,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #i1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,romney 7for himself and ,mr4 
,van ,hollen7 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 oppose the labeling or
 treatment of the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china as a developing nation in       
current and future treaty negotiations  
and in each international organization  
of which the ,united ,states and the    
,people's ,republic of ,china are both  
current members2 and  7#b7 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 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 ,report on    
development status in existing          
organizations and treaties ,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--  
7#a7 all international organizations or 
treaties1 of which the ,united ,states  
is a member1 that have different        
standards for enforcement based on the  
development status of the member states2
 and  7#b7 for each of the organizations
 or treaties identified pursuant to     
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall    
provide a list of countries that-- 7,a7 
are labeled as developing nations or    
receive the benefits of a developing    
nation under the terms of the           
organization or treaty2 and  7,b7 meet  
the ,world ,bank classification for     
upper middle income or high-income      
countries4  #f4 ,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