106th Congress / Bills / H R 4444
Title
To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
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Votes on this bill
| Date | Chamber | Result | Vote |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 251: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4444; PNTR (Permanent Normal Trade Relations) for China bill |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 250: On the Amendment Hollings Amdt. No. 4135; To authorize and request the President to report to the Congress annually, beginning in January, 2001, on the balance of trade with China for cereals (wheat, corn, and rice) and soybeans, and to direct the President to eliminate any deficit. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 249: On the Amendment Smith (NH) Amdt. No. 4129-Division IV; To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 248: On the Amendment Smith (NH) Amdt. No. 4129-Division 1 ; To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 247: On the Amendment Hollings Amdt. No. 4134; To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to require corporations to disclose foreign investment-related information in 10-K reports. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 246: On the Amendment Wellstone Amdt. No. 4120; To require that the President certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China has responded to inquiries regarding certain people who have been detained or imprisoned and has made substantial progress in releasing from prison people incarcerated for organizing independent trade unions. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 245: On the Amendment Feingold Amdt. No. 4138; To make technical changes relating to the recommendations of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 244: On the Amendment Helms Amdt. No. 4123; To require the Secretary of Commerce to consult with leaders of American businesses to encourage them to adopt a code of conduct for doing business in the People's Republic of China. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 243: On the Amendment Helms Amdt. No. 4128; To express the sense of Congress regarding forced abortions in the People's Republic of China. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 242: On the Amendment Motion To Table Thompson Amdt. No. 4132; To provide for the application of certain measures to covered countries in response to the contribution to the design, production, development, or acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or ballistic or cruise missiles. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 241: On the Amendment Smith Amdt. No. 4129 Division VI; To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 240: On the Amendment Byrd Amdt. No. 4131; To improve the certainty of the implementation of import relief in cases of affirmative determinations by the International Trade Commission with respect to market disruption to domestic producers of like or directly competitive products. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 239: On the Amendment Helms Amdt. No. 4125; To require the President certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China has taken certain actions with respect to ensuring human rights protection. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 238: On the Amendment Wellstone Amdt. No. 4119; To require the President certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China is in compliance with certain Memoranda of Understanding regarding prohibition on import and export of prison labor products and for other purposes. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 236: On the Amendment Hollings Amendment No. 4122; To strike the provision terminating the application of chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 and the effective date provisions, but provide for accession of the People's Republic of China to the World Trade Organization. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 235: On the Amendment Byrd Amendment No. 4115; To require the United States to support the transfer of United States clean energy technology as part of assistance programs with respect to China's energy sector, and for other purposes. |
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| Senate | Session 2, roll call 234: On the Amendment Wellstone Amendment No. 4114; To require the President to certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China has taken certain actions with respect to ensuring religious freedom, as recommended by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. |
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| House | Session 2, roll call 228: On Passage To Authorize Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to the People’S Republic of China |
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| House | Session 2, roll call 227: On Motion to Recommit With Instructions To Authorize Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to the People’S Republic of China |
