[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6990 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6990

To modify the bases for ineligibility for countries to benefit from the 
       Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2024

  Mr. LaHood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the bases for ineligibility for countries to benefit from the 
       Generalized System of Preferences, 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 ``Digital Trade for Development Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE COUNTRIES.

    Section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (H) 
                as subparagraphs (E) through (I), respectively;
                    (B) in the matter following subparagraph (H), by 
                striking ``(D), (E), (F), (G), and (H) (to the extent 
                described in section 507(6)(D))'' and inserting ``(D), 
                (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) (to the extent described in 
                section 507(6)(D))''; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) The President, acting through the United 
                States Trade Representative, determines that such 
                country restricts digital trade to the detriment of 
                United States development goals, strategic interests, 
                or competitiveness.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking ``; and'' and 
                the end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(8) the extent to which such country--
                    ``(A) has refrained from imposing digital trade 
                barriers, such as unnecessary or discriminatory data 
                localization or data transfer restrictions, 
                discriminatory treatment of digital products, or forced 
                disclosure of proprietary source code; and
                    ``(B) has taken steps in the digital environment to 
                support consumer protections, the privacy of personal 
                information, and open digital ecoystems.''.
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