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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1653 Introduced in House (IH)]

104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1653

 To prohibit the designation as a beneficiary developing country under 
   the Generalized System of Preference any country that engages in 
 certain actions regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components 
                 and nuclear weapon design information.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 1995

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

 
 To prohibit the designation as a beneficiary developing country under 
   the Generalized System of Preference any country that engages in 
 certain actions regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components 
                 and nuclear weapon design information.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BENEFICIARY COUNTRY DESIGNATION.

    Section 502(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (7) 
        and inserting ``, and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) if--
                    ``(A) such country, after the date of the enactment 
                of this paragraph, transfers to a non-nuclear-weapon 
                state--
                            ``(i) a nuclear explosive device, or
                            ``(ii) any--
                                    ``(I) nuclear weapons device 
                                component, or
                                    ``(II) information that relates to 
                                the design of a nuclear explosive 
                                device;
                that the President determines to be important to, and 
                known by such country to be intended by the recipient 
                state for use in, the development of any nuclear 
                explosive device; or
                    ``(B) such country (if a non-nuclear-weapon state), 
                after the date of the enactment of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) receives a nuclear explosive device,
                            ``(ii) explodes a nuclear explosive device, 
                        or
                            ``(iii) seeks and receives any--
                                    ``(I) nuclear weapons device 
                                component, or
                                    ``(II) information that relates to 
                                the design of a nuclear explosive 
                                device,
                that the President determines to be important to, and 
                intended by such country for use in, the development of 
                a nuclear explosive device.''.
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