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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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105TH CONGRESS f REPT. 105-341
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
RECIPROCAL TRADE AGREEMENT AUTHORITIES ACT OF
1997
OCTOBER 23, 1997.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. ARCHER, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2621]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2621) to extend trade authorities procedures with respect
to reciprocal trade agreements, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. In trodu ction ................................................................................................... . 12
A . Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................... 12
B. Background and Need for Legislation ........................................... 13
C . L egislative H istory .......................................................................... 14
II. E xplanation of th e B ill .................................................................................. 14
A. Title I, Trade Authorities Procedures ............................................. 14
B. Title II, Trade Adjustment Assistance ........................................... 29
C. Title III, Revenue Provisions .......................................................... 31
III. V ote of the C om m ittee ................................................................................... 31
IV . B udget E ffects of the B ill .............................................................................. 32
A. Committee Estimates of Budgetary Effects ................................... 32
B. Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ....................................... 32
C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office ...... 32
V. Other Matters to be Discussed Under the Rules of the House .................. 36
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................ 36
B. Summary of Findings and Recommendations of the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight ......................................... 36
C. Constitutional Authority Statement ............................................... 36
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