[19960531]96-490_不批准延长中国最惠国待遇的立法程序.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web96-490 EMay 31, 1996Legislative Procedure for Disapproving theRenewal of Chinas Most-Favored-Nation Status(name redacted)Specialist in International Trade and FinanceEconomics DivisionSummaryThe continuation in effect of Chinas most-favored-nation status with the UnitedStates is contingent principally on the maintenance in force of the waiver of fullcompliance with the requirements of the freedom-of-emigration (“Jackson-Vanik”)amendment of the Trade Act of 1974. Waivers and their underlying authority must beextended annually. Such extensions are automatic upon presidential recommendation,to be made by June 3, unless they are disapproved by a joint resolution of Congress.Such resolutions are enacted should the Congress wish to do so under specificprocedural provisions, deemed a part of the rules of either House, and in this contextsuperseding other rules inconsistent with them. This report describes in functional orderand in detail the statutory procedure for the enactment of a joint resolution disapprovingthe extension of the China waiver.Presidential ActionA key element of Chin