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| 97-sres-524 | 97 | sres | 524 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture use his existing authorities to export surplus dairy products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-21 | 1982-12-21 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should use his existing authorities to export surplus dairy products. | 2023-05-11T13:13:13Z | |
| 97-sres-525 | 97 | sres | 525 | To express the sense of the Senate urging Presidential action pursuant to Section 103 of the Revenue Act of 1971, 26 U.S.C. sec. 48 (a) (7) (D) to disqualify certain Japanese-manufactured, numerically-controlled machine tools from the United States investment tax credit. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-21 | 1982-12-21 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 17 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should exercise his authority to issue an Executive Order disqualifying Japanese-manufactured, numerically-controlled machining centers and punching machines for the investment tax credit until Japan provides persuasive evidence to the President that certain unfair and discriminatory acts and policies restricting U.S. commerce have ceased. | 2023-05-11T13:13:14Z | |
| 97-hr-7437 | 97 | hr | 7437 | A bill to require that the United States Government oppose the furnishing of assistance by the International Monetary Fund to any country which practices apartheid. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-16 | 1982-12-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | D000373 | 33 | Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to require the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to oppose any credit drawing on the Fund by any country which practices apartheid. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hr-7425 | 97 | hr | 7425 | A bill to increase temporarily the duty on certain wool that is the product of Argentina or Uruguay. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-15 | 1982-12-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21] | TX | R | L000396 | 5 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase for one year the duty on certain wool that is the product of Argentina or Uruguay. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-sres-516 | 97 | sres | 516 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on urging Presidential action pursuant to Section 103 of the Revenue Act of 1971, 26 U.S.C., section 48 (a) (7) (D) to disqualify certain Japanese-manufactured, numerically-controlled machine tools from the United States investment tax credit. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-15 | 1982-12-15 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 25 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should exercise his authority to issue an Executive Order disqualifying Japanese-manufactured, numerically-controlled machining centers and punching machines for the investment tax credit until Japan provides persuasive evidence to the President that certain unfair and discriminatory acts and policies restricting U.S. commerce have ceased. | 2023-05-11T13:13:13Z | |
| 97-hr-7405 | 97 | hr | 7405 | Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-10 | 1982-12-10 | Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 0 | Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Commerce Department a service industries development program. Sets forth the purposes of the program, including development of a data base on issues related to service industries and development of policies to strengthen the export competitiveness of U.S. service industries. Authorizes the Secretary to request persons to submit to the Secretary information which the Secretary deems necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to subpoena such information. Sets forth the procedure for issuing a subpoena and the penalties for failing to comply. Directs the Secretary to provide State and local governments, upon request, aid and information concerning U.S. policies on foreign commerce in services. Requires the Secretary to prepare a biennial report to Congress containing: (1) an analysis of the activities of foreign suppliers within the various service industries in the U.S. market; (2) an analysis of Federal, State, and local regulation of such foreign supplies and the potential effect of such regulation on trade relationships and negotiations; (3) an analysis of the activities of U.S. suppliers of services in foreign countries; and (4) a study and analysis of the impact during such year of any act, policy, or practice of each designated major trading country that limits the access of U.S. suppliers of services to markets in that country in a manner that is unjustifiable, unreasonable, or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce. Authorizes the President to impose any limitations that the President deems appropriate upon the eligibility of foreign suppliers to engage in U.S. interstate commerce. Directs the President, within 120 days of the Secretary's report on service industries, to review the report and publish the President's determinations on whether to impose limitations on foreign suppliers. Prohibits the President from imposing any limitation on foreign suppliers until after the timely c… | 2025-08-29T19:50:16Z | |
| 97-hr-7407 | 97 | hr | 7407 | Fair Trade Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-10 | 1982-12-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] | PA | D | M001088 | 0 | Fair Trade Act - Limits the total imports of steel products if the Secretary of Commerce finds that the U.S. capacity for the production of steel products is only utilized at 85 percent or less during any calendar quarter. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine, for each calendar quarter, the percentage of utilization of the U.S. steel products manufacturing capacity; (2) estimate the domestic consumption of steel products for each calendar quarter for which an import limitation is required; (3) compute the total quantity of permissible imports of steel products during each quarter for which an import limitation is required; (4) apportion the total of permissible imports among the supplying foreign countries on the basis of past participation in the U.S. market. Directs the Secretary to certify the computation and apportionment of permissible imports to the Secretary of the Treasury who shall ensure that the steel products are imported in conformity with such computations and apportionments. Establishes the President's Commission on Basic Metals. Requires the Commission to review the performance of the U.S. steel products manufacturing industry and to make recommendations to the President and the Congress regarding actions which should be taken to strengthen the industry. | 2025-08-29T19:50:17Z | |
