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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date ▲	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date
101-hr-5936	101	hr	5936	To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that certain revenues attributable to tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery and parts thereof be applied to support research for the modernization of the American textile machinery industry.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-26	1990-12-03	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization.	House	Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10]	NC	R	B000104	0	Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish in the Treasury the Textile Machinery Modernization Fund. Appropriates to such fund revenues from customs duties imposed on textile machinery and parts imported into the United States for grants to qualified organizations for research projects for the modernization of the U.S. textile machinery industry.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5938	101	hr	5938	To temporarily suspend the duty on certain lead fuel test assemblies.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-26	1990-10-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14]	PA	D	C000846	0	Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) liquidate or reliquidate as free of duty any partially assembled lead fuel assembly that was or is imported on March 9, 1990, on September 9, 1990, or before December 31, 1993; and (2) refund any duties paid with respect to such imports if a specified certification is made and submitted to the appropriate customs officer. Describes such an assembly as composed of nuclear fuel rods of zircaloy tubes filled with slightly enriched uranium dioxide pellets.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-3247	101	s	3247	A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain lead fuel test assemblies.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-25	1990-10-25	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) liquidate or reliquidate as free of duty any partially assembled lead fuel assembly that was or is imported on March 9, 1990, on September 9, 1990, or before December 31, 1993; and (2) refund any duties paid with respect to such imports if a specified certification is made and submitted to the appropriate customs officer. Describes such an assembly as composed of nuclear fuel rods of zircaloy tubes filled with slightly enriched uranium dioxide pellets.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-sres-342	101	sres	342	A resolution to change the fast track procedure applicable to an implementing bill for the Uruguay Round.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-23	1990-10-23	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule.	Senate	Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]	SC	D	H000725	35	Declares that the fast track procedure under the Trade Act of 1974 shall not apply to the Senate's consideration of an implementing bill for the Uruguay Round on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.	2021-07-01T15:02:40Z
101-hr-5901	101	hr	5901	To terminate most-favored-nation treatment for the products of Irag.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-22	1990-10-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24]	NY	R	S000675	1	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to terminate most-favored-nation treatment for the products of Iraq.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-sjres-382	101	sjres	382	A joint resolution disapproving the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-18	1990-10-18	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000366	0	Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation) to the products of China.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-s-3204	101	s	3204	A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to exclude certain footwear assembled in beneficiary countries from duty-free treatment.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-15	1990-10-15	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]	ME	D	M000811	4	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to exclude certain footwear assembled in beneficiary countries from duty-free treatment.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-hr-5823	101	hr	5823	Andean Trade Preference Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-12	1990-10-16	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7]	FL	D	G000153	1	Andean Trade Preference Act of 1990 - Authorizes the President to grant duty-free treatment to eligible articles from an Andean beneficiary country. Sets forth factors the President must take into account in determining whether to designate a country a beneficiary country, limited to a choice of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. Requires goods imported from a U.S. insular possession to receive duty treatment no less favorable than the treatment afforded such goods imported from a beneficiary country. Authorizes the President to withdraw or suspend the designation of a country as a beneficiary country or the application of duty-free treatment to a product if circumstances have changed to bar such designation. Sets forth criteria with respect to the eligibility for duty-free treatment of products manufactured in a beneficiary country. Declares that duty-free treatment shall not apply to: (1) textile and apparel articles which are subject to textile agreements; (2) footwear not designated as eligible under the General System of Preferences; (3) tuna in airtight containers; (4) petroleum; (5) certain watches; (6) certain articles which are subject to reduced rates of duty; or (7) certain sugars, syrups, and molasses. Requires the President to reduce duty rates on handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel that: (1) are the product of a beneficiary country; and (2) were not designated on August 5, 1983, as eligible articles under the General System of Preferences. Authorizes filing of a petition with the Secretary of Agriculture with a request for emergency relief regarding a perishable product if it has already been filed with the International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging injury from imports from a beneficiary country. Authorizes the President to withdraw duty-free treatment with respect to such products after the Secretary's recommendation to take emergency action under this Act. Makes conforming amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Requires t…	2025-08-26T17:26:59Z
101-hr-5798	101	hr	5798	To amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the export of refined petroleum products during a period of war or hostilities between the United States and any other country.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-05	1990-10-15	Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.	House	Rep. Hertel, Dennis M. [D-MI-14]	MI	D	H000547	0	Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the export of refined petroleum products during a period of war or hostilities between the United States and another country.	2024-02-07T11:38:03Z
101-s-3163	101	s	3163	A bill to make technical corrections to certain customs and tariff laws.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-05	1990-10-05	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]	TX	D	B000401	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make specified redesignations to the Schedule's subheadings. Provides for duty treatment of gloves, mittens, and mitts principally designed for use in sports. Changes wheel size specifications with respect to 26-inch bicycles. Grants duty-free treatment, through December 31, 1992, of certain fiberglass tire cord fabric. Sets forth technical amendments.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-hr-5778	101	hr	5778	To make technical corrections to certain customs and tariff laws.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-03	1990-10-09	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8]	IL	D	R000458	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make specified redesignations to the Schedule's subheadings. Provides for duty treatment of gloves, mittens, and mitts principally designed for use in sports. Changes wheel size specifications with respect to 26-inch bicycles. Grants duty-free treatment, through December 31, 1992, to certain fiberglass tire cord fabric. Sets forth technical amendments.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hconres-377	101	hconres	377	Regarding the negotiation of a free trade agreement with Mexico.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-01	1990-10-01	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19]	IL	D	B000971	19	Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the impact of the free trade agreement negotiations between the United States and Mexico on specified individual sectors of the U.S economy.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-3146	101	s	3146	A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the classification of mixed alkylbenzenes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-10-01	1990-10-01	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]	LA	D	B000780	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the classification of mixed alkylbenzenes.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-hr-5746	101	hr	5746	To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-28	1990-10-02	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	House	Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19]	FL	D	F000041	0	Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend its authority through October 20, 1990. Authorizes obligation of FY 1991 funds appropriated to carry out such Act (including export promotion programs) during the period beginning October 1, 1990, through October 20, 1990.	2025-01-14T18:20:21Z
