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| 105-s-2653 | 105 | s | 2653 | A bill to require the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements to report to Congress by April 1, 1999, on the availability of certain wool fabric, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-21 | 1998-10-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 2 | Directs the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements to report to specified congressional committees with respect to: (1) the current and projected availability through December 31, 2004, of certain categories of wool fabrics imported from North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries; (2) the existence of any deficiency in the supply of those fabric categories, including U.S. domestic producers of such fabrics and the causes of any supply deficiency; (3) the economic consequences resulting from the deficiency, if any, for U.S. producers of the textile goods and articles using such fabrics (including U.S. domestic producers of such fabrics); (4) the economic consequences for such U.S. producers and U.S. producers of fiber, tops, yarn, and fabric resulting from the reduction and elimination of tariffs in 1999 for each fabric category; (5) the capability of the Customs Service to monitor effectively and verify that the imports of wool fabrics meet U.S. tariff and quota requirements; and (6) the economic consequences of the wool apparel tariff preference level provision in the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and NAFTA on the U.S. wool textile and apparel industry. Declares that nothing in this Act is intended to affect the elimination of quotas or the application of safeguards provided for in the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing or the Agreement on Safeguards. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4856 | 105 | hr | 4856 | Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-20 | 1998-10-21 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Miscellaneous Trade Corrections Title II: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions; Other Trade Provisions Subtitle A: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions Subtitle B: Other Trade Provisions Title III: Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998 - Title I: Miscellaneous Trade Corrections - Makes various specified miscellaneous technical corrections to the Trade Act of 1974 and other specified Federal law involving: (1) abolishment of the East-West Foreign Trade Board; (2) repeal of the requirement that certain small vessels departing from a foreign port, or which visited a hovering vessel, carry a certificate for the importation into the United States of alcoholic spirits; (3) repeal of the exemption of documented tugs with a Great Lakes endorsement from certain entry and clearance requirements; (4) change of general most-favored-nation (MFN) status to general or normal trade relations (NTR) status under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; and (5) conforming amendments to obsolete references to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). (Sec. 1003) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to allow certain entries of television receivers, monitors, and picture tubes, and combination TV-VCRs with a diagonal measurement of up to 34.29cm (currently, 33.02 cm), or 13.5 inches, to be classified as 13 inches for purposes of tariff treatment under the Schedule. Directs the Customs Service, upon proper request, to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries made on or after January 1, 1995, and before 15 days after enactment of this Act, as if such amendment applied to such entries. Title II: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions; Other Trade Provisions - Subtitle A: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for temporary duty suspensions for: (1) specified chemica… | 2025-04-07T15:23:24Z | |
| 105-s-2642 | 105 | s | 2642 | A bill to establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-20 | 1998-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 1 | Establishes in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator, who shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Chief, as his or her primary function, to conduct trade negotiations relating to agricultural commodities, as well as other functions as the USTR may direct. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4839 | 105 | hr | 4839 | To suspend temporarily the duty on certain crystal vases and drinking glasses. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-14 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] | FL | R | Y000031 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on vases and drinking glasses of barium crystal valued over $5 each, whether or not cut or engraved. | 2025-01-02T17:51:51Z | |
| 105-hres-598 | 105 | hres | 598 | Calling on the President to take all necessary measures to respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-14 | 1998-10-15 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 47 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that its integrity has been impugned by the failure of the executive branch to expeditiously enforce title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 in response to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions. Calls upon the President to: (1) immediately review the entry into the U.S. customs territory of all steel products from Australia, China, South Africa, Ukraine, Indonesia, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea, or Brazil; (2) impose a one-year ban on all steel products from any country not abiding by the international trade agreements with respect to imports of all steel products into the United States; (3) establish a task force to closely monitor U.S. imports of steel from other countries to determine whether or not such agreements are being violated; and (4) report to the Congress by January 5, 1999, on any other actions the President has taken, or intends to take, to ensure that all U.S. trading partners abide such agreements with respect to U.S. imports of steel. | 2025-04-07T15:23:24Z | |
| 105-hr-4819 | 105 | hr | 4819 | Passenger Services Enhancement Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-13 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] | FL | R | S000303 | 12 | Passenger Services Enhancement Act - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to continue, indefinitely, the use of customs user fees (to the extent funds remain available after making certain reimbursements) for salaries for up to 50 full- time equivalent inspectional positions to provide preclearance customs services. Decreases from $6.50 to $5 the customs user fee charged to each passenger that arrives aboard a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft from a place outside the U.S. customs (except $1.75 shall be charged to each passenger aboard a commercial vessel that arrives from Canada, Mexico, a U.S. territory or possession, or an adjacent island). Earmarks a specified amount of certain customs user fees to the Customs Service for automated commercial systems. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to establish an advisory committee, consisting of representatives from the airline, cruise ship, and other transportation industries, to advise the Commissioner on issues related to the performance of the inspectional services of the Customs Service. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Secretary, for a specified period, to prescribe an alternative mid-point interest accounting methodology, which may be employed by the importer, based upon aggregate data in lieu of accounting for such interest from each deposit data provided. | 2025-08-21T16:12:18Z | |
| 105-hconres-350 | 105 | hconres | 350 | Calling on the President to take all necessary measures under existing law to respond to the significant increase of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-12 | On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 153 - 249 (Roll No. 522). | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 6 | Calls upon the President to: (1) pursue vigorous enforcement of U.S. trade laws relating to unfair trade practices with respect to the significant increase of steel imports into the United States, using all available remedies under those laws; (2) pursue consultations with Japanese, Korean, and European Union officials, and other nations to eliminate import barriers that affect steel mill products and to increase access to their markets; (3) closely monitor U.S. imports of steel and make the data gathered from such monitoring available to the public as soon as possible; and (4) report to the Congress by January 5, 1999, on the impact that the significant increase in steel imports is having on employment, prices, and investment in the U.S. steel industry. | 2025-04-07T15:23:24Z | |
| 105-hr-4807 | 105 | hr | 4807 | To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Mongolia. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 5 | Authorizes the President to: (1) determine that title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (denying nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of certain countries) should no longer apply to Mongolia; and (2) based upon such determination, extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to Mongolian products. | 2025-01-02T17:51:50Z | |
| 105-hr-4814 | 105 | hr | 4814 | Canola Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-12 | Referred to House Ways and Means | House | Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | P000422 | 1 | Canola Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the United States trade representative to the United States-Canada Technical Working Group to urge the Group to harmonize registration of certain pesticides used on canola. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish domestic and import tolerances for such pesticides. | 2025-08-21T16:13:22Z | |
