Playing Fair on Trade and Innovation Act

Playing Fair on Trade and Innovation Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise Generalized System of Preferences Program eligibility requirements.

Prohibits the President from designating a country a beneficiary developing country in order for its products to receive duty-free treatment if that country: (1) fails to provide adequate protection for intellectual property rights; and (2) maintains local content requirements, other than requirements applicable only to the procurement of products by governmental agencies and not with a view to commercial resale or to use in the production of goods for commercial sale.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3167 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3167

 To amend the bases for ineligibility for designation of countries as 
  beneficiary developing countries under title V of the Trade Act of 
                     1974, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2013

  Mr. Terry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the bases for ineligibility for designation of countries as 
  beneficiary developing countries under title V of the Trade Act of 
                     1974, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Playing Fair on Trade and Innovation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNDER THE 
              GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES PROGRAM.

    (a) Countries Ineligible for Designation.--Section 502(b)(2) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new 
        subparagraphs:
                    ``(I) Such country fails to provide adequate and 
                effective protection for intellectual property rights.
                    ``(J) Such country maintains local content 
                requirements, other than requirements that apply only 
                to the procurement by governmental agencies of products 
                purchased for governmental purposes and not with a view 
                to commercial resale or with a view to use in the 
                production of goods for commercial sale.''; and
            (2) in the matter following subparagraph (J) (as added by 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection)--
                    (A) by striking ``and (H)'' and inserting ``(H)''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``shall not'' and inserting ``, 
                (I), and (J) shall not''.
    (b) Factors Affecting Country Designation.--Section 502(c) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (5); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs 
        (5) and (6), respectively.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and applies with respect to the designation of 
any country as a beneficiary developing country under title V of the 
Trade Act of 1974 on or after such date of enactment.
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