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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4927 

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional approval of determinations to revoke the designation of the People’s Republic of China 

as a nonmarket economy country for purposes of that Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 13, 2016 

Ms. DELAURO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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 amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional 

approval of determinations to revoke the designation of 

the People’s Republic of China as a nonmarket economy 

country for purposes of that Act. 

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 ‘‘China Market Econ5 omy Status Congressional Review Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF DETERMINATIONS 

2 TO REVOKE THE DESIGNATION OF THE PEO3 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS A NONMARKET 

4 ECONOMY COUNTRY UNDER THE TARIFF ACT 

5 OF 1930. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 771(18) of the Tariff Act 

7 of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)) is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE WITH RESPECT TO

10 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A determination 

12 made by the administering authority under 

13 subparagraph (A) that the People’s Repub14 lic of China is a nonmarket economy coun15 try may not be revoked under subpara16 graph (C)(i) unless— 

17 ‘‘(I) the administering authority 

18 determines and reports to Congress 

19 that China no longer meets the re20 quirements of a nonmarket economy 

21 country under this paragraph; and 

22 ‘‘(II) Congress, within 45 days 

23 after receipt of a report under sub24 clause (I), enacts a joint resolution 

25 the matter after the resolving clause 

26 of which is as follows: ‘That the deterVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:43 Apr 16, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4927.IH H4927

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1 mination of the administering author2 ity under section 771(18)(F)(i)(I) of 

3 the Tariff Act of 1930 pursuant to 

4 the report submitted to the Congress 

5 on ll is hereby approved.’, the 

6 blank to be completed with the appro7 priate date. 

8 ‘‘(ii) JOINT RESOLUTION DE9 SCRIBED.—A joint resolution described in 

10 clause (i) and introduced within the appro11 priate 45-day period shall be considered in 

12 the Senate and the House of Representa13 tives in accordance with paragraphs (3) 

14 through (7) of section 8066(c) of the De15 partment of Defense Appropriations Act 

16 (as contained in Public Law 98–473), ex17 cept that references in such paragraphs to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Senate 

20 shall be deemed to be references to the 

21 Committee on Ways and Means of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Com23 mittee on Finance of the Senate, respec24 tively.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act and applies with respect to any determination 

4 made by the administering authority under subparagraph 

5 (A) of section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or 

6 after such date of enactment. 

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