101-hr-5738	101	hr	5738	To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the classification of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-27	1990-10-01	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5]	NY	R	M000458	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the classification of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-3100	101	s	3100	A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the classification of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-24	1990-09-24	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]	NY	D	M001054	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the classification of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-hr-5648	101	hr	5648	Regarding the tariff classification of brassieres.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-18	1990-09-24	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1]	RI	R	M000015	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a uniform duty on brassieres.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5651	101	hr	5651	Timber Fair Trade and Forest Conservation Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-18	1990-10-01	Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.	House	Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]	OR	D	D000191	0	Timber Fair Trade and Forest Conservation Act of 1990 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the sale for export, with specified exceptions, of unprocessed timber from private lands west of the 100th meridian.	2025-08-26T17:27:58Z
101-hr-5653	101	hr	5653	Regarding certain entries of N-Acetylsufanilyl chloride.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-18	1990-09-18	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-15]	NY	R	G000417	0	Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain entries of n-acetylsufanilyl chloride under the Tariff Schedules of the United States.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5622	101	hr	5622	Iraq Embargo Enforcement Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-13	1990-09-18	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]	CA	D	S000810	14	Iraq Embargo Enforcement Act - Requires the President to prohibit the importation of products from a foreign person that exports to Iraq items whose export would not be permitted from the United States.	2025-08-26T17:27:38Z
101-hr-5602	101	hr	5602	Emergency Middle East Hostilities Cost-Sharing Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-12	1990-09-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5]	PA	R	S000146	0	Emergency Middle East Hostilities Cost-Sharing Act - Directs the President to determine whether Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, or France, which benefit from the security of petroleum supplies afforded by the military mobilization in response to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, are adequately supporting such mobilization and other international efforts to resolve the crisis caused by the invasion. Sets forth standards for making such determinations. Requires the President to impose an additional duty on dutiable products and a duty on duty-free products of countries found not to be supporting international efforts in the Middle East. Provides for the termination of such duties.	2025-08-26T17:28:02Z
101-hr-5568	101	hr	5568	Desert Shield Burden-Sharing Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-11	1990-09-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]	MI	D	D000355	37	Desert Shield Burden-Sharing Act of 1990 - Directs the President to determine whether each foreign country that receives trade benefits from the United States is making a commensurate contribution to the multinational military mobilization carried out in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Requires the President to impose an additional duty on dutiable products and a duty on duty-free products of countries that are found not to be contributing to the mobilization. Provides for the termination of such duties. Establishes the Desert Shield Reimbursement Fund to receive duties collected under this Act. Makes the Fund available solely to reimburse appropriations made to support U.S. participation in the mobilization.	2025-08-26T17:24:18Z
101-hjres-649	101	hjres	649	Approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most favored nation treatment) to the products of Czechoslovakia.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-10	1990-11-08	Became Public Law No: 101-541.	House	Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3]	MO	D	G000132	1	Approves the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Czechoslovakia transmitted to the Congress by the President on September 6, 1990.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-sjres-361	101	sjres	361	A joint resolution approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most favored nation treatment) to the products of Czechoslovakia.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-10	1990-10-24	Senate passed companion measure H.J.RES. 649 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote.	Senate	Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]	ME	D	M000811	1	Approves the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Czechoslovakia transmitted to the Congress by the President on September 6, 1990.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-hjres-646	101	hjres	646	Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-05	1990-09-05	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]	MA	D	F000339	19	Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation) to the products of China.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hjres-647	101	hjres	647	Disapproving the recommendations of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-09-05	1990-10-18	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 998. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2192(f)(1)(A)(ii).	House	Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24]	NY	R	S000675	17	Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation) to the products of China.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5473	101	hr	5473	To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to establish a center to study and support improved trade and economic relations among Western Hemisphere countries.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-08-03	1990-08-21	Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.	House	Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23]	TX	D	B001172	3	Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to authorize the Commissioner of Customs to make a grant to assist an institution of higher education in establishing in Texas a North-South Center for the Study of Western Hemisphere Trade, which shall promote cultural exchange and trade between Western Hemisphere countries. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-01-23T13:14:35Z
101-hr-5487	101	hr	5487	To suspend temporarily the duty on galanthamine hydrobromide.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-08-03	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-22]	NY	R	G000212	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1991, the duty on galanthamine hydrobromide.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5508	101	hr	5508	To provide for the waiver of the Export Administration Act and certain authorities invoked under the Trading With the Enemy Act with respect to oil and gas exploration and development in Vietnam by United States persons.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-08-03	1990-08-21	Referred to the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.	House	Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3]	NY	D	M001057	0	Requires the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce to issue regulations to waive certain provisions under the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, the Transaction Control Regulations, the Foreign Funds Control Regulations, and the Export Administration Regulations which relate to prohibitions on oil and gas exploration and development in Vietnam by U.S. persons.	2025-01-23T13:18:47Z
