19 U.S.C. § 3535
Review of participation in WTO
United States · Title 19 — CUSTOMS DUTIES · Status: effective
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- 19 U.S.C. § 3535, Review of participation in WTO, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/451087
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The first annual report submitted to the Congress under section 3534 of this title—
The approval of the Congress, provided under section 3511(a) of this title, of the WTO Agreement shall cease to be effective if, and only if, a joint resolution described in subsection (c) is enacted into law pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2).
The requirements of this paragraph are met if the joint resolution is enacted under subsection (c), and—
For purposes of this section, the term “joint resolution” means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the Congress withdraws its approval, provided under section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, of the WTO Agreement as defined in section 2(9) of that Act.”
It is not in order for—
It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider a joint resolution (other than a joint resolution received from the other House), if that House has previously adopted a joint resolution under this section.
This section is enacted by the Congress—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Uruguay Round Agreements Act