| 97-hr-7397 | 97 | hr | 7397 | Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-09 | 1982-12-21 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 1031. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7] | FL | D | G000153 | 8 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Finance with amendment (without written report)) Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act - Title I: Duty-Free Treatment - Authorizes the President to proclaim duty-free treatment for all eligible articles from Caribbean countries that the President designates as beneficiary countries. Requires the President to notify Congress before making such a designation. Prohibits the President from terminating such a designation unless both Houses of Congress are notified 60 days before the termination. Requires the President to consider only specified countries and territories as beneficiary countries. Prohibits the President from designating a country as a beneficiary country: (1) if it is a Communist country; (2) if it has nationalized or seized control, or effectively nationalized or seized control, of U.S. property, unless the President determines that a good faith effort is being made to compensate for such seizure; (3) if it fails to act in good faith in recognizing as binding or in enforcing arbitral awards in favor of U.S. citizens or corporations; (4) if it grants preferential treatment to the products of a developed country other than the United States which may have a significant adverse effect on U.S. commerce, unless the President reports to Congress that certain assurances have been made; (5) if it has a government-owned entity engaged in broadcasting copyrighted material belonging to U.S. copyrighted owners without their express consent; or (6) unless an extradition treaty exists between the United States and such country. Permits the President to designate as a beneficiary country a Communist country, an expropriating country, or a country that fails to act in good faith with respect to an arbitral award if the President determines and reports to Congress that such designation will be in the national interest. Lists factors the President should consider in determining whether to grant beneficiary designation. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant… | 2025-08-29T19:50:17Z | |
| 97-s-3090 | 97 | s | 3090 | A bill to amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to exempt bicycle component parts which are not re-exported from the exemption from the customs laws otherwise available to merchandise in foreign trade zones. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-09 | 1982-12-13 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] | KY | D | H000905 | 1 | Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to provide that bicycle component parts shall not be exempt under the customs exemption provided by such Act unless the parts are re-exported from the United States. | 2023-05-11T13:18:22Z | |
| 97-hr-7363 | 97 | hr | 7363 | Specialty Steel Fair Trade Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-03 | 1982-12-03 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-39] | NY | D | L000516 | 0 | Specialty Steel Fair Trade Act - Establishes quotas on imports of stainless steel and alloy tool steel. Sets forth the method for calculating the quotas. Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements allocating portions of the U.S. imports of such steel products among supplying countries. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to administer the import limitations established by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take certain actions to avoid disruption of regional markets. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress four and one-half years after enactment of this Act on whether the quotas should be continued, modified, or revoked and on the effects of the quotas established by this Act on the: (1) economic soundness and employment opportunities in the speciality steel industry; (2) general economy; (3) U.S. balance of payments; and (4) national security. Requires the quotas to continue in effect for at least five years after enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:50:17Z | |
| 97-hr-7350 | 97 | hr | 7350 | A bill to amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to exempt bicycle component parts which are not re-exported from the exemption from the customs laws otherwise available to merchandise in foreign trade zones. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-12-02 | 1982-12-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to provide that bicycle compenent parts shall not be exempt under the customs exemption provided by such Act unless the parts are re-exported from the United States. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-7332 | 97 | hr | 7332 | A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to provide for Congressional disapproval of export controls under the Act for national security, foreign policy, or short supply reasons. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-11-30 | 1982-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. O'Brien, George M. [R-IL-17] | IL | R | O000010 | 0 | Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to require the President to report to Congress on the reasons for imposing national security, foreign policy, or short supply export controls on any U.S. goods or technology. Terminates such controls if Congress, within 30 days of its receipt of the report, adopts a concurrent resolution disapproving the controls. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-7339 | 97 | hr | 7339 | A bill to provide that certain property held in foreign-trade zones shall be exempt from State and local ad valorem taxation. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-11-30 | 1982-11-30 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12] | TX | D | W000763 | 0 | Exempts from State and local taxation: (1) tangible personal property imported from outside the United States and held in a foreign-trade zone for certain purposes; and (2) tangible personal property produced in the United States and held in a zone for exportation. