Number: RL32011
Title: Trade Agreements: Procedure for Congressional Approval and Implementation
Authors: Vladimir N. Pregelj, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: 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. This report presents the individual statutes setting out the procedures for relevant legislative action in a functional time-table, together with references to their public-law and U.S. Code alphanumerical designations.
Pages: 8
Date: November 16, 2005