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Latest Action: 06/20/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Bill TextCondemning ongoing human rights abuses in Vietnam, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should remove permanent normal trade relations status with Vietnam unless all political and religious prisoners are released and significant and immediate human rights reforms are made by the Government of Vietnam. 6/20/2007--Introduced. Condemns the ongoing human rights abuses in Vietnam and calls for the release of all political and religious prisoners there. Urges the United States to: (1) re-designate Vietnam as a Country of Particular Concern; (2) demand that the government of Vietnam comply with internationally recognized standards for basic freedoms and human rights; and (3) remove permanent normal trade relations status with Vietnam unless all political and religious prisoners are released and significant and immediate human rights reforms are made by the government of Vietnam.
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Latest Action: 09/23/2008 - Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Bill TextA bill to direct the Secretary of State to work with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments to develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic relations and energy security by accelerating the development of biofuels production, research, and infrastructure to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and increase income, while improving energy security and protecting the environment. 3/28/2007--Introduced. United States-Brazil Energy Cooperation Pact of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Western Hemisphere Energy Cooperation Forum which should seek to: (1) strengthen relationships between the United States and other countries of the Western Hemisphere through cooperation on energy issues; and (2) enhance cooperation between major energy producers and major energy consumers in the Western Hemisphere, particularly among the governments of Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela. Directs the U.S. government to seek to implement: [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China. 4/19/2007--Introduced. Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Allows the extension of such treatment to the products of that country, subsequently, only in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect with respect to such products on the day before the effective date of PRC accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Deems the extension of waiver authority in effect before such date not to have expired, and to continue in effect until 90 days after enactment of this Act.
Also tagged in: Alaska, Animals, Appropriations, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Central Asia, Congressional reporting requirements, Continental shelf, Depreciation and amortization, Economic policy, Energy, Energy development, Energy prices, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Gas in submerged lands, Gasoline, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Judicial review, Kazakhstan, Law, Marine resources, Mining engineering, Mining leases, Monetary policy, Natural gas, Natural resources, Oil and gas leases, Petroleum, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum refineries, Prospecting, Public lands, Russia, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exemption, Taxation, Trade, Travel costs, Wildlife refuges
Latest Action: 05/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo reduce the price of gasoline by allowing for offshore drilling, eliminating Federal obstacles to constructing refineries and providing incentives for investment in refineries, suspending Federal fuel taxes when gasoline prices reach a benchmark amount, and promoting free trade. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Affordable Gas Price Act - Declares without force or effect all provisions of existing federal law that prohibit spending appropriated funds to conduct oil or natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf. Revokes all existing withdrawals by the President under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal: (1) the withdrawal of public lands within the Coastal Plain from entry or appropriation under federal mining or mineral leasing laws; and (2) the prohibition against the production, leasing, and development of oil and gas from the Arctic [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Allows the extension of such treatment to the products of that country, subsequently, only in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect with respect to such products on the day before the effective date of PRC accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Deems the extension of waiver authority in effect before such date not to have expired, and to continue in effect until 90 days after enactment of this Act.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S446-447) Bill TextA bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan. 1/29/2008--Introduced. Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S447) Bill TextA bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Azerbaijan. 1/29/2008--Introduced. Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Azerbaijan.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S739) Bill TextA bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova. 2/6/2008--Introduced. Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.
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Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S739) Bill TextA bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova. 2/6/2008--Introduced. Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S446-447) Bill TextA bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan. 1/29/2008--Introduced. Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S447) Bill TextA bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Azerbaijan. 1/29/2008--Introduced. Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Azerbaijan.
Also tagged in: Civil liberties, Dissenters, East Asia, Foreign policy, Human rights, International affairs, Political prisoners, Religion, Religious liberty, Sanctions (International law), Trade, Vietnam
Latest Action: 06/20/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Bill TextCondemning ongoing human rights abuses in Vietnam, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should remove permanent normal trade relations status with Vietnam unless all political and religious prisoners are released and significant and immediate human rights reforms are made by the Government of Vietnam. 6/20/2007--Introduced. Condemns the ongoing human rights abuses in Vietnam and calls for the release of all political and religious prisoners there. Urges the United States to: (1) re-designate Vietnam as a Country of Particular Concern; (2) demand that the government of Vietnam comply with internationally recognized standards for basic freedoms and human rights; and (3) remove permanent normal trade relations status with Vietnam unless all political and religious prisoners are released and significant and immediate human rights reforms are made by the government of Vietnam.
