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.
PL 106-286 (H.R.4444), enacted 10/10/2000

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Public Law 106-286 
106th Congress 
An Act 
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ment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations 
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between the United States and the People's Republic of China. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 divisions 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. 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 People'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 subpoenas; 
administration of oaths. 
Sec. 307. Appropriations for the Commission. 
Sec. 308. Staff of the Commission. 
Sec. 309. Printing and binding costs. 
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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 Complijuice 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 Obhgations 
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. 
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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. 
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TITLE VII—RELATED ISSUES 
Sec. 701. Authorizations of appropriations for broadcasting capital improvements 
and international broadcasting operations. 
DIVISION 
A—NORMAL TRADE 
RELA-
TIONS FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 
OF CHINA 
TITLE I—NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
SEC. 101. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 19USC2431 
IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO THE PEOPLE'S 
note. 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTENSION OF NON-
DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwithstanding 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 paragraph (1) with 
respect to the People's Republic of China, proclaim the exten-
sion 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 
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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 certifying 
that the terms and conditions for the accession of the People's 
Republic of China to the World Trade Organization are at least 
equivalent to those agreed between the United States and the 
People's Republic of China on November 15, 1999. 
19 use 2431 
SEC. 102. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—The 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment pursuant to section 101(a) 
shall be effective no earlier 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 non-
discriminatory 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 coimtry. 
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 "CURRENTLY"; 
(2) by inserting before section 401 the following: 
"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 
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"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 disruption to the domestic producers 
of a like or directly competitive 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 nec-
essary to prevent or remedy the market disruption. 
"(b) INITL^TION 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 Representatives, 
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 Commission (in this subtitle referred to as 
the 'Commission') shall promptly make £in investigation to deter-
mine whether products of the People's Republic of China are being 
imported into the United States in such increased quantities or 
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under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause market 
disruption to the domestic producers of Uke or directly 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 conducted under this section. 
"(4) Whenever a petition is filed, or a request or resolution 
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 on Finance of the Senate, except that in the 
case of confidential business information, the copy may include 
only nonconfidential summaries of such information. 
"(5) The Commission shall pubUsh notice of the commencement 
Federal Register, 
of any proceeding under this subsection in the Federal Register publication. 
2m.d shall, within a reasonable time thereafl;er, hold public hearings 
at which the Commission shall afford interested parties an oppor-
tunity to be present, to present evidence, to respond to the presen-
tations of other parties, and otherwise to be heard. 
"(c) MARKET DISRUPTION.—(1) For purposes of this section, 
market disruption exists whenever imports of an article Uke or 
directly competitive with an article produced by a domestic industry 
are increasing rapidly, either absolutely or relatively, so as to 
be a significant cause of material injury, or threat of material 
injury, to the domestic industry. 
"(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'significant cause' 
refers to a cause which contributes significantly to the material 
injury of the domestic industry, but need not be equal to or greater 
than any other cause. 
"(d) FACTORS IN DETERMINATION.—In determining whether 
market disruption exists, the Commission shall consider objective 
factors, including— 
"(1) the volume of imports of the product which is the 
subject of the investigation; 
"(2) the effect of imports of such product on prices in 
the United States for like or directly competitive articles; and 
"(3) the effect of imports of such product on the domestic 
industry producing like or directly competitive articles. 
The presence or absence of any factor under paragraph (1), (2), 
or (3) is not necessarily dispositive of whether market disruption 
exists. 
"(e) TIME FOR COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS.—The Commission Deadline, 
shall make and transmit to the President and the Trade Representa-
tive its determination under subsection (b)(1) at the earliest prac-
ticable time, but in no case later than 60 days (or 90 days in 
the case of a petition requesting relief under subsection (i)) after 
the date on which the petition is filed, the request or resolution 
is received, or the motion is adopted, under subsection (b). If the 
Commissioners voting are equally divided with respect to its deter-
mination, then the determination agreed upon by either group 
of Commissioners may be considered by the President and the 
Trade Representative as the determination of the Commission. 
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"(f) 
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMISSION ON PROPOSED REM-
EDIES.—If the Commission makes an affirmative determination 
under subsection (b), or a determination which the President or 
the Trade Representative may consider as affirmative under sub-
section (e), the Commission shall propose the amount of increase 
in, or imposition of, any duty or other import restrictions necessary 
to prevent or remedy the market disruption. Only those members 
of the Commission who agreed to the affirmative determination 
under subsection (b) are eligible to vote on the proposed action 
to prevent or remedy market disruption. Members of the Commis-
sion who did not agree to the affirmative determination may submit, 
in the report required under subsection (g), separate views 
regarding what action, if any, should be taken to prevent or remedy 
market disruption. 
"(g) REPORT BY COMMISSION.—(1) Not later than 20 days after 
a determination under subsection (b) is made, the Commission 
shall submit a report to the President and the Trade Representative. 
"(2) The Commission shall include in the report required under 
paragraph (1) the following: 
"(A) The determination made under subsection (b) and 
an explanation of the basis for the determination. 
"(B) If the determination under subsection (b) is affirma-
tive, or may be considered by the President or the Trade Rep-
resentative as affirmative 
under subsection (e), the rec-
ommendations of the Commission on proposed remedies under 
subsection (f) and an explanation of the basis for each rec-
ommendation. 
"(C) Any dissenting or separate views by members of the 
Commission regarding the determination and any recommenda-
tion referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
"(D) A description of— 
"(i) the short- and long-term effects that implementa-
tion of the action recommended under subsection (f) is 
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likely to have on the petitioning domestic industry, on 
other domestic industries, and on consumers; and 
"(ii) the short- and long-term effects of not taking the 
recommended action on the petitioning domestic industry, 
its workers, and the communities where production facili-
ties of such industry are located, and on other domestic 
industries. 
"(3) The Commission, after submitting a report to the President 
under paragraph (1), shall promptly make it available to the public 
(but shall not include confidential business information) and cause 
a summary thereof to be published in the Federal Register. 
"(h) OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT VIEWS AND EVIDENCE ON PRO-
POSED MEASURE AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE PRESIDENT.—(1) 
Within 20 days after receipt of the Commission's report under 
subsection (g) (or 15 days in the case of an affirmative preliminary 
determination under subsection (i)(l)(B)), the Trade Representative 
shall publish in the Federal Register notice of any measure proposed 
by the Trade Representative to be taken pursuant to subsection 
(a) and of the opportunity, including a public hearing, if requested, 
for importers, exporters, and other interested parties to submit 
their views and evidence on the appropriateness of the proposed 
measure and whether it would be in the public interest. 
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"(2) Within 55 days after receipt of the report under subsection 
(g) (or 35 days in the case of an affirmative preHminary determina-
tion under subsection (i)(l)(B)), the Trade Representative, taking 
into account the views and evidence received under paragraph 
(1) on the measure proposed by the Trade Representative, shall 
make a recommendation to the President concerning what action, 
if £iny, to take to prevent or remedy the market disruption. 
