Skip to main content
S 2115 106th Congress Senate

China-World Trade Organization Compliance Act

Official title: A bill to ensure adequate monitoring of the commitments made by the People's Republic of China in its accession to the World Trade Organization and to create n… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to ensure adequate monitoring of the commitments made by the People's Republic of China in its accession to the World Trade Organization and to create new procedures to ensure compliance with those commitments.

Introduced: February 29, 2000 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and FoodAgriculture in foreign tradeAmerican investmentsChina
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
Citizen participationCommerceCongressCongress and foreign policyCongressional investigationsCongressional reporting requirementsDispute settlementEast AsiaEconomic statisticsEconomics and Public FinanceExportsFree tradeGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment statisticsGovernmental investigationsImportsInternational AffairsInternational agenciesNongovernmental organizationsNontariff trade barriersPresident and foreign policyPublic-private partnershipsRestrictive trade practicesService industriesTrade agreements
This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 29, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 29, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S930-931)
Feb 29, 2000
Introduced in Senate
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Latest action February 29, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
China-World Trade Organization Compliance Act - Directs the President, not later than 90 days after China accedes to the World Trade Organization (WTO), to submit to Congress a plan (including an estimate of the cost) for monitoring China's compliance with the commitments it makes as part of the accession.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Comptroller General, in order to determine the degree to which China is complying with its WTO commitments and to obtain information about any problems encountered by U.S. businesses, to survey annually and report to Congress on the 50 U.S. companies doing the most business with China in exporting nonagricultural and agricultural goods, exporting or providing services, investing, or importing goods. Directs the International Trade Commission to report annually to Congress on United States-China bilateral export and import statistics, including, to the extent practicable, reconciling any differences in U.S.-source and Chinese-source data.

(Sec. 4) Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR), not later than one year after China accedes to the WTO, and annually thereafter, to report to Congress on China's compliance with its commitments under the WTO, including both multilateral commitments and any bilateral commitments made to the United States.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes specified congressional committees to instruct the USTR to: (1) take appropriate trade relief action after initiating an investigation under the Trade Act of 1974 to determine if U.S. rights under any agreement are being denied, or an act, policy, or practice of China violates the provisions of, or otherwise denies benefits to the United States under, any trade agreement, or is unjustifiable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce; or (2) initiate action before the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the USTR, for purposes of making an affirmative determination with respect to an investigation, to draw an inference adverse to the interest of a country that fails or refuses to cooperate in the investigation. Directs the USTR, if he or she makes an affirmative determination with respect to China, to initiate an action before the Dispute Settlement Body, unless there exists another, more effective action.

(Sec. 6) Expresses the sense of Congress that there should be a special multilateral process at the WTO for conducting an annual review of China's compliance with the commitments it makes as part of its accession to the WTO. Directs the USTR to propose that: (1) as part of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism of the WTO, a thorough review of China's trade policies be conducted each year; (2) the Trade Policy Review Mechanism be significantly enhanced and expanded in connection with the review of China; and (3) the Trade Policy Review Mechanism of China include onsite visits and active participation by representatives of WTO members.

(Sec. 7) Directs the President to submit to Congress a plan for providing assistance to China to build the institutions necessary to carry out the obligations China has made as part of its accession to the WTO. Authorizes appropriations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2115: China-World Trade Organization Compliance Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2115/
MLA
"S. 2115: China-World Trade Organization Compliance Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2115/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 2115, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2115/.
Markdown link
[S. 2115: China-World Trade Organization Compliance Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2115/)
Report a problem