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HR 1497 107th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance China Congress Congress and foreign policy East Asia Free trade Government Operations and Politics International Affairs International agencies Most favored nation principle Normal trade relations President and foreign policy Presidential powers

To revoke the authority to extend permanent normal trade relations to the People's Republic of China.

Introduced: April 4, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 4, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 4, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends Federal law to repeal the President's authority to extend permanent nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.
What's happening now April 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 24, 2001
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 4, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1497: To revoke the authority to extend permanent normal trade relations to the People's Republic of China.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1497/
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"H.R. 1497: To revoke the authority to extend permanent normal trade relations to the People's Republic of China.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1497/.
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H.R. 1497, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1497/.
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