HR 4065
104th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
China
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Expedited congressional procedure
House rules and procedure
International Affairs
International agencies
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure
Trade agreements
To require prior congressional approval before the President supports the admission of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization, and to provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the World Trade Organization if China is accepted into the WTO without the support of the United States.
Introduced: September 12, 1996
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Sep 12, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 12, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the President from supporting the admission of China into the World Trade Organization (WTO) unless the Congress passes a joint resolution allowing the President to support such admission.
Directs the President to: (1) notify the Congress if China becomes a member of the WTO without the support of the United States; and (2) submit notice of the withdrawal of the United States from the WTO Agreement.
Makes a conforming amendment to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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