{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-7108","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 7108","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"To suspend normal trade relations treatment for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To suspend normal trade relations treatment for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment Senate bill text","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed Senate","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-110","introduced":"2022-03-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-04-07","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h124","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act","result":"Passed","yea":420,"nay":3,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll124.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-04-07","vote":{"id":"117-2022-s131","question":"On Passage of the Bill","title":"H.R. 7108, As Amended","result":"Bill Passed","yea":100,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":0,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00131.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-04-08"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-110.","date":"2022-04-08"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-03-17","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act","result":"Passed","yea":424,"nay":8,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"kind":"final_candidate","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll078.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-04-08","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill suspends normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus. It also permanently authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions based on violations of human rights."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to proclaim increases in the rates of duty applicable to products of Russia or Belarus. This authority terminates on January 1, 2024."},{"k":"p","t":"The President may restore normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, subject to congressional disapproval."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative to (1) condemn the recent aggression in Ukraine, (2) encourage other World Trade Organization (WTO) members to suspend trade concessions to Russia and Belarus, (3) consider steps to suspend Russia's participation in the WTO, and (4) seek to halt the accession process of Belarus."}],"words":131},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Applies column 2 tariff rates to products of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, sets conditions and procedures for restoring column 1 rates, and directs the U.S. Trade Representative's positions at the World Trade Organization.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#HCB1482358FA342C2810BFF2F45082330:~:text=3.%20Suspension%20of%20normal%20trade%20relations%20with"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#HB46727E88FD64378A5031261EB93E1F8:~:text=4.%20Resumption%20of%20application%20of%20HTS%20column"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#H84D7B05B667E488DA5932068741FA60F:~:text=5.%20Cooperation%20and%20accountability%20at%20the%20World"}]},"core_areas":["Tariff rates on products of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus","Presidential certification and congressional disapproval process for restoring normal trade relations","U.S. positions on Russia and Belarus at the World Trade Organization","Sanctions authority under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Applies the column 2 rates of duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to all products of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, beginning the day after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#HCB1482358FA342C2810BFF2F45082330:~:text=3.%20Suspension%20of%20normal%20trade%20relations%20with"}},{"text":"Allows the President to proclaim duty rates above the column 2 rates for products of either country, after consulting the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance at least 5 calendar days before, until this authority ends on January 1, 2024.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#HCB1482358FA342C2810BFF2F45082330:~:text=3.%20Suspension%20of%20normal%20trade%20relations%20with"}},{"text":"Authorizes the President to resume column 1 rates of duty for either or both countries, for periods of up to 1 year each, after submitting a written certification to Congress; the action takes effect 90 calendar days later unless a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#HB46727E88FD64378A5031261EB93E1F8:~:text=4.%20Resumption%20of%20application%20of%20HTS%20column"}},{"text":"Requires the certification to state a Presidential determination that the country has reached a withdrawal and cessation-of-hostilities agreement accepted by Ukraine's government, poses no immediate military threat to a NATO member, and recognizes the right of Ukraine's people to choose their own government.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#HB46727E88FD64378A5031261EB93E1F8:~:text=4.%20Resumption%20of%20application%20of%20HTS%20column"}},{"text":"Directs the United States Trade Representative to use U.S. influence at the WTO to condemn the aggression in Ukraine, encourage suspension of trade concessions to both countries, consider steps to suspend Russia's WTO participation, and seek to halt Belarus's accession process.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#H84D7B05B667E488DA5932068741FA60F:~:text=5.%20Cooperation%20and%20accountability%20at%20the%20World"}},{"text":"Repeals section 1265 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and strikes the related table of contents items in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#H7194ADD544A64ED9BBFCC0790BAA27BF:~:text=6.%20Reauthorization%20of%20sanctions%20under%20the%20Global"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"changes":{"first":{"chamber":"House","type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-03-17","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/eh"},"final":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr"},"kept":0.77,"replaced":false,"removed":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/eh#H4CCADBD4A5E547EEB551B98DB400A7FA"},"heading":"Modifications to and reauthorization of sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act with respect to human rights violations","effect":"Amends the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act: strikes a definition, adds a sense of Congress, rewrites the sanctions authority, adds two report items, and repeals the sunset in section 1265.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text/enr#H7194ADD544A64ED9BBFCC0790BAA27BF:~:text=6.%20Reauthorization%20of%20sanctions%20under%20the%20Global"},"part":"Strikes the definition in section 1262, adds section 1262A, rewrites the sanctions grounds in section 1263, and adds two items to the section 1264(a) reports."}],"added":[],"added_count":0,"approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7108/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-7108.png","v":"4ec29d2c6a1b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7108, 117th Congress: Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act. House: 420 Yea, 3 Nay. Senate: 100 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 8 Apr 2022."}}