| 105-hconres-348 | 105 | hconres | 348 | Urging the President and Chile to engage in negotiations to conclude a free trade agreement between the United States and Chile, in the absence of fast track authority. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 1 | Urges the President and appropriate representatives of the Government of Chile to engage in negotiations to conclude a free trade agreement between the United States and Chile in the absence of fast track authority. Urges the President, in conducting such negotiations, to: (1) assess whether U.S. tariffs on agriculture products that were bound under the Uruguay Round Agreements are lower than the tariffs bound by Chile; (2) consult with the Congress on whether it is appropriate for the United States to agree to further tariff reductions based on such assessment; and (3) consult with specified congressional committees before entering into any such trade agreement. | 2025-01-02T17:44:04Z | |
| 105-s-2618 | 105 | s | 2618 | Foreign Competition in Foreign Commerce Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Fair Competition in Foreign Commerce Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the President and to appropriate congressional committees on a strategic plan for requiring the use of independent third-party procurement monitoring and other international procurement reforms with respect to U.S. participation in multilateral development banks and other lending institutions. Requires such plan to include an instruction by the Secretary to the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank and lending institution to use the vote of the United States to oppose the use of funds appropriated or made available by the United States for any non- humanitarian assistance, until: (1) the recipient international financial institution has adopted an anticorruption plan that requires the use of independent third-party procurement monitoring services and ensures openness and transparency in government procurement; and (2) the recipient country institutes specific strategies for minimizing corruption and maximizing transparency in each stage of the procurement process. Prohibits the use of funds for nonhumanitarian foreign assistance programs (including Agency for International Development (AID) activities) unless the recipient country, multilateral development bank or lending institution has demonstrated that: (1) procurement practices are open, transparent, and free of corruption, fraud, inefficiency, and other misuse; and (2) the recipient has adopted and is using independent third-party procurement monitoring. Specifies exceptions to the requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:11:49Z | |
| 105-hr-4761 | 105 | hr | 4761 | Uruguay Round Agreements Compliance Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-10 | Rule H. Res. 588 passed House. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 27 | Uruguay Round Agreements Compliance Act of 1998 - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to take action to implement certain trade sanctions under the Trade Act of 1974 as if a determination had been made that the practices of the European Union (EU) regarding the importation of bananas, or EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef, violate, or are inconsistent with, or otherwise deny benefits to the United States under the Uruguay Round Agreements. Requires that any sanction to eliminate such practices be devised so as to affect EU goods or services in an amount equivalent in value to the burden or restriction being imposed by the EU on U.S. commerce. Requires the USTR to implement trade sanctions unless it is certified to the Congress that: (1) the Dispute Settlement Body has adopted a report that U.S. rights under the Uruguay Round Agreements are not being denied by EU practices (or such practices are not a violation of, or inconsistent with, such rights) regarding the importation of bananas or the EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef; (2) the EU has agreed to eliminate or phase out such practices; or (3) the taking of action under this Act would cause serious harm to the national security of the United States. Requires the USTR to continue to make efforts to preserve U.S. rights under the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes concerning EU measures on the importation of bananas and EU's ban on the use of hormones in beef. | 2025-08-21T16:11:13Z | |
| 105-hr-4762 | 105 | hr | 4762 | To impose a temporary ban on the importation of certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] | AL | R | A000055 | 11 | Prohibits the importation into the United States during a one-year period of hot-rolled steel products or plate steel products from Japan, Russia, or Brazil. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in any case in which antidumping duties are imposed upon steel products of a foreign country, to assess such duties on entries made for the period that dumping occurred before the issuance of the order (as well as on entries made after the order), but in no case earlier than one year before an antidumping duty petition was filed or the Secretary initiated an antidumping duty investigation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should respond to complaints filed by U.S. trading partners regarding this prohibition on steel imports by: (1) addressing the failure of those countries' governments to make their companies abide by international trade agreements with respect to dumping; and (2) stating that their failure constitutes a legitimate national security concern to the United States. | 2025-01-02T17:51:49Z | |
| 105-hconres-337 | 105 | hconres | 337 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the total debt owed by 31 of the 40 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) to the United States should be forgiven. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the total debt owed by 31 of the 40 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) to the United States should be forgiven; (2) amounts that may otherwise be appropriated for funding to the International Monetary Fund should instead be used to pay for such debt relief; and (3) amounts that may be appropriated to assist HIPC pay off their remaining debt should be authorized in the form of grants and not loans. | 2025-01-02T17:43:55Z | |
| 105-hr-4733 | 105 | hr | 4733 | Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] | CA | D | M000249 | 2 | Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 1998 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Labor for FY 1999 through 2003 for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for workers. (Sec. 2) Repeals the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (effectively eliminating TAA for workers under such program). (Sec. 3) Revises requirements for the filing of petitions for TAA for a group of workers adversely affected by imports. Authorizes employers of such workers, one-stop career centers, or State employment agencies to file on their behalf with the Governor of the State (currently, with the Secretary of Labor) a petition for certification of eligibility for such assistance. Requires the Governor to: (1) transmit the petition to the Secretary immediately; (2) ensure that rapid response assistance and basic readjustment services are made available to the workers; and (3) assist the Secretary in the review of the petition. Requires the Secretary to review such petitions for certification of eligibility within 40 days (currently, 60 days) of its filing. (Sec. 4) Adds as a factor in the Secretary's determination of the eligibility of a group of workers for TAA any shift in production by such workers' firm to a foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with articles produced by such firm. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to collect and maintain certain information with respect to certifications of TAA. (Sec. 6) Revises enrollment in training requirements with respect to the payment of TAA to adversely affected workers to set forth certain time periods during which such enrollment must occur. Authorizes the Secretary to issue a statement to a worker waiving the enrollment in training requirements if it is determined that such training requirement is not feasible or appropriate for the worker, based on specified factors. (Sec. 8) Increases from 14 to 30 the number of days an adversely affected worker may have a scheduled break in a train… | 2025-08-21T16:12:54Z | |
| 105-hres-583 | 105 | hres | 583 | Expressing the sense of the House with respect to barriers between the United States and Canada with regard to certain agriculture products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Referred to House Agriculture | House | Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2] | OR | R | S000607 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should: (1) analyze and report to specified congressional committees on trade between the United States and Canada with regard to beef, beef cattle, wheat, barley, dairy, poultry, and eggs; and (2) based on such analyses identify any provisions of the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that limit, inhibit, or otherwise restrict the ability of U.S. farmers and ranchers to benefit from or mitigate the economic impact of trade between the United States and Canada. | 2025-04-07T15:23:53Z | |
| 105-s-2577 | 105 | s | 2577 | A bill to amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow duty drawback for grape juice concentrates, regardless of color or variety. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the substitution of certain grape juice concentrate, regardless of color, variety, or any other characteristic, for purposes of the drawback (refund) of duties on such products. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2580 | 105 | s | 2580 | Trade Fairness Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 4 | Trade Fairness Act of 1998 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise certain factors the International Trade Commission (ITC) must consider when investigating to determine whether an article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article. Repeals the requirement that such injury be substantial. Prohibits the ITC, when making such determinations, from attributing to imports injury caused by other factors. | 2025-08-21T16:14:45Z | |
