119-hr1024

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1024 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1024

To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
 relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 5, 2025

 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Bera, Ms. 
 Titus, Mr. Suozzi, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Ms. Tenney, and Ms. 
 Van Duyne) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Ways and Means

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 A BILL

To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
 relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.

 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 ``US-Kazakhstan Trade Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) Kazakhstan allows its citizens the right and 
 opportunity to emigrate, free of any heavy tax on emigration or 
 on the visas or other documents required for emigration and 
 free of any tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any 
 citizens, as a consequence of the desire of those citizens to 
 emigrate to the country of their choice.

    (2) Kazakhstan has been found to be in full compliance with 
 the freedom of emigration requirements under title IV of the 
 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) since 1997.

    (3) Kazakhstan has received normal trade relations 
 treatment since 1992 and signed a bilateral investment treaty 
 agreement with the United States that entered into force in 
 1994.

    (4) On November 30, 2015, Kazakhstan officially acceded to 
 the World Trade Organization.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 
 TO THE PRODUCTS OF KAZAKHSTAN.

    (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 
 Kazakhstan; and

    (2) after making a determination under paragraph

    (1) with 
 respect to Kazakhstan, proclaim the extension of 
 nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) 
 to the products of Kazakhstan.

    (b) Termination of Applicability of Title IV.--On and after the 
date on which the President extends nondiscriminatory treatment to the 
products of Kazakhstan pursuant to subsection

    (a) , title IV of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) shall cease to apply to 
Kazakhstan.
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