"(i) CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—(1) When a petition filed under Deadline. 
subsection (b) alleges that critical circumstances exist and requests 
that provisional relief be provided under this subsection with respect 
to the product identified in the petition, the Commission shall, 
not later than 45 days after the petition containing the request 
is filed— 
"(A) determine whether delay in taking action under this 
section would cause damage to the relevant domestic industry 
which would be difficult to repair; and 
"(B) if the determination under subparagraph (A) is 
affirmative, make a preliminary determination of whether 
imports of the product which is the subject of the investigation 
have caused or threatened to cause market disruption. 
If the Commissioners voting are equally divided with respect to 
either of its determinations, then the determination agreed upon 
by either group of Commissioners may be considered by the Presi-
dent and the Trade Representative as the determination of the 
Commission. 
"(2) On the date on which the Commission completes its deter-
minations under paragraph (1), the Commission shall transmit 
a report on the determinations to the President and the Trade 
Representative, including the reasons for its determinations. If the 
determinations under paragraph (1) are affirmative, or may be 
considered by the President or the Trade Representative as affirma-
tive under paragraph (1), the Commission shall include in its report 
its recommendations on proposed provisional measures to be taken 
to prevent or remedy the market disruption. Only those members 
of the Commission who agreed to the affirmative determinations 
under paragraph (1) are eligible to vote on the proposed provisional 
measures to prevent or remedy market disruption. Members of 
the Commission who did not agree to the affirmative determinations 
may submit, in the report, dissenting or separate views regarding 
the determination and any recommendation of provisional measures 
referred to in this paragraph. 
"(3) If the determinations under paragraph (1) are affirmative, 
, 
or may be considered by the President or the Trade Representative 
as affirmative under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall, 
within 10 days after receipt of the Commission's report, determine 
the amount or extent of provisional relief that is necessary to 
prevent or remedy the market disruption and shall provide a rec-
ommendation to the President on what provisional measures, if 
any, to take. 
"(4)(A) The President shall determine whether to provide provi-
sional relief and proclaim such relief, if any, within 10 days after 
receipt of the recommendation from the Trade Representative. 
"(B) Such relief may take the form of— 
"(i) the imposition of or increase in any duty; 
"(ii) any modification, or imposition of any quantitative 
restriction on the importation of an article into the United 
Steites; or 
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"(iii) any combination of actions under clauses (i) and (ii). 
"(C) Any provisional action proclaimed by the President pursu-
ant to a determination of critical circumstances shall remain in 
effect not more than 200 days. 
"(D) Provisional relief shall cease to apply upon the effective 
date of relief proclaimed under subsection (a), upon a decision 
by the President not to provide such relief, or upon a negative 
determination by the Commission under subsection (b). 
"(j) AGREEMENTS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) The Trade Representative is authorized to enter into agreements 
for the People's Republic of China to take such action as necessary 
to prevent or remedy market disruption, and should seek to conclude 
such agreements before the expiration of the 60-day consultation 
period provided for under the product-specific safeguard provision 
of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China to 
the WTO, which shall commence not later than 5 days after the 
Trade Representative receives an affirmative determination pro-
vided for in subsection (e) or a determination which the Trade 
Representative considers to be an affirmative determination pursu-
ant to subsection (e). 
"(2) If no agreement is reached with the People's Republic 
of China pursuant to consultations under paragraph (1), or if the 
President determines than an agreement reached pursuant to such 
consultations is not preventing or remed3dng the market disruption 
at issue, the President shall provide import relief in accordance 
with subsection (a). 
"(k) STANDARD FOR PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—(1) Within 15 days 
after receipt of a recommendation from the Trade Representative 
under subsection (h) on the appropriate action, if any, to take 
to prevent or remedy the market disruption, the President shall 
provide import relief for such industry pursuant to subsection (a), 
unless the President determines that provision of such relief is 
not in the national economic interest of the United States or, 
in extraordinary cases, that the taking of action pursuant to sub-
section (a) would cause serious harm to the national security of 
the United States. 
"(2) The President may determine under paragraph (1) that 
providing import relief is not in the national economic interest 
of the United States only if the President finds that the taking 
of such action would have an adverse impact on the United States 
economy clearly greater than the benefits of such action. 
"(1) PUBLICATION OF DECISION AND REPORTS.—(1) The Presi-
dent's decision, including the reasons therefor and the scope and 
duration of any action taken, shall be published in the Federal 
Register. 
"(2) The Commission shall promptly make public any report 
transmitted under this section, but shall not make public any 
information which the Commission determines to be confidential, 
and shall publish notice of such report in the Federal Register. 
"(m) EFFECTIVE DATE OF RELIEF.—Import relief under this 
section shall take effect not later than 15 days sifter the President's 
determination to provide such relief. 
"(n) MODIFICATIONS OF RELIEF.—(1) At any time after the end 
of the 6-month period beginning on the date on which relief under 
subsection (m) first takes effect, the President may request that 
the Commission provide a report on the probable effect of the 
modification, reduction, or termination of the relief provided on 
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the relevant industry. The Commission shall transmit such report 
to the President witMn 60 days of the request. 
"(2) The President may, after receiving a report from the 
Commission under paragraph (1), take such action to modify, 
reduce, or terminate relief that the President determines is nec-
essary to continue to prevent or remedy the market disruption 
at issue. 
"(3) Upon the granting of relief under subsection (k), the 
Commission shall collect such data as is necessary to allow it 
to respond rapidly to a request by the President under paragraph 
(1). 
"(o) EXTENSION OF ACTION.—(1) Upon request of the President, Deadline. 
or upon petition on behalf of the industry concerned filed with 
the Commission not earlier than the date which is 9 months, 
and not later than the date which is 6 months, before the date 
any relief provided under subsection (k) is to terminate, the 
Commission shall investigate to determine whether action under 
this section continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy market 
disruption. 
"(2) The Commission shall publish notice of the commencement 
Federal Register, 
of any proceeding under this subsection in the Federal Register publication. 
and shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, hold a public hearing 
at which the Commission shall afford interested parties and con-
sumers an opportunity to be present, to present evidence, and 
to respond to the presentations of other parties and consumers, 
and otherwise to be heard. 
"(3) The Commission shall transmit to the President a report 
on its investigation and determination under this subsection not 
later than 60 days before the action under subsection (m) is to 
terminate. 
"(4) The President, after receiving an affirmative determination 
from the Commission under paragraph (3), may extend the effective 
period of any action under this section if the President determines 
that the action continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy 
the market disruption. 
"SEC. 422. ACTION IN RESPONSE TO TRADE DIVERSION. 
19 USC 245 la. 
"(a) MONITORING BY CUSTOMS SERVICE.—In any case in which 
a WTO member other than the United States requests consultations 
with the People's Republic of China luider the product-specific safe-
guard provision of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic 
of China to the World Trade Orgeinization, the Trade Representative 
shall inform the United States Customs Service, which shall monitor 
imports into the United States of those products of Chinese origin 
that are the subject of the consultation request. Data from such 
monitoring shall promptly be made available to the Commission 
upon request by the Commission. 
