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| 93-s-4256 | 93 | s | 4256 | Foreign Investment Reporting Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-12-19 | 1974-12-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Scott, Hugh [R-PA] | PA | R | S000174 | 0 | Foreign Investment Reporting Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to require, by order or regulation, quarterly reports from any foreign investor or his agent who acquires any interest in a domestic business, if that investor's aggregate interest in that business has a fair market value in excess of $10,000 or exceeds one-half of one percent of the outstanding marketable shares of such business. Prescribes the contents of such reports. Imposes a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both, for knowing violation of this Act or any regulation issued under this Act. Allows the Secretary to request the Attorney General to bring an action in United States district court to compel compliance with this Act. Empowers the court to issue a temporary restraining order or injunction to compel compliance, and to order the disposal of any investments made without compliance with this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:53:27Z | |
| 93-hr-17616 | 93 | hr | 17616 | A bill to impose on petroleum imported from Canada into the United States for later exportation a duty equal to the Canadian duty on petroleum imported into the United States for consumption in the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-12-11 | 1974-12-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2] | GA | D | M000244 | 0 | Provides that during any period in which the Canadian Government imposes an exportation tax, duty, or fee on a petroleum product exported from Canada into the United States, there shall be imposed on any such petroleum product imported from Canada into the United States which is to be later exported back to Canada, or to be exported to any other country, a duty (to be determined by the President) equal to such exportation tax, duty, or fee. | 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z | |
| 93-hr-17532 | 93 | hr | 17532 | A bill to impose quantitative limitations on the importation of shrimp into the United States during calendar years 1974 and 1975, and to impose a duty on imported shrimp. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-11-26 | 1974-11-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Sikes, Robert L. F. [D-FL-1] | FL | D | S000406 | 0 | Imposes quantitative limitations on the importation of shrimp into the United States during calendar years 1974 and 1975. Imposes a duty on imported shrimp. | 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z | |
| 93-hr-17470 | 93 | hr | 17470 | Agricultural Products Export Control Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-11-20 | 1974-11-20 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Barrett, William A. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | B000178 | 0 | Agricultural Products Export Control Act - Establishes the Agricultural Products Export Control Board. States that the purpose of the Board is to provide for the allocation among end use buyers of agricultural commodities exported from the United States when necessary to assure that domestic needs for such commodities are satisfied at reasonable price levels. Directs the Board to perform specified functions, including to: (1) determine, at periodic intervals, what agricultural commodities are available for export from the United States, taking into account such factors as domestic need and carryover reserves; and (2) determine, as necessary, a domestic price level for each such commodity which may be exported above which an allocation system for end use buyers in foreign countries shall be imposed by the Board. Sets forth provisions governing the membership of the Board. | 2025-09-03T12:50:23Z | |
| 93-hr-17431 | 93 | hr | 17431 | A bill to suspend until the close of June 30,1976, the duties on polyvinyl chloride resins. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-17 | 1974-10-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] | OR | D | U000004 | 0 | Suspends until the close of June 30, 1976, the import duty under the tariff schedules of the United States on polyvinyl chloride resins. | 2024-08-01T18:39:20Z | |
| 93-hres-1444 | 93 | hres | 1444 | Resolution to rescind the Executive order lifting restrictions on beef imports. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Executive order lifting restrictions on beef imports be rescinded and that the United States should return to the import quotas as set up in the 1964 Beef Import Act. | 2024-08-01T18:27:13Z | |
| 93-hr-17270 | 93 | hr | 17270 | Foreign Investment Disclosure Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Hays, Wayne L. [D-OH-18] | OH | D | H000408 | 0 | Foreign Investment Disclosure Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to require foreign investors to make public disclosure of their identities and the nature and scope of their significant investment in the United States and to require the Secretary of State to provide analyses of trends in such investment. Directs the Secretary of State, by regulation, order, or otherwise, to establish and maintain procedures which require the maintenance of records and the submission of reports by foreign investors and by such other persons as the Secretary determines to be appropriate with respect to: (1) any foreign investment in a business concern whose stock is publicly traded on a national securities exchange or otherwise in the United States within enumerated limitations; (2) any foreign investment in a business concern whose stock is not publicly traded on a national securities exchange or otherwise in the United States with enumerated limitations; and (3) any foreign investment in property which is located in the United States and which the Secretary by regulation, on the basis of objective economic and other criteria, determines shall be subject to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements imposed under this Act. Stipulates that, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall collect and publish with respect to each business concern whose stock is publicly traded on a national securities exchange or otherwise in the United States or whose assets have a value of $3,000,000 or more, the following information as of the date of enactment of this Act: (1) the name of each foreign investor who has an interest in such business concern, and the nature and extent of such interest; (2) the nationality or citizenship and place of residence of each such investor who is an individual; and (3) the country or countries with which any agency or other organization which is a foreign investor is affiliated. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisi… | 2025-09-03T12:50:16Z | |
| 93-sjres-251 | 93 | sjres | 251 | Joint resolution to extend the authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-18 | Public law 93-450. | Senate | Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] | TX | R | T000322 | 1 | Provides for an extension of the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, from October 15 to November 30, 1974. Provides that the Bank shall not authorize any financial assistance to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the life of this resolution. | 2024-08-01T18:40:08Z | |
| 93-hr-17209 | 93 | hr | 17209 | A bill to extend the tariff schedules of the United States with respect to the rate of duty on bale ties for baling cotton. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Price, Robert D. [R-TX-13] | TX | R | P000528 | 0 | Subjects bale ties of iron or steel made from strip, whether cut or in coils, to the import duty rates on bale ties for baling cotton. | 2024-08-01T18:39:10Z | |
| 93-hr-17140 | 93 | hr | 17140 | Foreign Investment Review Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 0 | Foreign Investment Review Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish procedures which require maintenance of records and submission of reports by foreign investors who acquire specified interests in domestic businesses and property. Sets forth what information must be kept and submitted by such investors, including country with which affiliated and extent of ownership in domestic businesses. Requires that such information shall be made public by the Secretary. Grants powers to the Secretary to enable him to collect such information. Establishes penalties for violations of this Act, including injunctive remedies. Establishes the Foreign Investment Review Administration in the Commerce Department to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:08Z | |
| 93-hr-17165 | 93 | hr | 17165 | A bill to suspend the duty on railroad rolling stock exported for repairs or alteration on or before June 30, 1975. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Walsh, William F. [R-NY-33] | NY | R | W000107 | 0 | Suspends the import duty under the tariff schedules of the United States on railroad and railway rolling stock exported for repairs or alteration on or before June 30, 1975. | 2024-08-01T18:39:10Z | |
| 93-hr-17110 | 93 | hr | 17110 | Foreign Investment Control Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Talcott, Burt L. [R-CA-12] | CA | R | T000022 | 0 | Foreign Investment Control Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recent international economic and monetary changes have stimulated investment by foreign persons in industries and real property in the United States. Establishes the National Foreign Investment Commission. Specifies the duties, powers, and composition of the Commission. States that, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each six-month period thereafter, the Commission shall determine and notify each issuer which is substantially involved in any area essential to the United States national security and/or economic security and each issuer which is substantially involved in any area important to the United States national security and/or economic security as defined and described in this Act. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register the names of all issuers so determined under this Act. Requires each such issuer to submit to the Commission (within sixty days after receiving notification from the Commission) the names and nationalities of all individuals not citizens of the United States, and the names of all persons other than individuals who own voting securities of such issuers. States that such list shall also be transmitted to the Securities Exchange Commission which shall, in turn, require each broker, dealer, and bank registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: (1) not to sell to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; (2) to contact the Commission for approval before it sells to any person who is not an individual (or to any individual acting as an agent for such a person) any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; and (3) to inform the Commission… | 2025-09-03T12:50:07Z | |
