Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act

Bill: 119-hr-2329
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2025-03-25
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act</strong></p><p>This bill addresses trade between the United States and&nbsp;Uzbekistan.&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to determine that&nbsp;Section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 (commonly known as the Jackson-Vanik amendment) does not apply to Uzbekistan. The Jackson-Vanik amendment&nbsp;denies normal trade relations (NTR) status to some current and former&nbsp;nonmarket economy countries unless they comply with certain freedom-of-emigration requirements. Under a provision of this amendment, the President may&nbsp;extend NTR status to a country affected by the amendment by waiving the freedom-of-emigration requirements or determining that the country is not in violation of those requirements, subject to an annual review.&nbsp;Uzbekistan has received temporary NTR status since 1992.</p><p>Additionally, the bill authorizes the President to extend&nbsp;permanent NTR status to Uzbekistan.</p><p>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 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2329 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 25, 2025 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi (for himself 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.