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To require prior congressional approval before the United States supports the admission of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization, and to provide for the withdrawal of the…

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To require prior congressional approval before the United States 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: March 20, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House Rules
Mar 20, 1997
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.
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 20, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the United States from supporting the admission of China into the World Trade Organization (WTO) unless the Congress passes a joint resolution, according to specified procedures, allowing the United States 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 March 31, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 21, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 20, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 20, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 20, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 20, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 20, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1140: To require prior congressional approval before the United States 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.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1140/
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"H.R. 1140: To require prior congressional approval before the United States 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.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1140/.
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H.R. 1140, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1140/.
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[H.R. 1140: To require prior congressional approval before the United States 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1140/)
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