To provide that normal trade relations treatment may not be extended to the products of any country the government of which engages in certain violations of human rights.

3.0.0 967 2019-11-15T21:47:32Z 2019-11-15T21:47:32Z House H HR 2005-02-17 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-03T21:27:50Z Referred to 2005-02-17T15:09:35Z 2005-03-03 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2005-02-17 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-02-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000097 Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] H. SAXTON R NJ JAMES 3 N R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 2005-06-28 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Arrest Capital punishment Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Detention of persons Due process of law Europe Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Human rights International Affairs Law Most favored nation principle Normal trade relations Opposition (Political science) Political parties Religion Religious liberty Sentences (Criminal procedure) Foreign Trade and International Finance

00 2005-02-17 Introduced in House 2005-03-25T22:46:59Z Prohibits nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) from being extended to the products of a country if the most recent annual report of the Secretary of State to Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 states that: (1) the human rights record of the government of that country is or remains poor; (2) such government executed persons for criminal offenses after closed trials in which it is impossible to assess whether legal protections were applied; (3) such government arrested and detained persons without following the explicit legal guidelines set forth by the country's laws; (4) such government continues to restrict freedom of the press; (5) such government prohibits the establishment of opposition political parties or any type of opposition group; or (6) such government does not provide legal protection for freedom of religion, and that such freedom does not exist in practice.

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To provide that normal trade relations treatment may not be extended to the products of any country the government of which engages in certain violations of human rights. Display Title To provide that normal trade relations treatment may not be extended to the products of any country the government of which engages in certain violations of human rights. Official Title as Introduced To provide that normal trade relations treatment may not be extended to the products of any country the government of which engages in certain violations of human rights. Introduced in House 2005-02-17T05:00:00Z 2005-03-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.