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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8482 

To deter conflict in the Taiwan Strait by establishing conditions for suspending normal trade relations with the People’s Republic of China, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2024 

Mr. MOORE of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 

Foreign Affairs, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To deter conflict in the Taiwan Strait by establishing conditions for suspending normal trade relations with the People’s Republic of China, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deterring Escalation 

5 Through Economic Retaliation Act of 2024’’ or the 

6 ‘‘DETER Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find3 ings: 

4 (1) The People’s Republic of China has enjoyed 

5 normal trade relations with the United States since 

6 its approval to join the World Trade Organization 

7 on November 10, 2001, and formal accession on De8 cember 10, 2001. 

9 (2) The aggression of the People’s Republic of 

10 China toward Taiwan has increased in recent years, 

11 as incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identifica12 tion Zone by aircraft of the People’s Liberation 

13 Army increased 178 percent from 2021 to 2022. 

14 (3) The economic coercion of the People’s Re15 public of China toward Taiwan has also increased in 

16 recent years, as the People’s Republic of China has 

17 banned importing more than 2,000 food products 

18 from Taiwan since August 2022. 

19 (4) The United States has a long-standing com20 mitment to Taiwan’s security and stability of cross21 strait relations, as outlined in the Six Assurances, 

22 the three United States-People’s Republic of China 

23 Joint Communiques, and the Taiwan Relations Act 

24 (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.). 

25 (5) In response to the unprovoked invasion of 

26 Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the United 


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1 States revoked nondiscriminatory treatment for im2 ports from the Russian Federation and Belarus on 

3 April 8, 2022. 

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that— 

6 (1) the United States has a strong interest in 

7 deterring the People’s Republic of China from invad8 ing and seizing control of Taiwan and should employ 

9 economic levers of influence to promote and preserve 

10 a free and open Indo-Pacific, including prevention of 

11 aggression by the People’s Republic of China toward 

12 Taiwan; 

13 (2) aggression by the People’s Republic of 

14 China toward Taiwan would be a violation of inter15 national norms and inconsistent with standards of 

16 conduct required for countries enjoying the privilege 

17 of normal trade relations with the United States; 

18 and 

19 (3) the People’s Republic of China’s policies 

20 violate its obligations under the Protocol on the Ac21 cession of the People’s Republic of China, including 

22 nonmarket practices, intellectual property theft, use 

23 of forced labor, and civil-military fusion. 


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1 SEC. 3. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REGARDING MILITARY 

2 FORCE AGAINST TAIWAN BY THE PEOPLE’S 

3 REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

6 the President shall submit to the appropriate congres7 sional committees a report that includes a certification 

8 concerning whether any entity of the People’s Republic of 

9 China, including the People’s Liberation Army, engaged 

10 in an act that violated the sovereignty or territorial integ11 rity of Taiwan, such as an act of sustained economic coer12 cion the likes of which tend to precede military action, in13 cluding but not limited to a naval blockade, or an act of 

14 military aggression tantamount to an invasion during the 

15 one-year period preceding submission of the report. 

16 (b) REQUESTS FROM CONGRESS.— 

17 (1) REQUESTS.—At any point during the one18 year period after submission of a report required by 

19 subsection (a) and before submission of the next 

20 such report, the Chairman and Ranking Member of 

21 the appropriate congressional committees may in22 quire in writing of the President with respect to 

23 whether the certification included in the most recent 

24 report is still accurate. 

25 (2) RESPONSES.—Upon receiving an inquiry 

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1 propriate congressional committees under paragraph 

2 (1), the President shall respond in writing, within 30 

3 days, with respect to whether the certification in4 cluded in the most recent report submitted under 

5 subsection (a) is still accurate. 

6 SEC. 4. SUSPENSION OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS WITH 

7 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

8 (a) SUSPENSION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding title I of 

10 the Act entitled, ‘‘An Act to authorize extension of 

11 nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 

12 treatment) to the People’s Republic of China, and to 

13 establish a framework for relations between the 

14 United States and the People’s Republic of China’’, 

15 approved October 10, 2000 (Public Law 106–286; 

16 114 Stat. 881), or any other provision of law, if, in 

17 a report submitted under section 3(a), the President 

18 is unable to certify that no entity of the People’s Re19 public of China, including the People’s Liberation 

20 Army, engaged in an act that violated the sov21 ereignty or territorial integrity of Taiwan, such as 

22 an act of sustained economic coercion the likes of 

23 which tend to precede military action, including but 

24 not limited to a naval blockade, or an act of military 


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1 aggression tantamount to an invasion, during the 

2 one-year period preceding submission of the report— 

3 (A) on and after the date that is 30 days 

4 after submission of the report, the rates of duty 

5 set forth in column 2 of the Harmonized Tariff 

6 Schedule of the United States shall apply to all 

7 products of the People’s Republic of China; and 

8 (B) not later than the date described in 

9 shall, not later than 5 calendar days before 

10 issuing any proclamation under paragraph 

11 (1)(B), consult with the appropriate congres12 sional committees regarding the basis for and 

13 anticipated impact of subparagraph (A), the 

14 President shall proclaim increases in such rates 

15 of duty with respect to such products. 

