[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 287 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 287

To require congressional approval before any trade agreement is entered 
        into under the auspices of the World Trade Organization.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 1997

 Mr. Hollings introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To require congressional approval before any trade agreement is entered 
        into under the auspices of the World Trade Organization.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS.

    No international trade agreement negotiated under the auspices of 
the World Trade Organization the application of which to the United 
States would require a change in United States law or practice may be 
implemented by or in the United States until the agreement is approved 
by the Congress by law. For purposes of this Act, the term ``change in 
United States law or practice'' means a change in any activity, 
procedure, limitation on exports or imports, duty, requirement, or 
practice that is contrary to any law, regulation, rule, or practice of 
the United States in effect on the date on which the change would, but 
for this Act, be implemented.
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