Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act”.
Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act
A BILL
To end the treatment of the People’s Republic of China as a developing nation.
Sec. 2 Statement of policy
It should be the policy of the United States—
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 members; and
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 members.
Sec. 3 Definitions
Sec. 4 Report on development status in current treaty negotiations
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress identifying all current treaty negotiations in which—
the proposed treaty develops different standards for the enforcement of the treaty based on the development status of the member states of the treaty; and
the People's Republic of China is under consideration for becoming a party to the treaty.
Sec. 5 Report on development status in existing organizations and treaties
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress identifying—
all international organizations or treaties, of which the United States is a member, that have different standards for enforcement based on the development status of the member states; and
for each of the organizations or treaties identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide a list of countries that—
are labeled as developing nations or receive the benefits of a developing nation under the terms of the organization or treaty; and
meet the World Bank classification for upper middle income or high-income countries.
Sec. 6 Mechanisms for changing development status
In general— In any international organization of which the United States and the People's Republic of China are both current members, the Secretary shall pursue—
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 change; or
proposing the development of a mechanism described in paragraph (1) to change the status of the People's Republic of China in such organization from developing nation to developed nation.
Waiver— The President may waive the application of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) 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 States.