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| 96-hr-8452 | 96 | hr | 8452 | A bill to improve the operation of the adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms under the Trade Act of 1974. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-12-11 | 1980-12-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 0 | Title I: Improvements in Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to reconsider any denial of adjustment assistance for workers separated from employment up to 18 months before a petition for such assistance was granted. Authorizes workers separated from employment between October 3, 1974, and November 1, 1977, who previously did not file a petition for certification of eligibility for adjustment assistance, to file such a petition for consideration by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to file such petitions on behalf of any group of workers, as well as by a group of workers or their representative. Requires the Secretary to certify a group of workers as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance if: (1) sales or production at their place of employment decrease or threaten to decrease due to increased imports competitive with articles (a) produced by such firm or (b) to which such firm supplies essential parts or services; or (2) a significan number of workers have been separated as a result of the opening by the workers' firm of facilities in a foreign country. Treats as firms, for purposes of such determinations, entities engaged in the retail sale of domestically-manufactured automobiles which are not domestically owned or controlled. Directs the Secretary to provide information to the Secretary of Commerce regarding petitions for adjustment assistance filed by workers when the workers' firm has also filed for such assistance. Stipulates that no adjustment assistance shall be provided a worker until sales or production at the worker's firm have decreased absolutely. Provides for trade readjustment allowances to be made to workers who: (1) had been employed at least 26 weeks in the year prior to separation or 40 weeks in the two years prior to separation; and (2) were part of a group certified as eligible for such assistance. Extends the time during which certain workers can continue to receive readjustment allowances. Directs the Secretary… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-8425 | 96 | hr | 8425 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States regarding the rate of duty that may be proclaimed by the President with respect to sugar imports. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-12-04 | 1980-12-04 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] | OH | D | V000047 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to authorize the President to proclaim a rate of duty not lower than .01 cents per pound raw value for specified sugar products. Stipulates that at the time of such finding the world price of sugar must exceed double: (1) the existing level of the domestic sugar loan program; or (2) if such program is suspended, its level at the time of suspension. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-8354 | 96 | hr | 8354 | A bill to allow articles withdrawn from a bonded manufacturing warehouse to be delivered into successive bonded storage warehouses located anywhere in the United States for the purpose of exportation, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-11-17 | 1980-11-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Allows articles withdrawn from a bonded manufacturing warehouse to be delivered into successive bonded warehouses anywhere in the United States for exportation purposes (currently, limited to deliveries to bonded warehouses at an exterior port for immediate export). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-3201 | 96 | s | 3201 | A bill to amend section 504 of the Trade Act of 1974 to establish certain limitations with respect to the Generalized System of Preferences. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-11-14 | 1980-11-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to exclude from treatment as a beneficiary developing country (for purposes of tariff preferences with respect to articles within specified Major Groups) any country that has exported to the United States during a calendar year a quantity of such articles having an appraised value in excess of a specified proportional amount. Makes ineligible for tariff preferences any merchandise subject to countervailing or antidumping duties. | 2021-06-14T20:10:11Z | |
| 96-hr-8327 | 96 | hr | 8327 | A bill to impose quotas on the importation of automobiles during 1981, 1982, and 1983. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-11-12 | 1980-11-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 8 | Title I: Quantitative Restrictions on the Importation of Automobiles During 1981, 1982, and 1983 - Limits the total quantity of automobiles which may be imported into the United States during each of the calendar years 1981-1983. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to allocate the permissible quantity of automobile imports among supplying countries on the basis of each such country's share of the U.S. market during calendar year 1979 and to certify such allocations to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to ensure that domestic retail dealers of each make of automobile receive a quantity based on their 1979 market share. Authorizes the President to suspend such quota for a specified period if such suspension is in the national interest and would not adversely affect employment in the domestic automobile industry. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-3182 | 96 | s | 3182 | International Trade and Investment Reorganization Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-30 | 1980-09-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 1 | International Trade and Investment Reorganization Act - Establishes the Department of International Trade and Investment to coordinate U.S. policies for international trade, negotiate trade agreements, protect U.S. industry, agriculture, and labor from foreign competition, promote international trade, administer the U.S. Customs Service, and participate in the development of friendly countries. Transfers to the Department all functions of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Customs Service, the Export-Import Bank, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Transfers to the Department specified functions of the Departments of Commerce and Treasury and the International Trade Commission. Sets forth the administrative provisions applicable to the Department. Requires the Secretary of International Trade and Investment to report annually to the President for submission to Congress concerning the Department's activities. Makes the Secretary Chairman of the Board of OPIC (currently the Administrator of the Agency for International Development) and of the Export-Import Bank (currently the Bank's President). Makes the Director of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency an ex officio member of the OPIC Board. | 2025-09-02T13:57:09Z | |
| 96-hr-8224 | 96 | hr | 8224 | A bill to apply for a three-year period the quantitative limitations (formerly in effect as escape-clause actions) on the importation of specialty steel products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-29 | 1980-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] | PA | D | M001120 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to limit the amount of stainless steel and alloy tool steel that may be imported into the United States between October 14, 1980, and October 13, 1983. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-3165 | 96 | s | 3165 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to improve the operation of the generalized system of preferences. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-29 | 1980-09-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 2 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to grant tariff preferences if such action: (1) will further economic development of developing nations; and (2) will not harm domestic producers of similar products (currently such factors must be considered, but are not determining factors). Makes a country with a trade surplus in manufactured goods with the United States ineligible for such preferences. Revises the factors to be considered before designating a country as a beneficiary developing country to include consideration of such country's degree of industrial growth and competitiveness, trade history, anticipated economic benefits, and trade barriers. Requires the President to publish on September 1 of each year a list of articles and detailed product descriptions which may be considered as eligible for such preferences (currently the President, from time to time, shall publish only a list of articles). Sets forth factors to be considered by the International Trade Commission (ITC) before reporting its recommendations to the President with respect to such articles. Terminates the eligibility designation of articles of which duty-free entries exceed specified limits. Sets forth restrictions on the subdivision of eligible articles. Restricts the quantity of an eligible article from any designated beneficiary developing country permitted to enter the United States based on the annual growth rate for domestic producers of similar articles. Specifies the circumstances under which a country which is no longer treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to an eligible article may be redesignated as such a country. Provides for an expedited termination of eligibility if a petition for import relief is filed with the ITC. | 2021-06-14T20:09:59Z | |
