H.R. 1216

To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.

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109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1216

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 10, 2005

Mr. English of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Souder, Mr. Coble, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Holden, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Case, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Berry, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Hart, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Regula, Mr. Ney, and Mr. Gerlach) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.

1.

Application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries

Section 701(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671(a)(1)) is amended by inserting (including a nonmarket economy country) after country each place it appears.

2.

Effective date

The amendments made by section 1 apply to petitions filed under section 702 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.