101-hr-5524	101	hr	5524	To suspend temporarily the duty on canned corned mutton.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-08-03	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, USDA, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14]	CA	R	S000393	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on canned corned mutton.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5435	101	hr	5435	To make significant progress toward granting self- determination to the Baltic republics a conditions on the granting of most-favoverd-nation treatment to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-08-02	1990-08-03	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]	MD	D	C000141	1	Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include Soviet progress in granting the right of self-determination to the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as an additional condition for the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to such country.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5449	101	hr	5449	To suspend most-favored-nation trade privileges to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-08-02	1990-08-03	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17]	OH	D	T000350	3	Suspends most-favored-nation treatment of imports from Yugoslavia.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-sconres-143	101	sconres	143	A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning the public health implications of marketing campaigns and petitions by cigarette manufactures to remove barriers to cigarette sales and advertising.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-08-01	1990-08-01	Referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]	IL	D	S000423	2	Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the export of U.S. tobacco products is an international health issue rather than an international trade issue; (2) the Federal Government should not engage in negotiations to force Thailand to allow the importation of foreign cigarettes and to rescind laws banning cigarette advertisements; and (3) United States Trade Representative should reject any petition of the United States Cigarette Export Association requiring a foreign country to accept cigarette sales practices that are not permitted here.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-s-2927	101	s	2927	Export Administration Act Amendments of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-27	1990-09-13	Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.	Senate	Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]	MI	D	R000249	0	Title I: Export Administration Act Amendments - Export Administration Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that it is U.S. policy, in light of the developments in the Soviet Union and the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe, to: (1) relax East-West controls on exports multilaterally and to support the elimination of certain licensing requirements as agreed to at the Coordinating Committee (CoCom) High Level Meeting, 6-7 June 1990; and (2) further the relaxation of such multilateral controls by implementing a Core List and other specified measures. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the decontrol agreements reached in the CoCom Meeting. Requires CoCom approval before goods and technology removed from the export control list can be placed back on such list. Requires the Secretary to consider the actions of other CoCom members in approving or denying export licenses and seek to ensure that U.S. exports are not placed at a competitive disadvantage when implementing the national discretion and favorable consideration procedures reached in the agreement at the CoCom Meeting. Provides for the approval or denial of license applications for the export of goods or technology subject to such procedures. Declares that it is U.S. policy that licensing treatment of a controlled country should be revised in cases where such country: (1) represents a lesser strategic threat; and (2) implements effective export control systems. Requires the Secretary, if non-CoCom countries that maintain export restrictions comparable to those of CoCom members cease to maintain such restrictions, to restrict or terminate any favorable treatment to exports to such countries comparable to the favorable treatment given to exports to CoCom members. Requires the President to apply import and government procurement sanctions for a specified period if he determines that a foreign person from a non-CoCom country has violated a natio…	2025-08-26T17:26:12Z
101-s-2929	101	s	2929	A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to establish a center to study and support improved trade and economic relations among Western Hemisphere countries.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-27	1990-07-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]	TX	D	B000401	1	Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to authorize the Commissioner of Customs to make a grant to assist an institution of higher education in establishing in Texas a North-South Center for the Study of Western Hemisphere Trade, which shall promote cultural exchange and trade between Western Hemisphere countries. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hr-5380	101	hr	5380	To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States provisions implementing Annex D of the Nairobi Protocol to the Florence Agreement.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-26	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12]	IL	R	C000873	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States provisions implementing Annex D of the Nairobi Protocol to the Florence Agreement to grant duty-free treatment of scientific instruments and apparatus that are entered for use by any nonprofit educational or scientific institution or any governmental entity. Requires such an institution desiring to enter such an article for duty-free treatment to apply to the Secretary of Commerce (currently, the Secretary of the Treasury). Provides that an instrument or apparatus eligible for such treatment shall not be disqualified on the basis of its commercial use if specified conditions are met. Declares that the applicant institution shall have the burden of proving such eligibility.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-2917	101	s	2917	Anti-Terrorism Sanctions Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-25	1990-07-25	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL]	FL	R	M000019	0	Anti-Terrorism Sanctions Act of 1990 - Requires that certain trade sanctions be imposed upon countries listed as supporting international terrorism. Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions, after written notification to the Congress, if he determines that it would be in the best interests of the United States.	2025-08-26T17:27:22Z
101-hr-5342	101	hr	5342	Relating to the extension of duty-free treatment for certain digital processing units.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-23	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7]	TX	R	A000215	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1991, duty-free treatment of certain digital processing units.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5344	101	hr	5344	To provide for a lower rate of duty on East German products imported during the transition to a unified Germany.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-23	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3]	MN	R	F000380	6	Declares that the rate of duty on East German products imported into the United States after July 31, 1990, and before a unified Germany is eligible for column one duty treatment under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, shall be equal to 110 percent of the rate that would be imposed if the column one duty rate applied to such products at the time of importation.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-2887	101	s	2887	Global Environmental Protection and Trade Equity Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-23	1990-07-23	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]	NJ	D	L000123	3	Global Environmental Protection and Trade Equity Act - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President not to designate a country as a beneficiary country eligible for duty-free treatment of its products if it does not have effective natural resource protection and pollution abatement and control standards to protect air, water, and land, or if its standards are not observed. Adds a country's lack of environmental protection standards to "unreasonable practices" used as factors for determining retaliatory action under the Trade Act of 1974.	2025-08-26T17:24:29Z
