Title: Permanent Non-Trade Relations for Russia Act
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
Permanent Non-Trade Relations for Russia Act or the P.N.T.R. for Russia Act
This bill prohibits the President from providing normal trade relations treatment to any article imported from Russia.
Additionally, the bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to submit a report to Congress that describes the manner in which the USTR plans to (1) obtain support of World Trade Organization (WTO) members to call for the removal of Russia from the WTO, and (2) increase international support among WTO members to remove normal trade relations status for Russia.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7172 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7172

   To prohibit products imported from Russia to receive normal trade 
              relations treatment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2022

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit products imported from Russia to receive normal trade 
              relations treatment, and for other purposes.

    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 cited as the ``Permanent Non-Trade Relations for 
Russia Act'' or the ``P.N.T.R. for Russia Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXTENDING NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT TO 
              RUSSIA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not 
provide normal trade relations treatment to any article imported into 
the United States from the Russian Federation.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    The prohibition under section 2 shall begin on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and shall apply to all articles imported into the 
United States from the Russian Federation on and after such date of 
enactment. Nothing in this Act may be construed to provide for any 
delay in such applicability after such date of enactment.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing 
the manner in which the Trade Representative plans to--
            (1) obtain the support of at least three-fourths of all 
        countries that are members of the World Trade Organization to 
        pursue the adoption of an amendment calling for the removal of 
        the Russian Federation from such Organization; and
            (2) increase international support among members of the 
        Organization to remove normal trade relations status for the 
        Russian Federation.
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations of the Senate.
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