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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4105 

To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to 

nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 29, 2012 

Mr. CAMP (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 

Mr. HERGER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 

BOUSTANY, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. SCHOCK, 

Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. MARCHANT, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. REED, Mr. RANGEL, 

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 

Mr. KIND, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. KELLY, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. RIBBLE, 

Mr. STIVERS, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. STARK, Mr. GENE

GREEN of Texas, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. OWENS, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. 

SCHWARTZ, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 

CRAVAACK, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. 

MCCOTTER, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. TURNER of Ohio, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SCHILLING, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

HULTGREN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LONG, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. NEAL, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 

Ms. SUTTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 

RYAN of Ohio, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. CLAY, 

Mr. DOYLE, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Ms. MOORE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. KAPTUR, 

Mr. MORAN, Mr. SHULER, Ms. BASS of California, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. BRADY

of Pennsylvania, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, 

Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. RAHALL) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 


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A BILL 

To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY PRO4 VISIONS TO NONMARKET ECONOMY COUN5 TRIES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 701 of the Tariff Act of 

7 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671) is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY TO PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING

10 NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para12 graph (2), the merchandise on which countervailing 

13 duties shall be imposed under subsection (a) includes 

14 a class or kind of merchandise imported, or sold (or 

15 likely to be sold) for importation, into the United 

16 States from a nonmarket economy country. 

17 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—A countervailing duty is not 

18 required to be imposed under subsection (a) on a 

19 class or kind of merchandise imported, or sold (or 

20 likely to be sold) for importation, into the United 

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1 ministering authority is unable to identify and meas2 ure subsidies provided by the government of the non3 market economy country or a public entity within 

4 the territory of the nonmarket economy country be5 cause the economy of that country is essentially 

6 comprised of a single entity.’’. 

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (f) of section 701 

8 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a) of 

9 this section, applies to— 

10 (1) all proceedings initiated under subtitle A of 

11 title VII of that Act (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) on or 

12 after November 20, 2006; 

13 (2) all resulting actions by U.S. Customs and 

14 Border Protection; and 

15 (3) all civil actions, criminal proceedings, and 

16 other proceedings before a Federal court relating to 

17 proceedings referred to in paragraph (1) or actions 

18 referred to in paragraph (2). 

19 SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY IN CERTAIN 

20 PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO IMPORTS FROM 

21 NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 777A of the Tariff Act 

23 of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677f–1) is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENT OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY IN CER2 TAIN PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO IMPORTS FROM NON3 MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the administering au5 thority determines, with respect to a class or kind of 

6 merchandise from a nonmarket economy country for 

7 which an antidumping duty is determined using nor8 mal value pursuant to section 773(c), that— 

9 ‘‘(A) pursuant to section 701(a)(1), a 

10 countervailable subsidy (other than an export 

11 subsidy referred to in section 772(c)(1)(C)) has 

12 been provided with respect to the class or kind 

13 of merchandise, 

14 ‘‘(B) such countervailable subsidy has been 

15 demonstrated to have reduced the average price 

16 of imports of the class or kind of merchandise 

17 during the relevant period, and 

18 ‘‘(C) the administering authority can rea19 sonably estimate the extent to which the 

20 countervailable subsidy referred to in subpara21 graph (B), in combination with the use of nor22 mal value determined pursuant to section 

23 773(c), has increased the weighted average 

24 dumping margin for the class or kind of mer25 chandise, 


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1 the administering authority shall, except as provided 

2 in paragraph (2), reduce the antidumping duty by 

3 the amount of the increase in the weighted average 

4 dumping margin estimated by the administering au5 thority under subparagraph (C). 

6 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM REDUCTION IN ANTIDUMPING

7 DUTY.—The administering authority may not reduce 

8 the antidumping duty applicable to a class or kind 

9 of merchandise from a nonmarket economy country 

10 under this subsection by more than the portion of 

11 the countervailing duty rate attributable to a 

12 countervailable subsidy that is provided with respect 

13 to the class or kind of merchandise and that meets 

14 the conditions described in subparagraphs (A), (B), 

15 and (C) of paragraph (1).’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (f) of section 

17 777A of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection 

18 (a) of this section, applies to— 

19 (1) all investigations and reviews initiated pur20 suant to title VII of that Act (19 U.S.C. 1671 et 

21 seq.) on or after the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act; and 

23 (2) subject to subsection (c) of section 129 of 

24 the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 

25 3538), all determinations issued under subsection 


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1 (b)(2) of that section on or after the date of the en2 actment of this Act. 

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