[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3016]
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SA 837. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1083. WITHDRAWAL OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT
FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Notwithstanding title I of Public Law 106-286 (114 Stat.
880) or any other provision of law, effective on the date
that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act--
(1) normal trade relations treatment shall not apply
pursuant to section 101 of that Act to the products of the
People's Republic of China;
(2) normal trade relations treatment may not thereafter be
extended to the products of the People's Republic of China
under the provisions of chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.);
(3) the rates of duty set forth in column 2 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall apply
to all products of the People's Republic of China; and
(4) the President may proclaim increases in the rates of
duty applicable to products of the People's Republic of China
to rates that are higher than the rates described in
paragraph (3).
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