On the recordMarch 5, 2012
I ask unanimous consent the bill be read three times and passed; that when the Senate receives H.R. 4105 and, if it is identical to the text of S. 2153, the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4105, the bill be read a third time and passed, with no amendment in order prior to passage; that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 2153) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time and passed, as follows: S. 2153 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY PROVISIONS TO NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES. (a) In General.--Section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Applicability to Proceedings Involving Nonmarket Economy Countries.-- ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the merchandise on which countervailing duties shall be imposed under subsection (a) includes a class or kind of merchandise imported, or sold (or likely to be sold) for importation, into the United States from a nonmarket economy country.…





