text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
  
       The Congress finds that--
              (1) the Russian Federation has adopted constitutional 
          protections and statutory and administrative procedures that 
          accord its citizens the right and opportunity to emigrate, free 
          of anything more than a nominal 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 such citizens to emigrate to the 
          country of their choice or to return to the Russian Federation;
              (2) the Russian Federation has been found to be in full 
          compliance with the freedom of emigration requirements under 
          title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 since 1994;
              (3) the Russian Federation has taken important steps toward 
          the creation of democratic institutions and a free-market 
          economy and, as a participating state of the Organization for 
          Security and Cooperation in Europe (in this Act referred to as 
          the ``OSCE''), is committed to developing a system of 
          governance in accordance with the principles regarding human 
          rights and humanitarian affairs that are set forth in the Final 
          Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 
          (also known as the ``Helsinki Final Act'') and successive 
          documents;
              (4) the Russian Federation is committed to addressing 
          issues relating to its national and religious minorities as a 
          participating state of the OSCE, to adopting measures to ensure 
          that persons belonging to national minorities have full 
          equality both individually and communally, and to respecting 
          the independence of minority religious communities, although 
          problems still exist regarding the registration of religious 
          groups, visa, and immigration requirements, and other laws, 
          regulations, and practices that interfere with the activities 
          or internal affairs of minority religious communities;
              (5) the Russian Federation has enacted legislation 
          providing protection against discrimination or incitement to 
          violence against persons or groups based on national, racial, 
          ethnic, or religious discrimination, including anti-Semitism;
              (6) the Russian Federation has committed itself, including 
          through exchanges of letters, to ensuring freedom of religion, 
          equal treatment of all religious groups, and combating racial, 
          ethnic, and religious intolerance and hatred, including anti-
          Semitism;
              (7) the Russian Federation has engaged in efforts to combat 
          ethnic and religious intolerance by cooperating with various 
          United States nongovernmental organizations;
              (8) the Russian Federation is continuing the restitution of 
          religious properties, including religious and communal 
          properties confiscated from national and religious minorities 
          during the Soviet era, facilitating the reemergence of these 
          minority groups in the national life of the Russian Federation, 
          and has committed itself, including through exchanges of 
          letters, to continue the restitution of such properties;
              (9) the Russian Federation has received normal trade 
          relations treatment since concluding a bilateral trade 
          agreement with the United States that entered into force on 
          June 17, 1992;
              (10) the Russian Federation is making progress toward 
          accession to the World Trade Organization, recognizing that 
          many central issues remain to be resolved, including removal of 
          unjustified restrictions on agricultural products of the United 
          States, commitments relating to tariff reductions for goods, 
          trade in services, protection of intellectual property rights, 
          reform of the industrial energy sector, elimination of export 
          incentives for industrial goods, reform of customs procedures 
          and technical, sanitary, and phytosanitary measures, and 
          inclusion of trade remedy provisions;
              (11) the Russian Federation has enacted some protections 
          reflecting internationally recognized labor rights, but serious 
          gaps remain both in the country's legal regime and its 
          enforcement record;
              (12) the Russian Federation has provided constitutional 
          guarantees of freedom of the press, although infringements of 
          this freedom continue to occur; and
              (13) the Russian Federation has demonstrated a strong 
          desire to build a friendly and cooperative relationship with 
          the United States.
  
  SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 
                TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
  
      (a) Presidential Determinations and Extensions 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 the 
          Russian Federation; and
              (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with 
          respect to the Russian Federation, proclaim the extension of 
          nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) 
          to the products of that country.
      (b) Termination of Application of Title IV.--On and after the 
  effective date of the extension under subsection (a)(2) of 
  nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Russian Federation, 
  chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to 
  that country.
  
  SEC. 3. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.
  
      It is the policy of the United States to remain fully committed to 
  a multifaceted engagement with the Russian Federation, including by--
              (1) urging the Russian Federation to ensure that its 
          national, regional, and local laws, regulations, practices, and 
          policies fully, and in conformity with the standards of the 
          OSCE--
                      (A) provide for the free emigration of its 
                  citizens;
                      (B) safeguard religious liberty throughout the 
                  Russian Federation, including by ensuring that the 
                  registration of religious groups, visa and immigration 
                  requirements, and other laws, regulations, and 
                  practices are not used to interfere with the activities 
                  or internal affairs of minority religious communities;
                      (C) enforce and enhance existing Russian laws at 
                  the national and local levels to combat ethnic, 
                  religious, and racial discrimination and related 
                  violence;
                      (D) expand the restitution of religious and 
                  communal properties, including by establishing a legal 
                  framework for the timely completion of such 
                  restitution; and
                      (E) respect fully freedom of the press;
              (2) working with the Russian Federation, including through 
          the Secretary of Labor and other appropriate executive branch 
          officials, to address the issues described in section 1(11); 
          and
              (3) continuing rigorous monitoring by the United States of 
          human rights issues in the Russian Federation, including the 
          issues described in paragraphs (1) and (2), providing 
          assistance to nongovernmental organizations and human rights 
          groups involved in human rights activities in the Russian 
          Federation, and promoting annual discussions and ongoing dialog 
          with the Russian Federation regarding those issues, including 
          the participation of United States and Russian nongovernmental 
          organizations in such discussions.
  
  SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
  
       The reports required by sections 102(b) and 203 of the 
  International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b) and 
  6433) shall include an assessment of the status of the issues described 
  in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 3(1).
  
  SEC. 5. CONTINUED ENJOYMENT OF RIGHTS UNDER THE JUNE 17, 1992, 
                BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT.
  
      (a) Finding.--The Congress finds that the trade agreement between 
  the United States and the Russian Federation that entered into force on 
  June 17, 1992, remains in force between the 2 countries and provides 
  the United States with important rights, including the right to use 
  specific safeguard rules to respond to import surges from the Russian 
  Federation.
      (b) Applicability of Safeguard.--Section 421 of the Trade Act of 
  1974 (19 U.S.C. 2451) shall apply to the Russian Federation to the same 
  extent as such section applies to the People's Republic of China.
  
  SEC. 6. EXERCISE OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OVER WTO ACCESSION 
                NEGOTIATIONS.
  
      (a) Notice of Agreement on Accession to WTO by Russian 
  Federation.--Not later than 5 days after the date on which the United 
  States has entered into a bilateral agreement with the Russian 
  Federation on the terms of accession by the Russian Federation to the 
  World Trade Organization, the President shall so notify the Congress, 
  and the President shall transmit to the Congress, not later than 15 
  days after that agreement is entered into, a report that sets forth the 
  provisions of that agreement.
      (b) Resolution of Disapproval.--
              (1) Introduction.--If a resolution of disapproval is 
          introduced in the House of Representatives or the Senate during 
          the 30-day period (not counting any day which is excluded under 
          section 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2194(b)), 
          beginning on the date on which the President first notifies the 
          Congress under subsection (a) of the agreement referred to in 
          that subsection, that resolution of disapproval shall be 
          considered in accordance with this subsection.
              (2) Resolution of disapproval.--In this subsection, the 
          term ``resolution of disapproval'' means only a joint 
          resolution of the two Houses of the Congress, the matter after 
          the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That the 
          Congress does not approve the agreement between the United 
          States and the Russian Federation on the terms of accession by 
          the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization, of 
          which Congress was notified on ____.'', with the blank space 
          being filled with the appropriate date.
              (3) Procedures for considering resolutions.--
                      (A) Introduction and referral.--Resolutions of 
                  disapproval--
                              (i) in the House of Representatives--
                                      (I) may be introduced by any Member 
                                  of the House;
                                      (II) shall be referred to the 
                                  Committee on Ways and Means and, in 
                                  addition, to the Committee on Rules; 
                                  and
                                      (III) may not be amended by either 
                                  Committee; and
                              (ii) in the Senate--
                                      (I) may be introduced by any Member 
                                  of the Senate;
                                      (II) shall be referred to the 
                                  Committee on Finance; and
                                      (III) may not be amended.
                      (B) Committee discharge and floor consideration.--
                  The provisions of subsections (c) through (f) of 
                  section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(c) 
                  through (f)) (relating to committee discharge and floor 
                  consideration of certain resolutions in the House and 
                  Senate) apply to a resolution of disapproval to the 
                  same extent as such subsections apply to resolutions 
                  under such section.
      (c) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--Subsection (b) 
  is enacted by the Congress--
              (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
          Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such are 
          deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, and 
          such procedures supersede other rules only to the extent that 
          they are inconsistent with such other rules; and
              (2) with the full recognition of the constitutional right 
          of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
          procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
          to the same extent as any other rule of that House.
target: Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the Russian Federation.Declares that it is the policy of the United States to remain fully committed to a multifaceted engagement with the Russian Federation, including by urging the Russian Federation to ensure that its laws and policies in conformity with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) standards provide for the free emigration of its citizens and recognize human rights.Declares that the trade agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation that entered into force on June 17, 1992, remains in force and provides the United States with important rights, including the right to use specific safeguard rules to respond to import surges from the Russian Federation.Requires the President to notify Congress not later than five days after the United States has entered into a bilateral agreement with the Russian Federation on the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).Provides for congressional approval of such agreement.
feat_title: To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.