I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8482 
To deter conflict in the Taiwan Strait by establishing conditions for sus-
pending 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 condi-
tions for suspending normal trade relations with the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deterring Escalation 
Through Economic Retaliation Act of 2024’’ or the 
‘‘DETER Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The People’s Republic of China has enjoyed 
normal trade relations with the United States since 
its approval to join the World Trade Organization 
on November 10, 2001, and formal accession on De-
cember 10, 2001. 
(2) The aggression of the People’s Republic of 
China toward Taiwan has increased in recent years, 
as incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identifica-
tion Zone by aircraft of the People’s Liberation 
Army increased 178 percent from 2021 to 2022. 
(3) The economic coercion of the People’s Re-
public of China toward Taiwan has also increased in 
recent years, as the People’s Republic of China has 
banned importing more than 2,000 food products 
from Taiwan since August 2022. 
(4) The United States has a long-standing com-
mitment to Taiwan’s security and stability of cross- 
strait relations, as outlined in the Six Assurances, 
the three United States-People’s Republic of China 
Joint Communiques, and the Taiwan Relations Act 
(22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.). 
(5) In response to the unprovoked invasion of 
Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the United 
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States revoked nondiscriminatory treatment for im-
ports from the Russian Federation and Belarus on 
April 8, 2022. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States has a strong interest in 
deterring the People’s Republic of China from invad-
ing and seizing control of Taiwan and should employ 
economic levers of influence to promote and preserve 
a free and open Indo-Pacific, including prevention of 
aggression by the People’s Republic of China toward 
Taiwan; 
(2) aggression by the People’s Republic of 
China toward Taiwan would be a violation of inter-
national norms and inconsistent with standards of 
conduct required for countries enjoying the privilege 
of normal trade relations with the United States; 
and 
(3) the People’s Republic of China’s policies 
violate its obligations under the Protocol on the Ac-
cession of the People’s Republic of China, including 
nonmarket practices, intellectual property theft, use 
of forced labor, and civil-military fusion. 
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SEC. 3. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REGARDING MILITARY 
FORCE AGAINST TAIWAN BY THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that includes a certification 
concerning whether any entity of the People’s Republic of 
China, including the People’s Liberation Army, engaged 
in an act that violated the sovereignty or territorial integ-
rity of Taiwan, such as an act of sustained economic coer-
cion the likes of which tend to precede military action, in-
cluding but not limited to a naval blockade, or an act of 
military aggression tantamount to an invasion during the 
one-year period preceding submission of the report. 
(b) REQUESTS FROM CONGRESS.— 
(1) REQUESTS.—At any point during the one- 
year period after submission of a report required by 
subsection (a) and before submission of the next 
such report, the Chairman and Ranking Member of 
the appropriate congressional committees may in-
quire in writing of the President with respect to 
whether the certification included in the most recent 
report is still accurate. 
(2) RESPONSES.—Upon receiving an inquiry 
from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the ap-
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propriate congressional committees under paragraph 
(1), the President shall respond in writing, within 30 
days, with respect to whether the certification in-
cluded in the most recent report submitted under 
subsection (a) is still accurate. 
SEC. 4. SUSPENSION OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS WITH 
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) SUSPENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding title I of 
the Act entitled, ‘‘An Act to authorize extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
treatment) to the People’s Republic of China, and to 
establish a framework for relations between the 
United States and the People’s Republic of China’’, 
approved October 10, 2000 (Public Law 106–286; 
114 Stat. 881), or any other provision of law, if, in 
a report submitted under section 3(a), the President 
is unable to certify that no entity of the People’s Re-
public of China, including the People’s Liberation 
Army, engaged in an act that violated the sov-
ereignty or territorial integrity of Taiwan, such as 
an act of sustained economic coercion the likes of 
which tend to precede military action, including but 
not limited to a naval blockade, or an act of military 
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aggression tantamount to an invasion, during the 
one-year period preceding submission of the report— 
(A) on and after the date that is 30 days 
after submission of the report, the rates of duty 
set forth in column 2 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States shall apply to all 
products of the People’s Republic of China; and 
(B) not later than the date described in 
shall, not later than 5 calendar days before 
issuing any proclamation under paragraph 
(1)(B), consult with the appropriate congres-
sional committees regarding the basis for and 
anticipated impact of subparagraph (A), the 
President shall proclaim increases in such rates 
of duty with respect to such products. 
