[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2906 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2906

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2016

 Mr. Franken (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                               on Finance

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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--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``Any 
        determination'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (D), any determination'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
        subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) 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 
                                the People's Republic of 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)(D)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 
                                1930 pursuant to the report submitted 
                                to Congress on __ is hereby approved.', 
                                with the blank space being filled with 
                                the appropriate date.
                            ``(ii) Joint resolution described.--A joint 
                        resolution described in clause (i) and 
                        introduced within the 45-day period specified 
                        in that clause 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, 1985 (Public Law 98-473; 98 
                        Stat. 1936) in the same manner as a joint 
                        resolution considered under that section, 
                        except that any reference in such paragraphs to 
                        the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
                        shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
                        Committee on Finance of the Senate and any 
                        reference in such paragraphs to the Committee 
                        on Appropriations of the House of 
                        Representatives shall be deemed to be a 
                        reference to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
                        the House of Representatives.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to any 
determination made by the administering authority under section 
771(18)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)(A)) on or 
after such date.
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