| 93-hr-17114 | 93 | hr | 17114 | A bill to impose quantitative limitations on the importation of shrimp into the United States during calendar years 1974 and 1975, and to impose a duty on imported shrimp. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] | LA | D | B000780 | 5 | Imposes quantitative limitations on the importation of shrimp into the United States during calendar years 1974 and 1975. Imposes a duty on imported shrimp. | 2024-08-01T18:39:03Z | |
| 93-hr-17073 | 93 | hr | 17073 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of potassium fluotantalate and synthetic tantalite / columbite concentrate. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-03 | 1974-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Donohue, Harold D. [D-MA-3] | MA | D | D000419 | 0 | Provides for the duty-free entry into the United States of potassium fluotantalate and synthetic tantalite/columbite concentrate. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202) | 2024-08-01T18:39:02Z | |
| 93-sres-416 | 93 | sres | 416 | Resolution regarding the 1974 meeting of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-10-01 | 1974-10-02 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Taft, Robert, Jr. [R-OH] | OH | R | T000010 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the present economic situation demands greatly increased international economic cooperation among nations; (2) the International Monetary Fund be supported in its efforts to discourage unilateral economic actions which could affect other nations' economic situations adversely, including its guidelines for government management of floating exchange rates and its promotion of the Voluntary Declaration on Trade Measures; (3) the annual meetings should give urgent and detailed consideration to the adequacy of present and proposed international facilities for providing necessary financing to oil importing nations, in view of both the short-term and long-term economic prospects of these nations; (4) the annual meetings should recognize fully the emergency needs of the poorest oil importing nations; and (5) other types of international cooperation to help alleviate the present economic situation should continue to be pursued vigorously. | 2024-08-01T18:39:51Z | |
| 93-hr-16922 | 93 | hr | 16922 | A bill to provide for the duty-free entry of softwood barrels made in Canada for use in processing or shipping salmon. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Clausen, Don H. [R-CA-1] | CA | R | C000475 | 0 | Authorizes the duty-free entry of softwood barrels made in Canada for use in processing or shipping salmon. | 2024-08-01T18:38:55Z | |
| 93-hr-16932 | 93 | hr | 16932 | Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gunter, Bill [D-FL-5] | FL | D | G000528 | 0 | Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act, including to protect the national security and economy of the United States by regulating foreign investments. Establishes the Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission. Provides for control of foreign investment through specified requirements, including that: (1) no foreign investor may acquire any interest in any American business if after such acquisition one or more foreign investors have a controlling interest; and (2) no foreign investor may invest in any calendar year in one or more American businesses an amount which exceeds $100,000,000. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth the membership composition of the Commission, provides for staff and consultants, and enumerates the powers of the Commission. | 2025-09-03T12:50:00Z | |
| 93-hr-16848 | 93 | hr | 16848 | Foreign Investment Control Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Wyman, Louis C. [R-NH-1] | NH | R | W000782 | 0 | Foreign Investment Control Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recent international economic and monetary changes have stimulated investment by foreign persons in industries and real property in the United States. Establishes the National Foreign Investment Commission. Specifies the duties, powers, and composition of the Commission. States that, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each six-month period thereafter, the Commission shall determine and notify each issuer which is substantially involved in any area essential to the United States national security and/or economic security and each issuer which is substantially involved in any area important to the United States national security and/or economic security as defined and described in this Act. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register the names of all issuers so determined under this Act. Requires each such issuer to submit to the Commission (within sixty days after receiving notification from the Commission) the names and nationalities of all individuals not citizens of the United States, and the names of all persons other than individuals who own voting securities of such issuers. States that such list shall also be transmitted to the Securities Exchange Commission which shall, in turn, require each broker, dealer, and bank registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: (1) not to sell to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; (2) to contact the Commission for approval before it sells to any person who is not an individual (or to any individual acting as an agent for such a person) any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; and (3) to inform the Commission… | 2025-09-03T12:49:59Z | |
| 93-sjres-244 | 93 | sjres | 244 | Joint resolution to extend termination date of Export-Import Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-30 | Public law 93-425. | Senate | Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] | OR | R | P000009 | 0 | Provides for a fifteen-day extension of the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, from September 30 to October 15, 1974. | 2024-08-01T18:40:08Z | |
| 93-hr-16725 | 93 | hr | 16725 | A bill to amend section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-09-18 | 1974-09-18 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Thomson, Vernon W. [R-WI-3] | WI | R | T000233 | 1 | Restricts the meaning of the term "condition requiring emergency treatment" in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended (under which the President may take immediate action without awaiting the recommendation of the Tariff Commission with respect to limiting imports of agricultural products when such imports render or tend to render ineffective programs aimed at assisting the growing, processing, or consumption of domestic agricultural products), to the existence or threat of war, natural disaster, or famine which affects or probably will affect the domestic supply. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 624) | 2024-08-01T18:38:46Z | |
| 93-hr-16621 | 93 | hr | 16621 | A bill to suspend until the close of June 30, 1977, the duty on certain hardwood veneer. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mills, Wilbur D. [D-AR-2] | AR | D | M000778 | 0 | Suspends through fiscal year 1977, the import duty on specified hardwood veneer. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202) | 2024-08-01T18:38:45Z | |
| 93-s-3987 | 93 | s | 3987 | A bill to prevent importation of ectoparasites into the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations to assure that all imported animals are free of ectoparasites. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 111) | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-hr-16583 | 93 | hr | 16583 | A bill to provide for the free entry of certain scientific equipment for the use of Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wyatt, Wendell [R-OR-1] | OR | R | W000778 | 0 | Provides for the import-free entry of specified scientific equipment for the use of Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. | 2024-08-01T18:38:38Z | |
| 93-s-3955 | 93 | s | 3955 | Foreign Investment Review Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 27 | Foreign Investment Review Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish procedures which require maintenance of records and submission of reports by foreign investors who acquire specified interests in domestic businesses and property. Sets forth what information must be kept and submitted by such investors, including country with which affiliated and extent of ownership in domestic businesses. Requires that such information shall be made public by the Secretary. Grants powers to the Secretary to enable him to collect such information. Establishes penalties for violations of this Act, including injunctive remedies. Establishes the Foreign Investment Review Administration in the Commerce Department to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:53:11Z | |
| 93-s-3917 | 93 | s | 3917 | Export - Import Bank Amendments | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-15 | 1974-09-19 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 15977 passed in lieu. | Senate | Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] | IL | D | S000890 | 0 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Export-Import Bank Amendments - Adds to the powers of the Export-Import Bank the power to guarantee, insure, coinsure, and reinsure against political and credit risks of loss. Revises the Export-Import Bank Act to provide that the Bank may offer guarantees, insurance, and extensions of credit. Directs the Bank, in cooperation with comparable institutions of foreign governments, to minimize competition in Government-sponsored export financing. Directs the Bank to advise small businesses of opportunities offered by the Bank. Requires that if the Bank, under the authority of the President, extends credit or guarantees to a Communist country, the President shall separately determine for each transaction over $40,000,000 whether it serves the national interest. Grants the Congress an opportunity to disapprove Bank transactions exceeding $50,000,000. Sets forth the procedure to be followed in Congress for any such disapproval. Disallows guarantees, insurance, or extention of credit by the Bank in connection with the purchase or lease of products by a Communist country with respect to which a disapproving resolution has been passed by the Congress. Prohibits guarantees, insurance, or extension of credit by the Bank in connection with any credit sale of defense articles or services. Allows 25 percent of the Bank's outstanding amounts to be guarantees and insurance against political and credit risks of loss. Changes the total allowable outstanding amount at anyone time from $20,000,000,000, to $25,000,000,000. Terminates the Bank's functions on June 30, 1978. Describes the contents of reports the Bank must file with the Congress. Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that the President should declare Turkey ineligible for any foreign aid in view of its recent military activities in Cyprus. Provides that the President may not determine a transaction to be in the national interest if it results in the United States becoming dependent upon any Communist count… | 2025-09-03T12:53:09Z | |
