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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Level Playing Field in Trade
Agreements Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION BY CONGRESS OF
CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS.

(a) In General.--No trade agreement with a country or implementing
bill with respect to a trade agreement may receive expedited
consideration by Congress under any provision of law, including any
limitation on amendments or debate in either the Senate or the House of
Representatives (other than under rule XXII of the Standing Rules of
the Senate, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act)
unless the agreement--
(1) includes binding and enforceable requirements that all
producers of merchandise exported to the United States from
that country pay adequate wages and maintain sustainable
production methods; and
(2) provides that, for purposes of merchandise from that
country, the application of antidumping duty laws under
subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1673 et seq.) shall be modified as provided under subsection
(b).
(b) Adjustment of Normal Value To Include the Cost of Paying
Adequate Wages and Maintaining Sustainable Production Methods.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in
determining the price of covered merchandise under subsection
(a)(1)(B) of section 773 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677b) for purposes of determining the normal value of the
covered merchandise under that section, the administering
authority shall increase the price by the difference, if any,
between--
(A) the actual cost of producing the covered
merchandise; and
(B) the estimated cost of producing the covered
merchandise if the producer paid its employees adequate
wages and maintained sustainable production methods.
(2) Demonstration of injury.--An interested party described
in subparagraph (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of section 771(9) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) that files a
petition under section 732(b)(1) of that Act (19 U.S.C.
1673a(b)(1)) with respect to covered merchandise that relies on
calculations of normal value made under this subsection shall
be presumed to demonstrate that the party is materially injured
or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of the
covered merchandise unless--
(A) the country from which the covered merchandise
is exported is covered by a precertification issued
under paragraph (3)(A)(ii); or
(B) the estimated cost of producing the covered
merchandise under paragraph (1)(B) is equal to or
greater than the cost of producing the merchandise in
the country in which the interested party is located.
(3) Precertification.--
(A) In general.--
(i) Exporter- or producer-specific
precertification.--If an exporter or producer
of covered merchandise demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the administering authority
that all such merchandise, including
significant components or ingredients of the
covered merchandise, was or will be produced
under conditions under which all employees
receive adequate wages or sustainable
production methods are maintained, the
administering authority shall issue to that
exporter or producer, upon request, a
precertification with respect to wages,
production methods, or both, that covers all
covered merchandise by that exporter or
producer.
(ii) Country precertification.--The
administering authority may issue a
precertification for all covered merchandise
imported from a country if the government of
that country maintains and enforces laws
requiring all producers of such merchandise in
that country to pay its employees adequate
wages and to maintain sustainable production
methods.
(B) Safe harbor.--
(i) In general.--If the administering
authority has issued a precertification under
subparagraph (A), covered merchandise to which
the precertification applies shall not be
subject to an antidumping duty solely because a
petition filed under section 732(b)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673a(b)(1)) with
respect to the covered merchandise alleges that
the covered merchandise was not produced under
conditions under which all employees receive
adequate wages and sustainable production
methods are maintained.
(ii) Challenging precertification.--An
interested party described in subparagraph (C),
(D), (E), (F), or (G) of section 771(9) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) that
files a petition under section 732(b)(1) of
that Act (19 U.S.C. 1673a(b)(1)) with respect
to covered merchandise covered by a
precertification issued under subparagraph (A)
bears the burden of proving that the covered
merchandise was not produced under conditions
under which all employees receive adequate
wages, sustainable production methods are
maintained, or both, depending on the scope of
the precertification.
(C) Use of third-party standards.--
(i) In general.--The administering
authority, the Secretary of Labor, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency may jointly establish procedures
pursuant to which obtaining certification from
an organization described in clause (ii) may
demonstrate the eligibility of an exporter or
producer for a precertification under
subparagraph (A)(i) or the eligibility of a
country for a precertification under
subparagraph (A)(ii).
(ii) Organization described.--An
organization described in this clause is an
independent third-party organization that sets
standards with respect to adequate wages or
sustainable production methods.
(D) Guidance on compliance.--Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
administering authority shall publish in the Federal
Register guidance with respect to how persons producing
covered merchandise for exportation to the United
States or seeking to import covered merchandise into
the United States may obtain a precertification under
subparagraph (A).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Adequate wages.--The term ''adequate wages''--
(A) means compensation for a regular work week that
is sufficient to meet the basic needs of the employee
and any dependents of the employee, including providing
reasonable discretionary income; and
(B) includes, at a minimum--
(i) the payment of the higher of the
minimum wage or the appropriate prevailing
wage;
(ii) compliance with all legal requirements
relating to wages (including freedom of
association relating to the bargaining relating
to wages and related matters); and
(iii) the provision of such benefits as are
required by law or contract.
(2) Administering authority.--The term ''administering
authority'' has the meaning given that term in section 771(1)
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(1)).
(3) Covered merchandise.--The term ''covered merchandise''
means merchandise imported into the United States from a
country described in subsection (a).
(4) Sustainable production methods.--The term ''sustainable
production methods''--
(A) means the application of technologies and
methods that are necessary to provide for workplace
safety, toxic waste control, control of discharge of
pollutants to air, water, and land, and the reasonable
conservation of energy and natural resources, taking
into account local standards and conditions; and
(B) includes, at a minimum, the use of technologies
and methods that would be required for similar
production facilities in the United States.
Output:
Level Playing Field in Trade Agreements Act of 2015 No trade agreement with a country, or implementing bill for one, may receive expedited consideration by Congress under any provision of law, including any limitation on amendments or debate in either the Senate (except under rule XXII of the Standing Rules) or the House of Representatives unless the agreement: includes binding and enforceable requirements that all producers of merchandise exported to the United States from that country pay adequate wages and maintain sustainable production methods; and provides that, for purposes of such merchandise, the application of antidumping duty laws under the Tariff Act of 1930 shall be modified according to this Act. The administering authority, in determining the normal price of covered merchandise and whether it is or is likely to be sold at less than fair value, must increase the price by the difference, if any, between the actual cost of producing the merchandise and the estimated cost of producing it if the producer paid its employees adequate wages and maintained sustainable production methods. Certain interested parties that petition for an antidumping proceeding with respect to covered merchandise relying on calculations of normal value under this Act shall be presumed to demonstrate that they are materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports of the covered merchandise unless: the country from which the covered merchandise is exported is covered by a precertification, or the estimated cost of producing the covered merchandise is equal to or greater than the cost of producing it in the country in which the interested party is located. The administering authority shall issue a precertification with respect to wages, production methods, or both, for merchandise of a requesting exporter or producer that demonstrates to the administering authority's satisfaction that all such merchandise, including significant components or ingredients, was or will be produced under conditions under which all employees receive adequate wages or sustainable production methods are maintained. The administering authority shall also issue a precertification for all merchandise imported from a country if that country's government maintains and enforces laws requiring all producers of such merchandise in that country to pay its employees adequate wages and to maintain sustainable production methods. The administering authority, the Secretary of Labor, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may jointly establish procedures pursuant to which obtaining certification from an independent third-party standards-setting organization may demonstrate eligibility for a precertification.