16 (2) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—The President pro17 posed increases to rates of duty under that para18 graph. 

19 (b) RESTORATION OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS

20 TREATMENT.—Not before official notification to the ap21 propriate Congressional committees and the conclusion of 

22 a 90 day waiting period, the President may resume the 

23 application of the rates of duty set forth in column 1 of 

24 the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to 

25 the products of the People’s Republic of China on or after 


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1 the date on which the President submits a report under 

2 section 3(a) that includes— 

3 (1) certification that no entity of the People’s 

4 Republic of China, including the People’s Liberation 

5 Army, is currently engaged in an act that violates 

6 the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Taiwan, 

7 such as an act of sustained economic coercion the 

8 likes of which tend to precede military action, in9 cluding but not limited to a naval blockade, or an 

10 act of military aggression tantamount to an inva11 sion, during the one-year period preceding submis12 sion of the report; and 

13 (2) certification that Taiwan’s full territorial in14 tegrity was re-established during the one-year period 

15 preceding the submission of the report. 

16 SEC. 5. QUADRENNIAL ASSESSMENT OF TRADE 

17 VULNERABILITIES. 

18 (a) QUADRENNIAL ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The 

19 United States Trade Representative, in consultation with 

20 the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, the 

21 Secretary of Defense, and the Chief Executive Officer of 

22 the United States International Development Finance 

23 Corporation, shall— 


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1 (1) conduct a quadrennial assessment of United 

2 States trade vulnerabilities and supply chain risk ex3 posure to the People’s Republic of China; and 

4 (2) submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees, a quadrennial report on the assessment, 

6 with the first to be delivered no later than one year 

7 and 60 days after passage and each quadrennial re8 port thereafter to be delivered alongside each report 

9 required by section 3(a). 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

11 (a)(2) shall include— 

12 (1) identification of goods— 

13 (A) for which the United States is signifi14 cantly reliant on imports from the People’s Re15 public of China; and 

16 (B) that are critical to the economic pros17 perity and national security of the United 

18 States; 

19 (2) an assessment of the economic impact that 

20 revocation of normal trade relations with the Peo21 ple’s Republic of China would have on the price and 

22 supply of imports of goods identified under para23 graph (1); and 

24 (3) proposed policies to mitigate any economic 

25 impact described in paragraph (2), including, but 


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1 not limited to, trade agreements and other policies 

2 to liberalize and facilitate trade to diversify the 

3 sources of imports and destination of exports. 

4 (c) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

5 (1) FORM.—The report required by subsection 

6 (a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

7 may include a classified annex. 

8 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 

9 portion of the report required by subsection (a)(2) 

10 shall be posted on a publicly accessible website of the 

11 Department of Commerce within 30 days of the sub12 mission of the report to Congress. 

13 SEC. 6. NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER AND CONGRES14 SIONAL REVIEW. 

15 (a) WAIVER.—The requirement under section 4(a)(1) 

16 shall be waived for a one-year period if— 

17 (1) the President— 

18 (A) determines that such a waiver is in the 

19 national interest of the United States; and 

20 (B) submits to the appropriate congres21 sional committees a notice of and justification 

22 for the waiver; and 

23 (2) Congress passes a joint resolution of ap24 proval pursuant to subsection (b) during the period 

25 of 60 calendar days beginning on the date on which 


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1 the President submits the notice required by para2 graph (1)(B). 

3 (b) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.— 

4 (1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL DE5 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolu6 tion’’ means only a joint resolution— 

7 (A) that is introduced not later than 10 

8 calendar days after the date on which Congress 

9 receives the notice required by subsection 

10 (a)(1)(B); 

11 (B) that does not have a preamble; 

12 (C) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 

13 resolution relating to the approval of continuing 

14 normal trade relations with the People’s Repub15 lic of China.’’; and 

16 (D) the matter after the resolving clause of 

17 which is as follows: ‘‘Congress approves of the 

18 waiver for a one-year period of the requirement 

19 under section 4(a)(1) of the Deterring Esca20 lation Through Economic Retaliation Act of 

21 2023 to suspend normal trade relations with 

22 the People’s Republic of China, with respect to 

23 which notice was submitted to Congress on.’’, 

24 with the blank space being filled with the ap25 propriate date. 


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1 (2) FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF

2 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

3 (A) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a no4 tice under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Speaker of 

5 the House of Representatives, if the House 

6 would otherwise be adjourned, shall notify the 

7 Members of the House that, pursuant to this 

8 paragraph, the House shall convene no later 

9 than 10 calendar days after receiving such no10 tice. 