| 93-hr-16419 | 93 | hr | 16419 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the rate of duty on bale ties of baling cotton. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-14 | 1974-08-14 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 1 | Subjects bale ties of iron or steel made from strip, whether cut or in coils, to the import duty rates on bale ties for baling cotton. | 2024-08-01T18:38:30Z | |
| 93-hr-16338 | 93 | hr | 16338 | Trade Reform Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Trade Reform Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) stimulate economic growth of the United States and to maintain and enlarge foreign markets for United States products; and (2) strengthen economic relations with foreign countries through fair market opportunities and open trade. Title I: Negotiating And Other Authority - Grants to the President authority to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries, and authority to modify, continue, or eliminate duties on imports pursuant to such agreements. Gives the President authority for five years to make trade agreements for the reduction or elimination of trade barriers. Requires the President to consult with the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee before making such agreements. Provides that such agreements shall take effect only if the President notifies the Congress 90 days in advance and thereafter explains such agreement to the Congress. Allows the Congress to disapprove such agreement. States that the reduction in duty rate on any article which is in effect on any day pursuant to a trade agreement shall not exceed the reduction which would have been in effect on such day if a reduction of 3 percent advalorem had taken effect on the date of Presidential proclamation, and the remainder of such total reduction had taken effect at one-year intervals. Requires the President to bring trade agreements into conformity with principles promoting an open world economic system, including revision of decision making machinery in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and revision of other GATT provisions. Authorizes appropriations annually of necessary sums for the United States share of the expenses of the contracting parties to GATT. Authorizes the President in international payment problems to proclaim a temporary reduction of 5 percent advalorem in duty rate on any article. Allows the President during a period of rapid price increases, upon determination that supplies of articles subject to duties are in s… | 2025-09-03T12:49:44Z | |
| 93-hr-16353 | 93 | hr | 16353 | A bill to reduce the duty on aspen wood for wood particle board. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Steiger, William A. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | S000847 | 0 | Provides for the reduction of the import dutyy on aspen wood for wood particle board under the Tariff Schedules of the United States. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-hr-16315 | 93 | hr | 16315 | A bill to impose quantitative limitations on the importation of shrimp into the United States during calendar years 1974 and 1975, and to impose a duty on imported shrimp. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Imposes quantitative limitations on the importation of shrimp into the United States during calendar years 1974 and 1975. Imposes a duty on imported shrimp. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-s-3887 | 93 | s | 3887 | Imported Shrimp and Shrimp Food Products Marking Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 4 | Imported Shrimp and Shrimp Food Products Marking Act - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "imported shrimp food product". Requires that no imported shrimp or imported shrimp food product may be released from customs custody until adequate precautions have been taken to insure that such shrimp or shrimp product will be properly marked from importation to acquisition by an ultimate purchaser. | 2025-09-03T12:53:07Z | |
| 93-hjres-1104 | 93 | hjres | 1104 | Joint resolution to extend by 62 days the expiration date of the Export Administration Act of 1969. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-14 | Public law 93-372. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | Extends the expiration date of the Export Administration Act of 1969, from July 30 to September 30, 1974. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-hr-16217 | 93 | hr | 16217 | A bill to provide interim cost relief for customers of regulated public utilities. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Grasso, Ella T. [D-CT-6] | CT | D | G000387 | 0 | Provides for reimbursement of 85 percent of the cost of imported residual fuel oil exceeding the average price of domestically produced residual fuel oil to public utilities or $10 per barrel, whichever is lower. Provides a $10,000 a day fine and liability for all reimbursements previously paid to a utility that passes on to its customers the costs of imported residual fuel oil, if such costs represent more than 15 percent of any amount expended for such residual fuel oil exceeding the average price of domestically produced residual fuel oil. | 2024-08-01T18:38:17Z | |
| 93-hr-16172 | 93 | hr | 16172 | A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of duties on the importation of polystyrene resins, certain polyethylene resins, and polypropylene. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000188 | 0 | Provides for a temporary two year suspension of duties on the importation of polystyrene resins, specified polyethylene resins, and polypropylene. | 2024-08-01T18:38:23Z | |
| 93-sjres-229 | 93 | sjres | 229 | Joint resolution to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-07-30 | 1974-08-14 | Public law 93-374. | Senate | Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] | IL | D | S000890 | 0 | Provides for an extension of the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, from July 30 to August 31, 1974. | 2024-08-01T18:40:08Z | |
| 93-s-3824 | 93 | s | 3824 | A bill to amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1953, as reenacted and amended by the Agriculture Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject imported tomatoes to restrictions comparable to those applicable to domestic tomatoes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-07-29 | 1974-07-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] | FL | D | C000356 | 0 | Subjects, under the Agriculture Adjustment Act, containers of imported tomatoes to restrictions comparable to those applicable to containers of domestic tomatoes. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 93-s-3792 | 93 | s | 3792 | Export Administration Amendments of 1974 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-07-22 | 1974-10-29 | Public law 93-500. | Senate | Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] | IL | D | S000890 | 0 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Export Administration Amendments - Removes the requirement that foreign demand be "abnormal" before export controls may be imposed. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to monitor exports and contracts for exports when such exports contribute or may contribute to domestic price increases or shortages and such price increases or shortages have or may have a serious adverse impact on the domestic economy or any sector thereof. Requires that the Secretary issue periodic reports indicating the results of such monitoring and analyzing the domestic and international impact of shortages and price increases. Requires that the Secretary consult with the Federal Energy Administration to determine whether such monitoring is warranted for energy-related exports. Makes it national policy to foster international cooperation and the development of international rules and institutions to assure reasonable access to world supplies. Provides for a petition procedure for hardship relief from export controls, together with specified criteria to be considered by the Secretary of Commerce in decisions with respect to the granting or denial of such relief. Directs the Secretary of Defense to review proposed exports of goods or technology to certain countries to determine whether such exports will significantly increase the military capability of such countries and to recommend to the President that exports which would make such a significant increase be disapproved. Directs the President to review laws and regulations governing the export and re-export of nuclear materials and technology and the adequacy of domestic and international safeguards to prevent proliferation of such materials and technology. Requires that the President report to the Congress within six months on the adequacy of such laws and regulations. Provides for an extension of the Export Administration Act of 1969 to September 30, 1976. States that, in imposing export controls, the President's authority shall include, bu… | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-hr-15985 | 93 | hr | 15985 | A bill to insure that foreign articles of clothing are not exempt from the country of origin making requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930 by reason of certain processing after importation. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | Stipulates that foreign articles of clothing are not exempt from the country of origin marking requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930 by reasons of certain processing after importation. | 2024-08-01T18:38:14Z | |
| 93-hr-16016 | 93 | hr | 16016 | A bill to provide interim cost relief for customers of regulated public utilities. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Steele, Robert H. [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S000836 | 0 | Provides for reimbursement of 80 percent of the cost of imported residual fuel oil exceeding the average price of domestically produced residual fuel oil to public utilities. Provides a $10,000 fine and liability for all reimbursements previously paid to a utility that passes on to its customers the costs of imported residual fuel oil, if such costs represent more than twenty percent of any amount expended for such residual fuel oil exceeding the average price of domestically produced residual fuel oil. | 2024-08-01T18:38:10Z | |
| 93-hr-15695 | 93 | hr | 15695 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to strengthen the oversight role of Congress with respect to extension of credit by the Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-28 | 1974-06-28 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Ashbrook, John M. [R-OH-17] | OH | R | A000221 | 0 | Revises the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 by transferring oversight responsibilities with respect to Bank financial dealings with Communist countries, from the President to Congress. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 635(b)) Prohibits the Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit with respect to any nonmarket enconomy country which: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on documents required for emigration; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, or fee on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Repeals those provisions of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 which exempt person requiring obligations issued in connection with any operation or transaction engaged in by the Bank from the prohibitions against any individual purchasing or selling the bonds, securities or other obligations of any foreign government currently in default in the payment of its obligations to the United States. (Repeals 12 U.S.C. 635h) | 2024-08-01T18:37:55Z | |
