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Calendar No. 552 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6156 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 26, 2012 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment 
(normal trade relations treatment) to products of the 
Russian Federation and Moldova and to require reports 
on the compliance of the Russian Federation with its 
obligations as a member of the World Trade Organiza-
tion, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei 
Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Termination of application of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to 
products of the Russian Federation. 
TITLE II—TRADE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES RELATING TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 201. Reports on implementation by the Russian Federation of obligations 
as a member of the World Trade Organization and enforce-
ment actions by the United States Trade Representative. 
Sec. 202. Promotion of the rule of law in the Russian Federation to support 
United States trade and investment. 
Sec. 203. Reports on laws, policies, and practices of the Russian Federation 
that discriminate against United States digital trade. 
Sec. 204. Efforts to reduce barriers to trade imposed by the Russian Federa-
tion. 
TITLE III—PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR 
MOLDOVA 
Sec. 301. Findings. 
Sec. 302. Termination of application of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to 
products of Moldova. 
TITLE IV—SERGEI MAGNITSKY RULE OF LAW ACCOUNTABILITY 
ACT OF 2012 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Findings; Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 403. Definitions. 
Sec. 404. Identification of persons responsible for the detention, abuse, and 
death of Sergei Magnitsky and other gross violations of human 
rights. 
Sec. 405. Inadmissibility of certain aliens. 
Sec. 406. Financial measures. 
Sec. 407. Report to Congress. 
TITLE I—PERMANENT NORMAL 
TRADE RELATIONS FOR THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Russian Federation allows its citizens 
the right and opportunity to emigrate, free of any 
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heavy tax on emigration or on the visas or other 
documents required for emigration and free of any 
tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizens 
as a consequence of the desire of those citizens to 
emigrate to the country of their choice. 
(2) The Russian Federation has been found to 
be in full compliance with the freedom of emigration 
requirements under title IV of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) since 1994. 
(3) The Russian Federation has received nor-
mal trade relations treatment since concluding a bi-
lateral trade agreement with the United States that 
entered into force in 1992. 
(4) On December 16, 2011, the Ministerial 
Conference of the World Trade Organization invited 
the Russian Federation to accede to the World 
Trade Organization. 
SEC. 102. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF 
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO PRODUCTS OF 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTEN-
SION
OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwith-
standing any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may— 
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(1) determine that such title should no longer 
apply to the Russian Federation; and 
(2) after making a determination under para-
graph (1) with respect to the Russian Federation, 
proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory treat-
ment (normal trade relations treatment) to the prod-
ucts of the Russian Federation. 
(b) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
NONDISCRIMINATORY 
TREATMENT.—The extension of nondiscriminatory treat-
ment to the products of the Russian Federation pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be effective not sooner than the ef-
fective date of the accession of the Russian Federation to 
the World Trade Organization. 
(c) TERMINATION
OF APPLICABILITY
OF TITLE 
IV.—On and after the effective date under subsection (b) 
of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the 
products of the Russian Federation, title IV of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) shall cease to apply 
to the Russian Federation. 
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TITLE II—TRADE ENFORCEMENT 
MEASURES RELATING TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 201. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION BY THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION OF OBLIGATIONS AS A MEMBER 
OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE UNITED 
STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. 
(a) REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the effective date under section 102(b) of the 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the 
products of the Russian Federation, and annually 
thereafter, the United States Trade Representative 
shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives a report assessing the 
following: 
(A) The extent to which the Russian Fed-
eration is implementing the WTO Agreement 
(as defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) and the fol-
lowing agreements annexed to that Agreement: 
(i) The Agreement on the Application 
of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 
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(referred to in section 101(d)(3) of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
U.S.C. 3511(d)(3))). 
(ii) The Agreement on Trade-Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (re-
ferred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uru-
guay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(15))). 
(B) The progress made by the Russian 
Federation in acceding to, and the extent to 
which the Russian Federation is implementing, 
the following: 
(i) The Ministerial Declaration on 
Trade in Information Technology Products 
of the World Trade Organization, agreed 
to at Singapore December 13, 1996 (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Information 
Technology Agreement’’) (or a successor 
agreement). 
(ii) The Agreement on Government 
Procurement 
(referred 
to 
in 
section 
101(d)(17) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17))). 
(2) PLAN FOR ACTION BY TRADE REPRESENTA-
TIVE.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—If, in preparing a re-
port required by paragraph (1), the Trade Rep-
resentative believes that the Russian Federation 
is not fully implementing an agreement speci-
fied in subparagraph (A) or (B) of that para-
graph or that the Russian Federation is not 
making adequate progress in acceding to an 
agreement specified in subparagraph (B) of 
that paragraph, the Trade Representative shall, 
except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 
paragraph, include in the report a description 
of the actions the Trade Representative plans to 
take to encourage the Russian Federation to 
improve its implementation of the agreement or 
increase its progress in acceding to the agree-
ment, as the case may be. 
(B) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—If any in-
formation regarding a planned action referred 
to in subparagraph (A) is classifiable under Ex-
ecutive Order 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707; relat-
ing to classified national security information) 
or a subsequent Executive order, the Trade 
Representative shall report that information to 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate and 
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the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives by— 
(i) including the information in a clas-
sified annex to the report required by para-
graph (1); or 
(ii) consulting with the Committee on 
Finance and the Committee on Ways and 
Means with respect to the information in-
stead of including the information in the 
report or a classified annex to the report. 
(3) PUBLIC COMMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the re-
port required by paragraph (1), the Trade Rep-
resentative shall provide an opportunity for the 
public to comment, including by holding a pub-
lic hearing. 
(B) PUBLICATION
IN
FEDERAL
REG-
ISTER.—The Trade Representative shall publish 
notice of the opportunity to comment and hear-
ing required by subparagraph (A) in the Fed-
eral Register. 
(b) REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY 
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the effective date under section 102(b) of the extension 
of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the 
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