[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4759 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4759

   To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the North 
                     American Free Trade Agreement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2010

   Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
 Arcuri, Mr. Baca, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
 Costello, Mr. Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hare, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Kagen, 
   Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Massa, Mr. 
McIntyre, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Paul, Mr. Schauer, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Wilson 
  of Ohio, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Stark) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the North 
                     American Free Trade Agreement.

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

SECTION 1. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE NAFTA.

    (a) Withdrawal of Approval.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the approval of the NAFTA by the Congress provided for in section 
101(a) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 
shall cease to be effective beginning on the date that is six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Notification of Withdrawal.--On the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the President shall provide to the Governments of Canada and 
Mexico written notice of withdrawal of the United States from the NAFTA 
in accordance with Article 2205 of the NAFTA.
    (c) NAFTA Defined.--In this section, the term ``NAFTA'' means the 
North American Free Trade Agreement entered into between the United 
States, Canada, and Mexico on December 17, 1992.
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