| 93-hr-15657 | 93 | hr | 15657 | National Protection Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-27 | 1974-06-27 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Dent, John H. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | D000255 | 22 | National Protection Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to encourage trade with all market economies and friendly nations (except nonmarket countries). Provides that the encouragement of exports is a secondary consideration and that the primary concerns of the United States are national security and possible harm to the American economy from unfair competition arising out of United States exports used in combination with slave and semislave labor within nonmarket economy countries. States that it is the policy of the United States to deal with world shortages of particular commodities, whenever feasible, through international cooperation with the major suppliers and consumers of such commodities, rather than by taking unilateral action. Provides for bipartisan consultation of specified congressional committees for determination of items the exportation of which is to be controlled, and the extent of such control. | 2025-09-03T12:49:19Z | |
| 93-sjres-218 | 93 | sjres | 218 | A joint resolution to extend by 30 days the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-26 | 1974-07-04 | Public law 93-331. | Senate | Sen. Sparkman, John J. [D-AL] | AL | D | S000701 | 1 | Provides for a thirty-day extension of the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, from June 30 to July 30. | 2024-08-01T18:40:08Z | |
| 93-sconres-92 | 93 | sconres | 92 | Resolution relating to certain responsibilities of the U. S. Customs Service. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-20 | 1974-06-27 | Rereferred to Senate Committee on Government Operations. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] | MN | D | H000953 | 3 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioner of the United States Customs Service should desist immediately from any actions furthering the transfer of any responsibilities legally vested in the United States Customs Service to any other agency, and, specifically, should desist from actions furthering the transfer of responsibility for interdiction of contraband along the Mexican border from the United States Customs Service to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 93-hr-15487 | 93 | hr | 15487 | Foreign Investment Study Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-19 | 1974-08-21 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2840 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Culver, John C. [D-IA-2] | IA | D | C000979 | 11 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Foreign Investment Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a comprehensive, overall study of foreign direct and portfolio investments in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to carry out that part of the study relating to foreign direct investment, and to specifically: (1) investigate and review the nature, scope, magnitude, and rate of foreign direct investment activities in the United States; (2) survey the reasons foreign firms are undertaking direct investment in the United States; and (3) identify the processes and mechanisms through which foreign direct investment flows into the United States, the financing methods used by foreign direct investors, and the effects of such financing on American financial markets. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out that part of the study relating to foreign portfolio investment, and to specifically: (1) investigate and review the nature, scope, and magnitude of foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States; (2) survey the reasons for foreign portfolio investment in the United States; and (3) identify the processes and mechanisms through which foreign portfolio investment is made in the United States, the financing methods used, and the effects of foreign portfolio investment on American financial markets. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury to establish whatever rules each deems necessary to carry out each of his functions under this Act. Authorizes each Secretary to require any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to maintain a complete record of any information which such Secretary determines is germane to his functions in the foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment studies to be conducted pursuant to this Act; and to furnish under oath any report containing whatever information such Secretary determines is necessary to carry out his functions in such stu… | 2025-09-03T12:49:13Z | |
| 93-hr-15488 | 93 | hr | 15488 | Foreign Investment Study Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-19 | 1974-06-19 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Culver, John C. [D-IA-2] | IA | D | C000979 | 11 | Foreign Investment Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a comprehensive, overall study of foreign direct and portfolio investments in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to carry out that part of the study relating to foreign direct investment, and to specifically: (1) investigate and review the nature, scope, magnitude, and rate of foreign direct investment activities in the United States; (2) survey the reasons foreign firms are undertaking direct investment in the United States; and (3) identify the processes and mechanisms through which foreign direct investment flows into the United States, the financing methods used by foreign direct investors, and the effects of such financing on American financial markets. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out that part of the study relating to foreign portfolio investment, and to specifically: (1) investigate and review the nature, scope, and magnitude of foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States; (2) survey the reasons for foreign portfolio investment in the United States; and (3) identify the processes and mechanisms through which foreign portfolio investment is made in the United States, the financing methods used, and the effects of foreign portfolio investment on American financial markets. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury to use the available services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government in conjunction with the study authorized in this Act. Authorizes appropriations of up to $3,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:13Z | |
| 93-sjres-216 | 93 | sjres | 216 | A joint resolution to provide for a temporary extension of the authority conferred by the Export Administration Act of 1969, as amended. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-19 | 1974-06-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Scott, Hugh [R-PA] | PA | R | S000174 | 0 | Provides for a temporary extension of the authority conferred by the Export Administration Act, from June 30, 1974, to July 31, 1974. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-hr-15436 | 93 | hr | 15436 | A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on steel strand for prestressed concrete. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-18 | 1974-06-18 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-22] | CA | D | C000780 | 3 | Suspends for a three-year period the duty on the importation into the United States of steel strand for prestressed concrete. | 2024-08-01T18:37:51Z | |
| 93-hres-1179 | 93 | hres | 1179 | Resolution to rescind the Executive order lifting restrictions on beef imports. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-17 | 1974-06-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Shoup, Dick [R-MT-1] | MT | R | S000383 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Executive order lifting restrictions on beef imports be rescinded and that the United States should return to the import quotas as set up in the 1964 Beef Import Act. | 2024-08-01T18:27:07Z | |
| 93-s-3660 | 93 | s | 3660 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-17 | 1974-06-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] | IL | D | S000890 | 23 | Requires, under the Export - Import Bank Act, that the prohibition on purchase or lease of products by a Communist country or for use in a communist country may be wavied by the President in the national interest if he reports each transaction to Congress at least 30 days prior to final approval of the transaction. Provides that no loan, guarantee, or insurance, or combination thereof, in an amount which equals or exceeds $50,000,000 shall be finally approved by the Board of Directors of the Bank unless the Bank has submitted to the Congress with respect to such loan, guarantee, or insurance a detailed statement describing the transaction; and the President has transmitted to the Congress a detailed statement of the impact of the proposed loan, guarantee, or insurance on the national security and economy of the United States. Requires the Bank to submit to the Congress, upon request, all such data, documents, and reports. Sets forth rules and procedures to be followed in Congress for consideration of transactions of the Bank. Provides that, after the date of enactment of this Act, the Bank shall not approve loans, guarantees, and insurance in connection with exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in an aggregate amount in excess of $300,000,000. Provides that after June 30, 1975, the Bank shall issue no loan, guarantee, or insurance in connection with the purchase of any goods or services by a communist country, excluding Romania and Yugoslavia, or any agency or national thereof. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-hjres-1057 | 93 | hjres | 1057 | Joint resolution to extend by 30 days the expiration date of the Export Administration Act of 1969. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-12 | 1974-06-30 | Public law 93-327. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Provides for a thirty-day extension of the expiration date of the Export Administration Act of 1969, from June 30 to July 30. | 2024-08-01T18:27:53Z | |
| 93-hjres-1058 | 93 | hjres | 1058 | Joint resolution to extend by 30 days the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-12 | 1974-06-12 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Provides for a thirty-day extension of the expiration date of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, from June 30 to July 30. | 2024-08-01T18:27:53Z | |
