China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act

Bill: 114-hr-4927
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-13
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia

China

Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Congressional oversight

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to bar revocation of a determination by the administering authority (the Secretary of Commerce or any other U.S. officer) that the People's Republic of China is a nonmarket economy country unless: </p> <ul> <li>the administering authority determines and reports to Congress that China no longer meets the requirements of a nonmarket economy country; and </li> <li>Congress, within 45 days after the receipt of such a report, enacts a joint resolution of approval. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4927 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2016 Ms. DeLauro introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Rules , 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 A BILL To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional approval of determinations to revoke the designation of the People’s Republic of China as a nonmarket economy country for purposes of that Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act . 2. Congressional approval of determinations to revoke the designation of the People’s Republic of China as a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act of 1930 (a) In general Section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677(18) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Special rule with respect to the People’s Republic of China (i) In general A determination made by the administering authority under subparagraph (A) that the People’s Republic of China is a nonmarket economy country may not be revoked under subparagraph (C)(i) unless— (I) the administering authority determines and reports to Congress that China no longer meets the requirements of a nonmarket economy country under this paragraph; and (II) Congress, within 45 days after receipt of a report under subclause (I), enacts a joint resolution the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That the determination of the administering authority under section 771(18)(F)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930 pursuant to the report submitted to the Congress on __ is hereby approved. , the blank to be completed with the appropriate date. (ii) Joint resolution described A joint resolution described in clause (i) and introduced within the appropriate 45-day period shall be considered in the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (as contained in Public Law 98–473 ), except that references in such paragraphs to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be deemed to be references to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, respectively. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to any determination made by the administering authority under subparagraph (A) of section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or after such date of enactment.