,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ac1 #bjag,mr4 
,mc,kinley 7for himself and ,ms4        
,kaptur7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,oversight and           
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to promote fair trade1 allow
 for greater participation in trade     
enforcement1 and improve accountability 
and transparency in trade matters4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,fair ,trade ,accessibility and     
,accountability ,act of #bjag4  #b4     
,assistance to small firms to file      
petitions for countervailing duty       
investigations and antidumping duty     
investigations under the ,tariff ,act of
 #aicj  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary 

of ,commerce1 acting through the ,under 
,secretary for ,international ,trade1   
shall provide financial assistance to   
small firms to assist such firms to     
prepare and file petitions 7other than  
those petitions which1 in the opinion of
 the ,secretary1 are frivolous7 to seek 
to obtain the remedies and benefits     
available under title ,,vii of the      
,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4    
#afga et seq42 relating to the          
imposition of countervailing duties and 
antidumping duties74  7b7 ,application  
and affirmative determination with      
respect to petition ,the ,secretary of  
,commerce may provide assistance under  
subsection 7a7 to a small firm if-- 7#a7
 the firm submits to the ,secretary an  
application for such assistance at such 
time and in such form as the ,secretary 
may require2 and  7#b7  7,a7 in the case
 of assistance relating to a petition   
filed under section #gjb7;b7 of the     
,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4    
#afga;a7b771 the administering authority

 makes an affirmative determination with
 respect to the petition under section  
#gjb7;c77#b7 of such section2 and  7,b7 
in the case of assistance relating to a 
petition filed under section #gcb7;b7 of
 the ,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai         
,u4,s4,c4 #afgc;a7b771 the administering
 authority makes an affirmative         
determination with respect to the       
petition under section #gcb7;c77#b7 of  
such section4  7c7 ,evaluation ,the     
,secretary of ,commerce shall review an 
application for assistance under        
subsection 7a7 submitted by a small firm
 based on the ability-to-pay of the firm
 and the economic impact that the firm  
has in its local community4  7d7 ,amount
 of assistance ,the amount of assistance
 under subsection 7a7 to a small firm   
may not exceed-- 7#a7 #ge percent of the
 costs relating to the filing of a      
petition under section #gjb7;b7 or      
#gcb7;b7 of the ,tariff ,act of #aicj   
7as the case may be72 and  7#b7 the     
total costs associated with any         

preliminary determinations or final     
determinations to which the petition    
relates under subtitle ,a or ,b of title
 ,,vii of the ,tariff ,act of #aicj 7as 
the case may be74  7e7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,administering       
authority ,the term administering       
authority has the meaning given such    
term in section #gga7a7 of the ,tariff  
,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #afgg7a774 
7#b7 ,small firm ,the term small firm   
means a firm that-- 7,a7 has average    
annual receipts of #dj1jjj1jjj or less2 
or  7,b7 employs #a1ejj or fewer        
individuals4  #c4 ,modification of      
determination of industry support for   
petition determinations under           
countervailing duty investigations and  
antidumping duty investigations under   
the ,tariff ,act of #aicj  7a7          
,countervailing duty investigations     
,section #gjb7;c77#d7 of the ,tariff    
,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4            
#afga;a7c77#d77 is amended--  7#a7 in   
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 by striking 1  

if and all that follows through 7i7 the 
and inserting 1 if the2  7,b7 by        
striking #be percent and inserting #aj  
percent2  7,c7 by striking 1 and and    
inserting a period2 and  7,d7 by        
striking clause 7ii72  7#b7 by striking 
subparagraph 7,d72 and  7#c7 by         
redesignating subparagraph 7,e7 as      
subparagraph 7,d74  7b7 ,antidumping    
duty investigations ,section            
#gcb7;c77#d7 of the ,tariff ,act of     
#aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #afgc;a7c77#d77 is 
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7--  
7,a7 by striking 1 if and all that      
follows through 7i7 the and inserting 1 
if the2  7,b7 by striking 1 and and     
inserting a period2 and  7,c7 by        
striking clause 7ii72  7#b7 by striking 
subparagraph 7,d72 and  7#c7 by         
redesignating subparagraph 7,e7 as      
subparagraph 7,d74  7c7 ,effective date 
,the amendments made by this section    
take effect on the date of the enactment
 of this ,act and apply with respect to 
countervailing duty investigations under

 subtitle ,a of title ,,vii of the      
,tariff ,act of #aicj and antidumping   
duty investigations under subtitle ,b of
 title ,,vii of the ,tariff ,act of     
#aicj that are initiated on or after the
 date that is #ij days after such date  
of enactment4  #d4 ,authority of ,,itc  
to issue trade enforcement advisory     
opinions ,section #ccb of the ,tariff   
,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #accb7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7h7 ,trade enforcement      
advisory opinions  7#a7 ,in general ,a  
,united ,states business enterprise may 
file a detailed petition with the       
appropriate congressional committees for
 purposes of requesting the ,commission 
to determine whether or not a foreign   
country has violated its obligations    
under any trade agreement to which the  
,united ,states is a party with respect 
to trade in goods or services of an     
industry in which the ,united ,states   
business enterprise is located4  7#b7   
,review by committees ,the appropriate  

