[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2964]
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  SA 5873. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1271. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE 
                   TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO PRODUCTS OF CERTAIN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) Presidential Determinations and Extension of 
     Nondiscriminatory Treatment.--Notwithstanding any provision 
     of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et 
     seq.), the President may--
       (1) determine that such title should no longer apply to a 
     covered country; and
       (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with 
     respect to a covered country, proclaim the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of the covered country.
       (b) Termination of Applicability of Title IV.--On and after 
     the effective date under subsection (a)(2) of the extension 
     of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of a covered 
     country, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et 
     seq.) shall cease to apply to the covered country.
       (c) Covered Country Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered country'' means any country excluding Belarus, 
     Cuba, and North Korea.
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