8B8F414998A2C3ABE755CE820E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports on
promotion of rule of law</header><text>Not later than one year after the
effective date under section 102(b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment to the products of the Russian Federation, and annually thereafter,
the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary of State shall jointly
submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives a report—</text>
<paragraph id="H214B82C53D3D44CAA0F65E74E3F8EA36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on the measures
taken by the Trade Representative and the Secretary and the results achieved
during the year preceding the submission of the report with respect to
promoting the rule of law in the Russian Federation, including with respect
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1280061CEE648DC8BA880A19363CB62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strengthening
formal protections for United States investors in the Russian Federation,
including through the negotiation of a new bilateral investment treaty;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9081D4C14664F02A7FFC8EE34A4EEA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advocating for
United States investors in the Russian Federation, including by promoting the
claims of United States investors in Yukos Oil Company;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98CC5F61E82643818948EBDDD64A79DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encouraging all
countries that are parties to the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign
Public Officials in International Business Transactions of the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development, done at Paris December 17, 1997
(commonly referred to as the <quote>OECD Anti-Bribery Convention</quote>),
including the Russian Federation, to fully implement their commitments under
the Convention to prevent overseas business bribery by the nationals of those
countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD34EF2BC2924BCB9F0EB13AB7494C31"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promoting a
customs administration, tax administration, and judiciary in the Russia
Federation that are free of corruption; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DBC32C259084F2AB9C62F6B5EBD06A0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increasing
cooperation between the United States and the Russian Federation to expand the
capacity for civil society organizations to monitor, investigate, and report on
suspected instances of corruption; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1152F8D8A45C4910A35B3818D9D4D512"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that discloses the
status of any pending petition for espousal filed with the Secretary by a
United States investor in the Russian Federation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H427CEF1C2E6E4CCB8AA6F458F203F794"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Anti-Bribery
reporting and assistance</header>
<paragraph id="HE6F673CD9FBF48C18A1C00F9211C8762"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall establish and maintain a
dedicated phone hotline and secure website, accessible from within and outside
the Russian Federation, for the purpose of allowing United States
entities—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA02ED419A0684910ACAD884BB7F3C1FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to report
instances of bribery, attempted bribery, or other forms of corruption in the
Russian Federation that impact or potentially impact their operations;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H231656C3BF2844DDB429F2EBF43D6A0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to request the
assistance of the United States with respect to issues relating to corruption
in the Russian Federation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6116895741B04A8A81E29729A4954370"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report
required</header>
<subparagraph id="H84689971C976443485ED5FCF1CEE737F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the effective date under
section 102(b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products
of the Russian Federation, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce
shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that includes the
following:</text>
<clause id="H58B1E51FA1E94B7B8501486139212A26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
number of instances in which bribery, attempted bribery, or other forms of
corruption have been reported using the hotline or website established pursuant
to paragraph (1).</text>
</clause><clause id="HB5BADDF4B2EE4E7B9CD45809080173A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
description of the regions in the Russian Federation in which those instances
are alleged to have occurred.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B94F46EC03F47E4A48792630100CAFD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A
summary of actions taken by the United States to provide assistance to United
States entities pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</clause><clause id="H4267B8574F674DBF83C2B6CCCC51E1C8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A
description of the efforts taken by the Secretary to inform United States
entities conducting business in the Russian Federation or considering
conducting business in the Russian Federation of the availability of assistance
through the hotline and website.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H010ACD1E9C454FF6B7FFD945F85185F3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>The
Secretary shall not include in the report required by subparagraph (A) the
identity of a United States entity that reports instances of bribery, attempted
bribery, or other forms of corruption in the Russian Federation or requests
assistance pursuant to paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAC43EEE6D5A540AE866D45CB6D17D550"><enum>203.</enum><header>Reports on
laws, policies, and practices of the Russian Federation that discriminate
against United States digital trade</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 181(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2241(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA006FFA48CCE40948D1B4B56A7389EFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H130A7E52A8E14268982D54774767F270"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD98AE48DC8E746F197260778880A9EB6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6294E35A20BC4989878560EB9EEE4E1A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusion of
certain discriminatory laws, policies, and practices of the Russian
Federation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For calender year
2012 and each succeeding calendar year, the Trade Representative shall include
in the analyses and estimates under paragraph (1) an identification and
analysis of any laws, policies, or practices of the Russian Federation that
deny fair and equitable market access to United States digital
trade.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF9CD109EFC9146BB88B3F5E61614C546"><enum>204.</enum><header>Efforts to
reduce barriers to trade imposed by the Russian Federation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States Trade Representative shall
continue to pursue the reduction of barriers to trade imposed by the Russian
Federation on articles exported from the United States to the Russian
Federation through efforts—</text>
<paragraph id="H43C1CB057CD64641BB7096CE21F0C896"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to negotiate a bilateral agreement under
which the Russian Federation will accept the sanitary and phytosanitary
measures of the United States as equivalent to the sanitary and phytosanitary
measures of the Russian Federation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A6C1241AC154ED3BDF4DFE86EE90D15"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to obtain the
adoption by the Russian Federation of an action plan for providing greater
protections for intellectual property rights than the protections required by
the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 3511(d)(15))).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Permanent normal
trade relations for Moldova</header>
<section commented="no" id="H41F64350B38B4CCE88654452216A046E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HD45A7A78D0424246BB751256A9B65DCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Moldova allows its
citizens the right and opportunity to emigrate, free of any heavy tax on
emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration and free
of any tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizens as a consequence
of the desire of those citizens to emigrate to the country of their
choice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09DB2AC24616465BAAAA45BE7DC8AD31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Moldova has been
found to be in full compliance with the freedom of emigration requirements
under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) since
1997.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE00A85CF22344F3BFF22A3C21D0C49B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Moldova acceded to
the World Trade Organization on July 26, 2001.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H69C2ABBAF18443A68A3BA7D99365647C"><enum>302.</enum><header>Termination of
application of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to products of
Moldova</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9B46D63D58014B0EA6834D028FF0E52B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Presidential
determinations and extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H212E6EB80C4C4E9A98BB516B8DD82551"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine that
such title should no longer apply to Moldova; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA409543E0C774BD5B9F8075B3C3CD176"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after making a
determination under paragraph (1) with respect to Moldova, proclaim the
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to
the products of Moldova.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA07440B8141B4A759BD87B30E8C3426C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of
applicability of title IV</header><text>On and after the date on which the
President extends nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Moldova
pursuant to subsection (a), title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431
et seq.) shall cease to apply to Moldova.</text>
</subsection></section>