117 HR 7172 IH: Permanent Non-Trade Relations for Russia Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-03-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7172IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 18, 2022Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo prohibit products imported from Russia to receive normal trade relations treatment, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Permanent Non-Trade Relations for Russia Act or the P.N.T.R. for Russia Act.

2.

Prohibition on extending normal trade relations treatment to Russia

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not provide normal trade relations treatment to any article imported into the United States from the Russian Federation.

3.

Applicability

The prohibition under section 2 shall begin on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to all articles imported into the United States from the Russian Federation on and after such date of enactment. Nothing in this Act may be construed to provide for any delay in such applicability after such date of enactment.

4.

Report

(a)

In general

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the manner in which the Trade Representative plans to—(1)obtain the support of at least three-fourths of all countries that are members of the World Trade Organization to pursue the adoption of an amendment calling for the removal of the Russian Federation from such Organization; and(2)increase international support among members of the Organization to remove normal trade relations status for the Russian Federation.(b)

Form

The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.(c)

Appropriate congressional committees

In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means—(1)the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and(2)the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.