| 93-hr-15264 | 93 | hr | 15264 | Export Administration Act Amendments | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-06 | 1974-08-13 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3792 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 8 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Extends the Export Control Administration Act of 1969 for 2 years to 1976. Provides that in curtailing exports so as to effectuate the policy set forth in the Export Control Administration Act, the President is authorized and directed to allocate a portion of export licenses on the basis of factors other than a prior history of exportation. | 2025-09-03T12:49:07Z | |
| 93-hjres-1047 | 93 | hjres | 1047 | Joint resolution requiring the President to submit to Congress a report concerning importations of minerals which are critical to the needs of U.S. industry. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-04 | 1974-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ichord, Richard H. [D-MO-8] | MO | D | I000001 | 3 | Directs the President to submit to Congress, within thirty days, a report which sets forth, for each calendar year during the period of 1965 through 1973: (1) the volume and value of all exports of critical resources to all countries from each foreign country which at any time during such period exported to the United States any critical minerals; (2) the volume and value of each critical mineral exported to the United States from each such foreign country; (3) the volume and value of each critical mineral exported in world trade from any foreign country which was subject, at any time during such period, to economic sanctions applied by the United States pursuant to the United Nations Participation Act of 1945; and (4) the exports by value and volume for each commodity by country of destination. | 2024-08-01T18:27:54Z | |
| 93-hr-15165 | 93 | hr | 15165 | A bill to amend the Sugar Act of 1948 to terminate the quota for South Africa. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-04 | 1974-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Diggs, Charles C., Jr. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | D000344 | 16 | Provides, under the Sugar Act of 1948, for the termination of the sugar inportation quota from South Africa. | 2024-08-01T18:37:34Z | |
| 93-s-3575 | 93 | s | 3575 | A bill to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 in order to authorize the President to prohibit the importation of any products from a country whose nationals are conducting fishing operations in a manner which diminishes the effectiveness of an international fishery conservation program. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-06-04 | 1974-06-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA] | WA | D | M000053 | 0 | Authorizes the President, under the Fishermen's Protective Act, to prohibit the importation of any products from a country whose nationals are conducting fishing operations in a manner which diminishes the effectiveness of an international fishery conservation program. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 1978) | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 93-hr-15086 | 93 | hr | 15086 | National Protection Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-30 | 1974-05-30 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Blackburn, Ben [R-GA-4] | GA | R | B000506 | 1 | National Protection Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to encourage trade with all market economies and friendly nations (except nonmarket countries). Provides that the encouragement of exports is a secondary consideration and that the primary concerns of the United States are national security and possible harm to the American economy from unfair competition arising out of United States exports used in combination with slave and semislave labor within nonmarket economy countries. States that it is the policy of the United States to deal with world shortages of particular commodities, whenever feasible, through international cooperation with the major suppliers and consumers of such commodities, rather than by taking unilateral action. Provides for bipartisan consultation of specified congressional committees for determination of items the exportation of which is to be controlled, and the extent of such control. | 2025-09-03T12:49:01Z | |
| 93-hr-15117 | 93 | hr | 15117 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to allow containers for certain petroleum products and derivatives to be temporarily imported without payment of duty. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-30 | 1974-05-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Smith, Henry P., III [R-NY-36] | NY | R | S000548 | 0 | Permits, under the Tariff Schedules of the United States, containers for specified petroleum products and derivatives, including gasoline, solvents, kerosene, fuel oil, petroleum jelly, paraffin wax and asphalt, to be temporarily imported without payment of duty. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202) | 2024-08-01T18:37:37Z | |
| 93-hr-15132 | 93 | hr | 15132 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to establish a minimum interest rate for loans to nonmarket economy countries by the Export-Import Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-30 | 1974-05-30 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | Establishes, under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, a minimum interest rate for loans to nonmarket economy countries by the Export-Import Bank. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 635 (b) (1)) | 2024-08-01T18:37:35Z | |
| 93-s-3553 | 93 | s | 3553 | Energy Import Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-30 | 1974-05-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 0 | Energy Import Act - Title I: Importation of Energy Sources and Refined Energy Products From Controlled States - States that it shall be unlawful as of January 1, 1976, for any person or government, other than the Government of the United States: (1) to import into the United States any energy source extracted in a foreign country or instrumentality which is a controlled energy source state with respect to that energy source, or; (2) to import into the United States any refined energy product produced in a foreign country or instrumentality which is a controlled refined energy product state with respect to that refined energy product. Title II: United States Energy Import Administration Establishment - Creates the United States Energy Import Administration to act as the agent of the United States, with respect to the importation of any energy source into the United States extracted from any country or instrumentality which controls the sale of that energy source or the sale of the refined product. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:52:55Z | |
| 93-hr-15033 | 93 | hr | 15033 | National Protection Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-29 | 1974-05-29 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Blackburn, Ben [R-GA-4] | GA | R | B000506 | 0 | National Protection Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to encourage trade with all market economies and friendly nations (except nonmarket economies) when such trade has been determined by the President to be in the national interest. Declares, that the encouragement of exports is a secondary consideration and that the primary concerns of the United States are national security and possible harm to the American economy from unfair competition arising out of United States exports used in combination with slave and semislave labor within nonmarket economies. States that it is the policy of the United States to deal with world shortages of particular commodities, whenever feasible, through international cooperation with the major suppliers and consumers of such commodities, rather than by taking unilateral action. Provides for bipartisan consultation of specified congressional committees for determination of items the exportation of which is to be controlled, and the extent of such control. | 2025-09-03T12:48:55Z | |
| 93-hres-1143 | 93 | hres | 1143 | Resolution declaring the sense of the House with respect to a prohibition of extension of credit by the Export-Import Bank of the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-22 | 1974-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11] | NJ | D | M000796 | 0 | Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly. | 2024-08-01T18:27:01Z | |
| 93-hr-14912 | 93 | hr | 14912 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for a partial exemption from duty for articles previously exported from the United States composed in part of fabricated components the products of the United States, when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-21 | 1974-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Conable, Barber B., Jr. [R-NY-35] | NY | R | C000666 | 0 | Provides, under the tariff schedules of the United States, for a partial exemption from duty for articles previously exported from the United States composed in part of fabricated components the products of the United States, when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202) | 2024-08-01T18:37:33Z | |
| 93-hr-14913 | 93 | hr | 14913 | A bill to amend the Sugar Act of 1948 to terminate the quota for South Africa. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-21 | 1974-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Diggs, Charles C., Jr. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | D000344 | 0 | Provides, under the Sugar Act of 1948, for the termination of the sugar inportation quota from South Africa. | 2024-08-01T18:37:28Z | |
| 93-hr-14847 | 93 | hr | 14847 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-16 | 1974-05-16 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:37:23Z | |
| 93-hr-14850 | 93 | hr | 14850 | Foreign Investment Control Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-16 | 1974-05-16 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 13 | Foreign Investment Control Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recent international economic and monetary changes have stimulated investment by foreign persons in industries and real property in the United States. Establishes the National Foreign Investment Commission. Specifies the duties, powers, and composition of the Commission. States that, within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each six-month period thereafter, the Commission shall determine and notify each issuer which is substantially involved in any area essential to the United States national security and/or economic security, and each issuer which is substantially involved in any area important to the United States national security and/or economic security, as defined and described in this Act. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register the names of all issuers so determined under this Act. Requires each such issuer to submit to the Commission (within sixty days after receiving notification from the Commission) the names and nationalities of all individuals not citizens of the United States, and the names of all persons other than individuals, who own voting securities of such issuers. States that such list shall also be transmitted to the Securities Exchange Commission which shall, in turn, require each broker, dealer, and bank registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1) not to sell to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; (2) to contact the Commission for approval before it sells to any person who is not an individual (or to any individual acting as an agent for such a person) any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; and (3) to info… | 2025-09-03T12:48:50Z | |