| 105-hr-4719 | 105 | hr | 4719 | International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review Commission Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 0 | International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review Commission Act of 1998 - Establishes the International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review Commission to advise and report to the Congress on specified aspects of the future role and responsibilities of the international financial institutions of the World Trade Organization and the Bank for International Settlements. Directs the President to report to certain congressional committees on: (1) the desirability and feasibility of implementing the Commission's recommendations; and (2) the steps taken through international institutions and fora to implement such recommendations. | 2025-08-21T16:12:04Z | |
| 105-s-2567 | 105 | s | 2567 | Trading with the People's Republic of China Military Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 0 | Trading With the People's Republic of China Military Act of 1998 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to prohibit any entity owned, operated, or controlled by the People's Liberation Army or the People's Armed Police from operating in the United States or from conducting certain business with persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Defense to compile, and publish in the Federal Register, a list of persons who are People's Republic of China (PRC) military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States or any of its territories or possessions. Makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) serve as an officer, director, or other manager of any office or business anywhere in the United States or its territories or possessions that is owned, operated, or controlled by a PRC military company; or (2) make any loan or other extension of credit to any PRC military company, or acquire any ownership interest in such a company. Makes it unlawful for: (1) any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to export goods, technology, or services to such a company; or (2) any person to export to such a company any goods, technology, or services subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Directs the President to require by regulation the closing and divestiture of such companies in the United States or its territories or possessions. Prohibits goods or services that are the growth, product, or manufacture of a PRC military company from being imported into the United States. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:14:41Z | |
| 105-sconres-124 | 105 | sconres | 124 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the denial of benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences to developing countries that violate the intellectual property rights of United States persons, particularly those that have not implemented their obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-06 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 9 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should not give special trade preferences to goods originating from a country that is not making substantial progress toward adequately protect U.S. intellectual property rights, particularly a developing country that has not met its obligations under the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights by January 1, 2000; (2) the Congress should monitor the progress of developing countries in meeting their obligations under the Agreement by January 1, 2000; and (3) it should consider legislation that would deny benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences to developing countries that are not in compliance with their obligations under the Agreement beginning on January 1, 2000. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4688 | 105 | hr | 4688 | To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-02 | 1998-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] | MA | D | M000312 | 3 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and implement regulations that require certain jewelry that enters the U.S. customs territory to have the English name of the country of origin indelibly marked in a conspicuous place by cutting, die-sinking, engraving, stamping, or some other permanent method. | 2025-01-02T17:51:37Z | |
| 105-s-2537 | 105 | s | 2537 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to assure that the United States is consistent with other G-7 countries in evaluating environmental concerns relating to projects to be financed, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-15 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12639 | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank shall seek to reach an international agreement with the export financing agencies of all the G-7 countries (France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Italy) regarding the environmental policies and procedures to be used in financing export promotion projects. Requires the Board to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on its actions in obtaining such agreement, including a summary of projects financed by other G-7 projects that do not meet the Bank's environmental policies and procedures. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to prohibit the Board from withholding financing from a project if the government of any G-7 country is providing (or has indicated approval to provide) financing of the project and such financing is not conditioned on meeting the environmental policies and procedures of the Bank. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 105-s-2534 | 105 | s | 2534 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2, (4-chlorophenol)-3ethyl-2, 5-dihydro-5-oxo-4-pyridazine carboxylic acid, potassium salt. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-30 | 1998-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on 2, (4-chlorophenol)-3-ethyl-2, 5-dihydro-5-oxo-4-pyridazine carboxylic acid, potassium salt. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-sconres-121 | 105 | sconres | 121 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should take all necessary measures to respond to the increase in steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, the independent States of the former Soviet Union, Russia, and other areas of the world, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-29 | 1998-09-29 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 30 | Calls upon the President to: (1) pursue enhanced enforcement of U.S. trade laws with respect to the increase in steel imports into the United States, including imposition of offsetting duties, quantitative restrictions, and other appropriate remedial measures; (2) pursue with all methods at the President's disposal to achieve a more equitable sharing of the burden of accepting imports of finished steel products from Asia and the independent states of the former Soviet Union; (3) establish a task force that has responsibility for closely monitoring U.S. imports of steel; and (4) report to the Congress by January 5, 1999, with a comprehensive plan for responding to the increase in steel imports, including ways of limiting the deleterious effects on employment, prices, and investment in the U.S. steel industry. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4607 | 105 | hr | 4607 | Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-23 | 1998-09-23 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] | IA | D | B000652 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Trade Authorities Procedures Title II: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reciprocal Trade Agreement Authorities Act of 1998 - Title I: Trade Authorities Procedures - Sets forth the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States for trade agreements (generally similar to the objectives of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (OTCA)), including: (1) to further strengthen the system of international trading disciplines and procedures, including dispute settlement; and (2) to foster economic growth, raise living standards, promote full employment in the United States, and enhance the global economy. (Sec. 102) Sets forth the principal U.S. negotiating objectives (generally similar to the principal OTCA negotiating objectives) regarding trade barriers and other trade distortions, trade in services, foreign investment, transparency, reciprocal trade in agriculture, labor, the environment, and other matters, and World Trade Organization (WTO) extended negotiations. Declares that the principal U.S. negotiating objectives regarding trade barriers and other trade distortions include: (1) expanding competitive market opportunities for U.S. exports, and obtaining fairer and more open conditions of trade by reducing or eliminating tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices of foreign governments directly related to trade that decrease market opportunities for U.S. exports or otherwise distort U.S. trade; and (2) obtaining reciprocal tariff and nontariff barrier elimination agreements, with particular attention to specified tariff categories covered in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. Declares that the principal U.S. negotiating objective regarding reciprocal trade in agriculture is to obtain competitive opportunities for U.S. exports in foreign markets substantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded foreign exports in U.S. markets, and to achieve fairer and more open conditions of trade in bulk and value-added commodities. Declares t… | 2025-08-21T16:11:23Z | |
