[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 587 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 587

     Expressing the sense of the House of the Representatives that 
 legislation to renew or grant fast track trade negotiating authority 
 should not be considered by the House of Representatives in the 110th 
                               Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2007

 Mr. Kildee (for himself, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
   Sherman, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Hare, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Solis, Mr. Goode, Mr. Visclosky, 
Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
California, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
Lee, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Filner, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. 
 Cohen) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing the sense of the House of the Representatives that 
 legislation to renew or grant fast track trade negotiating authority 
 should not be considered by the House of Representatives in the 110th 
                               Congress.

Whereas ``fast track'' trade negotiating authority provided by the Trade Act of 
        2002 expired on July 1, 2007;
Whereas altering the name of fast track authority to ``trade promotion 
        authority'' in the Trade Act of 2002 was an attempt to mischaracterize 
        the use of this authority to conceal the harm unfair trade policies have 
        on hard-working Americans;
Whereas the United States has entered into free trade agreements under the 
        recently expired fast track authority with Singapore, Chile, Australia, 
        Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman, as well as five Central American countries--
        Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala--and the 
        Dominican Republic;
Whereas the United States has signed free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, 
        Panama, and South Korea under the recently expired Fast Track 
        legislation;
Whereas the United States' trade deficit in goods and services has skyrocketed 
        under the recently expired fast track authority from $423,700,000,000 in 
        2002 to $758,500,000,000 in 2006--an increase of 79 percent;
Whereas the United States lost 1,062,000 manufacturing jobs from 2002 through 
        2006; and
Whereas Congress has the constitutional authority and responsibility to oversee 
        the Nation's trade policy: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the House of Representatives should not consider legislative proposals 
to grant ``fast track'' or any other form of expedited trade 
negotiating authority during the 110th Congress.
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