"(b) INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION.—(1) Upon the filing of a 
petition by an entity described in section 202(a) of the Trade Act 
of 1974, upon the request of the President or the Trade Representa-
tive, upon resolution of either of the Committees, or on its own 
motion, the Commission shall promptly make an investigation to 
determine whether an action described in subsection (c) has caused, 
or threatens to cause, a significant diversion of trade into the 
domestic market of the United States. 
"(2) The Commission shall publish notice of the commencement 
Federal Register, 
of any proceeding under this subsection in th6 Federal Register publication. 
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and shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, hold public hearings 
at which the Commission shall afford interested parties an oppor-
tiuiity to be present, to present evidence, to respond to the presen-
tations of other parties, and otherwise to be heard. 
"(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 conducted under this section. 
"(c) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—An action is described in this sub-
section if it is an action— 
"(1) by the People's Republic of China to prevent or remedy 
market disruption in a WTO member other than the United 
States; 
"(2) by a WTO member other than the United States to 
withdraw concessions under the WTO Agreement or otherwise 
to limit imports to prevent or remedy market disruption; 
"(3) by a WTO member other than the United States to 
apply a provisional safeguard within the meaning of the 
product-specific safeguard provision of the Protocol of Accession 
of the People's Republic of China to the WTO; or 
"(4) any combination of actions described in paragraphs 
(1) through (3). 
"(d) BASIS FOR DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANT DIVERSION.— 
(1) In determining whether significant diversion or the threat 
thereof exists for purposes of this section, the Commission shall 
take into account, to the extent such evidence is reasonably 
available— 
"(A) the monitoring conducted under subsection (a); 
"(B) the actual or imminent increase in United States 
market share held by such imports from the People's Republic 
of China; 
"(C) the actual or imminent increase in volume of such 
imports into the United States; 
"(D) the nature and extent of the action taken or proposed 
by the WTO member concerned; 
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"(E) the extent of exports fi-om the People's Republic of 
China to that WTO member and to the United States; 
"(F) the actual or imminent changes in exports to that 
WTO member due to the action taken or proposed; 
"(G) the actual or imminent diversion of exports fi-om the 
People's Republic of China to countries other than the United 
States; 
"(H) cyclical or seasonal trends in import volumes into 
the United States of the products at issue; and 
"(I) conditions of demand and supply in the United States 
market for the products at issue. 
The presence or absence of any factor under any of subparagraphs 
(A) through (I) is not necessarily dispositive of whether a significant 
diversion of trade or the threat thereof exists. 
"(2) For purposes of making its determination, the Commission 
shall examine changes in imports into the United States from 
the People's Republic of China since the time that the WTO member 
commenced the investigation that led to a request for consultations 
described in subsection (a). 
"(3) If more than one action by a WTO member or WTO mem-
bers against a particular product is identified in the petition. 
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request, or resolution under subsection (b) or during the investiga-
tion, the Commission may cumulatively assess the actual or likely 
effects of such actions jointly in determining whether a significant 
diversion of trade or threat thereof exists. 
"(e) 
COMMISSION DETERMINATION; AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) The Commission shall make and transmit to the President 
and the Trade Representative its determination under subsection 
(b) at the earliest practicable time, but in no case later than 45 
days after the date on which the petition is filed, the request 
or resolution is received, or the motion is adopted, under subsection 
(b). If the Commissioners voting are equally divided with respect 
to its determination, then the determination agreed upon by either 
group of Commissioners may be considered by the President and 
the Trade Representative as the determination of the Commission. 
"(2) The Trade Representative is authorized to enter into agree-
ments with the People's Republic of China or the other WTO mem-
bers concerned to take such action as necessary to prevent or 
remedy significant trade diversion or threat thereof into the 
domestic market of the United States, and should seek to conclude 
such agreements before the expiration of the 60-day consultation 
period provided for under the product-specific safeguard provision 
of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China to 
the WTO, which shall commence not later than 5 days after the 
Trade Representative receives an affirmative determination pro-
vided for in paragraph (1) or a determination which the Trade 
Representative considers to be an affirmative determination pursu-
ant to paragraph (1). 
"(3) REPORT BY COMMISSION.— 
"(A) Not later than 10 days after a determination under 
subsection (b), is made, the Commission shall transmit a report 
to the President and the Trade Representative. 
"(B) The Commission shall include in the report required 
under subparagraph (A) the following: 
"(i) The determination made under subsection (b) and 
an explanation of the basis for the determination. 
"(ii) If the determination under subsection (b) is 
affirmative, or may be considered by the President or the 
Trade Representative as affirmative under subsection 
(e)(1), the recommendations of the Commission on increased 
tariffs or other import restrictions to be imposed to prevent 
or remedy the trade diversion or threat thereof, and expla-
nations of the bases for such recommendations. Only those 
members of the Commission who agreed to the affirmative 
determination under subsection (b) are eligible to vote on 
the proposed action to prevent or remedy the trade diver-
sion or threat thereof. 
"(iii) Any dissenting or separate views by members 
of the Commission regarding the determination and any 
recommendation referred to in clauses (i) and (ii). 
"(iv) A description of— 
"(I) 
the 
short- 
and 
long-term 
effects 
that 
implementation of the action recommended under 
clause (ii) is likely to have on the petitioning domestic 
industry, on other domestic industries, and on con-
sumers; and 
"(II) the short- and long-term effects of not taking 
the recommended action on the petitioning domestic 
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industry, its workers and the communities where 
production facilities of such industry are located, and 
on other domestic industries. 
"(C) The Commission, after submitting a report to the 
President under subparagraph (A), shall promptly make it 
available to the public (with the exception of confidential busi-
ness information) and cause a summary thereof to be published 
in the Federal Register. 
"(f) PUBLIC COMMENT.—If consultations fail to lead to an agree-
ment with the People's Republic of China or the WTO member 
concerned within 60 days, the Trade Representative shall promptly 
publish notice in the Federal Register of any proposed action to 
prevent or remedy the trade diversion, and provide an opportunity 
for interested persons to present views and evidence on whether 
the proposed action is in the public interest. 
"(g) RECOMMENDATION TO THE PRESIDENT.—Within 20 days 
after the end of consultations pursuant to subsection (e), the Trade 
Representative shall make a recommendation to the President on 
what action, if any, should be taken to prevent or remedy the 
trade diversion or threat thereof. 
"(h) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—Within 20 days after receipt of 
the recommendation from the Trade Representative, the President 
shall determine what action to take to prevent or remedy the 
trade diversion or threat thereof. 
"(i) DURATION OF ACTION.—^Action taken under subsection (h) 
shall be terminated not later than 30 days after expiration of 
the action taken by the WTO member or members involved against 
imports from the People's Republic of China. 