| 105-hr-4608 | 105 | hr | 4608 | To reauthorize the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-23 | 1998-09-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences through June 30, 2000. (Sec. 1) Provides, upon request filed with the Customs Service, for the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) on entries of articles to which duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences would have applied if it had been in effect between June 30, 1998, and the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 2) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow a duty drawback (refund of duty) for methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), a finished petroleum derivative, provided certain requirements are met. (Sec. 3) Revises the methodology used to calculate the refund of duties on the export of finished petroleum derivatives that have been manufactured with (and substituted for) a qualified article which is of the same kind and quality (whether imported duty-paid or domestic). Redefines the term "qualified article" to include certain manufactured articles (primary forms), including articles of the same kind and quality, or any combination thereof, that are transferred as certified in a certificate of delivery or certificate of manufacture and delivery to an exporter in a quantity not greater than the quantity of articles purchased or exchanged for use in the manufactured article. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon proper request, to reliquidate as free of duty certain entries of: (1) nuclear fuel assemblies; and (2) water resistant wool trousers. Requires a refund of any duties paid with respect to such entries. (Sec. 6) Directs the U.S. Customs Service, upon proper request, to: (1) liquidate or reliquidate as if the special column one duty rate applicable for Canada applied to certain entries or withdrawals for warehouse of mueslix cereal during 1992 through 1995; and (2) refund to the importer any excess duties paid with respect to such entries. (Sec. 7) Directs the Foreign Trade Zones Board to expand Foreign Trade Zone No. 143 to include areas in the vicinity of t… | 2025-04-07T15:23:24Z | |
| 105-hr-4606 | 105 | hr | 4606 | To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kyrgyzstan. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-22 | 1998-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kyrgyzstan. | 2025-04-07T15:23:24Z | |
| 105-hconres-328 | 105 | hconres | 328 | Calling on the President to take all necessary measures to respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 124 | Calls upon the President to: (1) pursue enhanced enforcement of U.S. trade laws with respect to the surge of steel imports into the United States, including offsetting duties, quantitative restraints, and other authorized remedial measures; (2) pursue a more equitable sharing of the burden of accepting imports of finished steel products from Asia and the countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States; (3) establish a task force with responsibility for closely monitoring U.S. imports of steel; and (4) report to the Congress by January 5, 1999, with a comprehensive plan for responding to the import surge, including ways of limiting its deleterious effects on employment, prices, and investment in the U.S. steel industry. | 2025-04-07T15:23:24Z | |
| 105-hr-4526 | 105 | hr | 4526 | To amend section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to clarify the rules of origin with respect to certain textile products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-09 | 1998-09-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 0 | Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to revise rules of origin for textile and apparel products to provide, for purposes of the customs laws and the administration of quantitative restrictions, that certain fabrics of silk, cotton, man-made fiber, or vegetable fiber, and certain other silk accessories shall be considered to originate in, and be the growth, product, or manufacture of, the country, territory, or possession in which the finishing operations for such products occur. | 2025-04-07T15:23:24Z | |
| 105-s-2436 | 105 | s | 2436 | A bill to require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-03 | 1998-09-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 5 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and implement regulations that require certain jewelry that enters the U.S. customs territory to have the English name of the country of origin indelibly marked in a conspicuous place by cutting, die-sinking, engraving, stamping, or some other permanent method. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2437 | 105 | s | 2437 | A bill to require that jewelry boxes imported from another country be indelibly marked with the country of origin. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-03 | 1998-09-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and implement regulations that require certain jewelry boxes that enter, or are withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the U.S. customs territory to have the English name of the country of origin indelibly marked in a conspicuous place by cutting, die-sinking, engraving, stamping, or some other permanent method. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2438 | 105 | s | 2438 | A bill to suspend until December 31, 2001, the duty on parts for use in the manufacture of certain high-performance loudspeakers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-03 | 1998-09-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, until December 31, 2001, the duty on parts for use in certain high-performance loudspeakers. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2439 | 105 | s | 2439 | A bill to suspend until December 31, 2001, the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-09-03 | 1998-09-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, until December 31, 2001, the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4433 | 105 | hr | 4433 | Trading With the Communist Chinese Military Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-08-06 | 1998-09-15 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 7 | Trading With the Communist Chinese Military Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to compile, publish, and update continuously a list of Communist Chinese military companies owned or controlled by the People's Liberation Army and operating directly or indirectly in the United States or any of its territories and possessions. Makes it unlawful for any person to serve as an officer, director, or other manager of any office or business in the United States or its territories or possessions that is owned, operated, or controlled by a Communist Chinese military company. Directs the President by regulation to require the closing and divestiture of such offices and businesses. Prohibits the importation into the United States of goods or services that are the growth, product, or manufacture of a Communist Chinese military company. Makes it unlawful for any U.S. person to: (1) make a loan or extend credit to any Communist Chinese military company; (2) acquire an ownership interest in such a company; or (3) export to such a company any item on the U.S. Munitions List. Exempts from the application of this Act any transaction which the President determines (and reports to the Congress) to involve the transfer of food, clothing, medicine, or emergency supplies intended to relieve human suffering. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:12:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4481 | 105 | hr | 4481 | To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow duty drawback for grape juice concentrates, regardless of color or variety. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 2 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the substitution of certain grape juice concentrate, regardless of color, variety, or any other characteristic, for purposes of the drawback (refund) of duties on such products. | 2025-01-02T17:51:20Z | |
| 105-hr-4512 | 105 | hr | 4512 | To suspend temporarily the duty on a chemical known as 5-tertiary butyl-isophthalic acid. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] | MS | R | W000437 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on 5-tertiary butyl-isophthalic acid. | 2025-01-02T17:51:38Z | |
| 105-hr-4387 | 105 | hr | 4387 | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate the duty on certain electromagnets. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-08-03 | 1998-08-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to certain electromagnets. | 2025-01-02T17:51:03Z | |
| 105-s-2399 | 105 | s | 2399 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain drug substances used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-31 | 1998-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] | IL | D | M001025 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1999, the duty on certain drug substances used as HIV antiviral drugs: (1) (S)-N-tert-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro- 3-isoquinoline carboxamide; (2) (S)-N-tert-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3- isoquinoline carboxamide hydrochloride salt; (3) (S)-N-tert-butyl- 1,2,3,4- tetrahydro-3-isoquinoline carboxamide sulfate salt; and (4) (3S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2400 | 105 | s | 2400 | Trade and Tariff Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-31 | 1998-07-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Trade and Development Subtitle A: Trade Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa Subtitle B: Generalized System of Preferences Subtitle C: United States-Caribbean Trade Enhancement Title II: Reciprocal Trade Agreements Title III: Trade Adjustment Assistance Title IV: Market Access Identification for Certain Agricultural Products Title V: Approval and Implementation of OECD Shipbuilding Agreement Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Other Provisions Subtitle C: Effective Date Title VI: Miscellaneous Trade and Tariff Provisions Subtitle A: Extension of Normal Trade Relations to Mongolia Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Tariff Provisions Title VII: Revenue Provisions Title I: Trade and Development - Subtitle A: Trade Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa - African Growth and Opportunity Act - Declares the policy of the Congress toward sub-Saharan African countries. (Sec. 1004) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to designate a sub-Saharan African country eligible for duty-free treatment for certain non-import-sensitive articles if the President determines that: (1) it has established, or is making continual progress toward establishing, a market-based economy, a democratic society, an open trading system, and economic policies to reduce poverty, increase health care availability and educational opportunities, and promote private enterprise; and (2) it does not engage in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or support international terrorism, and cooperates in international efforts to eliminate human rights violations and terrorist activities. Directs the President to monitor and review the progress of sub-Saharan African countries to determine their current or potential eligibility under the requirements of this Act. Requires the President to terminate the designation as a beneficiary sub-Saharan Afr… | 2025-08-21T16:12:49Z | |