(2) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—The President pro-
posed increases to rates of duty under that para-
graph. 
(b) RESTORATION OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
TREATMENT.—Not before official notification to the ap-
propriate Congressional committees and the conclusion of 
a 90 day waiting period, the President may resume the 
application of the rates of duty set forth in column 1 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to 
the products of the People’s Republic of China on or after 
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the date on which the President submits a report under 
section 3(a) that includes— 
(1) certification that no entity of the People’s 
Republic of China, including the People’s Liberation 
Army, is currently engaged in an act that violates 
the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Taiwan, 
such as an act of sustained economic coercion the 
likes of which tend to precede military action, in-
cluding but not limited to a naval blockade, or an 
act of military aggression tantamount to an inva-
sion, during the one-year period preceding submis-
sion of the report; and 
(2) certification that Taiwan’s full territorial in-
tegrity was re-established during the one-year period 
preceding the submission of the report. 
SEC. 
5. 
QUADRENNIAL 
ASSESSMENT 
OF 
TRADE 
VULNERABILITIES. 
(a) QUADRENNIAL ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The 
United States Trade Representative, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States International Development Finance 
Corporation, shall— 
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(1) conduct a quadrennial assessment of United 
States trade vulnerabilities and supply chain risk ex-
posure to the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees, a quadrennial report on the assessment, 
with the first to be delivered no later than one year 
and 60 days after passage and each quadrennial re-
port thereafter to be delivered alongside each report 
required by section 3(a). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a)(2) shall include— 
(1) identification of goods— 
(A) for which the United States is signifi-
cantly reliant on imports from the People’s Re-
public of China; and 
(B) that are critical to the economic pros-
perity and national security of the United 
States; 
(2) an assessment of the economic impact that 
revocation of normal trade relations with the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China would have on the price and 
supply of imports of goods identified under para-
graph (1); and 
(3) proposed policies to mitigate any economic 
impact described in paragraph (2), including, but 
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not limited to, trade agreements and other policies 
to liberalize and facilitate trade to diversify the 
sources of imports and destination of exports. 
(c) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) FORM.—The report required by subsection 
(a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 
portion of the report required by subsection (a)(2) 
shall be posted on a publicly accessible website of the 
Department of Commerce within 30 days of the sub-
mission of the report to Congress. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER AND CONGRES-
SIONAL REVIEW. 
(a) WAIVER.—The requirement under section 4(a)(1) 
shall be waived for a one-year period if— 
(1) the President— 
(A) determines that such a waiver is in the 
national interest of the United States; and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a notice of and justification 
for the waiver; and 
(2) Congress passes a joint resolution of ap-
proval pursuant to subsection (b) during the period 
of 60 calendar days beginning on the date on which 
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the President submits the notice required by para-
graph (1)(B). 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.— 
(1) JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF
APPROVAL
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolu-
tion’’ means only a joint resolution— 
(A) that is introduced not later than 10 
calendar days after the date on which Congress 
receives the notice required by subsection 
(a)(1)(B); 
(B) that does not have a preamble; 
(C) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 
resolution relating to the approval of continuing 
normal trade relations with the People’s Repub-
lic of China.’’; and 
(D) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘Congress approves of the 
waiver for a one-year period of the requirement 
under section 4(a)(1) of the Deterring Esca-
lation Through Economic Retaliation Act of 
2023 to suspend normal trade relations with 
the People’s Republic of China, with respect to 
which notice was submitted to Congress on.’’, 
with the blank space being filled with the ap-
propriate date. 
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(2) FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(A) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a no-
tice under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, if the House 
would otherwise be adjourned, shall notify the 
Members of the House that, pursuant to this 
paragraph, the House shall convene no later 
than 10 calendar days after receiving such no-
tice. 