| 93-hr-14860 | 93 | hr | 14860 | Export Priorities Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-16 | 1974-05-16 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | W000680 | 9 | Export Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Agricultural Export Controls - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with thirty days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity or the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of Commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for: (1) issuance of export licenses: (2) administrative revision of quantities available for support; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National Schol Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act and the commodity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions. | 2025-09-03T12:48:50Z | |
| 93-hjres-1014 | 93 | hjres | 1014 | Joint resolution requiring the President to submit to Congress a report concerning importations of minerals which are critical to the needs of U.S. industry. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-15 | 1974-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ichord, Richard H. [D-MO-8] | MO | D | I000001 | 21 | Directs the President to submit to Congress, within thirty days, a report which sets forth, for each calendar year during the period of 1965 through 1973: (1) the volume and value of all exports of critical resources to all countries from each foreign country which at any time during such period exported to the United States any critical minerals; (2) the volume and value of each critical mineral exported to the United States from each such foreign country; (3) the volume and value of each critical mineral exported in world trade from any foreign country which was subject, at any time during such period, to economic sanctions applied by the United States pursuant to the United Nations Participation Act of 1945; and (4) the exports by value and volume for each commodity by country of destination. | 2024-08-01T18:27:49Z | |
| 93-hr-14745 | 93 | hr | 14745 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-13 | 1974-05-13 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Morgan, Thomas E. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M000958 | 23 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:37:22Z | |
| 93-hr-14611 | 93 | hr | 14611 | Foreign Investment Study Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Bowen, David R. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | B000682 | 0 | Foreign Investment Study Act - Requires the President to conduct a study of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States and to: (1) compare foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States with investment activities of American investors abroad, and compare the impact of such foreign activities in the United States with the impact of investment activities of Americans abroad; (2) determine the impact of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on United States national security, energy resources, balance of payments and trade, agriculture (and other real estate), and international economic position; (3) determine the effect of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on levels of employment and personnel practices in the United States; and (4) evaluate the costs and benefits and determine the various international implications of alternate policy choices available to the United States regarding foreign investment in the United States. | 2025-09-03T12:48:44Z | |
| 93-hr-14618 | 93 | hr | 14618 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Dent, John H. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | D000255 | 0 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:37:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14624 | 93 | hr | 14624 | A bill to eliminate temporary duties on bleached hardwood kraft pulp. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Froehlich, Harold V. [R-WI-8] | WI | R | F000388 | 0 | Eliminates the special dumping duty on northern bleached hardwood kraft pulp. | 2024-08-01T18:37:18Z | |
| 93-s-3448 | 93 | s | 3448 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the informal entry of merchandise not exceeding $500 in value. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Permits the informal entry of merchandise not exceeding $500 in value, under the Tariff Act of 1930. | 2024-08-01T18:42:44Z | |
| 93-hr-14587 | 93 | hr | 14587 | Foreign Investment Control Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-06 | 1974-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 0 | Foreign Investment Control Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recent international economic and monetary changes have stimulated investment by foreign persons in industries and real property in the United States. Establishes the National Foreign Investment Commission. Specifies the duties, powers, and composition of the Commission. States that, within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each six-month period thereafter, the Commission shall determine and notify each issuer which is substantially involved in any area essential to the United States national security and/or economic security, and each issuer which is substantially involved in any area important to the United States national security and/or economic security, as defined and described in this Act. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register the names of all issuers so determined under this Act. Requires each such issuer to submit to the Commission (within sixty days after receiving notification from the Commission) the names and nationalities of all individuals not citizens of the United States, and the names of all persons other than individuals, who own voting securities of such issuers. States that such list shall also be transmitted to the Securities Exchange Commission which shall, in turn, require each broker, dealer, and bank registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1) not to sell to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; (2) to contact the Commission for approval before it sells to any person who is not an individual (or to any individual acting as an agent for such a person) any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; and (3) to infor… | 2025-09-03T12:48:43Z | |
| 93-hr-14545 | 93 | hr | 14545 | A bill to amend the Sugar Act of 1948 to retain an overall external quota system while abandoning quotas for specific foreign countries, to eliminate the internal quota system, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-02 | 1974-05-02 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | B000918 | 0 | Allows, under the Sugar Act of 1948, the Secretary of Agriculture to amend his annual determination of the amount of sugar needed to meet consumer requirements and attain price objectives set forth in the Act. Repeals the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1948 relating to: (1) establishment or revision of quotas; (2) revision of proration upon productive deficiency of quota area; (3) allotments of quotas or prorations; and (4) amount of quota to be filled by direct consumption sugar. Limits the payments which a sugar producer shall be entitled to receive under the Act to $10,000 for any crop year. | 2024-08-01T18:37:13Z | |
| 93-hr-14565 | 93 | hr | 14565 | A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of any fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat during a 180-day period. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-02 | 1974-05-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Price, Robert D. [R-TX-13] | TX | R | P000528 | 7 | Prohibits the importation into the United States of any fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat during a one-hundred-and-eighty-day period. | 2024-08-01T18:37:18Z | |
| 93-hr-14533 | 93 | hr | 14533 | A bill to provide for a temporary embargo on the export of ferrous scrap and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-05-01 | 1974-05-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Randall, William J. [D-MO-4] | MO | D | R000041 | 0 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:37:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14489 | 93 | hr | 14489 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 0 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:37:09Z | |
| 93-hr-14501 | 93 | hr | 14501 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to determine if bounties, grants, or export subsidies are paid by foreign countries with respect to dairy products imported into the United States, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Sisk, B. F. [D-CA-16] | CA | D | S000454 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine if bounties, grants, or export subsidies are paid by foreign countries with respect to dairy products imported into the United States. Requires the Secretary to make a report to the Congress of his determinations made under this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:11Z | |
| 93-hr-14413 | 93 | hr | 14413 | A bill to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to establish the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-25 | 1974-04-25 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-8] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Establishes the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies. States who shall serve on the council. Provides that the council shall recommend to the President and Congress general policy directives on international monetary and financial policies. Specifies the exact areas of consultation. Requires the Council to make an annual report with respect to U.S. participation in the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to the President and Congress. | 2024-08-01T18:37:08Z | |
| 93-hr-14356 | 93 | hr | 14356 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 0 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:37:03Z | |
| 93-hres-1059 | 93 | hres | 1059 | Resolution declaring the sense of the House with respect to a prohibition of extension of credit by the Export-Import of the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Ichord, Richard H. [D-MO-8] | MO | D | I000001 | 7 | Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly. | 2024-08-01T18:26:57Z | |
| 93-hr-14297 | 93 | hr | 14297 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-23 | 1974-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Miller, Clarence E. [R-OH-10] | OH | R | M000718 | 0 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:37:03Z | |