"(j) REVIEW OF CIRCUMSTANCES.—(1) The Commission shall 
review the continued need for action taken under subsection (h) 
if the WTO member or members involved notify the Committee 
on Safeguards of the WTO of any modification in the action taken 
by them against the People's Republic of China pursuant to con-
sultation referred to in subsection (a). The Commission shall, not 
later than 60 days after such notification, determine whether a 
significant diversion of trade continues to exist and report its deter-
mination to the President. The President shall determine, within 
15 days after receiving the Commission's report, whether to modify, 
withdraw, or keep in place the action taken under subsection (h). 
"SEC. 423. REGULATIONS; TERMINATION OF PROVISION. 
"(a) To CARRY OUT RESTRICTIONS AND MONITORING.—The Presi-
dent shall by regulation provide for the efficient and fair administra-
tion of any restriction proclaimed pursuant to the subtitle and 
to provide for effective monitoring of imports under section 422(a). 
"(b) To CARRY OUT AGREEMENTS.—To carry out an agreement 
concluded pursuant to consultations xinder section 421(j) or 
422(e)(2), the President is authorized to prescribe regulations gov-
erning the entry or withdrawal from weirehouse of articles covered 
by such agreement. 
"(c) TERMINATION DATE.—This subtitle and any regulations 
issued under this subtitle shall cease to be effective 12 years after 
the date of entry into force of the Protocol of Accession of the 
People's Republic of China to the WTO.". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of the 
Trade Act of 1974 is amended— 
(1) in the item relating to title IV, by striking the following: 
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"CURRENTLY'; 
(2) by inserting before the item relating to section 401 
the following: 
"CHAPTER 1—TRADE RELATIONS WITH CERTAIN COUNTRIES"; 
and 
(3) by adding after the item relating to section 409 the 
following: 
"CHAPTER 2—RELIEF FROM MARKET DISRUPTION TO INDUSTRIES AND DIVERSION OF 
TRADE TO THE UNITED STATES MARKET 
"Sec. 421. Action to address market disruption. 
-
"Sec. 422. Action in response to trade diversion. 
"Sec. 423. Regulations; termination of provision.". 
SEC. 104. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 123 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974— 
COMPENSATION AUTHORITY. 
Section 123(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2133(a)(1)) 
is amended by inserting after "title III" the following: ", or under 
chapter 2 of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974". 
DIVISION B—UNITED STATES-CHINA 
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TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE OF DIVISION; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF DIVI- 
22 USC 6901 
SION. 
note. 
(a) SHORT TITLE OF DIVISION.—This division may be cited as 
the "U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF DIVISION.—The table of contents 
of this division is as follows: 
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. Polic3r. 
Sec. 204. Definitions. 
TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
Sec. 301. Establishment of Congressional-Executive Commission on the People'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 subpoenas; 
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. 
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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. AccessionofTaiwan to the WTO. 
TITLE VII—RELATED ISSUES 
Sec. 701. Authorizations of appropriations for broadcasting capital improvements 
and international broadcasting operations. 
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SEC. 202. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1980, the United States opened trade relations with 
the People's Republic of China by entering into a bilateral 
trade agreement, which was approved by joint resolution 
enacted pursuant to section 405(c) of the Trade Act of 1974. 
(2) Since 1980, the President has consistently extended 
nondiscriminatory treatment to products of the 
People's 
Republic of China, pursuant to his authority under section 
404 of the Trade Act of 1974. 
(3) Since 1980, the United States has entered into several 
additional trade-related agreements with the People's Republic 
of China, including a memorandum of understanding on market 
access in 1992, two agreements on intellectual property rights 
protection in 1992 and 1995, and an agreement on agricultural 
cooperation in 1999. 
(4) Trade in goods between the People's Republic of China 
and the United States totaled almost $95,000,000,000 in 1999, 
compared with approximately $18,000,000,000 in 1989, rep-
resenting growth of approximately 428 percent over 10 years. 
(5) The United States merchgmdise trade deficit with the 
People's Republic of China has grown from approximately 
$6,000,000,000 in 1989 to over $68,000,000,000 in 1999, a 
growth of over 1,000 percent. 
(6) The People's Republic of China currently restricts 
imports through relatively high tariffs and nontariff barriers, 
including import licensing, technology transfer, and local con-
tent requirements. 
(7) United States businesses attempting to sell goods to 
markets in the People's Republic of China have complained 
of uneven application of tariffs, customs procedures, and other 
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laws, rules, and administrative measures affecting their ability 
to sell tEeir products in the Chinese market. 
(8) On November 15, 1999, the United States and the 
People's Republic of China concluded a bilateral agreement 
concerning terms of the People's Republic of China's eventual 
accession to the World Trade Organization. 
(9) The commitments that the People's Republic of China 
made in its November 15, 1999, agreement with the United 
States promise to eliminate or^ greatly reduce the principal 
barriers to trade with and investment in the People's Republic 
of China, if those commitments are effectively complied with 
' and enforced. 
(10) The record of the People's Republic of China in imple-
menting trade-related commitments has been mixed. While the 
People's Republic of China has generally met the requirements 
of the 1992 market access memorandum of understanding and 
the 1992 and 1995 agreements on intellectual property rights 
protection, other measures remain in place or have been put 
into place which tend to diminish the benefit to United States 
businesses, farmers, and workers from the People's Republic 
of China's implementation of those earlier commitments. 
Notably, administration of tariff-rate quotas and other trade-
related laws remains opaque, new local content requirements 
have proliferated, restrictions on importation of animal and 
plant products are not always supported by sound science, 
and licensing requirements for importation and distribution 
of goods remain common. Finally, the Government of the Peo-
ple's Republic of China has failed to cooperate with the United 
States Customs Service in implementing a 1992 memorandum 
of understanding prohibiting trade in products made by prison 
labor. 
(11) The human rights record of the People's Republic 
of China is a matter of very serious concern to the Congress. 
The Congress notes that the Department of State's 1999 
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the People's 
Republic of China finds that "[t]he Government's poor human 
rights record deteriorated markedly throughout the year, as 
the Government intensified efforts to suppress dissent, particu-
larly organized dissent.". 
(12) The Congress deplores violations by the Government 
of the People's Republic of China of human rights, religious 
freedoms, and worker rights that are referred to in the Depart-
ment of State's 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Prac-
tices for the People's Republic of China, including the banning 
of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, denial in many cases, 
particularly politically sensitive ones, of effective representation 
by counsel and public trials, extrajudicisil killings and torture, 
forced abortion and sterilization, restriction of access to Tibet 
and Xinjiang, perpetuation of "reeducation through labor", 
denial of the right of workers to organize labor unions or 
bargain collectively with their employers, and failure to imple-
ment a 1992 memorandum of understanding prohibiting trade 
in products made by prison labor. 
SEC. 203. POLICY. 