| 96-s-3166 | 96 | s | 3166 | A bill to postpone the designation of certain recently subdivided articles under the Tariff Schedules of the United States as eligible articles under the generalized system of preferences established by the Trade Act of 1974 until the International Trade Commission has conducted a study of potential market disruption. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-29 | 1980-09-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 1 | Directs the International Trade Commission to study the probable economic effect of an amendment to make certain jewelry eligible for tariff preferences. Postpones the effective date of such amendments until 30 days after the Commission reports to the President on such study. | 2021-06-14T20:10:00Z | |
| 96-hr-8204 | 96 | hr | 8204 | A bill to amend the U. S. Grain Standards Act. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-24 | 1980-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 4 | Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to permit a State agency to perform official inspections at export port locations within the State if such agency did so at any time before July 1, 1976, and if such agency presently performs official inspections at locations other than export port locations. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 96-hconres-432 | 96 | hconres | 432 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed export to India of low-enriched uranium for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1379 and XSNM-1569. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-18 | 1980-09-24 | Measure failed of passage in Senate, roll call #440 (46-48). | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 0 | Disapproves the proposed export of low-enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1569 and XSNM-1379. | 2021-06-14T20:11:23Z | |
| 96-hr-8164 | 96 | hr | 8164 | A bill to amend the trade adjustment assistance provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 in order to include periods of authorized sick leave or absence from work due to work-related injury within the computation of weeks of employment for purposes of establishing worker eligibility for such assistance, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-18 | 1980-09-18 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 13 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include any period of authorized sick leave or absence from work due to work-related injury as a period of employment in determining whether a worker meets the required weeks of employment to qualify for trade adjustment assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to reconsider any refiled application in light of such amendment, if the original application was denied. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-3113 | 96 | s | 3113 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the quantity of cigarettes that may be accorded duty-free treatment if acquired in the insular possessions and entered by returning United States residents. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-15 | 1980-09-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the quantity of cigarettes which may be entered duty-free by U. S. residents, for their personal use, returning from specified insular possessions. | 2021-06-14T20:09:46Z | |
| 96-sconres-124 | 96 | sconres | 124 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed export to India of low-enriched uranium for the Tarapur Power Station pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1379 and XSNM-1569. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-15 | 1980-09-24 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Harry F., Jr. [I-VA] | VA | I | B001209 | 14 | Disapproves the proposed export of low- enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1569 and XSNM-1379. | 2021-06-14T19:49:18Z | |
| 96-hconres-431 | 96 | hconres | 431 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the export of wheat, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-10 | 1980-09-10 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] | OK | D | E000184 | 7 | Expresses the sense of Congress that a Joint Canada - United States Wheat Export Coordinating Commission should be established. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-sconres-122 | 96 | sconres | 122 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the export of wheat, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-10 | 1980-09-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE] | NE | D | Z000013 | 4 | Expresses the sense of Congress that a Joint Canada - United States Wheat Export Coordinating Commission should be established. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 96-hjres-606 | 96 | hjres | 606 | A joint resolution authorizing the President to enter into negotiations with foreign governments to limit the importation of automobiles and trucks into the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-05 | 1980-09-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | F000270 | 29 | Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks to the United States. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1985. States that action taken pursuant to such agreements shall not be treated as violating U.S. laws. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-3077 | 96 | s | 3077 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that, whenever the United States International Trade Commission unanimously recommends action in an import relief case, the President shall take the action recommended. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-09-03 | 1980-09-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act to 1974 to require the President to provide the import relief recommended by a unanimous International Trade Commission. Requires the President to inform Congress of any intention to reduce or terminate import relief. Gives Congress the right to disapprove such intention. | 2021-06-14T20:09:39Z | |
| 96-hjres-601 | 96 | hjres | 601 | A joint resolution making an appropriation for the International Monetary Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-27 | 1980-12-17 | Public Law 96-544. | House | Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] | MD | D | L000413 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #594 (224-146)) Appropriates funds to the President for fiscal year 1981 for an increase in the U.S. quota in the International Monetary Fund. Declares U.S. policy that the Palestine Liberation Organization should not be given membership or any other official status in the Fund. States that such action would result in a serious diminution of U.S. support for the Fund. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 96-hres-775 | 96 | hres | 775 | A resolution disapproving the President's recommendation to extend certain waiver authority under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Romania. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-27 | 1980-08-27 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Disapproves the President's extension of waiver authority permitting Romania to receive most-favored-nation treatment. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hconres-419 | 96 | hconres | 419 | A concurrent resolution to disapprove the determination of the President not to provide import relief for the leather wearing apparel industry. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-25 | 1980-08-25 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 0 | Disapproves the President's determination transmitted to Congress on March 26, 1980 (against providing import relief for the leather wearing apparel industry). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hjres-598 | 96 | hjres | 598 | A joint resolution authorizing the President to enter into negotiations with foreign governments to limit the importation of automobiles and trucks into the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-20 | 1980-12-04 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on Finance with amendment (without written report). | House | Rep. Albosta, Donald J. [D-MI-10] | MI | D | A000076 | 46 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Finance with amendment (without written report)) Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports to the United States of automobiles, trucks and the parts used in assembling them. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1983. Requires the President to determine, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative: (1) that increased imports are causing or threatening serious injury to the domestic industry; and (2) the domestic industry has exhausted available remedies under the Trade Act of 1974. States that no person shall be liable under specified Federal statutes based on actions taken pursuant to such agreements. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7957 | 96 | hr | 7957 | A bill authorizing the President to enter into temporary agreements with foreign nations to limit the importation of automobiles and trucks. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-19 | 1980-08-19 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | S000294 | 1 | Authorizes the President to negotiate and enter into agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks into the United States. Terminates such authority two years after enactment of this Act. Stipulates that this Act shall not affect import impact investigations and actions in response to such investigations. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7942 | 96 | hr | 7942 | A bill to approve and implement the protocol to the trade agreement relating to customs valuation, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-18 | 1980-12-02 | Public Law 96-490. | House | Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] | OH | D | V000047 | 1 | Approves the Protocol to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII (Customs Valuation) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the administrative action implementing such agreement. Authorizes the President to accept such Protocol if each major industrial country also accepts such Protocol. Makes such Protocol applicable only with regard to other countries which have accepted the obligations of such Protocol and are not otherwise denying adequate trade benefits to the United States. Specifies the relationship of such Protocol to U.S. law. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, to repeal a provision for accepting the transaction value, for purposes of customs valuation, of imported merchandise in a sale between a related buyer and seller if such value approximates the transaction value in sales to unrelated buyers of identical merchandise produced in a different country. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to make technical revisions in the tariff classifications of various chemicals. Authorizes the President to proclaim tariffs on specified chemicals. Subjects specified chemicals to any staged rate reductions proclaimed by the President for other specified chemical classifications. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-3035 | 96 | s | 3035 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide readjustment assistance to workers and firms supplying essential parts or services, or extracted minerals, to import-impacted firms. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-06 | 1980-08-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 1 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance for workers and firms to make workers and firms eligible for such assistance if such firms provide essential parts or services, or supplies extracted minerals, to articles adversely affected by increased imports. | 2021-06-14T20:09:28Z | |
