HR 884
106th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
China
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
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Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
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Free trade
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House rules and procedure
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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 1, 1999
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Became law
Mar 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 1, 1999
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 1, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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