101-hconres-354	101	hconres	354	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding GATT negotiations affecting certain intellectual property rights.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-20	1990-07-20	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10]	IL	R	P000444	1	Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to: (1) seek to discontinue current negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) regarding the extension of intellectual property rights protection to items or processes with biological and genetic content, including crop varieties, until a specified assessment (pursuant to this Resolution) concerning such rights has been completed; or (2) if such discontinuance is unsuccessful, to ensure that any resultant trade agreement concerning such intellectual property rights will be nonbinding in the areas of biological and genetic resources. Urges the President to direct the USTR to assess the economic and political ramifications of creating trade policies for intellectual property rights for such resources, including analysis of property rights ownership and for prior cultural traditional uses of items with biological or genetic content where a party may be: (1) a tribal minority; (2) indigenous to a geographical area; (3) unacculturated in the national society; (4) nonliterate, nonmonetized or partially monetized; or (5) without national representation.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5320	101	hr	5320	Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Amendment Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-19	1990-07-26	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13]	OH	D	P000170	6	Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Amendment Act of 1990 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise petition requirements with respect to the initiation of countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations by repealing the requirement that such petitions be accompanied by certain supporting information available to the petitioner. Requires the administering authority to complete a review of countervailing duty or antidumping duty orders by the 180th day after the day on which a request for the review is received. Authorizes the administering authority to suspend the application of an antidumping duty order (other than an order based on a determination that the establishment of an industry has been materially retarded) to merchandise if it determines that: (1) merchandise of that class or kind is not produced in the United States; (2) the need for such merchandise is real and reasonable; (3) the specifications are reasonable; and (4) no U.S. producer is capable of producing or willing to produce, such merchandise. Requires the administering authority to establish procedures for such determinations. Requires the International Trade Commission (ITC), when making material injury determinations with respect to countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations, to evaluate all economic factors, including contracts with long lead time, that are distinctive to an affected domestic industry. Declares that the presence or absence of such factors shall not necessarily give decisive guidance to the ITC with respect to threat of material injury determinations. Prohibits the administering authority, when determining the foreign market value of imported merchandise, from making an allowance for differences in import costs that are based on whether the end product made from the import is sold in the home market or exported. Requires the administering authority to report annually the amount of duties collected pursuant to countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders. Requires the administering authority to make…	2025-08-26T17:28:41Z
101-hr-5285	101	hr	5285	Revoking most-favored-nation treatment for the products of the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-17	1990-08-03	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]	MA	D	F000339	0	Prohibits most-favored-nation treatment for Chinese products.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5273	101	hr	5273	Regarding the establishment of a free trade area between the United States and the European Community.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-13	1990-07-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1]	IA	R	L000169	0	Urges the President to initiate consultations with the European Community under the authority of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 about negotiating an agreement creating a free trade area between the United States and such Community. Declares that certain waiver provisions relating to requests for negotiations shall not apply.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5260	101	hr	5260	Support for Democracy and Human Rights in China Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-12	1990-07-23	Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.	House	Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-11]	CA	D	L000090	21	Support for Democracy and Human Rights in China Act of 1990 - Prohibits most-favored-nation treatment for Chinese products. Terminates such prohibition upon the President's certification to the Congress that China: (1) has ceased committing violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) has ceased persecution of pro-democracy movement members; (3) permits unrestricted emigration; and (4) has ceased religious persecution in China and Tibet.	2025-08-26T17:27:50Z
101-hr-5242	101	hr	5242	To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United Stated to correct the classification of certain house slippers.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-11	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-23]	CA	D	B000318	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a duty on footwear with uppers of vegetable fibers, with open toe and open heel, made on a base or platform of wood, over 60 percent by weight of wood, valued less than $1.75 per pair.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-2836	101	s	2836	Support for Democracy and Human Rights in China Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-07-11	1990-07-11	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]	ME	D	M000811	24	Support for Democracy and Human Rights in China Act of 1990 - Prohibits most-favored-nation treatment for Chinese products. Terminates such prohibition upon the President's certification to the Congress that China: (1) has ceased committing violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) has ceased persecution of pro-democracy movement members; (3) permits unrestricted emigration; and (4) has ceased religious persecution in China and Tibet.	2025-08-26T17:28:53Z
101-s-2824	101	s	2824	A bill to suspend temporarily the duty of Pigment Blue 60 and Pigment Blue 16.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-28	1990-06-28	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]	LA	D	J000189	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1993, the duty on pigment blue 16 and pigment blue 60.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hr-5171	101	hr	5171	To extend the existing suspension of duty on 1-(3-Sulfopropy) pyridinium hydroxide.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-27	1990-08-20	See H.R.1594.	House	Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-3]	VA	R	B000556	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1992, the existing suspension of duty on 1-(3-Sulfopropyl) pyridinium hydroxide.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-2781	101	s	2781	A bill to extend the existing suspension of duty on m-Toluic until January 1, 1994.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-25	1990-06-25	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]	NC	R	H000463	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1993, the existing suspension of duty on m-Toluic acid.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hjres-607	101	hjres	607	Regarding the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-20	1990-06-20	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-22]	NY	R	G000212	1	Declares that if nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation status) is extended to China for a 12-month period pursuant to the President's recommendation to the Congress on May 24, 1990, such treatment shall expire on the first day of the seventh month of such period unless the President certifies to the Congress that China has taken specified steps to improve human rights conditions there and in Tibet.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hconres-341	101	hconres	341	Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-19	1990-06-19	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2]	AZ	D	U000001	0	Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) President Bush and Mexican President Salinas de Gortari be commended for their decision to explore the possibility of a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement; (2) the role of the Congress in the enactment of such agreement be recognized, and that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) should, throughout the negotiations, consult with Members of Congress whose constituents would be affected by such an agreement; and (3) the USTR should include specified issues in such negotiations with the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development of Mexico.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-5083	101	hr	5083	United States Commercial Center Pilot Program Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-19	1990-07-03	Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.	House	Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-17]	MI	D	L000263	18	United States Commercial Center Pilot Program Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish, as a pilot program, a United States Commercial Center in one country each in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America to provide additional resources for the promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services to such countries. Requires the Secretary to use the Market Development Cooperator Program to assist the Centers in providing such resources. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-26T17:25:10Z
