(1) in the matter that precedes subdivision
(a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘columns’’ and inserting
‘‘column’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and 2’’; and
(2) by striking subdivision (b).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of subsection
(a) and the amendments made by subsection (b) apply to
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for con-
sumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. OUTSTANDING TRADE AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any trade agreement that—
(1) was entered into by the United States under
title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (as such title is
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment
of this Act), and
(2) is in effect on the day before such date of
enactment,
shall remain in effect until such agreement expires or is
terminated or otherwise suspended.
(b) OTHER AGREEMENTS.—Nothing in this Act shall
be deemed to alter, amend, or otherwise affect the terms
of any trade agreement entered into by the United States
pursuant to provisions other than such title IV of the
Trade Act of 1974.
SEC. 5. OTHER AUTHORITIES NOT AFFECTED.
Nothing in this Act shall affect—
(1) the authority of the United States Trade
Representative or the President to take action under
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974; or
(2) the authorities of the President under other
provisions of law to increase duties on articles from
other countries, or to prohibit or impose other re-
strictions on imports of articles from other coun-
tries, including section 111(c) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3521(c)), section
5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C.
App. 5(b)), section 203 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702), and
sections 504(a) and 505(a) (22 U.S.C. 2349aa-9) of
the International Security and Development Co-
operation Act of 1985.
SEC. 6. SNAP-BACK MECHANISM FOR NON-WTO MEMBERS.
(a) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO NON-WTO
MEMBERS.—Within 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall consult with the ap-
propriate congressional committees and determine wheth-
er each foreign country that is not a WTO member is not
according adequate trade benefits to the United States,
including substantially equal competitive opportunities for
the commerce of the United States.
(b) TARIFF INCREASE.—
(1) IMPOSITION OF INCREASE.—If the Presi-
dent determines under subsection (a) that a foreign
country is not according adequate trade benefits to
the United States, then the President shall proclaim,
within 180 days after the date of that determina-
tion, an increase in the rate of duty with respect to
one or more products of that country to not more
than the column 1 rate of duty under the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States that
applied to the article or articles on December 31,
1994.
(2) TERMINATION OF INCREASE.—The Presi-
dent shall terminate any increase in the rate of duty
imposed under paragraph (1) with respect to a coun-
try on the earlier of—
(A) the date the country becomes a WTO
member; or
(B) the date on which the President pro-
claims that the country is according adequate
trade benefits to the United States, including
substantially equal competitive opportunities for
the commerce of the United States.
(c) RATE OF DUTY IN ABSENCE OF COMMERCIAL
AGREEMENT.—In the case of a country that is not a WTO
member and is not a party to a commercial agreement
with the United States that substantially meets the re-
quirements of section 405 of the Trade Act of 1974 (as
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of
this Act), other than the requirement that the agreement
be limited to a period of not more than 3 years, the column
2 rate of duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States shall apply to the products of that coun-
try.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘WTO member’’ means a state, or
separate customs territory (within the meaning of
Article XII of the WTO Agreement), with respect to
which the United States applies the WTO Agree-
ment; and
(2) the term ‘‘WTO Agreement’’ means the
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organiza-
tion entered into on April 15, 1994.
SEC. 7. OTHER AUTHORITY TO INCREASE TARIFFS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President is authorized to increase the
rate of duty on any product of a non market economy
country that is not a WTO member to not more than the
column 1 rate of duty under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States that applied to that product
on December 31, 1994, if that country—
(1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity
to emigrate;
(2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emi-
gration or on visas or other documents required for
emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or
(3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine,
fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence
of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the coun-
try of his or her choice.
SEC. 8. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—
(1) Section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2191) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘approval resolutions
described in subsection (b)(3), and resolu-
tions described in subsections 152(a) and
153(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘and resolutions de-
scribed in section 152(a)’’;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking para-
graph (3);
(C) in subsection (c)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(c) INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL.—’’;
(ii) by moving the remaining text of
paragraph (1) 2 ems to the left;
(iii) by striking ‘‘(1) On the day’’
and inserting—
‘‘(c) INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL.—On the day’’;
and
(iv) by striking paragraph (2);
(D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or ap-
proval resolution’’; and
(E) in subsections (e), (f), and (g)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or approval resolu-
tion’’ each place it appears; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘or resolution’’ each
place it appears.
(2) Section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2192) is amended—
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘resolution’ means only a joint reso-
lution of the two Houses of the Congress, the matter after
the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘That the Con-
gress does not approve the action taken by, or the deter-
mination of, the President under section 203 of the Trade
Act of 1974 transmitted to the Congress on llll.’,
with the blank space being filled with the appropriate
date.’’; and
(B) in subsection (f)—
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or
153(a), whichever is applicable,’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or
section 153(a)’’.
(3) Section 153 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2193), and the item relating to that section
in the table of contents for that Act, are repealed.
(4) Section 154 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2194) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘203(b),
402(d), or 407(a) or (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘or
203(b)’’; and
(B) 
by 
striking 
‘‘sections 
203(c),
407(c)(2), and 407(c)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 203(c)’’.
(b) OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—
(1) Section 330(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1330(d)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to de-
termine—
‘‘(A) under’’
and all that follows through ‘‘and the commis-
sioners’’ and inserting ‘‘to determine, under
section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, whether
increased imports of an article are a substantial
cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, as
described in subsection (b)(1) of that section
(hereafter in this subsection referred to as ‘seri-
ous injury’), and the commissioners’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or 406’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘or market disruption
exists, respectively’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘or the finding under
section 406(a)(3) of such Act, as the case
may be’’.
(2) Section 1102(b)(1) of the Trade Agree-
ments Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2581(b)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘301, or 406’’ and ‘‘2411, or
2436’’ and inserting ‘‘or 301’’ and ‘‘or 2411’’, re-
spectively.
(3) Section 2(c)(11) of the Support for East
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22
U.S.C. 5401(c)(11)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(11) MOST-FAVORED-NATION
TRADE
STA-
TUS.—The granting of nondiscriminatory treatment
(most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of
an East European country.’’.
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