Also tagged in: Alaska, Animals, Appropriations, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Central Asia, Congressional reporting requirements, Continental shelf, Depreciation and amortization, Economic policy, Energy, Energy development, Energy prices, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Gas in submerged lands, Gasoline, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Judicial review, Kazakhstan, Law, Marine resources, Mining engineering, Mining leases, Monetary policy, Natural gas, Natural resources, Oil and gas leases, Petroleum, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum refineries, Prospecting, Public lands, Russia, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exemption, Taxation, Trade, Travel costs, Wildlife refuges
Latest Action: 05/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Bill TextTo reduce the price of gasoline by allowing for offshore drilling, eliminating Federal obstacles to constructing refineries and providing incentives for investment in refineries, suspending Federal fuel taxes when gasoline prices reach a benchmark amount, and promoting free trade. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Affordable Gas Price Act - Declares without force or effect all provisions of existing federal law that prohibit spending appropriated funds to conduct oil or natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf. Revokes all existing withdrawals by the President under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal: (1) the withdrawal of public lands within the Coastal Plain from entry or appropriation under federal mining or mineral leasing laws; and (2) the prohibition against the production, leasing, and development of oil and gas from the Arctic [...] show full description
Also tagged in: China, Civil liberties, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, East Asia, Emigration, Foreign policy, Human rights, Immigration, International affairs, Most favored nation principle, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Trade
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China. 4/19/2007--Introduced. Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Allows the extension of such treatment to the products of that country, subsequently, only in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect with respect to such products on the day before the effective date of PRC accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Deems the extension of waiver authority in effect before such date not to have expired, and to continue in effect until 90 days after enactment of this Act.
Also tagged in: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Agricultural extension work, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Brazil, Budgets, Business, Canada, Carbon cycle, Caribbean area, China, Clean coal technology, Climate change, Coal, Commercialization, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Developing countries, Development credit institutions, Diplomacy, East Asia, Economic assistance, Economic development, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Education, Electric power plants, Electric power production, Emissions trading, Energy, Energy consumption, Energy crops, Energy demand, Energy development, Energy policy, Energy research, Energy security, Energy supplies, Environmental protection, Europe, European Union, Exchange of persons programs, Federal aid to education, Food, Food supply, Foreign aid, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Forest conservation, Free trade, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Greenhouse gases, Haiti, Heating, Higher education, Hydrocarbons, Import restrictions, Imports, Income tax, India, International affairs, International cooperation, International finance, Investments, Japan, Job creation, Labor, Latin America, Liquefied natural gas, Mexico, Natural gas, Natural resources, Nongovernmental organizations, Petroleum industry, Petroleum reserves, Pipelines, Poverty, Public-private partnerships, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Science policy, South Africa, South Asia, Sustainable development, Tariff, Tax credits, Tax treaties, Taxation, Technological innovations, Technology, Trade, Trade negotiations, Transportation, Tropical forests, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere
Latest Action: 09/23/2008 - Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Bill TextA bill to direct the Secretary of State to work with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments to develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic relations and energy security by accelerating the development of biofuels production, research, and infrastructure to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and increase income, while improving energy security and protecting the environment. 3/28/2007--Introduced. United States-Brazil Energy Cooperation Pact of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Western Hemisphere Energy Cooperation Forum which should seek to: (1) strengthen relationships between the United States and other countries of the Western Hemisphere through cooperation on energy issues; and (2) enhance cooperation between major energy producers and major energy consumers in the Western Hemisphere, particularly among the governments of Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela. Directs the U.S. government to seek to implement: [...] show full description
Also tagged in: China, Civil liberties, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, East Asia, Emigration, Foreign policy, Human rights, Immigration, International affairs, Most favored nation principle, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Trade
Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Allows the extension of such treatment to the products of that country, subsequently, only in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect with respect to such products on the day before the effective date of PRC accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Deems the extension of waiver authority in effect before such date not to have expired, and to continue in effect until 90 days after enactment of this Act.
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