[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1702 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1702

   To require the administering authority to determine an individual 
 countervailable subsidy rate upon request if four or fewer exporters 
  and producers are involved in the investigation or review, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2015

    Mr. King (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Manchin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the administering authority to determine an individual 
 countervailable subsidy rate upon request if four or fewer exporters 
  and producers are involved in the investigation or review, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Fairness in Respondent Selection Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL COUNTERVAILABLE SUBSIDY 
              RATE IF FOUR OR FEWER EXPORTERS AND PRODUCERS ARE 
              INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OR REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--Section 777A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1677f-1(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Individual subsidy rate upon request.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the administering authority 
                determines under paragraph (2) that it is not 
                practicable to determine an individual countervailable 
                subsidy rate for an exporter or producer and the number 
                of exporters and producers involved in the 
                investigation or review is not more than 4, the 
                administering authority shall, at the request of the 
                exporter or producer, determine an individual 
                countervailable subsidy rate for the exporter or 
                producer.
                    ``(B) Rule of construction.--Subparagraph (A) may 
                not be construed as specifying that more than 4 
                exporters and producers constitutes a large number of 
                exporters and producers for purposes of paragraph 
                (2).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        apply to any investigation or review initiated by the 
        administering authority on or after March 1, 2015.
            (2) Administering authority defined.--In this subsection, 
        the term ``administering authority'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 771(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
        1677(1)).
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