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hres-612 | 97 | hres | 612 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should extend the offer of the United States to sell additional grain to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-11-30 | 1982-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should extend the offer of the United States to sell to the Soviet Union an additional 15 million metric tons of grain on a six-month guaranteed delivery basis. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-sres-496 | 97 | sres | 496 | A resolution to promote long-term grain sales agreements with the Soviet Union. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-11-29 | 1982-11-29 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: (1) extend a grain export sales contract sanctity guarantee to the Soviet Union from November 30, 1982, until November 30, 1983; and (2) begin trade discussions with the Soviet Union in order to establish a new long-term grain sales agreement with high minimum purchase requirements. | 2023-05-11T13:13:11Z | |
| 97-hr-7267 | 97 | hr | 7267 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain menthol feedstocks until July 1, 1986. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hartnett, Thomas F. [R-SC-1] | SC | R | H000302 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on certain menthol feed stocks until June 30, 1986. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-7298 | 97 | hr | 7298 | Japanese Market Expansion Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-42] | CA | R | H000981 | 0 | Japanese Market Expansion Act - Imposes an equity fee of five percent of the wholesale cost of an automobile on each automobile imported from Japan, unless Japan agrees to increase by 20 percent its imports of: (1) U.S. beef and beef products; (2) U.S. citrus fruit and fruit products; and (3) U.S. vegetables and vegetable products. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:50:12Z | |
| 97-hres-606 | 97 | hres | 606 | A resolution condemning the Department of Commerce for granting licenses for the export of shock batons to South Africa in violation of provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-12-16 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 72 | Condemns the Department of Commerce for granting a license for the export of shock batons to South Africa in violation of the Foreign Assistance Act. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-s-3009 | 97 | s | 3009 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose a one-tenth of one cent duty on apple and pear juice. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department; Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose a one-tenth of a cent per gallon duty on apple or pear juice. | 2023-05-11T13:18:15Z | |
| 97-s-3015 | 97 | s | 3015 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit an allowance against the foreign market value of merchandise to offset the adjustment to the exporter's sales price of such merchandise required to be made by section 772(e)(2) of such Act, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ] | AZ | R | G000267 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit offsetting the foreign market value of merchandise against the selling expenses in the exporter's home market, when determining the exporter's sales price for purposes of antidumping duties. | 2023-05-11T13:18:15Z | |
| 97-s-3017 | 97 | s | 3017 | A bill to provide for the temporary duty-free treatment of certain needlecraft display models, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] | IL | R | P000222 | 3 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on certain needlecraft display models until June 30, 1985. | 2023-05-11T13:18:15Z | |
| 97-s-3033 | 97 | s | 3033 | A bill to suspend, until September 30, 1984, the duty on the radio portion of certain clock radios. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on certain clock radios until September 30, 1984. | 2023-05-11T13:18:17Z | |
| 97-s-3035 | 97 | s | 3035 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for a temporary suspension of the duty on certain alloys of cobalt. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend the suspension of the duty on certain cobalt alloys until June 30, 1985. | 2023-05-11T13:18:17Z | |
| 97-s-3036 | 97 | s | 3036 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for a temporary suspension of duty on natural graphite. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on natural graphite until December 31, 1984. | 2023-05-11T13:18:17Z | |
| 97-sres-491 | 97 | sres | 491 | A resolution to request the President to attempt to eliminate differential foreign exchange rates in Mexico. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should pursue all diplomatic means to persuade Mexico to eliminate the system of differential foreign exchange rates it has recently instituted. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-s-2996 | 97 | s | 2996 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain disposable gowns and surgical drapes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-30 | 1982-10-06 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce the duty on certain hospital and surgical apparel until January 1, 1988. | 2023-05-11T13:18:13Z | |
| 97-hconres-416 | 97 | hconres | 416 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should enter into negotiations with the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for purposes of establishing a new long-term grain sales agreement, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-29 | 1982-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | F000161 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President: (1) should enter into negotiations with the Soviet Union to reach an agreement under which the Soviet Union for at least five years will buy not less than eight million metric tons of U.S. grain annually; and (2) should not impose an embargo on the export of grain to the Soviet Union or any other country with which the United States has a grain sales agreement. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-7210 | 97 | hr | 7210 | A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate certain export controls imposed on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-29 | 1982-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 4 | Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate the export controls that were imposed for foreign policy purposes on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982, on equipment and technology that could be used to complete the Soviet natural gas pipeline. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-s-2982 | 97 | s | 2982 | A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain menthol feedstocks until June 30, 1986. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-29 | 1982-10-04 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department; Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on certain menthol feed stocks until June 30, 1986. | 2023-05-11T13:18:12Z | |