22 USC 6902. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
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(1) to develop trade relations that broaden the benefits 
of trade, and lead to a leveling up, rather than a leveling 
down, of labor, environmental, commercial rule of law, market 
access, anticorruption, and other standards across national bor-
ders; 
(2) to pursue effective enforcement of trade-related and 
other international commitments by foreign 
governments 
through enforcement mechanisms of international organizations 
and through the application of United States law as appro-
priate; 
(3) to encourage foreign governments to conduct both 
commercial and noncommercial affairs according to the rule 
of law developed through democratic processes; 
(4) to encourage the Government of the People's Republic 
of China to afford its workers internationally recognized worker 
rights; 
(5) to encourage the Government of the People's Republic 
of China to protect the human rights of people within the 
territory of the People's Republic of China, and to take steps 
toward protecting such rights, including, but not Hmited to— 
(A) ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and 
Political Rights; 
(B) protecting the right to liberty of movement and 
freedom to choose a residence within the People's Republic 
of China and the right to leave from and return to the 
People's Republic of China; and 
(C) affording a criminal defendant— 
(i) the right to be tried in his or her presence, 
and to defend himself or herself in person or through 
legal assistance of his or her own choosing; 
(ii) the right to be informed, if he or she does 
not have legal assistance, of the right set forth in 
clause (i); 
(iii) the right to have legal assistance assigned 
to him or her in any case in which the interests of 
justice so require and without pa3mient by him or 
her in any such case if he or she does not have suffi-
cient means to pay for it; 
(iv) the right to a fair and public hearing by a 
competent, independent, and impartial tribunal estab-
lished by the law; 
(v) the right to be presumed innocent until proved 
guilty according to law; and 
(vi) the right to be tried without undue delay; 
and 
(6) to highlight in the United Nations Human Rights 
Commission and in other appropriate fora violations of human 
rights by foreign governments and to seek the support of other 
governments in urging improvements in human rights prac-
tices. 
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SEC. 204. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division: 
(1) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING.—The term "Dis-
pute Settlement Understanding" means the Understanding on 
Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes 
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114 STAT. 895 
referred to in section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(16)). 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
The term "Government of the People's Repubhc of China" means 
the central Government of the People's Republic of China and 
any other governmental entity, including any provincial, prefec-
tural, or local entity and any enterprise that is controlled 
by the central Government or any such governmental entity 
or as to which the central Government or any such govern-
mental entity is entitled to receive a majority of the profits. 
(3) INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WORKER RIGHTS.—The 
term "internationally recognized worker rights" has 
the 
meaning given that term in section 507(4) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(4)) and includes the right to the elimi-
nation of the "worst forms of child labor", as defined in section 
507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 
(4) TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.—^The term "Trade Representa-
tive" means the United States Trade Representative. 
(5) WTO; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.—The terms "WTO" 
and "World Trade Organization" mean the organization estab-
lished pursuant to the WTO Agreement. 
(6) WTO AGREEMENT.—The term "WTO Agreement" means 
the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization 
entered into on April 15, 1994. 
(7) WTO MEMBER.—The term "WTO member" has the 
mesQiing given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10)). 
TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE 
COMMISSION 
ON 
THE 
PEOPLE'S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMIS- 
22 USC 6911. 
SIGN ON THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
There is established a Congressional-Executive Commission on 
the People's Republic of China (in this title referred to as the 
"Commission"). 
SEC. 302. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION. 
22 USC 6912. 
(a) MONITORING 
COMPLIANCE 
WITH 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS.—The 
Commission shall monitor the acts of the People's Republic of China 
which reflect compliance with or violation of human rights, in 
particular, those contained in the International Covensmt on Civil 
and Political Rights and in the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights, including, but not limited to, effectively affording— 
(1) the right to engage in free expression without fear 
of any prior restraints; 
(2) the right to peaceful assembly without restrictions, in 
accordance with international law; 
(3) religious freedom, including the right to worship free 
of involvement of and interference by the government; 
(4) the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose 
a residence within the People's Republic of China and the 
right to leave from and return to the People's Republic of 
China; 
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(5) the right of a criminal defendant— 
(A) to be tried in his or her presence, and to defend 
himself or herself in person or through legal assistance 
of his or her own choosing; 
(B) to be informed, if he or she does not have legal 
assistance, of the right set forth in subparagraph (A); 
(C) to have legal assistsince assigned to him or her 
in any case in which the interests of justice so require 
and without payment by him or her in any such case 
if he or she does not have sufficient means to pay for 
it; 
(D) to a fair and public hearing by a competent, inde-
pendent, gmid impartial tribunal established by the law; 
(E) to be presumed innocent until proved guilty 
according to law; and 
(F) to be tried without undue delay; 
(6) the right to be free from torture and other forms of 
cruel or unusual punishment; 
(7) protection of internationally recognized worker rights; 
(8) freedom from incarceration as punishment for political 
opposition to the government; 
(9) freedom from incarceration as punishment for exercising 
or advocating human rights (including those described in this 
section); 
(10) freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile; 
(11) the right to fair and public hearings by an independent 
tribunal for the determination of a citizen's rights and obliga-
tions; and 
(12) free choice of employment. 
(b) VICTIMS LISTS.—The Commission shall compile and main-
tain lists of persons believed to be imprisoned, detained, or placed 
under house arrest, tortured, or otherwise persecuted by the 
Government of the People's Republic of China due to their pursuit 
of the rights described in subsection (a). In compiling such lists, 
the Commission shall exercise appropriate discretion, including con-
cerns regarding the safety and security of, and benefit to, the 
persons who may be included on the lists and their families. 
(c) MONITORING DEVELOPMENT OF RULE OF LAW.—The Commis-
sion shall monitor the development of the rule of law in the People's 
Republic of China, including, but not limited to— 
(1) progress toward the development of institutions of demo-
cratic governance; 
(2) processes by which statutes, regulations, rules, and 
other legal acts of the Government of the People's Republic 
of China are developed and become binding within the People's 
Republic of China; 
(3) the extent to which statutes, regulations, rules, adminis-
trative and judicial decisions, and other legal acts of the Govern-
ment of the People's Republic of China are published and 
are made accessible to the public; 
(4) the extent to which administrative and judicial decisions 
are supported by statements of reasons that are based upon 
written statutes, regulations, rules, and other legal acts of 
the Government of the People's Republic of China; 
(5) the extent to which individuals are treated equally 
under the laws of the of the People's Republic of China without 
regard to citizenship; 
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114 STAT. 897 
(6) the extent to which administrative and judicial decisions 
are independent of poHtical pressure or governmental inter-
ference and are reviewed by entities of appellate jurisdiction; 
and 
(7) the extent to which laws in the People's Republic of 
China are written and administered in ways that are consistent 
with international human rights standards, including the 
requirements of the International Covenant on Civil and Polit-
ical Rights. 
(d) BILATERAL COOPERATION.—^The Commission shall monitor 
£ind encourage the development of programs and activities of the 
United States Government and private organizations with a view 
toward increasing the interchange of people and ideas between 
the United States and the People's Republic of China and expanding 
cooperation in areas that include, but are not limited to— 
(1) increasing enforcement of human rights described in 
subsection (a); and 
(2) developing the rule of law in the People's Republic 
of China. 
(e) CONTACTS WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—In 
performing the functions described in subsections (a) through (d), 
the Commission shall, as appropriate, seek out and maintain con-
tacts with nongovernmental organizations, including receiving 
reports and updates from such organizations and evaluating such 
reports. 
