[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 938. Mr. LANKFORD 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. SUSPENSION OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS WITH PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The People's Republic of China has enjoyed normal trade 
     relations with the United States since its approval to join 
     the World Trade Organization on November 10, 2001, and formal 
     accession on December 10, 2001.
       (2) The aggression of the People's Republic of China toward 
     Taiwan has increased in recent years, as incursions into 
     Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone by aircraft of the 
     People's Liberation Army increased 178 percent from 2021 to 
     2022.
       (3) The economic coercion of the People's Republic of China 
     toward Taiwan has also increased in recent years, as the 
     People's Republic of China has banned the import of more than 
     2,000 food products from Taiwan since August 2022.
       (4) The United States has a long-standing commitment to the 
     security of Taiwan and stability of cross-strait relations as 
     outlined in the Six Assurances, the three United States-
     People's Republic of China Joint Communiques, and the Taiwan 
     Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
       (5) In response to the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by 
     the Russian Federation, the United States revoked 
     nondiscriminatory treatment for imports from the Russian 
     Federation and Belarus on April 8, 2022.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States has a strong interest in deterring 
     the People's Republic of China from invading and seizing 
     control of Taiwan and should employ economic levers of 
     influence to promote and preserve a free and open Indo-
     Pacific, including prevention of aggression by the People's 
     Republic of China toward Taiwan;
       (2) aggression by the People's Republic of China toward 
     Taiwan would be a violation of international norms and 
     inconsistent with standards of conduct required for countries 
     enjoying normal trade relations in the United States market; 
     and
       (3) the policies of the People's Republic of China violate 
     its obligations under the Protocol on the Accession of the 
     People's Republic of China, including nonmarket practices, 
     intellectual property theft, use of forced labor, and civil-
     military fusion.
       (c) Suspension of Normal Trade Relations.--If an entity of 
     the People's Republic of China, including the People's 
     Liberation Army, engages in an act of coercion or military 
     aggression that violates the sovereignty or territorial 
     integrity of Taiwan, as determined by the President--
       (1) 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
       (2) the President shall proclaim increases in such rates of 
     duty with respect to such products.
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