Trade Promotion Authority: Possible Vote on Two-Year Extension (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised July 18, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RS22102 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Lenore Sek, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
Under the Trade Act of 2002 ( P.L. 107-210 ), Congress approved expedited legislative
procedures
(no amendment, limited debate) for trade agreements that were entered into before July 1, 2005. The
Act provided an automatic two-year extension if: (1) the President requested an extension not later
than April 1, 2005; and (2) neither House of the Congress adopted an extension disapproval
resolution before July 1, 2005. The President submitted the request for an extension on March 30,
2005. An extension disapproval resolution ( S.Res. 100 ) was introduced in the Senate
and referred to the Senate Finance Committee on April 6, 2005. Under the 2002 Trade Act, a
resolution had to be reported out of committee to be considered on the floor. By July 1, 2005, the
Senate Finance Committee had not reported out S.Res. 100 . No extension disapproval
resolution had been introduced in the House. Therefore, the two year extension was not disapproved,
and expedited legislative procedures will apply to trade agreements entered into before July 1, 2007.
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