101-sconres-139	101	sconres	139	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-19	1990-06-19	Referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]	AZ	D	D000185	4	Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) President Bush and Mexican President Salinas de Gortari be commended for their decision to explore the possibility of a United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement; (2) the role of the Congress in the enactment of such agreement be recognized, and that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) should, throughout the negotiations, consult with Members of Congress whose constituents would be affected by such an agreement; and (3) the USTR should include specified issues in such negotiations with the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development of Mexico.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hr-5068	101	hr	5068	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain oxygen-function amino compounds.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-18	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-7]	NJ	R	R000262	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1992, the suspension of duty on certain oxygen-function amino compounds.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-sjres-335	101	sjres	335	A joint resolution designating July 1, 1990 as "Imported Oil Dependence Day".	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-18	1990-06-18	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]	LA	D	J000189	33	Designates July 1, 1990, as Imported Oil Dependence Day. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress, annually, on July 1, of the extent of the reliance of the United States on imported oil during the previous year, and the extent of its projected reliance for the coming year.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
101-s-2742	101	s	2742	Trade Agreement Compliance Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-14	1990-07-13	Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	6	Trade Agreement Compliance Act of 1990 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), at the request of an interested person, to determine whether a foreign country is complying with any agreement it has with the United States. Requires the USTR to take specified action under the Act if he or she determines that such country is in material noncompliance with any agreement or is denying mutually advantageous market opportunities to U.S. firms. Requires the amendments made by this Act to be consistent with U.S. international obligations, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.	2025-08-26T17:25:37Z
101-hr-5000	101	hr	5000	Regarding the establishment of a United States-Mexico Trade Area.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-11	1990-06-13	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]	NM	D	R000229	9	Urges the President to initiate negotiations with Mexico under the authority of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 for an agreement creating a free trade area between the United States and such country.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-sres-296	101	sres	296	A resolution to express the sense of the Senate the support of Taiwan's membership in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-06-07	1990-06-07	Referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]	DE	R	R000460	65	Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the accession of Taiwan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is in the best interest of the United States and of the world trading system and should be achieved prior to the end of the Uruguay Round; and (2) the United States should take the necessary steps to assure such country's membership in the GATT.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hconres-336	101	hconres	336	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the outcome of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8]	NY	D	S000124	14	Expresses the sense of the Congress that legislation to implement the agreements reached during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will not be enacted until such agreements meet certain environmental protection and health and safety requirements.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hjres-578	101	hjres	578	Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored- nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]	MA	D	F000339	32	Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation) to the products of China.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hjres-581	101	hjres	581	To disapprove the renewal of most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-11]	CA	D	L000090	25	Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation) to the products of China.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hjres-584	101	hjres	584	Designating the week of October 14, 1990, as "National Standards Week".	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-31	Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.	House	Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]	NJ	D	R000383	68	Designates the week of October 14, 1990, as National Standards Week.	2024-02-06T20:04:02Z
101-hjres-586	101	hjres	586	Disapproving the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24]	NY	R	S000675	32	Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation) to the products of China.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4927	101	hr	4927	To reduce the duty on diuron and linuron.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Hatcher, Charles [D-GA-2]	GA	D	H000340	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 1992, the duty on: (1) 3-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea (also known as diuron); and (2) 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-methyl, 1-methoxyurea (also known as linuron).	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4929	101	hr	4929	To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 and to authorize appropriations under that Act for fiscal year 1991.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-06-01	Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.	House	Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45]	CA	R	H000981	6	Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Commerce for FY 1991 for export administration.	2024-02-07T11:38:03Z
101-hr-4931	101	hr	4931	Regarding the further extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-06-01	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8]	PA	D	K000319	11	Amends the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the continuation of a waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China during any 12-month extension of such waiver that takes effect after 1990. Conditions such continuation on good faith progress regarding human rights in such country, including Tibet, and the engagement of negotiations regarding the settlement of the conflict in Cambodia. Suspends any extension of such treatment for the last half of a 12-month period if the President does not certify to the Congress before a certain date that such conditions are being met.