vote on the conference report to accompany the Trade and Development Act of 1999. [Vote 97, 5/11/00; Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 5/12/00] XXXX Voted To Proceed To The Conference Report On The Trade And Development Act Of 1999. In 2000, XXXX voted to proceed to the conference report to accompany the Trade and Development Act of 1999 (H.R. 434). The conference report would enact the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act. (The Senate-passed version of the bill contained provisions reauthorizing the Trade Adjustment Assistance programs and the Generalized System of Preferences; those provisions were dropped from the conference report because they were enacted the year before as part of the tax extenders package). The motion was agreed to, 90-6. [Vote 96, 5/9/00] CHINA XXXX Voted To Allow The President To Grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) To China. In 2000, XXXX voted to allow the President to grant China permanent normal trade relations status with the United States. [Vote 251, 9/19/00] XXXX Voted Against Repealing Free Trade With China If An Agricultural Deficit Occurred. In 2000, XXXX voted against requiring the President to renegotiate trade terms with China if a trade imbalance developed in cereals (wheat, corn, and rice) and soybeans, and take steps to reduce the imbalance. [Vote 250, 9/14/00] XXXX Voted to Require Companies To Disclose Specific Information About Overseas Operations. In 2000, XXXX voted against amending Securities Exchange Commission regulations to require corporations to disclose foreign investment information in 10-K reports. The amendment would have required corporations to disclose the number of people they employ overseas, listed by country; the annual dollar volume of exports to each country; and the annual dollar volume of goods they produce in other countries and then import. [Vote 247, 9/14/00] XXXX Opposed Requiring China To Release Imprisoned Union Organizers Before Being Granted PNTR. In 2000, XXXX voted against requiring the President, prior to granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations status to China, to certify that China had released people whom it had detained, imprisoned, or placed under house arrest for union organizing. [Vote 246, 9/13/00] XXXX Voted Against Voluntary Codes of Conduct For US Businesses Working In China. In 2000, XXXX voted against requiring the Secretary of Commerce Secretary to establish a voluntary code of conduct that follows internationally recognized human rights principles for U.S. businesses operating in China. The amendment also expressed the sense of the Senate that in order for the presence of U.S. businesses to truly foster political liberalization in China, those businesses must conduct themselves in a manner that reflects basic American values of democracy, individual liberty and justice. [Vote 244, 9/13/00; Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 9/15/00] XXXX Voted Against Urging China To End Forced Abortion And Sterilization. In 2000, XXXX voted against a sense of Congress resolution that the President should urge the China to end forced abortion and sterilization policies and practices. [Vote 243, 9/13/00] XXXX Supported Sanctions Against China and other Nations For Selling Weapons of Mass Destruction. In September 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment that would provide for sanctions against China and other countries for selling illicit weapons of mass destruction. The proposal would establish an annual review process to assess the behavior of each key supplier country as identified by the Director of Central Intelligence, and require the president to impose non-trade related sanctions on individuals, companies and groups if they are found to be spreading weapons of mass destruction. The president also would be authorized to impose additional sanctions on key supplier countries. [Vote 242, 9/13/00] XXXX Voted Against Monitoring China’s Selling Of Body Parts From Executed Prisoners. In 2000, XXXX voted against requiring the Congressional Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China to monitor the 288