11 (B) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso12 lution of approval introduced in the House of 

13 Representatives shall be referred to the Com14 mittee on Ways and Means. 

15 (C) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

16 Committee on Ways and Means has not re17 ported a joint resolution of approval within 10 

18 calendar days after the date of referral, the 

19 Committee shall be discharged from further 

20 consideration of the joint resolution and the 

21 joint resolution shall be referred to the appro22 priate calendar. 

23 (D) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

24 After the Committee on Ways and Means has 

25 considered a joint resolution and reports it to 


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1 the House, or has been discharged from its con2 sideration, it shall be in order, not later than 

3 60 calendar days after Congress receives the 

4 notice described in subsection (a)(1)(B) to move 

5 to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 

6 House. All points of order against the motion 

7 are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 

8 after the House has disposed of a motion to 

9 proceed on the joint resolution. The previous 

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the 

11 motion to its adoption without intervening mo12 tion. The motion shall not be debatable. A mo13 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

14 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

15 (E) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

16 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

17 against the joint resolution and against its con18 sideration are waived. The previous question 

19 shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso20 lution to its passage without intervening motion 

21 except not more than 10 hours of debate equal22 ly divided and controlled by the proponent and 

23 an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote 

24 on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 

25 in order. 


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1 (3) FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.— 

2 (A) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a no3 tice under subsection (a)(1)(B), if the Senate 

4 has adjourned or recessed for more than 2 

5 days, the majority leader of the Senate, after 

6 consultation with the minority leader of the 

7 Senate, shall notify the Members of the Senate 

8 that, pursuant to this paragraph, the Senate 

9 shall convene not later than 10 calendar days 

10 after receipt of such notice. 

11 (B) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso12 lution of approval introduced in the Senate 

13 shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. 

14 (C) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

15 Committee on Finance has not reported a joint 

16 resolution of approval within 10 calendar days 

17 after the date of referral, the Committee shall 

18 be discharged from further consideration of the 

19 joint resolution, and the joint resolution shall be 

20 placed immediately on the calendar. 

21 (D) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

23 Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

24 Senate, it is in order at any time after the 

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1 endar, and before the date that is 60 cal2 endar days after Congress receives the no3 tice described in subsection (a)(1)(B), to 

4 move to proceed to the consideration of the 

5 joint resolution. All points of order against 

6 the joint resolution (and against consider7 ation of the joint resolution) are waived. 

8 The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

9 The motion is not subject to a motion to 

10 postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote 

11 by which the motion is agreed to or dis12 agreed to shall not be in order. If a motion 

13 to proceed to the consideration of the reso14 lution is agreed to, the joint resolution 

15 shall remain the unfinished business until 

16 disposed of. 

17 (ii) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint 

18 resolution, and on all debatable motions 

19 and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

20 be limited to not more than 10 hours, 

21 which shall be divided equally between the 

22 majority and minority leaders or their des23 ignees. A motion further to limit debate is 

24 in order and not debatable. An amendment 

25 to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to 


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1 proceed to the consideration of other busi2 ness, or a motion to recommit the joint 

3 resolution is not in order. 

4 (iii) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on 

5 passage on a joint resolution of approval 

6 shall occur immediately following the con7 clusion of the debate on a joint resolution, 

8 and a single quorum call at the conclusion 

9 of the debate if requested in accordance 

10 with the rules of the Senate. 

11 (iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PRO12 CEDURE.—Appeals from the decisions of 

13 the Chair relating to the application of the 

14 rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 

15 the procedure relating to a joint resolution 

16 of approval shall be decided without de17 bate. 

18 (4) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE

19 OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

20 (A) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY

21 OTHER HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one 

22 House of a joint resolution of approval of that 

23 House, that House receives from the other 

24 House a joint resolution of approval, then the 

25 following procedures shall apply: 


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1 (i) The joint resolution of the other 

2 House shall not be referred to a com3 mittee. 

4 (ii) With respect to a joint resolution 

5 of the House receiving the resolution— 

6 (I) the procedure in that House 

7 shall be the same as if no joint resolu8 tion had been received from the other 

9 House; but 

10 (II) the vote on passage shall be 

11 on the joint resolution of the other 

12 House. 

13 (B) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION

14 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to intro15 duce or consider a joint resolution of approval 

16 under this subsection, the joint resolution of the 

17 other House shall be entitled to expedited floor 

18 procedures under this subsection. 

19 (5) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

20 AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con21 gress— 

22 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

23 of the Senate and the House of Representa24 tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 

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1 persedes other rules only to the extent that it 

2 is inconsistent with such rules; and 

3 (B) with full recognition of the constitu4 tional right of either House to change the rules 

5 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

6 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

7 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

8 rule of that House. 

9 SEC. 7. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE10 FINED. 

11 In this Act, unless otherwise specified, the term ‘‘ap12 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

13 (1) the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

14 House of Representatives; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

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