| 93-hr-14302 | 93 | hr | 14302 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to strengthen the oversight role of Congress with respect to extension of credit by the Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-23 | 1974-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Rousselot, John H. [R-CA-24] | CA | R | R000469 | 1 | Revises the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 by transferring oversight responsibilities with respect to Bank financial dealings with Communist countries, from the President to Congress. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 635(b)) Prohibits the Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit with respect to any nonmarket enconomy country which: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on documents required for emigration; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, or fee on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Repeals those provisions of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 which exempt person requiring obligations issued in connection with any operation or transaction engaged in by the Bank from the prohibitions against any individual purchasing or selling the bonds, securities or other obligations of any foreign government currently in default in the payment of its obligations to the United States. (Repeals 12 U.S.C. 635h) | 2024-08-01T18:37:03Z | |
| 93-hr-14308 | 93 | hr | 14308 | Scrap Iron and Steel Export Administration Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-23 | 1974-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Thone, Charles [R-NE-1] | NE | R | T000234 | 0 | Scrap Iron and Steel Export Administration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress. States that Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to alleviate the harmful effects of the excessive exportation of scrap iron and steel during periods of supply-demand imbalance by limiting the volumes of scrap that may be exported from the United States during such periods. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, as soon as possible after the closing of each calendar year quarter, and within forty-five days following the close of such quarter, to determine if no shortage, a shortage, or a critical shortage occurred in that quarter and he shall make this determination a matter of public record. States that if the Secretary determines that a critical shortage occurred, he will take such action as is necessary to limit scrap exports for six months. States that if the Secretary is not able to make a determination as to the presence or absence of a critical shortage as required, a total embargo of scrap exports will be imposed. | 2025-09-03T12:48:35Z | |
| 93-hr-14309 | 93 | hr | 14309 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of foreign direct and portfolio investment in the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-23 | 1974-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Thone, Charles [R-NE-1] | NE | R | T000234 | 0 | Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop and collect information with respect to foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States. Sets forth specific elements of such study to be included by the Secretary in his report. Requires the final report of such study to be submitted to the Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:04Z | |
| 93-hr-14276 | 93 | hr | 14276 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to strengthen the oversight role of Congress with respect to extension of credit by the Bank, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-22 | 1974-04-22 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | Revises the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 by transferring oversight responsibilities with respect to Bank financial dealings with Communist countries, from the President to Congress. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 635(b)) Prohibits the Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit with respect to any nonmarket enconomy country which: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on documents required for emigration; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, or fee on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Repeals those provisions of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 which exempt person requiring obligations issued in connection with any operation or transaction engaged in by the Bank from the prohibitions against any individual purchasing or selling the bonds, securities or other obligations of any foreign government currently in default in the payment of its obligations to the United States. (Repeals 12 U.S.C. 635h) | 2024-08-01T18:37:03Z | |
| 93-hr-14204 | 93 | hr | 14204 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Buchanan, John [R-AL-6] | AL | R | B001008 | 6 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:36:57Z | |
| 93-hr-14230 | 93 | hr | 14230 | Foreign Investment Study Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Culver, John C. [D-IA-2] | IA | D | C000979 | 24 | Foreign Investment Study Act - Requires the President to conduct a study of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States and to: (1) compare foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States with investment activities of American investors abroad, and compare the impact of such foreign activities in the United States with the impact of investment activities of Americans abroad; (2) determine the impact of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on United States national security, energy resources, balance of payments and trade, agriculture (and other real estate), and international economic position; (3) determine the effect of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on levels of employment and personnel practices in the United States; and (4) evaluate the costs and benefits and determine the various international implications of alternate policy choices available to the United States regarding foreign investment in the United States. | 2025-09-03T12:48:35Z | |
| 93-hr-14231 | 93 | hr | 14231 | Foreign Investment Study Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Culver, John C. [D-IA-2] | IA | D | C000979 | 24 | Foreign Investment Study Act - Requires the President to conduct a study of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States and to: (1) compare foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States with investment activities of American investors abroad, and compare the impact of such foreign activities in the United States with the impact of investment activities of Americans abroad; (2) determine the impact of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on United States national security, energy resources, balance of payments and trade, agriculture (and other real estate), and international economic position; (3) determine the effect of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on levels of employment and personnel practices in the United States; and (4) evaluate the costs and benefits and determine the various international implications of alternate policy choices available to the United States regarding foreign investment in the United States. | 2025-09-03T12:48:31Z | |
| 93-hr-14232 | 93 | hr | 14232 | Foreign Investment Study Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Culver, John C. [D-IA-2] | IA | D | C000979 | 11 | Foreign Investment Study Act - Requires the President to conduct a study of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States and to: (1) compare foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States with investment activities of American investors abroad, and compare the impact of such foreign activities in the United States with the impact of investment activities of Americans abroad; (2) determine the impact of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on United States national security, energy resources, balance of payments and trade, agriculture (and other real estate), and international economic position; (3) determine the effect of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on levels of employment and personnel practices in the United States; and (4) evaluate the costs and benefits and determine the various international implications of alternate policy choices available to the United States regarding foreign investment in the United States. | 2025-09-03T12:48:31Z | |
| 93-hr-14257 | 93 | hr | 14257 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to strengthen the oversight role of Congress with respect to the extension of credit by the Bank, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Rousselot, John H. [R-CA-24] | CA | R | R000469 | 0 | Revises the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 by transferring oversight responsibilities with respect to Bank financial dealings with Communist countries, from the President to Congress. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 635(b)) Prohibits the Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit with respect to any nonmarket enconomy country which: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on documents required for emigration; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, or fee on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Repeals those provisions of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 which exempt person requiring obligations issued in connection with any operation or transaction engaged in by the Bank from the prohibitions against any individual purchasing or selling the bonds, securities or other obligations of any foreign government currently in default in the payment of its obligations to the United States. (Repeals 12 U.S.C. 635h) | 2024-08-01T18:37:03Z | |
| 93-hr-14136 | 93 | hr | 14136 | Foreign Investment Control Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-10 | 1974-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 15 | Foreign Investment Control Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recent international economic and monetary changes have stimulated investment by foreign persons in industries and real property in the United States. Establishes the National Foreign Investment Commission. Specifies the duties, powers, and composition of the Commission. States that, within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each six-month period thereafter, the Commission shall determine and notify each issuer which is substantially involved in any area essential to the United States national security and/or economic security, and each issuer which is substantially involved in any area important to the United States national security and/or economic security, as defined and described in this Act. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register the names of all issuers so determined under this Act. Requires each such issuer to submit to the Commission (within sixty days after receiving notification from the Commission) the names and nationalities of all individuals not citizens of the United States, and the names of all persons other than individuals, who own voting securities of such issuers. States that such list shall also be transmitted to the Securities Exchange Commission which shall, in turn, require each broker, dealer, and bank registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1) not to sell to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; (2) to contact the Commission for approval before it sells to any person who is not an individual (or to any individual acting as an agent for such a person) any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; and (3) to infor… | 2025-09-03T12:48:29Z | |