(f) COOPERATION WITH SPECIAL COORDINATOR.—In performing 
the functions described in subsections (a) through (d), the Commis-
sion shall cooperate with the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues 
in the Department of State. 
(g) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Commission shall issue a report 
to the President and the Congress not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the 
end of each 12-month period thereafter, setting forth the findings 
of the Commission during the preceding 12-month period, in car-
rying out subsections (a) through (c). The Commission's report 
may contain recommendations for legislative or executive action. 
(h) SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Commis-
sion's report under subsection (g) shall include specific information 
as to the nature and implementation of laws or policies concerning 
the rights set forth in paragraphs (1) through (12) of subsection 
(a), and as to restrictions applied to or discrimination against per-
sons exercising any of the rights set forth in such paragraphs. 
(i) CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) 
The 
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives shall, not later than 30 days after the receipt by the Congress 
of the report referred to in subsection (g), hold hearings on the 
contents of the report, including any recommendations contained 
therein, for the purpose of receiving testimony from Members of 
Congress, and such appropriate representatives of Federal depart-
ments and agencies, and interested persons and groups, as the 
committee deems advisable, with a view to reporting to the House 
of Representatives any appropriate legislation in furtherance of 
such recommendations. If any such legislation is considered by 
the Committee on International Relations within 45 days after 
receipt by the Congress of the report referred to in subsection 
(g), it shall be reported by the committee not later than 60 days 
sdter receipt by the Congress of such report. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
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(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) are enacted by the 
Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House 
of Representatives, and as such are deemed a part of the 
rules of the House, and they supersede other rules only to 
the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the 
House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure 
of the House) at £uiy time, in the same manner and to the 
same extent as in the case of any other rule of the House, 
(j) SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS.—The Commission may submit to 
the President and the Congress reports that supplement the reports 
described in subsection (g), as appropriate, in carrying out sub-
sections (a) through (c). 
22 use 6913. 
SEC. 303. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Commis-
sion shall be composed of 23 members as follows: 
(1) Nine Members of the House of Representatives 
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Five members shall be selected from the majority party and 
four members shall be selected, after consultation with the 
minority leader of the House, from the minority party. 
(2) Nine Members of the Senate appointed by the President 
of the Senate. Five members shall be selected, after consultation 
with the majority leader of the Senate, from the majority party, 
and four members shall be selected, after consultation with 
the minority leader of the Senate, from the minority party. 
(3) One representative of the Department of State, 
appointed by the President of the United States from among 
officers and employees of that Department. 
(4) One representative of the Department of Commerce, 
appointed by the President of the United States from among 
officers and employees of that Department. 
(5) One representative of the Department of Labor, 
appointed by the President of the United States from among 
officers and employees of that Department. 
(6) Two at-large representatives, appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, from among the officers and 
employees of the executive branch. 
(b) CHAIRMAN AND COCHAIRMAN.— 
(1) DESIGNATION OF CHAIRMAN.—At the beginning of each 
odd-numbered Congress, the President of the Senate, on the 
recommendation of the majority leader, shall designate one 
of the members of the Commission from the Senate as Chair-
man of the Commission. At the beginning of each even-num-
bered Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
shall designate one of the members of the Commission from 
the House as Chairman of the Commission. 
(2) DESIGNATION OF COCHAIRMAN.—At the beginning of each 
odd-numbered Congress, the Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives shall designate one of the members of the Commission 
from the House as Cochairman of the Commission. At the 
beginning of each even-numbered Congress, the President of 
the Senate, on the recommendation of the majority leader, 
shall designate one of the members of the Commission from 
the Senate as Cochairman of the Commission. 
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114 STAT. 899 
SEC. 304. VOTES OF THE COMMISSION. 
^ 
22 USC 6914. 
Decisions of the Commission, including adoption of reports and 
recommendations to the executive branch or to the Congress, shall 
be made by a majority vote of the members of the Commission 
present and voting. Two-thirds of the Members of the Commission 
shall constitute a quorum for purposes of conducting business. 
SEC. 305. EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
22 USC 6915. 
For each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made to 
the Commission, the Commission shall issue a report to the Con-
gress on its expenditures under that appropriation. 
SEC. 306. TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES, PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE; 
22 USC 6916. 
ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS; ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS. 
In carrying out this title, the Commission may require, by 
subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such wit-
nesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, 
memoranda, papers, documents, and electronically recorded data 
as it considers necessary. Subpoenas may be issued only pursuant 
to a two-thirds vote of members of the Commission present and 
voting. Subpoenas may be issued over the signature of the Chair-
man of the Commission or any member designated by the Chair-
man, and may be served by any person designated by the Chairman 
or such member. The Chairman of the Commission, or any member 
designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths to any witness. 
SEC. 307. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COMMISSION. 
22 USC 6917. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION; DISBURSEMENTS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal 
- 
year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to enable 
it to carry out its functions. Appropriations to the Commission 
are authorized to remain available until expended. 
(2) DISBURSEMENTS.—^Appropriations to the Commission 
shall be disbursed on vouchers approved— 
(A) jointly by the Chairman and the Cochairman; or 
(B) by a majority of the members of the personnel 
and administration committee established pursuant to sec-
tion 308. 
(b) FOREIGN TRAVEL FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES.—Foreign travel 
for official purposes by members and staff of the Commission may 
be authorized by either the Chairman or the Cochairmgin. 
SEC. 308. STAFF OF THE COMMISSION. 
22 USC 6918. 
(a) 
PERSONNEL 
AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
COMMITTEE.—The 
Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee 
composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior member 
of the Commission from the minority party of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the senior member of the Commission from the 
minority party of the Senate. 
(b) COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS.—All decisions pertaining to the 
hiring, firing, £ind fixing of pay of personnel of the Commission 
shall be by a majority vote of the personnel and administration 
committee, except that— 
(1) the Chairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the 
pay of the staff director, and the Cochairman shall be entitled 
to appoint and fix the pay of the Cochairman's senior staff 
member; and 
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(2) the Chairman and Cochairman shall each have the 
authority to appoint, with the approval of the personnel and 
administration committee, at least four professional staff mem-
bers who shall be responsible to the Chairman or the Cochair-
man (as the case may be) who appointed them. 
Subject to subsection (d), the personnel and administration com-
mittee may appoint and fix the pay of such other personnel as 
it considers desirable. 
(c) STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—^All staff appointments shall be made 
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
governing appointments in the competitive service, and without 
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of such title relating to classification and general schedule pay 
rates. 
(d) QUALIFICATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF.—The personnel 
and administration committee shall ensure that the professional 
staff of the Commission consists of persons with expertise in areas 
including human rights, internationally recognized worker rights, 
international economics, law (including international law), rule of 
law and other foreign assistance programming, Chinese politics, 
economy and culture, and the Chinese language. 