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4939	101	hr	4939	Regarding the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to the products of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-10-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	House	Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13]	OH	D	P000170	19	Title I: Prohibits the President from recommending for a 12-month period in 1991 continuation of a waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China under the Trade Act of 1974 unless a specified report is submitted to the Congress stating that China has accounted for and released prisoners who dissented in Tiananmen Square on June 3, 1989, and made progress in: (1) reversing gross violations of human rights; (2) terminating martial law (including in Tibet); (3) easing restrictions on freedom of the press and on broadcasts by Voice of America; (4) terminating harassment of Chinese citizens in the United States; (5) removing obstacles to study and travel abroad for students and other citizens; (6) taking appropriate action to observe internationally recognized human rights, including an end to religious persecution there and in Tibet; and (7) adhering to the Joint Declaration on Hong Kong that was entered into between the United Kingdom and it in 1984. Requires the President, in deciding whether to recommend such extension, to take into account: (1) the economic and political effects that such extension, or its absence, may have on Hong Kong; and (2) the extent to which China has moderated its position on the accession of Taiwan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Requires the President, if he recommends such extension, to include in a specified document to be submitted to the Congress a report on China's progress in implementing the above-mentioned measures. Title II: Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. nationals conducting industrial cooperation projects in China or Tibet should adhere to specified principles, including to: (1) suspend the use of merchandise manufactured by convict or forced labor; (2) seek to ensure political and religious freedom without harm to anyone's employment status; (3) ensure that methods of production do not pose a danger to project employees and the surrounding environment; (4) stri…	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-s-2685	101	s	2685	Export Promotion and Control Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	Senate	Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]	NY	R	D000018	0	Export Promotion and Control Act of 1990 - Terminates licensing requirements and other restrictions on exports imposed under the Export Administration Act of 1979 within six months of the effective date of this Act, except: (1) controls on militarily critical technology transfers to Soviet Bloc countries; (2) exports to Soviet Bloc countries designated as "controlled-countries"; (3) controls in furtherance of U.S. foreign policies; and (4) controls on missiles, chemical and biological weapons, and nuclear goods and technology. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Critical Technologies Review Board. Requires the Board to establish a Technology Control List for the control of technology exports. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Security Control List which shall replace the United States Munitions List, the Commodity Control List, and other U.S. export control lists. Phases out controls on exports to noncontrolled countries. Declares that the Secretary may not require a license for the export of goods and technology unless he or she has determined that such items are not available to the country of destination from sources other than the United States. Directs the Secretary to eliminate such licensing requirement, except for foreign availability determinations for controlled countries, upon certification by an exporter that such items are available from noncontrolled sources outside of the United States. Declares that goods and information not included on the National Security Control List shall not be subject to licensing requirements but shall be exported with specified declarations to the Customs Service. Sets forth various types of authorized export licenses. Directs the President to issue regulations prohibiting any U.S. person from knowingly supporting any boycott imposed by a foreign country and not supported by the United States against a country friendly to the United States. Provides for enforcement of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-26T17:25:16Z
101-s-2698	101	s	2698	International Child Labor Deterrence Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]	MI	D	R000249	0	International Child Labor Deterrence Act of 1990 - Declares U.S. policy to be to: (1) actively discourage the employment of children under age 15 in the production of goods for export or domestic consumption; (2) strengthen and supplement international trading rules to renounce the use of underage children in production for international trade competition; (3) amend Federal law to prohibit the entry into commerce of products resulting from underage child labor; and (4) offer assistance to foreign countries to improve their enforcement of national laws prohibiting employment of children under age 15, and to alleviate the underlying poverty that is often the cause of such exploitation. Urges the President to propose that the United Nations include a worldwide ban on trade in products of child labor in the Convention for the Rights of the Child. Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct periodic reviews to identify any foreign country that: (1) has not adopted, or is not enforcing effectively, prohibitions against the use of child labor within the country; and (2) has continually exported products of child labor to the United States. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress annually on foreign child labor laws and practices. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from permitting, with specified exceptions, during the identification period of a foreign country, the entry of any manufactured article that is a product of an industry in which there is demonstrable evidence of commercial exploitation of children. Sets forth procedures for certifying that an article is not a product of child labor. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for specified violations of this Act.	2025-08-26T17:26:42Z
101-s-2702	101	s	2702	Export Administration Reform Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	Senate	Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]	MA	D	K000148	0	Export Administration Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that as of September 30, 1991, no permission may be required for the reexport of goods or technology to, or reexport of such items from, a country which maintains export controls on such items cooperatively with the United States pursuant to the agreement of the Coordinating Committee. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to require permission for export or reexport of such items to unreliable end users. Requires the Secretary, if he or she determines a country is noncompliant with such agreement, to require permission to export or reexport such items to such country, and to reexport them from that country. Declares that no permission may be required to reexport U.S. technology from a country when the technology to be reexported is incorporated in other technology, and other specified conditions are met. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to the definition of "supercomputer," to establish and publish in the Federal Register a performance-based indexing system to ensure that such definition and all controls and security safeguard procedures on supercomputer exports and reexports are commensurate with technological advances. Sets forth circumstances under which such safeguards are not required. Directs the Secretary of State to seek the approval of the Coordinating Committee for proposals that: (1) no permission be required to export goods or technology (the export of which to China would require only notification of Coordinating Committee members) to any foreign country; and (2) there shall be a presumption of approval of any license application to export goods and technology at a higher technical level, for civil end uses, to Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary and to other Eastern European countries that were controlled as of January 1, 1990, but that meet specified criteria and enforce certain safeguards against the diversion of such items to other controlled countries or unauthorized consignees,…	2025-08-26T17:27:44Z
101-sconres-135	101	sconres	135	A concurrent resolution urging the President of the United States to analyze trade-related and other barriers to American investment in Japanese companies, and to establish a timetable for their removal.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-24	1990-05-24	Referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]	UT	R	H000338	3	Urges the President to: (1) analyze all trade-related barriers inhibiting U.S. investment in Japan; and (2) establish a timetable for the removal of such barriers, either through bilateral agreement, or by multilateral agreement under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such analysis: (1) not be limited to the issues contained within the Structural Impediments Initiative; and (2) provide a rational way Japanese investors in American companies ought to receive and exercise shareholder rights when such rights are denied American investors in Japanese companies.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hjres-576	101	hjres	576	Concerning nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) trade status for the People's Republic of China.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-23	1990-06-01	Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.	House	Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6]	PA	D	Y000014	10	Urges the President to emphasize to the Government of China that the extension of nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) trade status is dependent on its adherence to internationally recognized human rights. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a report on human rights conditions in such country. Urges the President to terminate most-favored-nation trade status with China if he determines that there has not been significant improvement in human rights conditions there.	2025-01-23T13:18:47Z
