[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 1140--A bill 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; to the Committees on Ways and Means; 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.


By Mr. GEPHARDT (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
Miller of California, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Levin, 
Mr. Obey, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Evans, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. 
Norton, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Borski, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
Hunter, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Meek of 
Florida, Mr. Torres, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Watts 
of Oklahoma, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Klink, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Tierney, Mr. 
Kucinich, and Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania), H1257 [20MR]

  Cosponsors added, H1289 [21MR], H1340 [8AP], H1543 [15AP], H1989 
  [29AP], H2157 [1MY], H3476 [4JN], H3660 [10JN], H3797 [12JN], H5916 
  [28JY], H6026 [29JY], H6406 [30JY]