| 105-hr-4358 | 105 | hr | 4358 | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for equitable duty treatment for certain wool used in making suits. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-30 | 1998-07-31 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1495) | House | Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] | NY | R | H000814 | 14 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to: (1) provide a duty, through December 31, 2004, on fabrics, of carded or combed wool or fine animal hair, all the foregoing certified by the importer as "Super 70's" or "Super 80's" intended for use in making suits, suit-type jackets or trousers; and (2) grant duty-free treatment, through December 31, 2004, to fabrics, of carded or combed wool or fine animal hair, all the foregoing certified by the importer as "Super 90's" or higher grade intended for use in making suits, suit-type jackets or trousers. Treats (for tariff purposes) such suits similarly to certain other suits under the Schedule. | 2025-01-02T17:51:17Z | |
| 105-s-2391 | 105 | s | 2391 | Fair Trade in MTBE Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-30 | 1998-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Fair Trade in MTBE Act of 1998 - Directs the administering authority (Secretary of Commerce, or any other officer of the United States to whom the responsibility for carrying out the duties of the administering authority are transferred by law) to initiate a countervailing duty investigation to determine if the necessary elements exist for the imposition of a countervailing duty with respect to the importation of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from Saudi Arabia. | 2025-08-21T16:12:01Z | |
| 105-s-2394 | 105 | s | 2394 | A bill to amend section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to clarify the rules of origin with respect to certain textile products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-30 | 1998-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 1 | Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to revise rules of origin for textile and apparel products to provide, for purposes of the customs laws and the administration of quantitative restrictions, that certain fabrics of silk, cotton, man-made fiber, or vegetable fiber, and certain other silk accessories shall be considered to originate in, and be the growth, product, or manufacture of, the country, territory, or possession in which the finishing operations for such products occur. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4342 | 105 | hr | 4342 | Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-29 | 1998-09-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 666. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Miscellaneous Trade Corrections Title II: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions; Other Trade Provisions Subtitle A: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions Subtitle B: Other Trade Provisions Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998 - Title I: Miscellaneous Trade Corrections - Makes various specified miscellaneous technical corrections to the Trade Act of 1974 and other specified Federal law involving: (1) abolishment of the East-West Foreign Trade Board; (2) repeal of the requirement that certain small vessels departing from a foreign port, or which visited a hovering vessel, carry a certificate for the importation into the United States of alcoholic spirits; (3) repeal of the exemption of documented tugs with a Great Lakes endorsement from certain entry and clearance requirements; (4) change of general most-favored-nation (MFN) status to general or normal trade relations (NTR) status under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; and (5) conforming amendments to obsolete references to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). (Sec. 1003) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to allow certain entries of television receivers, monitors, and picture tubes, and combination TV-VCRs with a diagonal measurement of up to 34.29cm (currently, 33.02 cm), or 13.5 inches, to be classified as 13 inches for purposes of tariff treatment under the Schedule. Directs the Customs Service, upon proper request, to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries made on or after January 1, 1995, and before 15 days after enactment of this Act, as if such amendment applied to such entries. Title II: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions; Other Trade Provisions - Subtitle A: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for temporary duty suspensions for: (1) specified chemicals and dyes through December 31, 2001; (2) snowboard boots w… | 2025-04-07T15:31:54Z | |
| 105-s-2362 | 105 | s | 2362 | A bill to extend the temporary duty suspension on certain textured rolled glass sheets. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-28 | 1998-07-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2001, the suspension of duty on rolled glass in sheets, yellow-green in color, not finished or edged-worked, textured on one surface, and suitable for incorporation in cooking stoves, ranges, or ovens. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2363 | 105 | s | 2363 | A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kyrgyzstan. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-28 | 1998-07-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 0 | Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kyrgyzstan. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4288 | 105 | hr | 4288 | Agriculture Export Enhancement Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-21 | 1998-07-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | E000282 | 0 | Agriculture Export Enhancement Act of 1998 - Sets forth the principal agricultural trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. Requires the United States to negotiate: (1) a specific date after which tariffs imposed on agricultural products shall be eliminated by WTO members (including elimination or substantial reduction of tariffs imposed by Japan and South Korea on meats, the Philippines on grains, livestock, and meat, South Africa on wheat, and Turkey on milling wheat, corn, and sorghum); (2) a specific date after which all export and other trade-distorting subsidies shall be eliminated by WTO members (including elimination of European Union export subsidies on wheat, wheat flour, beef, and poultry and domestic subsidies on pork and feed grains); (3) elimination of the exclusive right of state trading enterprises to import agricultural products in the case of WTO members and their ability to use their exclusive authority over the export of agricultural products to distort trade and international prices (ensuring that Australia adheres to its commitment to end the export monopoly of the Australia Wheat Board no later than January 1, 1999, and that Canada eliminates the discretionary pricing practices of the Canadian Wheat Board); and (4) the elimination of certain sanitary and phytosanitary restrictions on imports of U.S. agricultural products to the extent that they are inconsistent with the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. (Sec. 4) Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to revise the requirement that the President make certain determinations before any foreign country (currently, major foreign country) can accede to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the WTO. Requires the President to determine whether state trading enterprises in the foreign country produce or procure a significant share of: (1) the goods exported from, or imported into, such cou… | 2025-08-21T16:11:11Z | |
| 105-s-2338 | 105 | s | 2338 | A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for equitable duty treatment for certain wool used in making suits. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-21 | 1998-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 3 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to: (1) provide a duty, through December 31, 2004, on fabrics, of carded or combed wool or fine animal hair, all the foregoing certified by the importer as "Super 70's" or "Super 80's" intended for use in making suits, suit-type jackets or trousers; and (2) grant duty-free treatment, through December 31, 2004, to fabrics, of carded or combed wool or fine animal hair, all the foregoing certified by the importer as "Super 90's" or higher grade intended for use in making suits, suit-type jackets or trousers. Treats (for tariff purposes) such suits similarly to certain other suits under the Schedule. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2328 | 105 | s | 2328 | Agriculture Export Enhancement Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-17 | 1998-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 1 | Agriculture Export Enhancement Act of 1998 - Sets forth the principal agricultural trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture. Requires the United States to negotiate: (1) a specific date after which tariffs imposed on agricultural products shall be eliminated by WTO members (including elimination or substantial reduction of tariffs imposed by Japan and South Korea on meats, the Philippines on grains, livestock, and meat, South Africa on wheat, and Turkey on milling wheat, corn, and sorghum); (2) a specific date after which all export and other trade-distorting subsidies shall be eliminated by WTO members (including elimination of European Union export subsidies on wheat, wheat flour, beef, and poultry and domestic subsidies on pork and feed grains); (3) elimination of the exclusive right of state trading enterprises to import agricultural products in the case of WTO members and their ability to use their exclusive authority over the export of agricultural products to distort trade and international prices (ensuring that Australia adheres to its commitment to end the export monopoly of the Australia Wheat Board no later than January 1, 1999, and that Canada eliminates the discretionary pricing practices of the Canadian Wheat Board); and (4) the elimination of certain sanitary and phytosanitary restrictions on imports of U.S. agricultural products to the extent that they are inconsistent with the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. (Sec. 4) Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to revise the requirement that the President make certain determinations before any foreign country (currently, major foreign country) can accede to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the WTO. Requires the President to determine whether state trading enterprises in the foreign country produce or procure a significant share of: (1) the goods exported from, or imported into, such cou… | 2025-08-21T16:12:08Z | |