101-hr-4897	101	hr	4897	Regarding the establishment of free trade areas between the United States and certain East European countries.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-23	1990-05-29	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1]	IA	R	L000169	1	Urges the President to initiate consultations and negotiations with East European countries (Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia) under the authority of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to reach trade agreements that establish free trade areas between the United States and such countries. Authorizes the President to designate other East European countries (including Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) as eligible East European countries if such a country is taking steps toward: (1) political pluralism; (2) economic reform based upon progress toward a market-oriented economy; (3) respect for internationally recognized human rights; and (4) a willingness to build a friendly relationship with the United States.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-sjres-325	101	sjres	325	A joint resolution to disapprove of renewal of most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China (PRC).	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-23	1990-05-23	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000366	1	Prohibits products from China from receiving nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment).	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hr-4881	101	hr	4881	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-22	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10]	IN	D	J000033	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1993, the duty on composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-2670	101	s	2670	A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-22	1990-05-22	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]	NV	D	R000146	0	Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative to impose practices that prohibit or limit the foreign investment in the United States on those foreign countries that have similar practices against U.S. investment.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z
101-hr-4866	101	hr	4866	To deny the People's Republic of China most-favored-nation trade treatment.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-17	1990-05-22	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24]	NY	R	S000675	24	Denies most-favored-nation treatment to Chinese products.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4837	101	hr	4837	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on power-driven weaving machines for weaving fabrics more than 4.9 meters in width.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-16	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Roth, Toby [R-WI-8]	WI	R	R000459	0	Extends from December 31, 1990, to December 31, 1992, the suspension of duty on certain power-driven weaving machines.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4812	101	hr	4812	Anti-Repression Trade Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-15	1990-05-18	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]	MA	D	F000339	5	Anti-Repression Trade Act - Limits the amount of textile products that may be imported into the United States from the People's Republic of China after December 31, 1990. Outlines conditions for presidential termination of such limitation after December 31, 1991.	2025-08-26T17:28:25Z
101-hr-4787	101	hr	4787	To correct the tariff classification of monoculars.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-10	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28]	CA	D	D000373	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the classification of monoculars.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4791	101	hr	4791	To reduce temporarily the duty on flurbiprofen.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-10	1990-09-04	Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.	House	Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3]	MN	R	F000380	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 1992, the duty on 2-(2-Fluoro-4-biphenyl)-propionic acid (flurbiprofen).	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-2603	101	s	2603	National Trade Council Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-09	1990-05-09	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.	Senate	Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]	SC	D	H000725	0	National Trade Council Act of 1990 - Establishes the National Trade Council in the Executive Office of the President to provide advice with respect to the integration of national and international policies relating to trade. Directs the Council to appoint: (1) a Food and Fibre Advisory Committee to provide advice regarding the production and distribution of food and food products in international trade; (2) a Business and Labor Advisory Committee to provide advice regarding methods to increase the productivity of the Nation's workforce; (3) a Research and Development Advisory Committee to provide advice regarding technological research and development; and (4) such other advisory committees as deemed necessary.	2025-08-26T17:28:40Z
101-hr-4750	101	hr	4750	Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-08	1990-05-15	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-17]	MI	D	L000263	6	Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1990 - Requires the United States Trade Representative to initiate an unfair trade practice investigation under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to: (1) the elimination of unreasonable Japanese trade practices that limit imports of U.S. auto parts and accessories; and (2) increasing access for such items to Japanese markets. Amends the Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1988 to require the Secretary of Commerce to submit biannual reports to the Congress concerning increases in the sale of U.S. auto parts and accessories in Japanese markets. Directs the Attorney General and the International Trade Commission to study and report to the Congress on the pattern of procurement of such items by foreign automobile manufacturers operating in the United States to determine if there may be unfair methods of competition in connection with such procurement.	2025-08-26T17:27:52Z
101-s-2569	101	s	2569	Fair Trade and Export Expansion Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-03	1990-05-03	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]	MI	D	L000261	6	Fair Trade and Export Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), through calendar year 1995, to identify U.S. trade liberalization priorities. Requires the USTR, after he or she has identified a country as a priority foreign country (a country whose trade practices create major barriers to U.S. exports), to initiate an investigation with respect to the priority practices of such country if: (1) the amount of the trade deficit between the United States and such country exceeds 15 percent of the amount of the total U.S. trade deficit for a given year; (2) the practices of such country have been identified; and (3) such country has not entered into a free trade agreement with the United States. Requires the USTR, after identifying a practice as a priority practice (one which acts as a barrier to U.S. exports), to initiate an investigation with respect to it if: (1) such practice has been identified; and (2) the practice is associated with a sectoral deficit (as listed in the National Trade Estimates) of five percent or more of the balance of trade between the United States and the foreign country conducting such practice. Requires the USTR, after a practice has been identified as a priority practice and a foreign country has been identified as a foreign priority country, to initiate an investigation with respect to such practice or country, if a joint resolution is enacted by the Congress. Requires the USTR, if he or she determines that a priority practice or a priority practice with respect to a priority foreign country constitutes an act, policy, or practice that is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, to take appropriate action to eliminate such act, policy, or practice.	2025-08-26T17:26:58Z
101-s-2573	101	s	2573	Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-03	1990-05-03	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]	MI	D	R000249	2	Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1990 - Requires the United States Trade Representative to initiate an unfair trade practice investigation under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to: (1) the elimination of unreasonable Japanese trade practices that limit imports of U.S. auto parts and accessories; and (2) increasing access for such items to Japanese markets. Amends the Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1988 to require the Secretary of Commerce to submit biannual reports to the Congress concerning increases in the sale of U.S. auto parts and accessories in Japanese markets. Directs the Attorney General and the International Trade Commission to study and report to the Congress on the pattern of procurement of such items by foreign automobile manufacturers operating in the United States to determine if there may be unfair methods of competition in connection with such procurement.	2025-08-26T17:25:14Z
