[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4927 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4927

 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional approval of 
 determinations to revoke the designation of the People's Republic of 
     China as a nonmarket economy country for purposes of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2016

 Ms. DeLauro introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional approval of 
 determinations to revoke the designation of the People's Republic of 
     China as a nonmarket economy country for purposes of that Act.

    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 ``China Market Economy Status 
Congressional Review Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF DETERMINATIONS TO REVOKE THE 
              DESIGNATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS A 
              NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY UNDER THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.

    (a) In General.--Section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1677(18)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Special rule with respect to the people's 
                republic of china.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A determination made by 
                        the administering authority under subparagraph 
                        (A) that the People's Republic of China is a 
                        nonmarket economy country may not be revoked 
                        under subparagraph (C)(i) unless--
                                    ``(I) the administering authority 
                                determines and reports to Congress that 
                                China no longer meets the requirements 
                                of a nonmarket economy country under 
                                this paragraph; and
                                    ``(II) Congress, within 45 days 
                                after receipt of a report under 
                                subclause (I), enacts a joint 
                                resolution the matter after the 
                                resolving clause of which is as 
                                follows: `That the determination of the 
                                administering authority under section 
                                771(18)(F)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 
                                1930 pursuant to the report submitted 
                                to the Congress on __ is hereby 
                                approved.', the blank to be completed 
                                with the appropriate date.
                            ``(ii) Joint resolution described.--A joint 
                        resolution described in clause (i) and 
                        introduced within the appropriate 45-day period 
                        shall be considered in the Senate and the House 
                        of Representatives in accordance with 
                        paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) 
                        of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 
                        (as contained in Public Law 98-473), except 
                        that references in such paragraphs to the 
                        Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Senate shall be deemed 
                        to be references to the Committee on Ways and 
                        Means of the House of Representatives and the 
                        Committee on Finance of the Senate, 
                        respectively.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 
respect to any determination made by the administering authority under 
subparagraph (A) of section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or 
after such date of enactment.
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