| 105-s-2281 | 105 | s | 2281 | Continued Dumping or Subsidy Offset Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-07-09 | 1998-07-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 10 | Continued Dumping or Subsidy Offset Act of 1998 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that, whenever continued dumping or subsidization is found to exist by the administering authority or by operation of law, any duties assessed shall be distributed as continued dumping or subsidy offsets to the affected domestic producers for qualifying expenditures on an annual basis. Limits qualifying expenditures to expenditures incurred since the issuance of the antidumping duty finding or order or countervailing duty order in any or all of the categories of plant, equipment, research and development (R&D), personnel training, acquisition of technology, employer-paid employee health care and pension benefits, and environmental equipment, training or technology. Directs the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service to prescribe offset disbursement procedures. Sets forth general procedures for notification of eligible parties. Requires the Commissioner to establish a special account in the Treasury to receive all antidumping or countervailing duties, including interest, for distribution according to this Act, within 14 days after an antidumping or countervailing duty order takes effect. | 2025-08-21T16:11:38Z | |
| 105-hr-4150 | 105 | hr | 4150 | 1998 International Monetary Fund Appropriations Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-25 | 1998-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 4 | 1998 International Monetary Fund Appropriations Act - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 for: (1) loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the New Arrangements to Borrow, including specified amounts for Special Drawing Rights; and (2) an increase in the U.S. IMF quota of Special Drawing Rights. (Sec. 101) Prohibits the obligation of funds for the U.S. IMF quota until 30 days after the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the major IMF shareholders, including the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Canada have publicly agreed to, and will seek to implement in the IMF, policies that provide for conditions in standby agreements or other arrangements regarding the use of IMF resources, requiring that the recipient country: (1) liberalize restrictions on trade in goods and services and on investment, at a minimum consistent with the terms of all international trade obligations and agreements; and (2) to eliminate the practice or policy of government directed lending on non- commercial terms or provision of market distorting subsidies to favored industries, enterprises, parties, or institutions. Directs the United States to exert its influence with the IMF and its members to encourage it to include as part of its conditions of stand-by agreements or other uses of the IMF's resources that the recipient country take action to remove discriminatory treatment between foreign and domestic creditors in its debt resolution proceedings. Directs the United States to exert its influence with the IMF and its members to encourage it to include as part of its conditions of assistance that the recipient country take action to adopt modern insolvency laws (bankruptcy) that meet specified goals. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the Board of Executive Directors of the IMF has agreed to provide timely access by the Comptroller General to information and documents relating to IMF operations, program and policy rev… | 2025-08-21T16:12:10Z | |
| 105-hr-4190 | 105 | hr | 4190 | To suspend temporarily the duty on a certain drug substance used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-25 | 1998-07-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] | IL | R | W000273 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1999, the duty on (3S)-1,2,3,4- tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (used as an HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-02T17:51:04Z | |
| 105-hr-4191 | 105 | hr | 4191 | To suspend temporarily the duty on certain drug substances used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-25 | 1998-07-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] | IL | R | W000273 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1999, the duty on certain drug substances used as HIV antiviral drugs: (1) (S)-N-tert-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro- 3-isoquinoline carboxamide; (2) (S)-N-tert-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3- isoquinoline carboxamide hydrochloride salt; and (3) (S)-N-tert-butyl- 1,2,3,4- tetrahydro-3-isoquinoline carboxamide sulfate salt. | 2025-01-02T17:50:48Z | |
| 105-hr-4130 | 105 | hr | 4130 | To amend the Generalized System of Preferences program to include unwrought titanium among the list of articles that may not be designated as eligible articles. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-24 | 1998-07-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] | NC | D | H000448 | 3 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include unwrought titanium as an import-sensitive article that may not be designated as an eligible article under the Generalized System of Preferences. | 2025-01-02T17:50:47Z | |
| 105-s-2212 | 105 | s | 2212 | A bill to amend title V of the Trade Act of 1974 to include unwrought titanium as an article that may not be desiganted as an eligible article under the Generalized System of Preferences. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-24 | 1998-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include unwrought titanium as an import-sensitive article that may not be designated as an eligible article under the Generalized System of Preferences. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hres-475 | 105 | hres | 475 | Recognizing the importance of achieving the goal of the 1997 Microcredit Summit to provide access to microcredit to 100,000,000 of the world's poorest families. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-17 | 1998-07-22 | Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Luther, Bill [D-MN-6] | MN | D | L000521 | 43 | Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) recognizes the importance of achieving the goal of the 1997 Microcredit Summit to provide access to microcredit to 100 million of the world's poorest families; (2) urges international and regional financial institutions and other organizations to explore the use of microcredit programs as a method of eradicating poverty; (3) encourages appropriate public agencies to support the goal of the Summit by developing, announcing, and implementing institutional action plans to achieve that goal; (4) encourages the President to foster international support for the goal of the Summit in his communications with leaders of other Nations; and (5) calls upon the President to affirm his commitment to the goal of the Summit during annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. | 2025-04-07T15:23:39Z | |
| 105-s-2179 | 105 | s | 2179 | Selective Agriculture Embargo Prohibition Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-16 | 1998-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] | IL | D | M001025 | 1 | Selective Agriculture Embargo Prohibition Act - Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to require the President to report to the Congress on any national emergency export controls (which may not exceed one year) that he imposes on agricultural commodities. Declares that, if within 60 days the Congress adopts a joint resolution of approval, such controls shall remain in effect for the period specified, or until the President terminates them, whichever occurs first. States that if Congress fails to adopt a joint resolution of approval, such controls shall cease to be effective upon the expiration of the initial 60-day period. | 2025-08-21T16:12:35Z | |
| 105-hr-4045 | 105 | hr | 4045 | To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1999 International Special Olympics, the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer, the 2001 International Special Olympics, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-11 | 1998-08-04 | For Further Action See H.R.4342. | House | Rep. Cook, Merrill [R-UT-2] | UT | R | C000722 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through January 1, 2003, to the personal effects of, and other equipment imported and used by, participants, their families and associated members, and officials involved in the 1999 International Special Olympics, the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer, the 2001 International Special Olympics, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games. Declares that such articles shall be: (1) free of applicable taxes and fees; but (2) not exempt from routine customs inspections. | 2025-01-02T17:50:45Z | |
| 105-hjres-120 | 105 | hjres | 120 | Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-04 | 1998-07-30 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] | CA | R | R000409 | 2 | Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend the authority to waive freedom of emigration requirements with respect to Vietnam in order to qualify its products for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment). | 2025-04-07T15:31:54Z | |
| 105-hjres-121 | 105 | hjres | 121 | 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 | 1998-06-04 | 1998-07-22 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of China. | 2025-04-07T15:31:56Z | |