(B) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of approval introduced in the House of 
Representatives shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means. 
(C) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
Committee on Ways and Means has not re-
ported a joint resolution of approval within 10 
calendar days after the date of referral, the 
Committee shall be discharged from further 
consideration of the joint resolution and the 
joint resolution shall be referred to the appro-
priate calendar. 
(D) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
After the Committee on Ways and Means has 
considered a joint resolution and reports it to 
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the House, or has been discharged from its con-
sideration, it shall be in order, not later than 
60 calendar days after Congress receives the 
notice described in subsection (a)(1)(B) to move 
to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 
House. All points of order against the motion 
are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 
after the House has disposed of a motion to 
proceed on the joint resolution. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the 
motion to its adoption without intervening mo-
tion. The motion shall not be debatable. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order. 
(E) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the joint resolution and against its con- 
sideration are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso-
lution to its passage without intervening motion 
except not more than 10 hours of debate equal-
ly divided and controlled by the proponent and 
an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote 
on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 
in order. 
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(3) FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.— 
(A) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a no-
tice under subsection (a)(1)(B), if the Senate 
has adjourned or recessed for more than 2 
days, the majority leader of the Senate, after 
consultation with the minority leader of the 
Senate, shall notify the Members of the Senate 
that, pursuant to this paragraph, the Senate 
shall convene not later than 10 calendar days 
after receipt of such notice. 
(B) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of approval introduced in the Senate 
shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. 
(C) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
Committee on Finance has not reported a joint 
resolution of approval within 10 calendar days 
after the date of referral, the Committee shall 
be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution, and the joint resolution shall be 
placed immediately on the calendar. 
(D) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, it is in order at any time after the 
joint resolution has been placed on the cal-
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endar, and before the date that is 60 cal-
endar days after Congress receives the no- 
tice described in subsection (a)(1)(B), to 
move to proceed to the consideration of the 
joint resolution. All points of order against 
the joint resolution (and against consider-
ation of the joint resolution) are waived. 
The motion to proceed is not debatable. 
The motion is not subject to a motion to 
postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote 
by which the motion is agreed to or dis- 
agreed to shall not be in order. If a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of the reso-
lution is agreed to, the joint resolution 
shall remain the unfinished business until 
disposed of. 
(ii) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint 
resolution, and on all debatable motions 
and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
be limited to not more than 10 hours, 
which shall be divided equally between the 
majority and minority leaders or their des-
ignees. A motion further to limit debate is 
in order and not debatable. An amendment 
to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to 
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proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness, or a motion to recommit the joint 
resolution is not in order. 
(iii) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on 
passage on a joint resolution of approval 
shall occur immediately following the con-
clusion of the debate on a joint resolution, 
and a single quorum call at the conclusion 
of the debate if requested in accordance 
with the rules of the Senate. 
(iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PRO-
CEDURE.—Appeals from the decisions of 
the Chair relating to the application of the 
rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 
the procedure relating to a joint resolution 
of approval shall be decided without de-
bate. 
(4) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(A) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY 
OTHER HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one 
House of a joint resolution of approval of that 
House, that House receives from the other 
House a joint resolution of approval, then the 
following procedures shall apply: 
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(i) The joint resolution of the other 
House shall not be referred to a com-
mittee. 
(ii) With respect to a joint resolution 
of the House receiving the resolution— 
(I) the procedure in that House 
shall be the same as if no joint resolu-
tion had been received from the other 
House; but 
(II) the vote on passage shall be 
on the joint resolution of the other 
House. 
(B) TREATMENT
OF
JOINT
RESOLUTION 
OF OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to intro- 
duce or consider a joint resolution of approval 
under this subsection, the joint resolution of the 
other House shall be entitled to expedited floor 
procedures under this subsection. 
(5) RULES
OF
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES 
AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con-
gress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 
of the rules of each House, respectively, and su-
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persedes other rules only to the extent that it 
is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House. 
SEC. 7. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, unless otherwise specified, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 
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