Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE
OF CONTENTS.
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into two divi-
sions as follows:
(1) Division A—Normal trade relations for the
People’s Republic of China.
(2) Division B—United States-China Relations.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
DIVISION A—NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
TITLE I—NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS
Sec. 101. Termination of application of chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade Act
of 1974 to the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 102. Effective date.
Sec. 103. Relief from market disruption.
Sec. 104. Amendment to section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974–compensation
authority.
DIVISION B—UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Short title of division; table of contents of division.
Sec. 202. Findings.
Sec. 203. Policy.
Sec. 204. Definitions.
TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Sec. 301. Establishment of Congressional-Executive Commission on the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China.
Sec. 302. Functions of the Commission.
Sec. 303. Membership of the Commission.
Sec. 304. Votes of the Commission.
Sec. 305. Expenditure of appropriations.
Sec. 306. Testimony of witnesses, production of evidence; issuance of sub-
poenas; administration of oaths.
Sec. 307. Appropriations for the Commission.
Sec. 308. Staff of the Commission.
Sec. 309. Printing and binding costs.
TITLE IV—MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S WTO COMMITMENTS
Subtitle A—Review of Membership of the People’s Republic of China in the
WTO
Sec. 401. Review within the WTO.
Subtitle B—Authorization To Promote Compliance With Trade Agreements
Sec. 411. Findings.
Sec. 412. Purpose.
Sec. 413. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle C—Report on Compliance by the People’s Republic of China With
WTO Obligations
Sec. 421. Report on compliance.
TITLE V—TRADE AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES IN THE PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Subtitle A—Task Force on Prohibition of Importation of Products of Forced
or Prison Labor From the People’s Republic of China
Sec. 501. Establishment of Task Force.
Sec. 502. Functions of Task Force.
Sec. 503. Composition of Task Force.
Sec. 504. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 505. Reports to Congress.
Subtitle B—Assistance To Develop Commercial and Labor Rule of Law
Sec. 511. Establishment of technical assistance and rule of law programs.
Sec. 512. Administrative authorities.
Sec. 513. Prohibition relating to human rights abuses.
Sec. 514. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VI—ACCESSION OF TAIWAN TO THE WTO
Sec. 601. Accession of Taiwan to the WTO.
TITLE VII—RELATED ISSUES
Sec. 701. Authorizations of appropriations for broadcasting capital improve-
ments and international broadcasting operations.
DIVISION 
A—NORMAL 
TRADE
RELATIONS FOR THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
TITLE I—NORMAL TRADE
RELATIONS
SEC. 101. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 1
OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTEN-
SION
OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwith-
standing any provision of chapter 1 of title IV of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), as designated
by section 3(a)(2) of this Act, the President may—
(1) determine that such chapter should no
longer apply to the People’s Republic of China; and
(2) after making a determination under para-
graph (1) with respect to the People’s Republic of
China, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the
products of that country.
(b) ACCESSION
OF
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
OF
CHINA TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.—Prior to
making the determination provided for in subsection
(a)(1) and pursuant to the provisions of section 122 of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3532),
the President shall transmit a report to Congress certi-
fying that the terms and conditions for the accession of
the People’s Republic of China to the World Trade Orga-
nization are at least equivalent to those agreed between
the United States and the People’s Republic of China on
November 15, 1999.
SEC. 102. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
NONDISCRIMINATORY
TREATMENT.—The extension of nondiscriminatory treat-
ment pursuant to section 101(a) shall be effective no ear-
lier than the effective date of the accession of the People’s
Republic of China to the World Trade Organization.
(b) TERMINATION
OF APPLICABILITY
OF TITLE
IV.—On and after the effective date under subsection (a)
of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the
products of the People’s Republic of China, chapter 1 of
title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (as designated by section
103(a)(2) of this Act) shall cease to apply to that country.
SEC. 103. RELIEF FROM MARKET DISRUPTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘CUR-
RENTLY’’;
(2) by inserting before section 401 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘CHAPTER 1—TRADE RELATIONS WITH CERTAIN
COUNTRIES’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 2—RELIEF FROM MARKET DISRUP-
TION TO INDUSTRIES AND DIVERSION OF
TRADE TO THE UNITED STATES MARKET
‘‘SEC. 421. ACTION TO ADDRESS MARKET DISRUPTION.
‘‘(a) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—If a product of the
People’s Republic of China is being imported into the
United States in such increased quantities or under such
conditions as to cause or threaten to cause market disrup-
tion to the domestic producers of a like or directly com-
petitive product, the President shall, in accordance with
the provisions of this section, proclaim increased duties or
other import restrictions with respect to such product, to
the extent and for such period as the President considers
necessary to prevent or remedy the market disruption.
‘‘(b) INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION.—(1) Upon
the filing of a petition by an entity described in section
202(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252(a)),
upon the request of the President or the United States
Trade Representative (in this subtitle referred to as the
‘Trade Representative’), upon resolution of either the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives, or the Committee on Finance of the Senate
(in this subtitle referred to as the ‘Committees’) or on its
own motion, the United States International Trade Com-
mission (in this subtitle referred to as the ‘Commission’)
shall promptly make an investigation to determine whether
products of the People’s Republic of China are being im-
ported into the United States in such increased quantities
or under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause
market disruption to the domestic producers of like or di-
rectly competitive products.
‘‘(2) The limitations on investigations set forth in
section 202(h)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2252(h)(1)) shall apply to investigations conducted under
this section.
‘‘(3) The provisions of subsections (a)(8) and (i) of
section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2252(a)(8) and (i)), relating to treatment of confidential
business information, shall apply to investigations con-
ducted under this section.
‘‘(4) Whenever a petition is filed, or a request or reso-
lution is received, under this subsection, the Commission
shall transmit a copy thereof to the President, the Trade
Representative, the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee of Finance
of the Senate, except that in the case of confidential busi-