| 105-sjres-47 | 105 | sjres | 47 | A joint resolution disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-06-04 | 1998-07-10 | Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment unfavorably. With a recommendation of disapproval. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 1 | Disapproves the recommendation of the President to extend the authority to waive freedom of emigration requirements with respect to Vietnam in order to qualify its products for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-3959 | 105 | hr | 3959 | To suspend temporarily the duty on ferroniobium. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-22 | 1998-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2002, the duty on ferroniobium. | 2025-01-02T17:50:30Z | |
| 105-hr-3967 | 105 | hr | 3967 | To suspend until January 1, 2002, the duty on Sodium Bentazon. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-22 | 1998-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-5] | IA | R | L000111 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2001, the duty on sodium bentazon, (3-(1-methylethyl)-1H- 2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one-2,2-dioxide). | 2025-01-02T17:50:30Z | |
| 105-sres-232 | 105 | sres | 232 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should waive the penalty for failure to use restitution subsidies for barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales in the United States and that the President, the United States Trade Representative, and the Secretary of Agriculture should conduct an investigation of and report on the sale and subsidies. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-19 | 1998-05-21 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 13 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the European Union should take immediate steps to waive the penalty for failure to use restitution subsidies for barley exported to the United States and establish procedures to ensure that restitution and other subsidies are not used for sales of agricultural commodities to the United States or other North American countries; (2) the President, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and the Secretary of Agriculture should immediately consult with the European Union regarding the sale of European feed barley to the United States in order to avoid any future sale of such barley to the United States that is based on restitution or other subsidies; and (3) the USTR and the Secretary should report to the Congress on the terms and conditions of such sale, the results of the consultations, and the steps that are being taken or will be taken to address such situations in the future. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hconres-273 | 105 | hconres | 273 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the annual rate at which the International Monetary Fund charges interest on loans should be comparable to the average annual rate of interest in financial markets for loans of comparable maturity, adjusted for risk. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | R000487 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the annual interest rate charged on loans by the International Monetary Fund should be, at a minimum, comparable to the average annual interest rate in financial markets for loans of comparable maturity, adjusted for risk. | 2025-01-02T17:43:39Z | |
| 105-hr-3809 | 105 | hr | 3809 | Drug Free Borders Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-07 | 1998-10-09 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorization of Appropriations for United States Customs Service for Enhanced Inspection, Trade Facilitation, and Drug Interdiction Title II: Customs Performance Report Drug Free Borders Act of 1998 - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations for United States Customs Service for Enhanced Inspection, Trade Facilitation, and Drug Interdiction - Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for the United States Customs Service for: (1) noncommercial and commercial operations; and (2) the air and marine interdiction program. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to submit to specified congressional committees a projected budget for the succeeding fiscal year (out-year). (Sec. 102) Earmarks amounts for: (1) the acquisition and deployment of narcotics detection equipment (including maintenance and support of such equipment, training of personnel, and new technologies) along the United States-Mexico border, the United States-Canada border, and Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports; (2) additional inspectors, canine enforcement officers, special agents, and enhanced investigative resources during peak hours along such borders (including the Bahamas); and (3) air and marine drug interdiction operation and maintenance. (Sec. 105) Requires the Commissioner of Customs, as part of the annual program activity performance plan set forth in the Customs Service budget, to establish performance goals and performance indicators, and comply with certain other requirements with respect to such border activities. (Sec. 106) Changes the basic pay rate of the Commissioner from level IV to level III of the Executive schedule. (Sec. 107) Directs the Customs Service, without regard to whether a passenger processing fee is collected from a person departing for the United States from Canada and without regard to whether funds are appropriated, to provide the same level of enhanced preclearance customs ser… | 2025-04-07T15:33:30Z | |
| 105-s-2047 | 105 | s | 2047 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1999 International Special Olympics, the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer, the 2001 International Special Olympics, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through January 1, 2003, to the personal effects of, and other equipment imported and used by, participants, their families and associated members, and officials involved in the 1999 International Special Olympics, the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer, the 2001 International Special Olympics, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games. Declares that such articles shall be: (1) free of applicable taxes and fees; but (2) not exempt from routine customs inspections. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2048 | 105 | s | 2048 | A bill to provide for the elimination of duty on Ziram. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of ziram (fungicide). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2029 | 105 | s | 2029 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on sodium bentazon. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-05-04 | 1998-05-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2002, the duty on sodium bentazon ((3- isopropyl)-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one-2,2-dioxide). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-3785 | 105 | hr | 3785 | To amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Director of the International Monetary Fund to present to the Fund's Executive Board a proposal to amend the Fund's bylaws to eliminate the Fund's policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to certain Fund employees. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-30 | 1998-05-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | R000487 | 21 | Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to present to the IMF's Executive Board, and work for the adoption of, a proposal to amend the IMF's bylaws to disallow it from issuing a tax allowance to the Governors, the Executive Directors, their alternates, the Managing Director, or any other IMF employee. | 2025-01-02T17:50:05Z | |
| 105-s-2016 | 105 | s | 2016 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on shadow mask steel. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-30 | 1998-04-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through January 1, 2001, the duty on certain shadow mask steel used in making aperture masks for cathode-ray tube video displays. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-sres-220 | 105 | sres | 220 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should cancel the sale of heavily subsidized barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales and that the President, the United States Trade Representative , and the Secretary of Agriculture should conduct an investigation of and report on the sale and subsidies. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-30 | 1998-04-30 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 13 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the European Union should take immediate steps to cancel the sale of European feed barley to the United States and establish procedures to ensure that restitution and other subsidies are not used for sales of agricultural commodities to the United States or other North American countries; (2) the President, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and the Secretary of Agriculture should immediately investigate the sale of European feed barley to the United States and prevent any future sale of such commodities to the United States or other North American countries that is based on restitution or other subsidies; and (3) the USTR and the Secretary should report to the Congress on the terms and conditions of such sale and the steps that have been taken to cancel, and prevent the recurrence of, such sales in the future. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2002 | 105 | s | 2002 | A bill to modify the marking of certain silk products and their containers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-29 | 1998-04-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt certain woven fabrics containing silk or silk waste from the country of origin marking requirements under such Act. