IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1107 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 28, 2023 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of State to take certain actions 

with respect to the labeling of the People’s Republic 

of China as a developing country, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PRC Is Not a Devel3 oping Country Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

5 It should be the policy of the United States— 

6 (1) to oppose the labeling or treatment of the 

7 People’s Republic of China as a developing country 

8 in any treaty or other international agreement to 

9 which the United States is a party; 

10 (2) to oppose the labeling or treatment of the 

11 People’s Republic of China as a developing country 

12 in each international organization of which the 

13 United States is a member; and 

14 (3) to pursue the labeling or treatment of the 

15 People’s Republic of China as an upper middle in16 come country, high income country, or developed 

17 country in each international organization of which 

18 the United States is a member. 

19 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

20 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appro22 priate committees of Congress a report identifying all cur23 rent treaty negotiations in which— 

24 (1) the proposed treaty develops different 

25 standards for the enforcement of the treaty based on 


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1 the development status of the member states of the 

2 treaty; and 

3 (2) the People’s Republic of China is under con4 sideration for becoming a party to the treaty. 

5 SEC. 4. MECHANISMS FOR CHANGING THE DEVELOPMENT 

6 STATUS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

7 CHINA. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—In any international organization 

9 of which the United States and the People’s Republic of 

10 China are both current member states, the Secretary, in 

11 coordination with the heads of other Federal agencies and 

12 departments as needed, shall pursue— 

13 (1) changing the status of the People’s Republic 

14 of China from developing country to upper middle 

15 income country, high income country, or developed 

16 country if a mechanism exists in such organization 

17 to make such a change in status; 

18 (2) proposing the development of a mechanism 

19 described in paragraph (1) to change the status of 

20 the People’s Republic of China in such organization 

21 from developing country to developed country; or 

22 (3) regardless of efforts made pursuant to para23 graphs (1) and (2), working to ensure that the Peo24 ple’s Republic of China does not receive preferential 

25 treatment or assistance within the organization as a 


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1 result of it having the status of a developing coun2 try. 

3 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica4 tion of subsection (a) with respect to any international or5 ganization if the President notifies the appropriate com6 mittees of Congress, not later than 10 days before the date 

7 on which the waiver shall take effect, that such a waiver 

8 is in the national interests of the United States. 

9 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON12 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con13 gress’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

18 the Senate. 

19 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of State. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 27, 

2023. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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