| 96-s-3038 | 96 | s | 3038 | A bill to prohibit imports of canned beef from Argentina. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-06 | 1980-08-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] | IN | D | B000254 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to prohibit the importation of canned beef from Argentina. Requires a certificate of origin with respect to future shipments of canned beef for entry into the United States. | 2021-06-14T20:09:28Z | |
| 96-s-3020 | 96 | s | 3020 | A bill to approve and implement the protocol to the trade agreement relating to customs valuation, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-05 | 1980-08-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 1 | Approves the Protocol to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII (Customs Valuation) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the administrative action implementing such agreement. Authorizes the President to accept such Protocol if each major industrial country also accepts such Protocol. Makes such Protocol applicable only with regard to other countries which have accepted the obligations of such Protocol and are not otherwise denying adequate trade benefits to the United States. Specifies the relationship of such Protocol to U.S. law. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, to repeal a provision for accepting the transaction value, for purposes of customs valuation, of imported merchandise in a sale between a related buyer and seller, if such value approximates the transaction value in sales to unrelated buyers of identical merchandise produced in a different country. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to make technical revisions in the tariff classifications of various chemicals. Authorizes the President to proclaim tariffs on specified chemicals. Subjects specified chemicals to any staged rate reductions proclaimed by the President for other specified chemical classifications. | 2021-06-14T20:09:23Z | |
| 96-sjres-193 | 96 | sjres | 193 | A joint resolution authorizing the President to enter into negotiations with foreign governments to limit the importation of automobiles and trucks into the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-08-05 | 1980-08-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 33 | Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks to the United States. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1985. States that action taken pursuant to such agreements shall not be treated as violating U.S. laws. | 2021-06-14T19:53:55Z | |
| 96-sconres-109 | 96 | sconres | 109 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed export to India of low-enriched uranium for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1379 and XSNM-1569. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-25 | 1980-09-24 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 15 | Disapproves the proposed export of low- enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1569 and XSNM-1379. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 96-hjres-589 | 96 | hjres | 589 | A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-24 | 1980-08-29 | Public Law 96-334. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 1 | (House disagreed to Senate amendment) Increases the limitation on program activity authorized for the Export-Import Bank. Earmarks a specified portion for direct loans. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 96-hres-752 | 96 | hres | 752 | A resolution calling upon the President to rescind the embargo placed on the export of U.S. grain to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-24 | 1980-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 0 | Urges the President to rescind the embargo on U.S. grain exports to the Soviet Union. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7802 | 96 | hr | 7802 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the rates of duty on ephedrine, racephedrine, and their salts. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-23 | 1980-11-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 6 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce annually, between January 1, 1981, and January 1, 1987, the duty on: (1) pseudoephedrine and its salts (from 15.5 percent ad valorem to 7.6 percent ad valorem); and (2) synthetic ephedrine, racephedrine, and their salts (from 4.8 percent ad valorem to 3.7 percent ad valorem). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7803 | 96 | hr | 7803 | Motor Vehicle Import Control Act of 1980 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-23 | 1980-07-23 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20] | PA | D | G000105 | 0 | Motor Vehicle Import Control Act of 1980 - Limits the total quantity of automobiles, trucks, and engines that may be imported into the United States to ten percent of the domestic consumption of each over a five year period. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by the Secretary of Commerce in making quota determinations. Requires the allocation of the permissible quantity of automobile, truck, and engine imports among supplying countries based on such countries' share of the U.S. market. | 2025-09-02T13:54:55Z | |
| 96-hjres-587 | 96 | hjres | 587 | A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-22 | 1980-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] | MD | D | L000413 | 9 | Increases the limitation on program activity authorized for the Export-Import Bank. Earmarks a specified portion for direct loans. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7791 | 96 | hr | 7791 | A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide that a person who is a citizen of or is incorporated in a foreign country may acquire certain amounts of United States securities only to the extent that the laws of such foreign country are no more restrictive with respect to the acquisition of comparable amounts of foreign securities by a person who is a citizen of or is incorporated in the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-22 | 1980-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | S000124 | 1 | Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for a foreign citizen or corporation to acquire more than five percent of any class of U.S. securities, unless U.S. citizens or corporations are permitted to acquire, under regulations no more restrictive than in the United States, securities in such foreign country. Permits the President to waive such restriction in a national emergency. Makes such amendment effective July 22, 1980. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-sconres-108 | 96 | sconres | 108 | A concurrent resolution to disapprove the determination of the President not to provide import relief for the Leather Wearing Apparel Industry. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-22 | 1980-09-16 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 13 | Disapproves the President's determination transmitted to Congress on March 26, 1980 (against providing import relief for the leather wearing apparel industry). | 2021-06-14T19:49:10Z | |
