Trade Agreements: Procedure for Congressional Approval and Implementation (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Nov. 16, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RL32011 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Vladimir N. Pregelj, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
Trade agreements on tariff-and-nontariff barriers, including those establishing free-trade areas,
must
be approved and implemented by the enactment of implementing bills, for the consideration of which
expedited legislative procedures have been enacted. The procedures, initially referred to as "fast
track" and more recently as "trade authorities procedures," provide for mandatory introduction and
consideration of an implementing bill with deadlines for individual legislative stages, prohibit any
amendments, and require an up-or-down vote.
This report presents the individual statutes setting out the authorities and procedures for
relevant legislative action in a functional time-table, together with references to their public-law and
U.S. Code alphanumerical designations.
