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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1835
To extend to the People’s Republic of China renewal of nondiscriminatory
(most-favored-nation) treatment provided certain conditions are met.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 22, 1993
Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia,
Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. STARK, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. ROSE, Mr. SOLOMON,
Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BACCHUS
of Florida, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
BILBRAY, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DEL-
LUMS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr.
HEFNER, Mr. KASICH, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr.
MARTINEZ, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. MINETA, Mrs. MINK, Mr.
MORAN, Mr. OLVER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. WAXMAN,
Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. MCCLOSKEY) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and
Means, Rules, and Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To extend to the People’s Republic of China renewal of
nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) treatment pro-
vided certain conditions are met.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-China
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) On June 4, 1989, thousands of Chinese citi-
zens courageously demonstrated that they were pre-
pared to risk their lives and futures in pursuit of
democratic freedom and respect for human rights.
(2) The People’s Republic of China, as a mem-
ber of the United Nations Security Council, is obli-
gated to respect and uphold the United Nations
Charter and Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
(3) Despite the massive demonstration for self-
determination and fundamental principles of human
rights and despite the People’s Republic of China’s
membership in the United Nations, the Government
of the People’s Republic of China continues to fla-
grantly violate internationally recognized standards
of human rights, and engages in—
(A) torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrad-
ing treatment or punishment;
(B) arbitrary arrest, unacknowledged de-
tention without charges and trial, and jailing of
persons solely for the nonviolent expression of
their political views; and
(C) use of prison labor to produce cheap
products for export to countries, including the
United States, in violation of international labor
treaties and United States law.
(4) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China continues to deny Chinese citizens and others,
who have supported the prodemocracy movement,
the right of free emigration despite having pledged
to do so in 1991.
(5) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China continues to use military and police forces to
intimidate and repress the Tibetan people seeking
political and religious freedom, and continues to vio-
late the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention
by encouraging the resettlement of large numbers of
Chinese in Tibet.
(6) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China continues to engage in unfair trade practices
against the United States by raising tariffs, employ-
ing taxes as a surcharge on tariffs, using discrimina-
tory customs rates, imposing import quotas and
other quantitative restrictions, barring the importa-
tion of certain items, using licensing and testing re-
quirements to limit imports, and falsifying country
of origin documentation to transship textiles and