HR 2212 · 102th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
United States-China Act of 1991
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Message on Senate action sent to the House.(1992-03-19)
Recorded Votes
FailedSenate · 1992-03-18
Roll #52 ↗Yea 60Nay 38
FailedSenate · 1992-03-18
Roll #52 ↗Yea 60Nay 38
PassedSenate · 1992-02-25
Roll #31 ↗Yea 59Nay 39
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Title I: Preconditions for the Receipt by China of Nondiscriminatory Treatment - Prohibits the President from recommending for a 12-month period in 1992 continuation of a waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China under the Trade Act of 1974 unless a specified report is submitted to the Congress stating that China has accounted for and released prisoners who dissented in Tiananmen Square on June 3, 1989 and made progress in: (1) preventing gross violations of human rights (including in Tibet); (2) ending religious persecution and releasing members of religious groups who were detained for their religious beliefs; (3) removing restrictions there and in Tibet on freedom of the press and on broadcasts by Voice of America; (4) terminating harassment of Chinese citizens in the United States, including the return and renewal of passports confiscated for prodemocracy activities; (5) ensuring access of international human rights monitoring groups to prisoners; (6) ensuring freedom from torture and from inhumane prison conditions; (7) terminating prohibitions on peaceful assembly and demonstration imposed afte…
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Cosponsors (20)
14 Democrats6 Republicans