S 974
110th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Administrative remedies
China
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Countervailing duties
East Asia
Expedited congressional procedure
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Governmental investigations
House rules and procedure
Law
Legislative resolutions
Manufacturing industries
Senate rules and procedure
Subsidies
Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3703-3704)
Mar 22, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3628-3629)
Mar 22, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economies.
Authorizes the use of alternative methodologies in determining whether a subsidy is countervailable with respect to the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Requires congressional approval for revocation of nonmarket economy country determinations made by the administering authority.
Requires a United States International Trade Commission study of how the PRC uses government intervention to promote investment, employment, and exports.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3703-3704)
Committees of jurisdiction
1