II
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 593
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 10, 2005
Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Burr, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Schumer, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Byrd, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Graham, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Pryor, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Lott) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act of
2005
.
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.
Effective date
The amendments made by section 2 apply to petitions filed under section 702 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.