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S. 3103: A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of certain countries.
119th Congress · introduced 2025-11-04 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Official title
A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of certain countries.
Plain summary
This bill addresses trade between the United States and covered countries. Under this bill, a covered country is any country excluding Belarus, Cuba, and North Korea. Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to determine that Section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 (commonly known as the Jackson-Vanik amendment) does not apply to a covered country. The Jackson-Vanik amendment denies normal trade relations (NTR) status to some current and former nonmarket economy countries unless they comply with certain freedom-of-emigration requirements. Under a provision of this amendment, the President may extend NTR status to a country affected by the amendment by waiving the freedom-of-emigration requirements or determining that the country is not in violation of those requirements, subject to an annual review. Additionally, the bill authorizes the President to extend permanent NTR status to a covered country.
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A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of certain countries.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · 7 cosponsors
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s3103.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>
Record fed-us-cong119-s3103 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills