[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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