| 96-hconres-383 | 96 | hconres | 383 | A concurrent resolution to disapprove the determination of the President not to provide import relief for the leather wearing apparel industry. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-21 | 1980-07-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Shannon, James M. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | S000286 | 7 | Disapproves the President's determination transmitted to Congress on March 26, 1980 (against providing import relief for the leather wearing apparel industry). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-sjres-191 | 96 | sjres | 191 | A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank of the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-21 | 1980-07-31 | Similar provisions inserted in H.J. Res. 589 as passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] | UT | R | G000072 | 14 | Increases the limitation on program activity authorized for the Export-Import Bank for direct loans. Stipulates that a specified portion of such increase shall not be available for obligation or disbursement prior to October 1, 1980. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 96-hconres-380 | 96 | hconres | 380 | A concurrent resolution urging the President of the United States to enter into trade negotiations with representatives of the Government of Japan with respect to the establishment of Japanese auto production facilities in the United States in lieu of American import quotas on Japanese cars, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 16 | Urges the President to negotiate with Japan to obtain a commitment from Japanese automobile manufacturers to increase U.S. production of automobiles in proportion to increases in U.S. sales in return for open access to the U.S. auto market. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hjres-583 | 96 | hjres | 583 | A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] | WA | D | D000327 | 0 | Increases the limitation on program activity authorized for the Export-Import Bank provided no expenditures are made prior to October 1, 1980. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 96-hjres-586 | 96 | hjres | 586 | A joint resolution providing additional program authority for the Export-Import Bank. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 0 | Increases the limitation on program activity authorized for the Export-Import Bank provided no expenditures are made prior to October 1, 1980. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7731 | 96 | hr | 7731 | A bill terminating the restrictions imposed by the President on exports of agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Burlison, Bill D. [D-MO-10] | MO | D | B001113 | 0 | Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7750 | 96 | hr | 7750 | A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for a foreign Corporation to acquire certain ownership interests in United States securities unless the country in which such corporation is incorporated permits the acquisition of similar ownership interests in foreign securities by United States companies. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | S000124 | 1 | Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for a foreign corporation to acquire U.S. securities, unless U.S. corporations are permitted to acquire, under regulations no more restrictive than in the United States, securities in the country of such foreign corporation's incorporation. Permits the President to waive such restriction in a national emergency. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7709 | 96 | hr | 7709 | An act to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the quantity of cigarettes that may be accorded duty-free treatment if acquired in the insular possessions and entered by returning United States residents. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-07-01 | 1980-12-23 | Public Law 96-578. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 2 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the quantity of cigarettes which may be entered duty-free by U.S. residents, for their personal use, returning from specified insular possessions after 30 days from enactment of this Act. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hjres-580 | 96 | hjres | 580 | A joint resolution directing the President to enter into a marketing agreement to restrain imports of Japanese automobiles and trucks. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-30 | 1980-06-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | H000449 | 16 | Directs the President to negotiate with Japan for a voluntary agreement to restrict temporarily imports of Japanese automobiles and trucks. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7671 | 96 | hr | 7671 | A bill to rescind the embargo on shipments of U.S. agricultural commodities to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-26 | 1980-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 0 | Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on U.S. agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-s-2886 | 96 | s | 2886 | A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to permit grain delivered to export elevators by any means of conveyance other than barge elevators to be transferred into such export elevators without official weighing, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-26 | 1980-06-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 9 | Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to exempt from official weighing requirements: (1) intracompany shipments of grain into an export elevator by any mode of transportation; (2) grain transferred into an export elevator by transportation modes other than barges if waived by mutual agreement between shipper and receiver; and (3) grain transferred out of an export elevator to destinations within the United States if similarly waived by mutual agreement between shipper and receiver. Defines "intracompany shipments" as including shipments of grain lots: (1) between facilities owned or controlled by the person owning the grain; or (2) from a facility owned by a grain-owning cooperative to an export facility which such cooperative jointly owns with other cooperatives. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 96-hconres-376 | 96 | hconres | 376 | A concurrent resolution relative to Japan-United States trade. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-25 | 1980-11-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] | OH | D | V000047 | 79 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #636 (363-2)) Expresses the sense of Congress that the present level of the trade deficit with Japan is intolerable and threatens the future of trade between our nations. Urges Japan to cooperate in correcting such deficit. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7660 | 96 | hr | 7660 | A bill to extend duty-free treatment to certain freight containers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-25 | 1980-11-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9] | GA | D | J000083 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of specified intermodal freight containers. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hconres-372 | 96 | hconres | 372 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed exports to India of low-enriched uranium for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-23 | 1980-06-23 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 33 | Disapproves the proposed export of low-enriched uranium to India. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7632 | 96 | hr | 7632 | A bill to rescind the agricultural commodity export embargo to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-20 | 1980-06-20 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Abdnor, James [R-SD-2] | SD | R | A000009 | 20 | Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7635 | 96 | hr | 7635 | A bill terminating the restrictions imposed by the President on exports of agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-20 | 1980-06-20 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] | IA | D | H000206 | 4 | Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-s-2855 | 96 | s | 2855 | A bill to rescind the agricultural commodity export embargo to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-20 | 1980-06-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 21 | Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 96-hconres-367 | 96 | hconres | 367 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed export to India of low-enriched uranium for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station pursuant to export license application XSNM-1569. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-19 | 1980-09-24 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 24 | Disapproves the proposed export of low-enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license application XSNM-1569. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hconres-368 | 96 | hconres | 368 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed export to India of low-enriched uranium for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station pursuant to export license application XSNM-1379. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-19 | 1980-09-24 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 15 | Disapproves the proposed export of low-enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license application XSNM-1569. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hconres-369 | 96 | hconres | 369 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed export to India of low-enriched uranium and replacement parts for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-19 | 1980-06-19 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] | CT | D | D000388 | 2 | Disapproves the proposed export of low-enriched uranium and replacement parts to India. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7569 | 96 | hr | 7569 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to broaden eligibility for adjustment assistance to workers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-12 | 1980-06-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance for workers to make workers eligible for such assistance if: (1) their firms' sales or production threaten to decrease absolutely; (2) their firms provide essential parts or services to articles adversely affected by increased imports; or (3) they constitute a significant number of workers in a trade impacted area which is eligible for adjustment assistance for communities. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hconres-363 | 96 | hconres | 363 | A concurrent resolution urging the President of the United States to enter into negotiations with representatives of the Government of Japan with respect to a temporary restraint in the exportation of automobiles into the United States, an equitable relationship between prices charged in domestic and foreign sales, and elimination of trade barriers affecting purchase of American products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-11 | 1980-06-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | P000574 | 18 | Urges the President to negotiate with Japan concerning: (1) a temporary restraint in automobile exports to the United States; (2) an equitable relationship between domestic and foreign sales prices; and (3) trade barriers affecting U.S. products. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7545 | 96 | hr | 7545 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to extend eligibility for adjustment assistance to workers providing essential parts and essential services with respect to articles adversely affected by import competition and to workers providing raw materials for such essential parts. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-11 | 1980-06-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 20 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance for workers to make workers eligible for such assistance if: (1) their firms' sales or production threaten to decrease absolutely; or (2) their firms provide essential parts or services to articles adversely affected by increased imports. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7531 | 96 | hr | 7531 | A bill to authorize operations by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in the People's Republic of China. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-10 | 1980-07-28 | Measure laid on table in House (see S. 1916 for similar provisions). | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 4 | Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit operations by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in China, if the President determines that such operations are in the national interest. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7513 | 96 | hr | 7513 | A bill to suspend for 3 years the free world rates of duty on potassium bicarbonate. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-05 | 1980-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Roth, Toby [R-WI-8] | WI | R | R000459 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of potassium bicarbonate for three years. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7479 | 96 | hr | 7479 | National Export Policy Act of 1980 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-06-03 | 1980-06-03 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 43 | National Export Policy Act of 1980 - Title I: General Findings and Purposes - Sets forth congressional findings and the purposes of this Act. Title II: Export Financing - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to direct the Export-Import Bank to adopt export finance programs comparable in structure to those extraordinary measures of official export credits offered by competing countries, until such financing is limited by international agreements. Requires the Bank to report annually to Congress as to whether any additional appropriations or any increases in its commitment authority or ceiling levels are necessary to carry out this Act. States that this Act shall not take effect until six months after enactment, unless the President defers the effective date for an additional six months. Declares it to be the policy of the Congress that the Export-Import Bank of the United States should facilitate, particularly in the presence of foreign officially-supported export credit competition, exports to countries: (1) having insufficient access to international credit facilities; (2) demonstrating reasonable economic progress; and (3) offering adequate formal assurances of repayment (currently, must offer sufficient likelihood of repayment). Increases the aggregate amount of loans and contractual liability of guarantees and insurance which may be outstanding at any one time. Requires such activities to be carried out through the Export Expansion Facility. Provides for the capitalization of such facility. Establishes staggered ten-year terms of office for the Bank directors. Declares that the appropriate congressional committees should consider limitations on Bank activities when considering appropriations for international trade activities rather than when considering foreign assistance activities. Title III: Export-Related Tax Policy - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income exclusion for United States citizens working abroad, who are bona fide residents of a foreign country, from an annual… | 2025-09-02T13:54:46Z | |
| 96-s-2773 | 96 | s | 2773 | National Export Policy Act of 1980 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-29 | 1980-06-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 31 | National Export Policy Act of 1980 - Title I: General Findings and Purposes - Sets forth congressional findings and the purposes of this Act. Title II: Export Financing - Amends the Export - Import Bank Act of 1945 to direct the Export-Import Bank to adopt export finance programs comparable in structure to those extraordinary measures of official export credits offered by competing countries, until such financing is limited by international agreements. Requires the Bank to report annually to Congress as to whether any additional appropriations or any increases in its commitment authority or ceiling levels are necessary to carry out this Act. States that this Act shall not take effect until six months after enactment, unless the President defers the effective date for an additional six months. Declares it to be the policy of the Congress that the Export-Import Bank of the United States should facilitate, particularly in the presence of foreign officially-supported export credit competition, exports to countries: (1) having insufficient access to international credit facilities; (2) demonstrating reasonable economic progress; and (3) offering adequate formal assurances of repayment (currently, must offer sufficient likelihood of repayment). Increases the aggregate amount of loans and contractual liability of guarantees and insurance which may be outstanding at any one time. Requires such activities to be carried out through the Export Expansion Facility. Provides for the capitalization of such Facility. Establishes staggered, ten-year terms of office for the Bank directors. Declares that the House and Senate Appropriations Committees should consider limitations on Bank activities when considering appropriations for international trade activities rather than when considering foreign assistance activities. Title III: Export - Related Tax Policy - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income exclusion for United States citizens working abroad, who are bona fide residents of a foreign country… | 2025-09-02T13:56:54Z | |
| 96-hr-7430 | 96 | hr | 7430 | A bill to terminate all price support programs for tobacco beginning with the 1981 crop of tobacco. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-22 | 1980-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-19] | MI | R | B000890 | 0 | Terminates price supports for tobacco beginning with the 1981 crop and export subsidies for tobacco exports after December 31, 1980. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-s-2753 | 96 | s | 2753 | A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of motor vehicles, and of parts of motor vehicles, that are products of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-22 | 1980-05-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] | IN | D | B000254 | 2 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to prohibit the importation into the United States of any motor vehicle chassis, body, or part produced in the Soviet Union. | 2021-06-14T20:08:24Z | |
| 96-hr-7365 | 96 | hr | 7365 | A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of the products of any foreign country during any period in which certain export controls are in effect with respect to that country. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-15 | 1980-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | B000363 | 17 | Prohibits the importation of any article from a foreign country whenever export controls are in effect with respect to such country for reasons of national security or foreign policy under the Export Administration Act of 1979. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-2721 | 96 | s | 2721 | A bill to require that most favored nation treatment be granted only to the products of countries which have not expropriated United States citizens' property without compensation therefor. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-15 | 1980-05-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit bilateral commercial agreements providing for most-favored-nation treatment with any country which has expropriated properties of U.S. citizens without just compensation for such properties. Requires that any commercial agreement with Czechoslovakia be submitted to Congress prior to any proclamation extending most-favored-nation treatment to such country. | 2021-06-14T20:08:06Z | |
| 96-hr-7331 | 96 | hr | 7331 | A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act (formerly Foreign Military Sales Act) to authorize the President to prescribe regulations for protecting arms information from the risk of indiscriminate export. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-13 | 1980-05-13 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 0 | Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Energy, to specify information pertaining to items on the U.S. Munitions list which must be protected from disclosure in order to preclude the possibility of unauthorized export. Prohibits the disclosure of such information unless the Secretaries determine that withholding is not in the national interest. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7323 | 96 | hr | 7323 | A bill to establish a minimum rate of duty of 45 cents per pound on imports of tobacco and tobacco products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-08 | 1980-05-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Jenrette, John W., Jr. [D-SC-6] | SC | D | J000099 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to establish a minimum rate of duty on specified tobacco and tobacco products. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-2682 | 96 | s | 2682 | A bill to guarantee that producers have received their cost of production for wheat exported from the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-08 | 1980-05-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 0 | Prohibits the export of wheat from the United States for which producers have been paid less than their costs of production, effective on the ratification of agreements with Canada and Australia to maintain equivalent export prices. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should initiate negotiations to reach such agreements. Permits: (1) the purchase of wheat by the U.S. Government at or above the cost of production and its donation or sale to less developed countries; (2) the export of wheat donated by producers for foreign food relief; and (3) the payment of premiums and discounts for wheat based on quality factors. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 96-hr-7234 | 96 | hr | 7234 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the rates of duty on ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, racephedrine, and their salts. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-01 | 1980-05-01 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce according to a specified schedule over six years the duties on ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, racephedrine and their salts (from 1.7 cents per pound plus 16.4 percent ad valorem to 3.7 percent ad valorem) and on other synthetic alkaloids and their compounds (from 5 percent ad valorem to 3.7 percent ad valorem). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7244 | 96 | hr | 7244 | A bill to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize consent to an increase in the United States quota in the International Monetary Fund, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-01 | 1980-09-18 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 2271 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 8 | (Measure laid on table in House, S 2271 passed in lieu) Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund to consent to an increase in the U.S. quota in the Fund, as provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Directs the President to instruct the Secretaries of the Treasury and State and other appropriate Federal officials to encourage countries to safeguard jobs, investment, income redistribution programs, and social programs in formulating economic adjustment programs to deal with their balance of payments difficulties. Directs the U.S. representatives to the Fund to recommend and work for changes that would: (1) permit the extension of standby arrangements to enable Fund members to implement their adjustment programs successfully taking into account the effects of such programs; (2) take into account the effects of such adjustment programs on employment, investment, real income per capita, income redistribution, and social programs and minimize the adverse impacts of such adjustment programs on basic human needs; and (3) provide that letters of intent reflect consideration of such factors. Directs the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to review, and take into account, an analysis of specified factors before voting on the approval of a standby arrangement with respect to any economic adjustment program. Requires the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies to include a report on such actions in its annual report to Congress. Repeals references that stipulate that stabilization programs be entered pursuant to loans from the Supplementary into Financing Facility. Reaffirms the Congressional commitment that in fiscal year 1981 Federal budget outlays shall not exceed its receipts. Expresses the sense of Congress concerning balance of payments problems resulting from surpluses in oil exporting countries and the responsibilities of such countries to assume a greater burden of financing balance of payments defici… | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 96-s-2639 | 96 | s | 2639 | Agricultural Trade Suspension Adjustment Act of 1980 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-05-01 | 1980-05-01 | Placed on calendar in Senate. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 1 | Agricultural Trade Suspension Adjustment Act of 1980 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make available price support loans for producers of the 1979 through 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains to mitigate the adverse effects of the export restrictions on agricultural products to the Soviet Union. Stipulates that the levels of such loans shall not be used in determining the levels at which producers may or must repay loans prior to their maturity dates. Directs the Secretary to waive interest on such loans. Revises the restrictions on the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell its stocks of wheat or feed grains to: (1) exempt acquisitions for the food security and trade suspension reserves; (2) set the minimum level for such sales at 105 percent of the then current level at which the Secretary may call for repayment of producer storage loans prior to the maturity dates (formerly, 150 percent of the then current level of price support); and (3) set the minimum level for the sale of corn for use in the production of alcohol for motor fuel at the higher of the price at which producers may repay producer storage loans for the fuel conversion price (formerly set at the release level under the extended loan program). Defines the fuel conversion price as that price which permits gasohol to be competitive in price with unleaded gasoline. Requires the Corporation to acquire specified minimum amounts of wheat and corn to ensure that export restrictions on agricultural products to the Soviet Union do not adversely affect prices producers receive for agricultural commodities. Prohibits purchases at prices less than the national average market prices producers receive immediately prior to the imposition of such export restrictions. Directs the President to establish and maintain through September 30, 1985, a reserve stock of wheat to be used for: (1) emergency food assistance to developing countries when domestic supplies are limited; and (2) urgent humanitarian re… | 2025-09-02T13:56:46Z | |
| 96-hr-7184 | 96 | hr | 7184 | A bill to change the customs treatment relating to certain metal wastes resulting from the processing of merchandise admitted into the United States under bond. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-29 | 1980-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4] | OH | R | G000537 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to exempt specified metal wastes, resulting from the processing of articles that entered the United States free of duty under bond, from provisions requiring such wastes to be exported or destroyed within the bond period: (1) if such wastes cannot be feasibly segregated or exported after processing; and (2) the appropriate duties are paid on such wastes. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7213 | 96 | hr | 7213 | A bill to reduce until the close of June 30, 1982, the rate of duty on certain woven fabrics of wool. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-29 | 1980-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | Y000013 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce the duty on specified wool fabrics until June 30, 1982. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7167 | 96 | hr | 7167 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to permit the entry of certain valuable wastes resulting from the processing of merchandise admitted into the United States under bond. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-24 | 1980-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-37] | NY | D | N000163 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose duties on valuable wastes which cannot be feasibly segregated and/or exported after the manufacturing process of articles that entered the United States free of duty under bond. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7173 | 96 | hr | 7173 | A bill to extend for an additional temporary period the existing suspension of duties on certain classifications of yarns of silk. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-24 | 1980-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend the duty-free entry of specified silk yarns until June 30, 1985 (from 1980). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-2607 | 96 | s | 2607 | Protection of United States Jobs From Unfair Foreign Competition Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-24 | 1980-04-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] | IN | D | B000254 | 0 | Protection of United States Jobs From Unfair Foreign Competition Act - Provides a cause of action for any person injured by sales of foreign merchandise at less than its fair value, which sales: (1) injure U.S. industry or labor; (2) prevent the establishment of industry in the United States; or (3) restrain or monopolize U.S. trade or commerce in such merchandise. Provides a cause of action by any U.S. person injured by reason of: (1) a private reciprocal trade agreement with a U.S. person who has contracted to provide goods and services to the United States; or (2) violation of U.S. Government contract warranties that the contractor will not enter into or comply with such private reciprocal trade agreements. Makes it unlawful for any person with a U.S. Government contract to enter into private reciprocal trade agreements with foreigners providing for the granting of contracts or other favored treatment to the contractor in exchange for subcontracts or purchases in connection with the performance of a U.S. contract or purchase. Penalizes violators of U.S. Government contract warranties against private reciprocal trade agreements by making: (1) such persons ineligible for future U.S. Government contracts; (2) existing contracts voidable at the election of the United States, and (3) such persons liable for treble damages. Sets forth jurisdiction, venue, and subpoena provisions. Prohibits the United States from taking a position contrary to that of the plaintiff in any action brought under this Act. Requires final judgement within 120 days of filing the complaints. Permits a special master to be appointed to hear the case and make findings of fact. Directs the court to prohibit the further sale of the foreign merchandise which is the subject of the action or to require the defendant to post a bond upon the plaintiff (but not a foreign manufacturer or U.S. importer of foreign merchandise) if the plaintiff sets forth facts on which relief could be granted under this Act. Shifts the burden of proof to the defend… | 2025-09-02T13:56:51Z | |