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-3738 | 105 | hr | 3738 | International Tobacco Responsibility Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-28 | 1998-05-11 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-10] | TX | D | D000399 | 21 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Prohibitions Relating to Tobacco Products and Children Title II: Prohibition on Use of Funds to Facilitate the Exportation or Promotion of Tobacco Title III: American Center on Global Health and Tobacco Title IV: Prevention of Tobacco Smuggling Title V: Sense of Congress Title I: Prohibitions Relating to Tobacco Products and Children - International Tobacco Responsibility Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make it unlawful for any U.S. domestic concern, or any of its officers or employees, to: (1) sell or distribute tobacco products to children in a foreign country; (2) advertise or promote tobacco products in a foreign country in a manner that does not comply with Federal requirements for the advertisement or promotion of such products in the United States; or (3) export, from the United States or any other country, tobacco products to a foreign country, unless in the country's primary language the tobacco product package bears a warning label that complies with Federal labeling requirements, or the labeling requirements of the foreign country which are similar to Federal requirements and are adequately enforced by such country. Provides for enforcement, including rewards for informants. Title II: Prohibition On Use of Funds to Facilitate the Exportation or Promotion of Tobacco - Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) promote the export of tobacco products to or in a foreign country; or (2) seek, through negotiation or otherwise, reduction or removal of restrictions imposed by such country with respect to the sale of such products (except where a restriction's manner of application constitutes a means of arbitrary or unjustified discrimination between countries). Title III: American Center On Global Health and Tobacco - Requires two percent of any funds paid to the United States by tobacco manufacturers in accordance with the proposed Tobacco Settlement adopted June 20, 1997 (which would resolve the controversy b… | 2025-08-21T16:12:42Z | |
| 105-s-1979 | 105 | s | 1979 | IMF Transparency and Efficiency Act of 1998 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-23 | 1998-04-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 1 | IMF Transparency and Efficiency Act of 1998 - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to prohibit any U.S. officer, employee, or agent from providing, directly or indirectly, Federal funds to, or for the benefit of, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) unless: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to specified congressional committees that the IMF has met certain informational and loan rate requirements, and has established an independent advisory board to review its research, operations, and loan programs; and (2) the Congress has enacted a joint resolution approving the certification. | 2025-08-21T16:12:42Z | |
| 105-s-1958 | 105 | s | 1958 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on ferroniobium. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-20 | 1998-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2002, the duty on ferroniobium. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1931 | 105 | s | 1931 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Naphthalenecarboxamide, N,N'-(2-chloro-1,4-phenylene)bis={4{(2,5-dichlorophenyl)azo}-3-hydroxy. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on 2- Naphthalenecarboxamide, N,N'-(2-chloro-1,4-phenylene)bis-(4-((2,5- dichlorophenyl)azo)-3-hydroxy. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1932 | 105 | s | 1932 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Benzamide, 3,3'-{(2-chloro-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene)bis{imino(1-acetyl-2-oxo-2,1-ethanediyl)azo}}bis{4-chloro-N-{2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on benzamide, 3,3'- (2- chloro-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene)bis(imino(1-acetyl-2-oxo-2,1- ethanediyl)azo))bis(4-chloro-N-(2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-5- (trifluoromethyl)phenyl). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1933 | 105 | s | 1933 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-Pyrimidinetrione, 5-{2,3-dihydro-6-methyl-2-oxo-1H-benzimidazol-5-yl)azo}. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)- Pyrimidinetrione, 5-((2,3-dihydro-6-methyl-2-oxo-1H-benzimidazol-5- yl)azo). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1934 | 105 | s | 1934 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Benzamide, 3,3'-{(2,5-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene)bis {imino(1-acetyl-2-oxo-2,1-ethanediyl)azo}}bis{4-chloro-N-(5-chloro-2-methylphenyl). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on Benzamide, 3,3'-((2,5- dimethyl-1,4-phenylene)bis(imino(1-acetyl)-2-oxo 2,1- ethanediyl)azo))bis(4-chloro-N-(5-chloro-2-methylphenyl). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1935 | 105 | s | 1935 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Benzamide, 3,3'((2-chloro-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene)bis(imino=(1-acety-2-oxo-2,1-ethanediyl)azo}}bis{4-chloro-N-(3-chloro-2-methyphenyl). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2001, the duty on Benzamide, 3,3'(2- chloro-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene)bis(imino - (1-acety-2-oxo-2,1- ethanediyl)azo))bis(4-chloro-N-(3-chloro-2-methyphenyl). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1936 | 105 | s | 1936 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (S)-N-((5-(2-(2-amino- 4,6,7,8-tetra- hydro-4-oxo-1H-pyrimido(5,4-b) (1,4)thiazin-6-yl)ethyl)- 2-thieny-l)carbonyl)- L-glutamic acid diethyl ester (used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-04-07T15:24:13Z | |
| 105-s-1937 | 105 | s | 1937 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 4-chloropyridine hydrochloride (used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1938 | 105 | s | 1938 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 4-phenoxypyridine (used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-04-07T13:47:49Z | |
| 105-s-1939 | 105 | s | 1939 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (3S)-2,2-dimethyl-3- thiomorpholine carboxylic acid (used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1940 | 105 | s | 1940 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 2-amino-5-bromo-6-methyl-4 (1H)-uinazolinone (used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1941 | 105 | s | 1941 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 2-amino-6-methyl-5-(4- pyridinylthio) 4(1H)-Quinazolinone (used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1942 | 105 | s | 1942 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of HIV protease inhibitor. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 3-(acetyloxy)-2-methyl-benzoic acid (used in the formulation of HIV protease inhibitors). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1943 | 105 | s | 1943 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of an HIV protease inhibitor. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (R-(R*,R*))-1,2,3,4- butanetetrol-1,4- dimethanesulfonate (used in the production of anti-HIV and anti-AIDS drugs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1944 | 105 | s | 1944 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (S)-N-((5-(2-(2-amino- 4,6,7,8-tetra- hydro-4-oxo-1H-pyrimido(5,4-b) (1,4)thiazin-6-yl)ethyl)- 2-thienyl)carbonyl)- L-glutamic acid (used in production of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1945 | 105 | s | 1945 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation anti-cancer drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 2-amino-6-methyl-5-(4- pyridinylthio) 4(1H)-Quinazolinone, dihydrochloride (used in the formulation of anti-cancer drugs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1946 | 105 | s | 1946 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain drug substance used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 9-(2-((Bis ((pivaloyloxy)methoxy)phosphinyl)-methoxy)ethyl) adenine (HIV antiviral drug also known as adefovir dipivoxil). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1947 | 105 | s | 1947 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain drug substance used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 9-(2-(R)-((Bis ((isopropoxycarbonyl) oxy (methoxy)-phosphinoyl) methoxy) propyl) adenine fumarate (1:1) (used as an HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1948 | 105 | s | 1948 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain drug substance used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 9-((R)-2- (phosphononmethoxy)-propyl) adenine (HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1949 | 105 | s | 1949 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (R)-propylene carbonate (used in the formulation of an HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1950 | 105 | s | 1950 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on 9-(2-hydroxyethyl) adenine (used in the formulation of a HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1951 | 105 | s | 1951 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (R)-9-(2- hydroxypropyl) adenine (used in the formulation of an HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1952 | 105 | s | 1952 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on chloromethyl-2-propyl carbonate (used in the formulation of an HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-04-07T15:31:21Z | |
| 105-s-1953 | 105 | s | 1953 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (R)-chloropropanediol (used in the formulation of an HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-1954 | 105 | s | 1954 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical used as an HIV antiviral drug. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1998-04-03 | 1998-04-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1999, the duty on (S)- triphenylmethylglycidol (used in the formulation of an HIV antiviral drug). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z |
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congress INTEGER,
bill_type TEXT,
bill_number INTEGER,
title TEXT,
policy_area TEXT,
introduced_date TEXT,
latest_action_date TEXT,
latest_action_text TEXT,
origin_chamber TEXT,
sponsor_name TEXT,
sponsor_state TEXT,
sponsor_party TEXT,
sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
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summary_text TEXT,
update_date TEXT,
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CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);