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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1450
To require additional tariffs be imposed on products of any nonmarket econ-
omy country until the President certifies to the Congress that that 
country is a market economy country, and to direct the Secretary of 
the Treasury to deposit the amounts generated from those tariffs into 
the Social Security trust funds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005
Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require additional tariffs be imposed on products of any 
nonmarket economy country until the President certifies 
to the Congress that that country is a market economy 
country, and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
to deposit the amounts generated from those tariffs into 
the Social Security trust funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL TARIFFS ON PRODUCTS OF NON-
MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provisions of 
title I of Public Law 106–286 (19 U.S.C. 2431 note), title
IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), 
or any other provision of law, and subject to subsection 
(b), there shall be imposed on any article that is the 
growth, product, or manufacture of a nonmarket economy 
country and is imported directly or indirectly into the 
United States, in addition to any other duty that would 
otherwise apply to such article—
(1) a rate of duty of 5 percent ad valorem dur-
ing the 1-year period beginning on the effective date 
of this Act; and 
(2) an additional duty of 1 percent ad valorem 
in each succeeding 1-year period. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to 
apply to a country at such time as the President certifies 
to the Congress that the country is a market economy 
country. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NONMARKET
ECONOMY
COUNTRY.—The 
term ‘‘nonmarket economy country’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
Cambodia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, 
the People’s Republic of China, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Viet-
nam.
(B) Cuba and North Korea, to the extent 
that any products of those countries enter the 
customs territory of the United States. 
(C) Any other country that the President 
determines is a nonmarket economy country as 
defined in section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1677). 
(2) MARKET
ECONOMY
COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘market economy country’’ means a country that 
operates on market principles of cost and pricing 
structures so that sales of merchandise in such 
country reflect the fair value of the merchandise. 
SEC. 2. DEPOSITS OF TARIFFS IN SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST 
FUNDS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund cre-
ated by section 201(a) of the Social Security Act, and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund created by sec-
tion 201(b) of that Act, in such proportions as the Sec-
retary may determine, amounts equal to the duties col-
lected under section 1(a), less such amounts that the Sec-
retary determines are necessary to administer the collec-
tion of such duties.
SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION. 
For purposes of this Act, the People’s Republic of 
China shall not be construed to include Taiwan or any 
island over which Taiwan exercises jurisdiction. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the 15th day after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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