| 96-hr-7139 | 96 | hr | 7139 | A bill to suspend for one year the duties on wrapper tobacco. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-23 | 1980-08-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Cotter, William R. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | C000799 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to permit the duty-free entry of unstemmed wrapper tobacco until 2,000,000 pounds have entered or June 30, 1981, whichever first occurs. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7145 | 96 | hr | 7145 | A bill to maintain at the present level the duty on levulose until the close of December 31, 1981. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-23 | 1980-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9] | GA | D | J000083 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to continue the duty reduction on levulose until December 31, 1981 (from June 30, 1980). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7129 | 96 | hr | 7129 | A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of motor vehicles, and of parts of motor vehicles, that are products of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-22 | 1980-04-22 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Stratton, Samuel S. [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000997 | 2 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to prohibit the importation into the United States of any motor vehicle or motor vehicle chassis, body, or part produced in the Soviet Union. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-2595 | 96 | s | 2595 | Agricultural Commodity Export Suspension Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-22 | 1980-04-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 0 | Agricultural Commodity Export Suspension Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire and establish a reserve of any agricultural commodities the exports of which have been suspended for national security reasons by the President. Permits the Secretary to release any quantity of such commodities for purposes of rotation to avoid spoilage, famine relief, and conversion into alcohol for use as fuel. Directs the Secretary to announce an acreage set-aside program for such specified agricultural commodities for the following crop year in which an export suspension is expected to continue. Authorizes the Secretary to announce such an acreage set-aside program after the national program acreage for the next crop year for the affected commodity has been announced. Permits agricultural commodities suspended from export and subject to such set-aside program to be planted on otherwise set-aside acreage if: (1) such commodity is to be used in and is suitable for the manufacture of alcohol for use as fuel; and (2) there is adequate domestic demand for such alcohol. | 2025-09-02T13:56:46Z | |
| 96-hr-7087 | 96 | hr | 7087 | A bill to increase the colum 2 rate of duty (applicable to products of Communist countries) on anhydrous ammonia to 15 percent ad valorem. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-17 | 1980-04-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 2 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose duties on nitrogenous fertilizer and fertilizer materials from Communist countries. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7088 | 96 | hr | 7088 | A bill to amend the adjustment assistance programs under the Trade Act of 1974 in order to impose import fees on articles causing injury to domestic workers, firms, and communities sufficient in amount to reimburse the Federal Government for the cost of such programs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-17 | 1980-04-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | H000624 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to impose import fees, in addition to those otherwise imposed, on the entry of injury-causing articles (those imports which entitle affected workers, firms, and communities to adjustment assistance) to be used for reimbursing the Federal Government for the costs of providing such adjustment assistance benefits. Revises funding provisions applicable to the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund (for workers), firm adjustment assistance, and the Community Adjustment Assistance Fund to authorize appropriations to such funds in amounts equal to the import fees collected pursuant to this Act plus any additional sums necessary to provide such adjustment assistance. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7095 | 96 | hr | 7095 | A bill to permit products of United States origin to be reimported into the United States under informal customs' entry procedures. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-17 | 1980-04-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Stanton, J. William [R-OH-11] | OH | R | S000804 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the informal entry of merchandise of U.S. origin repair or modification prior to reexportation, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hjres-532 | 96 | hjres | 532 | A joint resolution to urge the development of an International Code of Business Conduct. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-16 | 1980-04-16 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 31 | Directs the President to utilize the forum of the Venice Economic Summit to urge the development of an International Code of Business Conduct. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should negotiate and report to Congress concerning agreements to establish standards of ethical and equitable conduct of international business and mechanisms to resolve problems. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to report to Congress concerning its recommendations regarding such negotiations. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7069 | 96 | hr | 7069 | Domestic Steel Industry Protection Act of 1980 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-16 | 1980-04-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Atkinson, Eugene V. [D-PA-25] | PA | D | A000329 | 15 | Domestic Steel Industry Protection Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish quarterly the trigger price for each steel mill product based on the costs of producing such products in Japan and the European Economic Community (EEC). Requires the Secretary to initiate an antidumping duty investigation if imports from Japan or any EEC country are made at prices below the applicable trigger price. Requires importers of such products to present a special invoice containing such information as required by the Secretary upon entry of such products into the United States. | 2025-09-02T13:54:38Z | |
| 96-s-2569 | 96 | s | 2569 | A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to permit the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to delegate authority, under certain circumstances to a State agency to perform official inspection at export port locations within the State if such State agency performed official inspections under such Act at an export port location at any time before July 1, 1976, and such State agency is presently designated to perform official inspections at locations other than export port locations. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-16 | 1980-10-01 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 96-1013. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 96-1013) Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to permit a State agency to perform official inspections at export port locations within the State if such agency did so at any time before July 1, 1976, and if such agency presently performs official inspections at locations other than export port locations. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 96-hr-7047 | 96 | hr | 7047 | A bill to suspend until January 1, 1984, the duty on certain flat knitting machines. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-15 | 1980-04-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Hollenbeck, Harold C. [R-NJ-9] | NJ | R | H000722 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of power-driven flat knitting machines until December 31, 1983. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7054 | 96 | hr | 7054 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States in order to make the duty on plastic netting approximately equal to the duty now charged on the raw plastic from which the netting is made 10 percent plus 1.5 cents per pound. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-15 | 1980-07-22 | Reported to House from the Committee on Ways and Means with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1181. | House | Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] | TX | D | P000328 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Ways and Means with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1181) Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on rubber or plastic netting. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7063 | 96 | hr | 7063 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1980 to increase the dollar value of merchandise eligible for informal entry. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-15 | 1980-04-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | W000686 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $250 to $600 the value of imported goods eligible for informal entry. Requires a statement specifying the kinds, quantities, and value of each kind of imported article eligible for informal entry but included in a shipment valued in excess of $250. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-sjres-161 | 96 | sjres | 161 | A joint resolution proposing an International Code of Business Conduct. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-15 | 1980-04-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 8 | Directs the President to utilize the forum of the Venice Economic Summit to urge the development of an International Code of Business Conduct. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should negotiate and report to Congress concerning agreements to establish standards of ethical and equitable conduct of international business and mechanisms to resolve problems. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to report to Congress concerning its recommendations regarding such negotiations. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 96-hr-7025 | 96 | hr | 7025 | A bill to provide for the monitoring of the restrictions on Soviet trade. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-02 | 1980-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Mattox, James A. [D-TX-5] | TX | D | M000260 | 13 | Expresses the sense of Congress that effective monitoring and enforcement of the export control measures taken in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan should receive highest priority. Requires any removal or relaxation of any such export control or any approval of licenses for exports to the Soviet Union to be reported to Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report quarterly to Congress concerning the effectiveness of such export controls. Directs other Federal agencies to cooperate with the Department in the preparation of such report. Requires the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress to review such report with regard to the assessment of the economic effects of such controls on the Soviet Union and to provide an evaluation to specified congressional committees. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-7004 | 96 | hr | 7004 | A bill to permit until July 1, 1982, the duty-free entry of Tricot and Raschel warp knitting machines. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-01 | 1980-04-01 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of Tricot and Raschel Warp knitting machines until June 30, 1982. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-s-2509 | 96 | s | 2509 | A bill to permit until July 1, 1982, the duty-free entry of Tricot and Raschel warp knitting machines. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-04-01 | 1980-04-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of Tricot and Raschel warp knitting machines until June 30, 1982. | 2021-06-14T20:07:00Z | |
| 96-s-2491 | 96 | s | 2491 | A bill to provide for the monitoring of restrictions on Soviet trade. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-03-27 | 1980-03-27 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 3 | Expresses the sense of Congress that effective monitoring and enforcement of the export control measures taken in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan should receive highest priority. Requires any removal or relaxation of any such export control or any approval of licenses for exports to the Soviet Union to be reported to Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report quarterly to Congress concerning the effectiveness of such export controls. Directs other Federal agencies to cooperate with the Department in the preparation of such report. Requires the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress to review such report with regard to the assessment of the economic effects of such controls on the Soviet Union and to provide an evaluation to specified congressional committees. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 96-hr-6842 | 96 | hr | 6842 | A bill to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-03-18 | 1980-06-17 | Public Law 96-275. | House | Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-21] | NY | D | G000047 | 32 | Exempts Shippers' Export Declarations from public disclosure unless the Secretary of Commerce determines that such exemption would be contrary to the national interest. Requires the person in command of a ship bound for a foreign port to attach bills of lading or equivalent documents to the manifest of the ship's cargo which is required to be submitted to the appropriate United States Customs Service officer to obtain clearance for the ship. Specifies the information to be included on such manifest or attached documents and the elements of such information which shall be available for public disclosure. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures to provide access to the information which may be disclosed and protection for the information not available for disclosure. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 96-s-2422 | 96 | s | 2422 | African Development Bank Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-03-14 | 1980-06-16 | Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #212 (53-24). | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 0 | (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #212 (53-24)) =Title I: International Development Association= - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize the U.S. Governor to pay a specified sum as the U.S. contribution to the sixth replenishment of the Resources of the Association, subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations. Limits the amount of the first installment of such contribution. =Title II: African Development Bank= - African Development Bank Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the African Development Bank. Provides for the appointment of a governor and an alternate governor of such Bank. Makes such Bank subject to the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems. Prohibits unauthorized: (1) subscriptions to additional shares in such Bank; (2) agreements increasing U.S. obligations or modifying the purpose of such Bank; or (3) financing for such Bank. Requires any Federal Reserve bank to act as the Bank's depository at the request of such Bank. Specifies the shares of such Bank to which the President is authorized to subscribe. Sets forth venue and jurisdictional provisions for such Bank. Exempts such Bank's obligations from specified limitations on underwriting investment securities and for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Requires such Bank to file reports as determined appropriate by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Authorizes the Commission to suspend the exemptions from the securities laws. Directs such Bank to carry out U.S. policies concerning human rights and the development of light capital technologies. Makes U.S. citizen representatives to such Bank eligible for civil service benefits. =Title III: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Asian Development Bank= - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act and the Asian Development Bank Act to provide that any subscription to additional shares of such Banks… | 2025-09-02T13:56:42Z | |
| 96-hr-6809 | 96 | hr | 6809 | A bill to amend the Food and Agricultural Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture when purchasing commodities suspended from shipment to acquire not only the quantity of commodities suspended from shipment but also the classes of affected commodities. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-03-13 | 1980-03-13 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 1 | Amends the Food and Agricultural Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase the same quantity of classes of commodities affected by a suspension of commercial export sales of a specified commodity as he is required to purchase of such suspended commodity. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 96-hr-6811 | 96 | hr | 6811 | African Development Bank Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1980-03-13 | 1980-05-16 | Reported to House from the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, H. Rept. 96-1015. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Title I: International Development Association - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize the U.S. Governor to pay a specified sum as the U.S. contribution to the sixth replenishment of the Resources of the Association, subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations. Title II: African Development Bank - African Development Bank Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the African Development Bank. Provides for the appointment of a governor and an alternate governor of such Bank. Makes such Bank subject to the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems. Prohibits unauthorized: (1) subscriptions to additional shares in such Bank; (2) agreements increasing U.S. obligations or modifying the purpose of such Bank; or (3) financing for such Bank. Requires any Federal Reserve bank to act as the Bank's depository at the request of such Bank. Specifies the shares of such Bank to which the President is authorized to subscribe. Sets forth venue and jurisdiction provisions for such Bank. Exempts such Bank's obligations from specified limitations on underwriting investment securities and for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Requires such Bank to file reports as determined appropriate by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Authorizes the Commission to suspend the exemptions from the Securities laws. Directs such Bank to carry out U.S. policies concerning human rights and the development of light capital technologies. Makes U.S. citizen representatives to such Bank eligible for civil service benefits. Title III: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Asian Development Bank - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act and the Asian Development Bank Act to provide that any subscription to additional shares of such Banks shall only be effective to the extent as provided in advance in appropriation Acts (presently, may be made only after the necessary amount has b… | 2025-09-02T13:54:27Z |
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