congressional committees shall-- 7,a7   
review a petition filed under paragraph 
7#a72 and  7,b7 upon agreement among the
 chairs and ranking members of such     
committees1 refer the petition to the   
,commission4  7#c7 ,review by           
,commission ,the ,commission shall      
review each petition that is referred to
 the ,commission by the appropriate     
congressional committees under paragraph
 7#b77;,b7 to determine whether or not  
there is a reasonable basis to conclude 
that a violation described the petition 
occurred4 ,the ,commission shall provide
 opportunity for comment by the foreign 
government involved and other           
stakeholders that are invited to comment
 by the ,commission4  7#d7 ,advisory    
opinion ,not later than #abj days after 
the date on which a petition is referred
 to the ,commission under paragraph     
7#b77;,b71 the ,commission shall issue  
an advisory opinion that contains a     
determination of the ,commission as to  
whether or not there is a reasonable    

basis to conclude that a violation      
described in the petition occurred4 ,the
 ,commission shall make available to the
 public all materials submitted to the  
,commission relating to the petition4   
7#e7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3  
7,a7 ,appropriate congressional         
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means the      
,committee on ,ways and ,means of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,finance of the ,senate4  
7,b7 ,commission ,the term ,commission  
means the ,united ,states ,international
 ,trade ,commission4  7,c7 ,united      
states business enterprise ,the term    
,united ,states business enterprise     
means an entity organized under the laws
 of the ,united ,states or of any       
jurisdiction within the ,united ,states1
 including a foreign branch of such an  
entity4  4  #e4 ,sense of ,congress on  
status of the ,people's ,republic of    
,china as a nonmarket economy country   
,it is the sense of ,congress that--    

7#a7 the status of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china as a nonmarket      
economy country should remain in effect 
until the ,government of the ,people's  
,republic of ,china demonstrates that it
 meets all of the criteria for treatment
 as a market economy as set forth in    
section #gga7ah77;,b7 of the ,tariff    
,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4            
#afgg7ah77;,b772 and  7#b7 the          
,president should provide for the full  
and effective application of ,united    
,states antidumping and countervailing  
duty laws against the ,people's         
,republic of ,china and all other       
nonmarket economy countries until such  
time as such country meets all of the   
criteria for treatment as a market      
economy country as set forth in section 
#gga7ah77;,b7 of the ,tariff ,act of    
#aicj4  #f4 ,made in ,america ,,gsa     
,schedule  7a7 ,made in ,america        
description ,requirement  7#a7 ,in      
general ,any good listed on a ,federal  
supply schedule of the ,general         

,services ,administration that is       
described as made1 produced1 or         
manufactured in ,america or some other  
similar description that indicates the  
good was made1 produced1 or manufactured
 in the ,united ,states is required to  
have all or virtually all of the good   
and the component parts of the good     
made1 produced1 or manufactured1 as     
applicable1 and assembled1 if           
applicable1 in the ,united ,states4     
7#b7 ,enforcement ,the ,administrator of
 ,general ,services shall enforce the   
requirement described under paragraph   
7#a7 using the ,made in ,,usa ,standard 
by the ,federal ,trade ,commission to   
define all or virtually all4  7b7       
,penalty for noncompliance  7#a7        
,first-time offender ,the supplier of   
any good found not in compliance with   
the requirement described under         
subsection 7a7 is subject to a civil    
penalty of #ajj1jjj for each such good  
not in compliance4  7#b7 ,subsequent    
offense ,the supplier of any good found 

not in compliance with the requirement  
described under subsection 7a7 who has  
previously been found not in compliance 
and fined under paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7  
is subject to a civil penalty of        
#cjj1jjj for each such good not in      
compliance2 and  7,b7 shall be          
permanently debarred from listing any   
good on a ,federal supply schedule4  7c7
 ,tip line  7#a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of ,general ,services    
shall establish a tip line that allows  
an individual to report any violation of
 subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,reward ,any tip 
submitted by an individual that1 in the 
determination of the ,administrator1 led
 to the discovery of a violation of     
subsection 7a71 shall entitle such      
individual to #ge percent of any fine   
imposed under subsection 7b74 ,the      
,administrator shall establish a process
 to determine distribution under this   
paragraph4  7d7 ,notification required  

,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,administrator of ,general ,services    
shall notify each supplier of a good    
listed on a ,federal supply schedule of 
the requirements of this ,act4  7e7     
,effective date2 applicability ,except  
as provided in subsections 7c77#a7 and  
7d71 this section shall take effect #ij 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act and shall apply with respect  
to any contract entered into after the  
date of the enactment of this ,act that 
is related to posting a good on a       
,federal supply schedule4