Official Summaries

US-Kazakhstan Trade Modernization Act

This bill addresses trade between the United States and Kazakhstan. 

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 Kazakhstan. 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. Kazakhstan has received temporary NTR status since 1992.

Additionally, the bill authorizes the President to extend permanent NTR status to Kazakhstan.

Current Full Text

[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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