(e) COMMISSION EMPLOYEES AS CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of pay and other employ-
ment benefits, rights, and privileges, and for all other purposes, 
any employee of the Commission shall be considered to be 
a congressional employee as defined in section 2107 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(2) 
COMPETITIVE 
STATUS.—For 
purposes 
of 
section 
3304(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, employees of the 
Commission shall be considered as if they are in positions 
in which they are paid by the Secretary of the Senate or 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
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SEC. 309. PRINTDSTG AND BINDING COSTS. 
For purposes of costs relating to printing and binding, including 
the costs of personnel detailed from the Government Printing Office, 
the Commission shall be deemed to be a committee of the Congress. 
TITLE IV—MONITORING AND ENFORCE-
MENT 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 
22USC693L 
SEC. 401. REVIEW WITHIN THE WTO. 
It shall be the objective of the United States to obtain as 
part of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China 
to the WTO, an annual review within the WTO of the compliance 
by the People's Republic of China with its terms of accession to 
the WTO. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-286—OCT. 10, 2000 
114 STAT. 901 
Subtitle B—^Authorization To Promote 
Compliance With Trade Agreements 
SEC. 411. FINDINGS. 
22USC6941. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The opening of world markets through the elimination 
of tariff and nontariff barriers has contributed to a 56-percent 
increase in exports of United States goods and services since 
1992. 
(2) Such export expansion, along with an increase in trade 
generally, has helped fuel the longest economic expguision in 
United States history. 
(3) The United States Government must continue to be 
vigilant in monitoring and enforcing the compliance by our 
trading partners with trade agreements in order for United 
States businesses, workers, and farmers to continue to benefit 
from the opportunities created by market-opening trade agree-
ments. 
(4) The People's Republic of China, as part of its accession 
to the World Trade Orgguiization, has committed to eliminating 
significant trade barriers in the agricultural, services, and 
manufacturing sectors that, if realized, would provide consider-
able opportunities for United States farmers, businesses, and 
workers. 
(5) For these opportunities to be fully realized, the United 
States Government must effectively monitor and enforce its 
rights under the agreements on the accession of the People's 
RepubUc of China to the WTO. 
SEC. 412. PURPOSE. 
22 USC 6942. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize additional resources 
for the agencies and departments engaged in monitoring and 
enforcement of United States trade agreements and trade laws 
with respect to the People's Republic of China. 
SEC. 413. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
22 USC 6943. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Commerce, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
for additional staff for— 
(1) monitoring compliance by the People's Republic of China 
with its commitments under the WTO, assisting United States 
negotiators with ongoing negotiations in the WTO, and 
defending United States antidumping and countervailing duty 
measures with respect to products of the People's Republic 
of China; 
(2) enforcement of United States trade laws with respect 
to products of the People's Republic of China; and 
(3) a Trade Law Technical Assistance Center to assist 
small- and medium-sized businesses, workers, and unions in 
evaluating potential remedies available under the trade laws 
of the United States with respect to trade involving the People's 
Republic of China. 
(b) OVERSEAS COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.— 
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(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and 
the Department of State, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, 
and each fiscal year thereafter, to provide staff for monitoring 
in the People's Republic of China that country's compliance 
with its international trade obligations and to support the 
enforcement of the trade laws of the United States, as part 
of an Overseas Compliance Program which monitors abroad 
compliance with international trade obligations and supports 
the enforcement of United States trade laws. 
(2) REPORTING.—The annual report on compliance by the 
People's Republic of China submitted to the Congress under 
section 421 of this Act shall include the findings of the Overseas 
Compliance Program with respect to the People's Republic of 
China. 
(c) UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, 
and each fiscal year thereafter, for additional staff in— 
(1) the Office of the General Counsel, the Monitoring and 
Enforcement Unit, and the Office of the Deputy United States 
Trade Representative in Geneva, Switzerland, to investigate, 
prosecute, and defend cases before the WTO, and to administer 
United States trade laws, including title III of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq.) and other trade laws relating 
to intellectual property, government procurement, and tele-
communications, with respect to the People's Republic of China; 
(2) the Office of Economic Affairs, to analyze the impact 
on the economy of the United States, including United States 
exports, of acts of the Government of the People's Republic 
of China affecting access to markets in the People's Republic 
of China and to support the Office of the General Counsel 
in presenting cases to the WTO involving the People's Republic 
of China; 
(3) the geographic office for the People's Republic of China; 
£ind 
(4) offices relating to the WTO and to different sectors 
of the economy, including agriculture, industry, services, and 
intellectual property rights protection, to monitor and enforce 
the trade agreement obligations of the People's Republic of 
China in those sectors. 
(d) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
for additional staff to increase legal and technical expertise in 
areas covered by trade agreements £ind United States trade law, 
including food safety and biotechnology, for purposes of monitoring 
compliance by the People's Republic of China with its trade agree-
ment obligations. 
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Subtitle C—^Report on Compliance by the 
People's Republic of China With WTO 
Obligations 
SEC. 421. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the entry into 
force of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China 
to the WTO, and annually thereafter, the Trade Representative 
shall submit a report to Congress on compliance by the People's 
Republic of China with commitments made in connection with its 
accession to the World Trade Organization, including both multilat-
eral commitments and any bilateral commitments made to the 
United States. 
(b) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In preparing the report described 
in subsection (a), the Trade Representative shall seek public partici-
pation by publishing a notice in the Federal Register and holding 
a public hearing. 
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 
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Deadline. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
SEC. 601. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE. 
There is hereby estabhshed a task force on prohibition of 
importation of products of forced or prison labor from the People's 
Republic of China (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the 
"Task Force"). 
SEC. 502. FUNCTIONS OF TASK FORCE. 
The Task Force shall monitor and promote effective enforce-
ment of and compliance with section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1307) by performing the following functions: 
(1) Coordinate closely with the United States Customs 
Service to promote maximum effectiveness in the enforcement 
by the Customs Service of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 with respect to the products of the People's Republic 
of China. In order to assure such coordination, the Customs 
Service shall keep the Task Force informed, on a regular basis, 
of the progress of its investigations of allegations that goods 
are being entered into the United States, or that such entry 
is being attempted, in violation of the prohibition in section 
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on entry into the United States 
of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
in the People's Republic of China by convict labor, forced labor, 
or indentured labor under penal sanctions. Such investigations 
may include visits to foreign sites where goods sillegedly are 
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being mined, produced, or manufactured in a manner that 
would lead to prohibition of their importation into the United 
States under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
(2) Make recommendations to the Customs Service on 
seeking new agreements with the People's Republic of China 
to allow Customs Service officials to visit sites where goods 
may be mined, produced, or manufactured by convict labor, 
forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions. 
(3) Work with the Customs Service to assist the People's 
Republic of China and other foreign governments in monitoring 
the sale of goods mined, produced, or manufactured by convict 
labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions 
to ensure that such goods are not exported to the United 
States. 
(4) Coordinate closely with the Customs Service to promote 
maximum effectiveness in the enforcement by the Customs 
Service of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect 
to the products of the People's Republic of China. In order 
to assure such coordination, the Customs Service shall keep 
the Task Force informed, on a regular basis, of the progress 
of its monitoring of ports of the United States to ensure that 
goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
in the People's Republic of China by convict labor, forced labor, 
or indentured labor luider penal sanctions are not imported 
into the United States. 
