Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act

Bill: 118-hr-1755
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-23
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia

Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment

Uzbekistan
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (i.e., normal trade relations treatment) to products of Uzbekistan. The bill shall take effect on the date on which the President certifies to Congress that Uzbekistan has acceded to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) and is a WTO member.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1755 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2023 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi (for himself, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia , Mr. Bacon , and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of Uzbekistan.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act . 2. Termination of application of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to products of Uzbekistan (a) Presidential determinations and extension of nondiscriminatory treatment Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq. ), the President may— (1) determine that such title should no longer apply to Uzbekistan; and (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with respect to Uzbekistan, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Uzbekistan. (b) Termination of applicability of title IV On and after the date on which the President extends nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Uzbekistan pursuant to subsection (a), title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq. ) shall cease to apply to Uzbekistan. (c) Effective date This section shall take effect on the date on which the President certifies to Congress that Uzbekistan has acceded to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and is a Member of the World Trade Organization.