| 93-hr-14138 | 93 | hr | 14138 | A bill to create a Joint Congressional Committee on Foreign Investment Control in the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-10 | 1974-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 15 | Provides for the creation of a Joint Congressional Committee on Foreign Investment Control in the United States. | 2024-08-01T18:36:58Z | |
| 93-hres-1033 | 93 | hres | 1033 | Resolution advocating the use of export controls by the United States, especially with respect to natural resources and agricultural commodities, in order to increase employment opportunities for American workers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-10 | 1974-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Milford, Dale [D-TX-24] | TX | D | M000708 | 7 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it is the policy of the United States (1) to use export controls to the extent necessary either to protect domestic supply of natural resources and commodities or to reduce the inflationary impact of abnormal foreign demand and (2) to export more finished products and less natural resources and commodities. | 2024-08-01T18:26:57Z | |
| 93-hr-13973 | 93 | hr | 13973 | Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-04 | 1974-05-16 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2957 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Culver, John C. [D-IA-2] | IA | D | C000979 | 7 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act - States that some of the major purposes of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation are: (1) to give preferential considerations in its investment insurance, financing, and reinsurance activities (to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the Corporation's purposes) to investment projects involving businesses of not more than $2,500,000 net worth or with not more than $7,500,000 in total assets; (2) to the maximum extent practicable, to give preferential consideration in the Corporation's investment insurance, financing, and reinsurance activities to investment projects in the less developed friendly countries which have per capita incomes of $450 or less in 1973 United States dollars; and (3) to identify foreign investment opportunities in less developed friendly countries and areas, and to bring information concerning such opportunities to the attention of potential eligible investors in such countries or areas. Provides that it is the intention of Congress that the Corporation should achieve participation by private insurance companies, multilateral organizations, or others in at least 24 percent of liabilities incurred in respect to risks under contracts issued on and after January 1, 1978. Stipulates that it is the intention of Congress that the Corporation should not participate as insurer under insurance policies issued after December 31, 1980, in respect of the risks referred to in this Act. Sets forth investment insurance functions of the corporation, including: (1) to enter into pooling or other risk-sharing arrangements with other national or multinational insurance or financing agencies or groups of such agencies; and (2) to hold an ownership interest in any association or other entity established for the purposes of sharing risks under investment insurance. Provides that the amount of reinsurance of liabilities under this title which the Corporation may issue shall not exceed $600,000,000 i… | 2025-09-03T12:48:25Z | |
| 93-hr-13944 | 93 | hr | 13944 | A bill to prohibit for a temporary period the exportation of ferrous scrap, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-03 | 1974-04-03 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Railsback, Thomas F. [R-IL-19] | IL | R | R000012 | 0 | Prohibits for a period of 180 days after the enactment of this Act the exportation of ferrous scrap. | 2024-08-01T18:36:50Z | |
| 93-hr-13897 | 93 | hr | 13897 | Foreign Investment Control Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-02 | 1974-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 0 | Foreign Investment Control Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recent international economic and monetary changes have stimulated investment by foreign persons in industries and real property in the United States. Establishes the National Foreign Investment Commission. Specifies the duties, powers, and composition of the Commission. States that, within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each six-month period thereafter, the Commission shall determine and notify each issuer which is substantially involved in any area essential to the United States national security and/or economic security, and each issuer which is substantially involved in any area important to the United States national security and/or economic security, as defined and described in this Act. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register the names of all issuers so determined under this Act. Requires each such issuer to submit to the Commission (within sixty days after receiving notification from the Commission) the names and nationalities of all individuals not citizens of the United States, and the names of all persons other than individuals, who own voting securities of such issuers. States that such list shall also be transmitted to the Securities Exchange Commission which shall, in turn, require each broker, dealer, and bank registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1) not to sell to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; (2) to contact the Commission for approval before it sells to any person who is not an individual (or to any individual acting as an agent for such a person) any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; and (3) to infor… | 2025-09-03T12:48:24Z | |
| 93-s-3288 | 93 | s | 3288 | Footwear Articles Import Relief Trade Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-02 | 1974-04-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cotton, Norris [R-NH] | NH | R | C000802 | 0 | Footwear Articles Import Relief Trade Act - Sets forth the quantity of footwear articles that may be introduced into the United States before 1974 and for any calendar year after 1974. Allows the President to increase the quantity of articles which may be imported from one country, and permits him upon specified determinations to reapply this Act to any article or country after its termination or non-application in 1975. Authorizes the President to exempt from import quotas any article produced in a foreign country that is determined not to contribute to market disruption in the United States. Directs the President to conclude bilateral and multilateral arrangements or agreements with foreign countries concerning footwear. Authorizes the President to increase imports where the supply of footwear is inadequate to meet the domestic demand at reasonable prices. Outlines those definitions applicable under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:52:48Z | |
| 93-hr-13838 | 93 | hr | 13838 | A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, to extend for 4 years the period within which the Bank is authorized to exercise its functions, to increase the Bank's loan, guarantee, and insurance authority, to clarify its authority to maintain fractional reserves for insurance and guarantees, and to amend the National Bank Act to exclude from the limitations on outstanding indebtedness of national banks liabilities incurred in borrowing from the Bank, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-01 | 1974-04-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | Authorizes the Export-Import Bank to cause to be published materials necessary to further the objects and purposes for which it was established, without regard to prior provisions of law. Requires the Bank to maintain reserves of not less than 25 percent of the related contractual liability incurred for guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance against political and credit risks of loss. States that the aggregate amount of guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance which may be accounted for in a fractional reserve basis pursuant to this Act shall not exceed $20,000,000,000 at any one time. Increases the maximum authorized outstanding amount at any one time on loans, guarantees, and insurance from twenty to thirty billion dollars. Extends the termination date with respect to the functions of the Bank from June 30, 1974, to June 30, 1978. | 2024-08-01T18:36:42Z | |
| 93-hr-13840 | 93 | hr | 13840 | Export Administration Act Amendments | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-01 | 1974-04-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Ashley, Thomas L. [D-OH-9] | OH | D | A000222 | 0 | Export Administration Act Amendments - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to use export controls to the extent appropriate to retaliate against a nation or group of nations which have unreasonably restricted United States access to their supply of a particular commodity. Declares that it is the policy of the United States to deal with world shortages of particular commodities through international cooperation. Provides that the details of exportation of technical data of United States orgin which is not generally available shall be reported to the Secretary of Commerce. Extends the termination date of the authority granted by the Export Administration Act of 1969 from June 30, 1974 to June 30, 1977. | 2025-09-03T12:48:18Z | |
| 93-hr-13846 | 93 | hr | 13846 | A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1969, to provide a formula to control the exports of wheat, soybeans, and corn from the United States and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1974-04-01 | 1974-04-01 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 0 | Prescribes a formula, under the Export Administration Act, for the control of wheat, soybean, and corn exports from the United States. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to determine for each crop year the amount of wheat, soybeans, and corn needed to meet the requirements of consumers in the United States. States that the Secretary of Agriculture shall then determine the quantity of each crop available for export. Prescribes the procedures for making such determinations. Requires the issuance of an export license to a person exporting wheat, soybeans, or corn for the quantity of such commodity to be exported. (Amends 50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) | 2024-08-01T18:36:42Z |
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