Number: RS21004
Title: Trade Promotion Authority and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority for Trade Agreements: Major Votes
Authors: Carolyn C. Smith, Knowledge Services Group 
Abstract: This report profiles significant legislation, including floor votes, that authorized the use of presidential Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), previously known as fast-track trade negotiating authority, since its inception in 1974. The report also includes a list of floor votes since 1979 on implementing legislation for trade agreements that were passed under TPA fast-track procedures. Although TPA expired on July 1, 2007, four free trade agreements were signed in time to be considered under TPA expedited procedures in the 110th Congress. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act was passed by Congress and signed into law (H.R. 3688, enacted as P.L. 110-338 on December 14, 2007.) The legislative future of free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea is uncertain. For further discussions of TPA or fast-track legislative activity, the report lists CRS reports and Internet resources.
Pages: 6
Date: January 10, 2008