| 97-s-2983 | 97 | s | 2983 | A bill to apply duty-free treatment to tetra amino biphenyl. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-29 | 1982-10-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply duty-free treatment to tetra amino biphenyl. | 2023-05-11T13:18:12Z | |
| 97-hr-7197 | 97 | hr | 7197 | A bill to put limitations on certain export restrictions imposed by the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 0 | Provides that restrictions on exports of U.S. products shall not apply to products covered by a valid export contract that was entered into before the restriction was imposed. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-7199 | 97 | hr | 7199 | A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit any officer or employee of the United States from purchasing the currency of certain foreign governments. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-11] | IN | D | J000033 | 0 | Amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit any officer or employee of the United States, in his or her official capacity, from purchasing the currency of any foreign country unless, on the date of the proposed purchase, such currency is used to determine the value of special drawing rights established under the International Monetary Fund. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hr-7190 | 97 | hr | 7190 | A bill to provide relief from honey imports by increasing the duty thereon. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-24 | 1982-09-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the column 1 duty on honey imports to ten cents per pound and the column 2 duty on honey imports to 20 cents per pound. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2946 | 97 | s | 2946 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to corduroy and velveteen. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-23 | 1982-09-27 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to specify that one basis for the tariff on pile fabrics is the use of the pile threads rather than the use of the pile in the fabrics' construction. Imposes the current tariff on pile corduroy and velveteen fabrics whether or not the filling floats are cut. | 2023-05-11T13:18:08Z | |
| 97-hr-7107 | 97 | hr | 7107 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to establish an equal and equitable classification and duty rates for various cordage products of virtually identical characteristics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | B000037 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to revise the definition of "cordage" to include cordage made from any size strip of plastic or other man-made material, thereby eliminating different duty rates for varying sizes of plastic or man-made cordage. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-7118 | 97 | hr | 7118 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to correct an anomaly in the rate of duty applicable to textile fabrics, articles and materials coated, filled or laminated with rubber or plastics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Shannon, James M. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | S000286 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) to provide that the provisions applicable to rubber and plastic products do not cover textile fabrics or articles coated, filled, or laminated with rubber or plastics which are covered by the provisions dealing with fabrics of special construction. Requires the nontextile coating or filling and nontextile laminating substances to be disregarded in determining whether fabrics, articles, and materials are "of textile materials" for purposes of the subpart of the TSUS dealing with coated or filled fabrics. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2895 | 97 | s | 2895 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on caffeine. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-10 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce the duty on caffeine to six percent ad valorem until December 31, 1983. | 2023-05-11T13:18:03Z | |
| 97-hr-7083 | 97 | hr | 7083 | A bill to authorize the President to impose a tariff surcharge on the products of certain countries in order to offset the expense of providing United States defense assistance to such countries. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Authorizes the President to impose tariff surcharges on articles imported from Japan, France, or any country within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if the President determines that the cost of providing such country with defense assistance should be offset by tariff surcharges. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2884 | 97 | s | 2884 | A bill to lower the rate on sulfathiazole until the close of business December 31, 1985. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to set forth a schedule for reducing the rate of duty on sulfathiazole until December 31, 1985. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2885 | 97 | s | 2885 | A bill to suspend the duty on sulfapyridine until the close of December 31, 1985. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on sulfapyridine until December 31, 1985. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2886 | 97 | s | 2886 | A bill to apply duty-free treatment to Fourdrinier wires suitable for use in capacitor papermaking machines. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-14 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply duty-free treatment to certain Fourdrinier wires suitable for use in capacitor papermaking machines. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2889 | 97 | s | 2889 | A bill to continue until the close of September 30, 1985, the existing suspension of duties on color couplers and coupler intermediates used in the manufacture of photographic sensitized material. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend until June 30, 1985, the existing suspension of duties on color couplers and coupler intermediates used in the manufacture of photographic sensitized material. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-sres-458 | 97 | sres | 458 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Export-Import Bank of the United States shall be given sufficient authority and shall provide competitive financing for American exports. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-09-09 | 1982-10-18 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 955. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 27 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee shall investigate methods of strengthening the Export-Import Bank to ensure competitive financing for U.S. exports; (2) the Senate Appropriations Committee shall provide sufficient authority for the Export-Import Bank to enable U.S. exporters to compete in world markets; and (3) the Export-Import Bank shall provide U.S. exporters with competitive financial support. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 97-s-2878 | 97 | s | 2878 | A bill to improve worker training under the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-20 | 1982-08-30 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Labor Department. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to determine that increased imports "contributed importantly to" (currently, substantially caused) worker separations and sales or production reductions in order to certify such workers as eligible for trade adjustment assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to approve job training assistance for workers adversely affected by imports. (Currently the Secretary is authorized to approve such training.) Directs the Secretary to pay a daily supplemental assistance benefit to any worker who begins approved job training after enactment of this Act and who is not eligible for trade adjustment allowances. Provides for the reimbursement of persons who participated in a job training program between specified dates and who personally financed all or part of the tuition costs of such training. Increases the maximum job search and relocation allowances to $800. Authorizes any adversely affected worker to apply for a job search allowance, relocation allowance, or both if the worker: (1) was covered by an adjustment assistance certification issued between specified dates; and (2) as of the date of enactment of this Act is not eligible for either job search allowances or relocation allowances because of failure to file an application on time. Establishes an Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund in the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations to the Trust Fund, payable out of the general fund of the Treasury attributable to the collection of customs duties, to carry out provisions for adjustment assistance for workers. Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to amend the definition of "suitable work" for a worker who would be eligible for a trade readjustment allowance if the worker were not eligible for extended compensation. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-hr-7027 | 97 | hr | 7027 | A bill to suspend the duty on sulfapyridine until the close of December 31, 1985. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-19 | 1982-08-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on sulfapyridine until December 31, 1985. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-7028 | 97 | hr | 7028 | A bill to lower the rate of duty on sulfathiazole until the close of December 31, 1985. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-19 | 1982-08-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to set forth a schedule for reducing the rate of duty on sulfathiazole until December 31, 1985. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2858 | 97 | s | 2858 | A bill to amend the tariff schedules of the United States with respect to the dutiable status of watches and watch movements from insular possessions of the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-19 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 2 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to change the dutiable status of watches and watch movements imported from insular possessions of the United States. Defines the insular possessions as the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Authorizes duty-free importation of watches and watch movements built in the insular possessions without regard to the value of the foreign materials they contain if they meet specified conditions. Imposes a quota on the number of such watches and watch movements that may be imported duty-free during calendar year 1983. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and of the Interior to establish quotas for subsequent calendar years. Sets forth guidelines for determining such quotas. Allocates the number of duty-free imports of watches, and watch movements among three possesions for calendar year 1983. Authorizes the Secretaries to establish new territorial shares for subsequent calendar years. Directs the Secretaries to allocate the duty exemptions among producers located in the insular possessions. Directs the Secretaries to verify the wages paid by producers to permanent residents of the insular possessions in the preceding calendar year. Directs the Secretaries to issue a certificate for a portion of such amount to each producer for each year through calendar year 1994. Sets forth a formula for determining the value of a producer's certificate. States that such certificates entitle the certificate holder to a refund of duties equal to the face value of the certificate on imported watches, watch movements, and parts. Limits the amount of such refunds that may be retained by the Customs Service for reimbursement of administrative costs. Makes such certificates negotiable. Requires such certificates to expire one year after issuance. Permits the certificates to be applied against duties on articles imported within two years before their issuance. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2859 | 97 | s | 2859 | A bill to amend the tariff schedules of the United States to correct an anomaly in the rate of duty applicable to textile fabrics, articles and materials coated, filled or laminated with rubber or plastics. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-19 | 1982-08-30 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 3 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) to provide that the provisions applicable to rubber and plastic products do not cover textile fabrics or articles coated, filled, or laminated with rubber or plastics which are covered by the provisions dealing with fabrics of special construction. Requires the nontextile coating or filling and nontextile laminating substances to be disregarded in determining whether fabrics, articles, and materials are "of textile materials" for purposes of the subject of the TSUS dealing with coated or filled fabrics. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-hr-7006 | 97 | hr | 7006 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for congressional initiation of actions to respond to unfair foreign trade practices, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-18 | 1982-08-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Fiedler, Bobbi [R-CA-21] | CA | R | F000102 | 1 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize Congress to initiate Presidential actions against unfair foreign trade practices by adopting a concurrent resolution that: (1) states that Congress considers such a country's or an instrumentality's act, policy, or practice to be a denial of benefits to the United States under trade agreements or to be unjustifiable and a burden on U.S. commerce; and (2) requests the President to take action. Requires the President to notify Congress within 21 days of what action, if any, the President will take against such foreign trade practices. Requires the President to submit an annual report to Congress specifying with respect to foreign countries or instrumentalities with which the United States had a negative trade balance: (1) the extent to which such negative trade balance was attributable to unfair foreign trade practices; and (2) what actions were taken to eliminate such practices. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-7011 | 97 | hr | 7011 | Soviet Bloc Aid Prohibition Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-18 | 1982-09-15 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Treasury, State. | House | Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] | MD | D | L000413 | 0 | Soviet Bloc Aid Prohibition Act - Prohibits aid to Soviet bloc countries. Prohibits farm exports and exports of high technology to such countries. Directs the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose financial aid for any Soviet bloc country. Prohibits U.S. banks from extending any credit to any Soviet bloc country without the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the Secretary to provide Congress with a justification for approving the extension of credit. Requires the prohibitions contained in this Act to remain in effect until an arms stabilization agreement is concluded between the United States and the Soviet bloc countries. Defines Soviet bloc countries as the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, East Germany, Cuba, and Vietnam. | 2025-08-29T19:50:06Z | |
| 97-hr-7015 | 97 | hr | 7015 | Office of Strategic Trade Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-18 | 1982-08-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 6 | Office of Strategic Trade Act of 1982 - Declares the policy of the United States with respect to export controls on strategic goods and technology. Establishes an Office of Strategic Trade as an independent executive agency which shall be headed by a Director of Strategic Trade whom the President shall appoint with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Director to act as chairman of the Interagency Advisory Committee for Export Policy. Establishes within the Office of the Director of the Office of Strategic Trade an Exporter Services Facility to act as liaison with the business community. Sets forth as the principal divisions of the Office of Strategic Trade the: (1) Operations Division; (2) Compliance Division; (3) CoCom Division, which shall carry out functions relating to the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom); (4) Licensing Division; and (5) General Counsel's office. Authorizes the Director to require any of the following types of licenses: (1) a validated license, authorizing a specified export issued pursuant to application; (2) a qualified general license, authorizing multiple exports issued pursuant to application; (3) a general license, authorizing exports without application; and (4) such other licenses as may assist in the implementation of this Act. Requires the Director to establish a commodity control list consisting of any goods or technology subject to export controls under this Act. Prohibits the imposition of export controls on goods or technology for foreign policy or national security reasons if the President determines that adequate evidence has been presented to show that: (1) comparable goods or technology are available from foreign sources without restriction in significant quantities; and (2) the absence of such controls would not be detrimental to the foreign policy or national security of the United States. Declares that no authority or permission to export may be required under this Act except to carry out the policies set forth in this Act.… | 2025-08-29T19:50:05Z | |