(5) Advise the Customs Service in performing such other 
functions, consistent with existing authority, to ensure the effec-
tive enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
(6) Provide to the Customs Service all information obtained 
by the departments represented on the Task Force relating 
to the use of convict labor, forced labor, or/and indentured 
labor under penal sanctions in the mining, production, or manu-
facture of goods which may be imported into the United States. 
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SEC. 503. COMPOSITION OF TASK FORCE. 
The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of State, the Commissioner 
of Customs, £ind the heads of other executive branch agencies, 
as appropriate, acting through their respective designees at or 
above the level of Deputy Assistant Secretary, or in the case of 
the Customs Service, at or above the level of Assistant Commis-
sioner, shall compose the Task Force. The designee of the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall chair the Task Force. 
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SEC. 504. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001, 
and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary 
for the Task Force to carry out the functions described in section 
502. 
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SEC. 505. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Deadline. 
(a) FREQUENCY OF REPORTS.—Not later than the date that 
is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
later than the end of each 1-year period thereafter, the Task Force 
shall submit to the Congress a report on the work of the Task 
Force during the preceding 1-year period. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall set forth, at a minimum— 
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(1) the number of allegations of violations of section 307 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to products of the Peoples' 
Republic of China that were investigated during the preceding 
1-year period; 
(2) the number of actual violations of section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the products of the People's 
Republic of China that were discovered during the preceding 
1-year period; 
(3) in the case of each attempted entry of products of 
the People's Republic of China in violation of such section 
307 discovered during the preceding 1-year period— 
(A) the identity of the exporter of the goods; 
' 
(B) the identity of the person or persons who attempted 
to sell the goods for export; and 
(C) the identity of all parties involved in transshipment 
of the goods; and 
(4) such other information as the Task Force considers 
useful in monitoring and enforcing compliance with section 
; 
307 ofthe Tariff Act of 1930. 
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Subtitle B—^Assistance To Develop 
Commercial and Labor Rule of Law 
SEC. 511. ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND RULE OF 22 USC 6981. 
LAW PROGRAMS. 
^ 
(a) COMMERCE RULE OF LAW PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Com-
merce, in consultatioQ^ with the Secretsiry of State, is authorized 
to establish a program to conduct rule of law training and technical 
assistance related to commercial activities in the People's Republic 
of China. 
(b) LABOR RULE OF LAW PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL,—The Secretary of Labor, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, is authorized to establish a program 
to conduct rule of law training and technical assistance related 
to the protection of internationally recognized worker rights 
in the People's Republic of China. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Labor shall focus on activities including, but not 
limited t o ^ ' 
(A) developing, laws, regulations, and other measures 
to implement internationally recognized worker rights; 
(B) establishing national mechanisms for the enforce-
ment of national labor laws and regulations; 
(C) training government officials 
concerned 
with 
implementation and enforcement of national labor laws 
and regulations; and 
(D) developing an educational infrastructure to educate 
workers about their legal rights and protections under 
national labor laws and regulations. 
(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Labor may not provide 
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assistance under the program established under this subsection 
to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. 
(c) LEGAL SYSTEM AND CIVIL SOCIETY RULE OF LAW PROGRAM.— 
The Secretary of State is authorized to establish a program to 
conduct rule of law training and technical assistance related to 
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development of the legal system and civil society generally in the 
People's Republic of China. 
(d) CONDUCT OF PROGRAMS.—The programs authorized by this 
section may be used to conduct activities such as seminars and 
workshops, drafting of commercial and labor codes, legal training, 
publications, financing the operating costs for nongovernmental 
organizations working in this area, and funding the travel of 
individuals to the United States and to the People's Republic of 
China to provide and receive training. 
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SEC. 512. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES. 
In carrying out the programs authorized by section 511, the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor (in consultation 
with the Secretary of State) may utilize any of the authorities 
contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980. 
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SEC. 513. PROmBITION RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
Amounts made available to carry out this subtitle may not 
be provided to a component of a ministry or other administrative 
imit of the national, provincial, or other local governments of the 
People's Republic of China, to a nongovernmental organization, 
or to £in official of such governments or organizations, if the Presi-
dent has credible evidence that such component, administrative 
unit, organization or official has been materially responsible for 
the commission of human rights violations. 
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SEC. 514. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) COMMERCIAL LAW PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out the program 
described in section 511(a) such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter. 
(b) LABOR LAW PROGRAM.—There gire authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Labor to carry out the program described 
in section 511(b) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2001, and each fiscal year thereafter. 
(c) LEGAL SYSTEM AND CIVIL SOCIETY RULE OF LAW PROGRAM.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
to carry out the program described in section 511(c) such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS.—Except as provided 
in this division, funds may be made available to carry out the 
purposes of this subtitle notwithstanding any other provision of 
law. 
TITLE VI—ACCESSION OF TAIWAN TO 
THE WTO 
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SEC. 601. ACCESSION OF TAIWAN TO THE WTO. 
Itis the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) immediately upon approval by the General Council of 
the WTO of the terms and conditions of the accession of the 
People's Republic of China to the WTO, the United States 
representative to the WTO should request that the General 
Council of the WTO consider Taiwan's accession to the WTO 
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as the next order of business of the Council during the same 
session; and 
(2) the United States should be prepared to aggressively 
counter any effort by any WTO member, upon the approval 
of the General Council of the WTO of the terms and conditions 
of the accession of the People's Republic of China to the WTO, 
to block the accession of Taiwan to the WTO. 
TITLE VII—RELATED ISSUES 
SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BROADCASTING 
22 USC 7001. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL BROAD-
CASTING OPERATIONS. 
(a) 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—In addition to 
such sums as may otherwise be authorized to be appropriated, 
there are authorized to be appropriated for "Department of State 
and Related Agency, Related Agency, Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors, Broadcasting Capital Improvements" $65,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2001. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to 
such sums as are otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $34,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 for "Department of State 
and Related Agency, Related Agency, Broadcasting Board of 
Grovemors, International Broadcasting Operations" for the pur-
poses under paragraph (2). 
(2) USES OF FUNDS.—In addition to other authorized pur-
poses, funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be 
used for the following: 
(A) To increase personnel for the program development 
office to enhance marketing programming in the People's 
Republic of China and neighboring countries. 
(B) To enable Radio Free Asia's expansion of news 
research, production, call-in show capability, and web site/ 
Internet enhancement for the People's Republic of China 
and neighboring countries. 
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(C) VOA enhancements, including the opening of new 
news bureaus in Taipei and Shanghai, enhancement of 
TV Mandarin, and an increase of stringer presence abroad. 
Approved October 10, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4444 (S. 2277): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-632 (Comm. on Ways and Means). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-305 accompanying S. 2277 (Comm. on Finance). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
May 23, 24, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 7, 8, 11-15, 19, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 36 (2000): 
Oct. 10, Presidential remarks.