Summary

Allows the President to end application of the Trade Act of 1974’s Title IV (the emigration-based trade restriction framework) to Kazakhstan and to proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory (normal trade relations) treatment to Kazakhstan’s products; also records factual findings about Kazakhstan’s emigration practices, WTO accession, and past trade relations. Establishes a short title but does not create new funding, agencies, or deadlines.

• Authorizes the President to remove Kazakhstan from Title IV coverage of the Trade Act of 1974 and to extend nondiscriminatory (normal trade relations) treatment.
• Records findings that Kazakhstan permits emigration without heavy exit charges and has complied with freedom-of-emigration requirements since 1997.
• Notes Kazakhstan’s prior normal trade relations treatment, a bilateral investment treaty with the U.S., and WTO accession in 2015.
• Title IV will cease to apply to Kazakhstan on the date the President proclaims extension of nondiscriminatory treatment.
• Does not create new spending, agencies, or deadlines; effect depends on a presidential determination and proclamation.
• Is narrowly focused on trade-status law, not broader immigration, foreign policy, or budgetary programs.
• Removes a statutory impediment (if exercised) that historically linked trade treatment to emigration policy.
• Likely has limited direct fiscal impact on the U.S. budget because it does not appropriate funds.