To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4444.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4444, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China” on May 22, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 17, 1999”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2000 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12301

  CBO publication date

  May 22, 2000

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4444, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  753daa1ae1be9c333fabb2eeba01c3e516ddde3c1c15e997a163aa639215adbf

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4444, An act to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China” on September 22, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 19, 2000”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2000 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12885

  CBO publication date

  September 22, 2000

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4444, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  753daa1ae1be9c333fabb2eeba01c3e516ddde3c1c15e997a163aa639215adbf

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-632 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 22, 2000.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2000 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/632

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4444, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  753daa1ae1be9c333fabb2eeba01c3e516ddde3c1c15e997a163aa639215adbf

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4444, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.