(b) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV.—
On and after the effective date of the extension under sub-
section (a)(2) of nondiscriminatory treatment to the prod-
ucts of the Russian Federation, chapter 1 of title IV of 
the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to that country. 
SEC. 3. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. 
It is the policy of the United States to remain fully 
committed to a multifaceted engagement with the Russian 
Federation, including by—
(1) urging the Russian Federation to ensure 
that its national, regional, and local laws, regula-
tions, practices, and policies fully, and in conformity 
with the standards of the OSCE—
(A) provide for the free emigration of its 
citizens; 
(B) safeguard religious liberty throughout 
the Russian Federation, including by ensuring 
that the registration of religious groups, visa 
and immigration requirements, and other laws, 
regulations, and practices are not used to inter-
fere with the activities or internal affairs of mi-
nority religious communities; 
(C) enforce and enhance existing Russian 
laws at the national and local levels to combat
ethnic, religious, and racial discrimination and 
related violence; 
(D) expand the restitution of religious and 
communal properties, including by establishing 
a legal framework for the timely completion of 
such restitution; and 
(E) respect fully freedom of the press; 
(2) working with the Russian Federation, in-
cluding through the Secretary of Labor and other 
appropriate executive branch officials, to address the 
issues described in section 1(11); and 
(3) continuing rigorous monitoring by the 
United States of human rights issues in the Russian 
Federation, including the issues described in para-
graphs (1) and (2), providing assistance to non-
governmental 
organizations 
and 
human 
rights 
groups involved in human rights activities in the 
Russian Federation, and promoting annual discus-
sions and ongoing dialog with the Russian Federa-
tion regarding those issues, including the participa-
tion of United States and Russian nongovernmental 
organizations in such discussions. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
The reports required by sections 102(b) and 203 of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22
U.S.C. 6412(b) and 6433) shall include an assessment of 
the status of the issues described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of section 3(1). 
SEC. 5. CONTINUED ENJOYMENT OF RIGHTS UNDER THE 
JUNE 17, 1992, BILATERAL TRADE AGREE-
MENT. 
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that the trade 
agreement between the United States and the Russian 
Federation that entered into force on June 17, 1992, re-
mains in force between the 2 countries and provides the 
United States with important rights, including the right 
to use specific safeguard rules to respond to import surges 
from the Russian Federation. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF SAFEGUARD.—Section 421 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2451) shall apply to 
the Russian Federation to the same extent as such section 
applies to the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 6. EXERCISE OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OVER 
WTO ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS.
(a) NOTICE OF AGREEMENT ON ACCESSION TO WTO 
BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Not later than 5 days after 
the date on which the United States has entered into a 
bilateral agreement with the Russian Federation on the 
terms of accession by the Russian Federation to the World 
Trade Organization, the President shall so notify the Con-
gress, and the President shall transmit to the Congress, 
not later than 15 days after that agreement is entered 
into, a report that sets forth the provisions of that agree-
ment. 
(b) RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—
(1) INTRODUCTION.—If a resolution of dis-
approval is introduced in the House of Representa-
tives or the Senate during the 30-day period (not 
counting any day which is excluded under section 
154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2194(b)), beginning on the date on which the Presi-
dent first notifies the Congress under subsection (a) 
of the agreement referred to in that subsection, that 
resolution of disapproval shall be considered in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
(2) RESOLUTION
OF
DISAPPROVAL.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘resolution of disapproval’’ 
means only a joint resolution of the two Houses of 
the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress does not 
approve the agreement between the United States 
and the Russian Federation on the terms of acces-
sion by the Russian Federation to the World Trade 
Organization, of which Congress was notified on
ll.’’, with the blank space being filled with the 
appropriate date. 
(3) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERING RESOLU-
TIONS.—
(A) INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL.—Res-
olutions of disapproval—
(i) in the House of Representatives—
(I) may be introduced by any 
Member of the House; 
(II) shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means and, in 
addition, to the Committee on Rules; 
and 
(III) may not be amended by ei-
ther Committee; and 
(ii) in the Senate—
(I) may be introduced by any 
Member of the Senate; 
(II) shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Finance; and 
(III) may not be amended. 
(B) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE AND FLOOR 
CONSIDERATION.—The 
provisions 
of 
sub-
sections (c) through (f) of section 152 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(c) through