Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 1140 (105th)

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.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

20 March 1997

Last action

31 March 1997 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Sponsors

Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7], Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17], Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5], Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4], Rep. Rivers, Lynn N. [D-MI-13], Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4], Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY], Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3], Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

7 April 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 20 March 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Ways and Means

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 March 1997

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 20 March 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 20 March 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 31 March 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 20 March 1997

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 20 March 1997

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 20 March 1997

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 62 sponsors and actors.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.