101-s-2579	101	s	2579	A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-03	1990-05-03	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Senate	Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]	NY	R	D000018	6	Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the President, on or after May 1, 1990, from revising the control list of goods or technology in such a manner that would decontrol exports to the Soviet Union prior to the date the President transmits to the Congress certification that the Soviet Union has: (1) lifted its economic embargo against Lithuania; and (2) entered into negotiations with the intent to recognize such country's independence.	2025-01-14T19:00:46Z
101-hr-4710	101	hr	4710	To exclude during the course of any unfair import trade practice investigation involving an infringement of a patent, copyright, trademark, or mask work the entry into the United States of the articles concerned, upon a prima facie of such infringement.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-02	1990-05-08	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-12]	CA	R	C000100	11	Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prescribe conditions under which the U.S. International Trade Commission must temporarily exclude from entry into the United States patent, copyright, trademark, or mask work articles which it is investigating for alleged infringement and unfair import trade practices.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4717	101	hr	4717	To suspend temporarily the duty on Textile Winding or Reeling Machines.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-02	1990-08-23	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Rep. Olin, James R. [D-VA-6]	VA	D	O000069	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1993, the duty on textile winding (including weft winding) or reeling machines.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4685	101	hr	4685	To provide for the temporary duty-free treatment of certain sweaters manufactured in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-08-07	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Del. Blaz, Ben G. [R-GU-At Large]	GU	R	B000551	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through December 31, 1994, of certain sweaters manufactured in the Northern Mariana Islands.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4689	101	hr	4689	Customs Informed Compliance and Automation Act of 1990	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-05-07	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13]	OH	D	P000170	1	Customs Informed Compliance and Automation Act of 1990 - Title I: Improvements in Customs Enforcement - Amends Federal law with respect to administrative rulemaking and procedure to the U.S. customs laws. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to except imported merchandise which could be subject to a civil penalty under such Act from ordinary seizure authority for violations of the U.S. customs laws. Defines fraud, gross negligence, and negligence with respect to customs violations. Provides for: (1) disclosure requirements with respect to violations of the customs laws; (2) regulatory audits of the Customs Service; and (3) accreditation of private laboratories. Limits the detention of imported merchandise to five days unless the Customs Service provides a detailed account of why it should be held longer, together with an estimate of the length of such detention. Title II: National Customs Automation Program - National Customs Automation Act - Subtitle A: General Program Provisions - Establishes the National Customs Automation Program for the modernization of customs laws, regulations, and procedures to permit the transmission, on a periodic basis, by electronic and other means, of information and payments associated with the entry and release of merchandise into the United States. Requires the Customs Service to train personnel and to test procedures with respect to such program. Makes participation of importers in the Program optional. Requires the Customs Service to centralize in one location all quota data input and processing. Subtitle B: Amendments to Implement Program - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to repeal specified provisions relating to: (1) production of bills of lading; (2) certification by owner of carrier; (3) acceptance of duplicate bill of lading; and (4) release of merchandise. Requires consignees of imported merchandise to make entry of such merchandise by filing with the Customs Service, through an authorized electronic data interchange system, information to enable the service to: (1) deter…	2025-08-26T17:28:22Z
101-hr-4692	101	hr	4692	To suspend temporarily the duty on butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-08-23	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]	NJ	D	R000383	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1993, the duty on butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4693	101	hr	4693	To temporarily suspend the duty on metal oxide varistors.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-09-24	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15]	FL	R	S000303	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on metal oxide varistors.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4696	101	hr	4696	To extend until January 1, 1994, the existing temporary suspension of duty on tungsten ores.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-08-23	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21]	OH	D	S000948	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1993, the existing suspension of duty on tungsten ores.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-s-2549	101	s	2549	A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain radio-tape player combinations.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-05-01	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]	ID	R	S001138	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on certain radio-tape player combinations.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-s-2550	101	s	2550	A bill to extend the temporary duty suspension on certain entertainment broadcast band receivers.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-05-01	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]	ID	R	S001138	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on certain entertainment broadcast band receivers.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-s-2553	101	s	2553	A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, the generalized system of preferences, and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to require countries to maintain certain environmental standards, and for other purposes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-05-01	1990-05-01	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]	NJ	D	L000123	2	Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President not to designate a country as a beneficiary country eligible for duty-free treatment of its products if it does not have effective natural resource protection and pollution abatement and control standards to protect air, water, and land, or if its standards are not observed. Adds a country's lack of environmental protection standards to "unreasonable practices" used as factors for determining retaliatory action under the Trade Act of 1974.	2025-01-14T18:59:41Z
101-hr-4676	101	hr	4676	To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the classification of mixed alkylbenzenes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-04-30	1990-08-10	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7]	TX	R	A000215	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the classification of mixed alkylbenzenes.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4677	101	hr	4677	To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of diamond tool and drill blanks.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-04-30	1990-08-23	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7]	TX	R	A000215	0	Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the reliquidation (refund) of duties on certain entries of diamond tool and drill blanks.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
101-hr-4678	101	hr	4678	To suspend for a 5-year period the duty on Dithiobisbenzanilide.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1990-04-30	1990-07-31	Executive Comment Received from ITC.	House	Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-12]	NJ	R	C000809	0	Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, for a five-year period, the duty on dithiobisbenzanilide.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z

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