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House Plans to Take Up Russian PNTR Bill in September

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) hopes to progress legislative efforts in September on granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to Russia, he said in a statement. The House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee have approved…

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similar legislation to give PNTR to Russia. "Upon our return from the August constituent work period, the House is prepared to take up under suspension of the rules a bill to extend [PNTR] to Russia, combined with the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, should the Senate and President commit to support passage before the end of September."