,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #f1  
#bjbb,mr4 ,romney introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to end the      
treatment of the ,people's ,republic of 
,china as a developing nation4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ending ,china's ,developing ,nation
 ,status ,act4  #b4 ,statement of policy
 ,it should be the policy of the ,united
 ,states-- 7#a7 to refuse entering into 
any treaty in which the ,people's       
,republic of ,china-- 7,a7 is labeled a 
developing nation2 or  7,b7 receives the
 benefits of a developing nation under  
the terms of the treaty2  7#b7 to oppose
 the labeling or treatment of the       
,people's ,republic of ,china as a      
developing nation in each international 
organization of which the ,united       
,states and the ,people's ,republic of  
,china are both current members2 and    

7#c7 to pursue the labeling or treatment
 of the ,people's ,republic of ,china as
 a developed nation in each             
international organization of which the 
,united ,states and the ,people's       
,republic of ,china are both current    
members4  #c4 ,definitions ,in this     
,act3 7#a7 ,appropriate committees of   
congress ,the term appropriate          
committees of ,congress means-- 7,a7 the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of   
the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of     
,representatives4  7#b7 ,secretary ,the 
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
,state4  #d4 ,report on the labeling of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china's     
development status in current treaty    
negotiations ,not later than #ahj days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary shall submit a     
report to the appropriate committees of 
,congress identifying all current treaty
 negotiations in which-- 7#a7 the       
proposed treaty develops different      

standards for the enforcement of the    
treaty based on the development status  
of the member states of the treaty2 and 
7#b7 the ,people's ,republic of ,china  
is under consideration for becoming a   
party to the treaty4  #e4 ,mechanisms   
for changing development status  7a7 ,in
 general ,in any international          
organization of which the ,united       
,states and the ,people's ,republic of  
,china are both current members1 the    
,secretary shall pursue-- 7#a7 changing 
the status of the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china from developing nation to       
developed nation if a mechanism exists  
in such organization to make such status
 change2 or  7#b7 proposing the         
development of a mechanism described in 
paragraph 7#a7 to change the status of  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china in    
such organization from developing nation
 to developed nation4  7b7 ,waiver ,the 
,president may waive the application of 
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 of subsection 7a7
 with respect to any international      

organization if the ,president notifies 
the appropriate committees of ,congress 
that such a waiver is in the national   
interests of the ,united ,states4