SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
TREATMENT FROM PRODUCTS OF FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT MAINTAIN AC-
CEPTABLE STANDARDS OF RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM AND WORKER RIGHTS. 
Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 3—ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS 
ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES 
‘‘SEC. 441. WITHDRAWAL OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
TREATMENT. 
‘‘Effective on and after the end of the 6-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter, 
and subject to the other provisions of this chapter— 
‘‘(1) normal trade relations treatment shall not 
apply to the products of a foreign country with re-
spect to which a certification described in section 
442 is not in effect; and 
‘‘(2) the column 2 rate of duty in the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall 
apply to the products of such a foreign country. 
‘‘SEC. 442. CERTIFICATION. 
‘‘(a) INITIAL CERTIFICATION.—A certification de-
scribed in section 441 is a certification that meets the fol-
lowing requirements: 
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‘‘(1) The United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom and the Secretary of 
State certify to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate that the foreign 
country is not engaging in violations of religious 
freedom, as defined in section 3 of the International 
Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Labor certify to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the 
foreign country is not restricting the freedom of 
workers to associate and the right of workers to or-
ganize and bargain collectively. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Labor certify to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the 
foreign country does not prohibit or limit the func-
tioning of free and independent labor unions. 
‘‘(b) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date on which an initial certification is made 
under subsection (a) with respect to a foreign country and 
every 12 months thereafter— 
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‘‘(1) the United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom, the Secretary of State, 
and the Secretary of Labor (as the case may be) 
shall transmit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a recertification 
that the conditions described in subsection (a) are 
continuing to be met with respect to the foreign 
country; or 
‘‘(2) if the United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom, the Secretary of State, 
and the Secretary of Labor (as the case may be) is 
unable to make such a recertification with respect to 
the foreign country, the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of Labor shall transmit to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate a report that contains the rea-
sons therefor. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the right of workers to organize includes 
the right— 
‘‘(A) to establish and join organizations of 
workers of their own choosing without previous 
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authorization, to write the constitutions and 
rules to govern those organizations, to elect or 
select the leadership of those organizations, and 
to determine the agendas and programs of 
those organizations; 
‘‘(B) to join confederations of organiza-
tions of workers, and affiliate with international 
organizations of workers; and 
‘‘(C) to be protected against dissolution or 
suspension 
of 
such 
organizations, 
confed-
erations, or affiliations by any governmental au-
thority; and 
‘‘(2)(A) the term ‘free and independent labor 
union’ means a labor union that operates independ-
ently of any governmental authority or ruling party, 
is not required to join or be affiliated with a specific 
political party, and is allowed to strike (subject to an 
exception for employees providing essential services 
and a temporary exception during instances of acute 
national emergency); 
‘‘(B) the term ‘acute national emergency’ 
means a crisis in which the normal conditions for 
the functioning of society are absent, such as in the 
case of a serious conflict, insurrection, or natural 
disaster; and 
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‘‘(C) the term ‘essential services’ means those 
services that, if interrupted, would endanger the life, 
personal safety, or health of the whole or part of the 
population. 
‘‘SEC. 443. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW. 
‘‘The prohibitions in section 441 apply to a foreign 
country in addition to any other provision of law that oth-
erwise operates as a prohibition or limitation on trade re-
lations with the foreign country.’’. 
Æ 
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