I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6149 
To require the United States Trade Representative to take action to obtain 
the full compliance of the Russian Federation with its commitments 
under the protocol on the accession of the Russian Federation to the 
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2012 
Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Ms. DELAURO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the United States Trade Representative to take 
action to obtain the full compliance of the Russian Fed-
eration with its commitments under the protocol on the 
accession of the Russian Federation to the Agreement 
Establishing the World Trade Organization, 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 ‘‘Russian World Trade 
Organization Commitments Verification Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; WTO.—The 
terms ‘‘World Trade Organization’’ and ‘‘WTO’’ 
mean the organization established pursuant to the 
WTO Agreement. 
(2) WTO 
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘WTO 
Agreement’’ means the Agreement Establishing the 
World Trade Organization entered into on April 15, 
1994. 
SEC. 3. REPORTS ON COMMITMENTS UNDER THE PRO-
TOCOL ON THE ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION TO THE WTO AGREEMENT. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which an Act of Congress authorizing the ex-
tension of permanent normal trade relations treatment to 
products of the Russian Federation takes effect, 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 and 
publish in the Federal Register a report that— 
(1) describes the commitments of the Russian 
Federation under the protocol on the accession of 
the Russian Federation to the WTO Agreement; and 
(2) sets forth the date by which that protocol 
requires each such commitment to be implemented. 
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(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31 
of each calendar year that begins after the date on 
which an Act of Congress referred to in subsection 
(a) takes effect, the United States Trade Represent-
ative shall submit to the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and publish in the 
Federal Register a report covering the period de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that— 
(A) describes the actions taken by the Rus-
sian Federation to comply with each commit-
ment of the Russian Federation under the pro-
tocol on the accession of the Russian Federa-
tion to the WTO Agreement that the Trade 
Representative determines has a significant ef-
fect on United States commerce; 
(B) identifies any commitment described in 
subparagraph (A) that the Trade Representa-
tive determines the Russian Federation is not 
implementing or is not making progress toward 
implementing in a timely or effective manner; 
(C)(i) describes any actions taken by the 
Trade Representative under section 4(a) to ob-
tain the full compliance of the Russian Federa-
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tion with each commitment identified under 
subparagraph (B); or 
(ii) if the Trade Representative has deter-
mined under section 4(b) that it is not in the 
national interests of the United States to obtain 
the full compliance of the Russian Federation 
with any such commitment, describes the rea-
sons for that determination; and 
(D) describes any actions the Trade Rep-
resentative has taken pursuant to a request 
made by the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate or the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives under section 
4(c). 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 
in this paragraph is— 
(A) in the case of the first report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin-
ning on the date on which the report required 
by subsection (a) was submitted and ending on 
the date on which the report required by para-
graph (1) is submitted; and 
(B) in the case of any subsequent report 
submitted under paragraph (1), the one-year 
period preceding the submission of the report. 
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