Title: No Most Favored Nation Trading with Russia Act
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
No Most Favored Nation Trading with Russia Act
This bill withdraws normal trade relations treatment from Russia.
Additionally, the bill requires the President to encourage U.S. allies and partners to (1) consider taking similar actions; and (2) condemn, at the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
Further, the President must direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the WTO to seek suspension of Russia's membership in the WTO.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6835 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6835

 To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain 
  provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, products of the 
                          Russian Federation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2022

 Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. 
Pascrell, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Levin of 
  Michigan, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Newman) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain 
  provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, products of the 
                          Russian Federation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be known as the ``No Most Favored Nation Trading with 
Russia Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT WITH THE RUSSIAN 
              FEDERATION.

    Notwithstanding the provisions of title I of the Russia and Moldova 
Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-208; 19 U.S.C. 2434 note) or any other 
provision of law, effective on the date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) normal trade relations treatment shall not apply 
        pursuant to section 102 of that Act to the products of the 
        Russian Federation; and
            (2) normal trade relations treatment may thereafter be 
        extended to the products of the Russian Federation only in 
        accordance with the provisions of chapter 1 of title IV of the 
        Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), as in effect with 
        respect to the products of the Russian Federation on the day 
        before the effective date of the accession of the Russian 
        Federation to the World Trade Organization.

SEC. 3. COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES ALLIES AND PARTNERS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall encourage allies and partners 
of the United States--
            (1) to consider taking similar actions such as the 
        withdrawal of permanent normal trade relations treatment for 
        products of the Russian Federation; and
            (2) to condemn the Russian Federation's recent aggression 
        in Ukraine at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
    (b) Accountability at the WTO.--The President shall direct the U.S. 
Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States at the WTO to seek the 
suspension of the Russian Federation's membership in the WTO.
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