HR 728 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of the People's Republic of China.

Introduced Feb 9, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Bernard Sanders I-VT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 25, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 9, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China.

Cosponsors 71

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2005 to Jun 13, 2005; 61 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WVAlan B. MollohanOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MABarney FrankOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-CABob FilnerOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-NCCharles H. TaylorOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-INDan BurtonOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-AZEd PastorOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-VAFrank R. WolfOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-TXGene GreenOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-NCHoward CobleOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-COJoel HefleyOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-TNJohn J. Duncan, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-INJohn N. HostettlerOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-ILLane EvansOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-OHRobert W. NeyOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-OHTed StricklandOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-COThomas G. TancredoOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-PATim HoldenOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-OHTim RyanOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalFeb 9, 2005
R-TNZach WampOriginalFeb 9, 2005
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnFeb 15, 2005
D-MIBart StupakFeb 15, 2005
R-VAJo Ann DavisFeb 15, 2005
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Feb 15, 2005
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayFeb 15, 2005
R-GACharles W. NorwoodFeb 17, 2005
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezFeb 17, 2005
D-VARick BoucherMar 1, 2005
D-NCBrad MillerMar 3, 2005
R-GANathan DealJun 13, 2005

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2005
Trade Subcommittee
Referred Feb 25, 2005

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  2. Feb 9, 2005Introduced in House
  3. Feb 9, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H497)
  4. Feb 9, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H497Bernard Sanders I-VTFeb 9, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
RL31403China’s Trade with the United States and the World ArchivedReportJan 4, 2007

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2267A bill to withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China.Related billFeb 10, 2006

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of the People's Republic of China.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2005Introduced in House

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