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HR 1575 109th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Balance of payments China Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Countervailing duties Currency devaluation East Asia Foreign exchange Government Operations and Politics International Affairs International competitiveness President and foreign policy Trade negotiations

To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulation are not successful.

Introduced: April 12, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 12, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 12, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Imposes an additional duty rate of 27.5 percent ad valorem on any article imported into the United States that is the growth, product, or manufacture of the People's Republic of China (PRC) unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the PRC is no longer manipulating the exchange rate between its currency and the U.S. dollar in order to prevent an effective balance of payments and gain an unfair international trade advantage; and (2) the PRC's currency is valued in accordance with accepted market-based trading policies.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to begin negotiations with the PRC for adoption of a market-based currency valuation.

What's happening now April 19, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 11, 2006
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · May 10, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Apr 20, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1575: To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulation are not successful.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1575/
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"H.R. 1575: To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulation are not successful.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1575/.
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H.R. 1575, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1575/.
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