| 97-hr-7017 | 97 | hr | 7017 | Comprehensive Coal Job Compensation, Protection, and Promotion Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-18 | 1982-09-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4] | WV | D | R000011 | 0 | Comprehensive Coal Job Compensation, Protection, and Promotion Act of 1982 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to set forth special provisions for iron and steel workers and certain coal miners. Requires that the provisions of such Act dealing with trade readjustment allowances, as in effect before enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, shall apply to iron or steel workers and miners certified as eligible for such allowances. Requires the Secretary of Labor to approve job training for such workers and miners if specified conditions are met. Requires the maximum job search and relocation allowances for such workers and miners to be $800 rather than $600. Establishes in the Treasury a Steel and Coal Workers Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund to carry out such special provisions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and thereafter to the Trust Fund of: (1) amounts in the Treasury attributable to the collection of customs duties, countervailing duties, and antidumping duties on iron or steel imports; and (2) such other sums as necessary. Requires the Secretary to establish a Coal Industry Full Employment Council to advise the Secretary on the reasons for coal labor unemployment and measures to reduce such unemployment. Requires the Council to submit an annual report to the President. Urges the President to negotiate agreements with countries that are major exporters of iron and steel to the United States under which the countries will import U.S. coal in quantities equivalent to those used in the production of such iron and steel. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to take such action as necessary to promote the sale to foreigners of coal produced in regions with high coal labor unemployment. | 2025-08-29T19:50:07Z | |
| 97-hres-570 | 97 | hres | 570 | A resolution disapproving the President's recommendation to extend certain waiver authority under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the People's Republic of China. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-18 | 1982-08-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 20 | Disapproves the President's recommendation to extend the President's authority to waive the freedom of emigration requirements under the Trade Act of 1974 in order to extend the most-favored nation status of the People's Republic of China. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2853 | 97 | s | 2853 | Hatters Fur Tariff Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-18 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] | IL | R | P000222 | 1 | Hatters' Fur Tariff Act of 1982 - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on hatters' fur until December 31, 1985. | 2025-08-29T19:51:43Z | |
| 97-s-2836 | 97 | s | 2836 | A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate certain export controls imposed on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-13 | 1982-08-30 | Committee on Banking requested executive comment from State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 1 | Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate the export controls imposed for foreign policy purposes on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 97-s-2837 | 97 | s | 2837 | Office of Strategic Trade Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-13 | 1982-08-30 | Committee on Banking requested executive comment from State Department; Commerce Department; Defense Department; Energy Department; Treasury Department; Agriculture Department; Office of U.S. Trade Representative. | Senate | Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] | UT | R | G000072 | 11 | Office of Strategic Trade Act of 1982 - Declares the policy of the United States with respect to export controls on strategic goods and technology. Establishes an Office of Strategic Trade as an independent executive agency which shall be headed by a Director of Strategic Trade whom the President shall appoint with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Director to act as chairman of the Interagency Advisory Committee for Export Policy. Establishes within the Office of the Director of the Office of Strategic Trade an Exporter Services Facility to act as liaison with the business community. Sets forth as the principal divisions of the Office of Strategic Trade the: (1) Operations Division; (2) Compliance Division; (3) CoCom Division, which shall carry out functions relating to the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom); (4) Licensing Division; and (5) General Counsel's office. Authorizes the Director to require any of the following types of licenses: (1) a validated license, authorizing a specified export issued pursuant to application; (2) a qualified general license, authorizing multiple exports issued pursuant to application; (3) a general license, authorizing exports without application; and (4) such other licenses as may assist in the implementation of this Act. Requires the Director to establish a commodity control list consisting of any goods or technology subject to export controls under this Act. Prohibits the imposition of export controls on goods or technology for foreign policy or national security reasons if the President determines that adequate evidence has been presented to show that: (1) comparable goods or technology are available from foreign sources without restriction in significant quantities; and (2) the absence of such controls would not be detrimental to the foreign policy or national security of the United States. Declares that no authority or permission to export may be required under this Act except to carry out the policies set forth in this Act.… | 2025-08-29T19:51:46Z | |
| 97-hr-6986 | 97 | hr | 6986 | A bill to authorize the President to impose a tariff surcharge on the products of certain countries in order to offset the expense of providing United States defense assistance to such countries. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 19 | Authorizes the President to impose tariff surcharges on articles imported from Japan, France, or any country within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if the President determines that the cost of providing such country with defense assistance should be offset by tariff surcharges. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6943 | 97 | hr | 6943 | A bill to continue until the close of June 30, 1985, the existing suspension of duties on color couplers and coupler intermediates used in the manufacture of photographic sensitized material. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-05 | 1982-08-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend until June 30, 1985, the existing suspension of duties on color couplers and coupler intermediates used in the manufacture of photographic sensitized material. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6926 | 97 | hr | 6926 | Export Adjustment Assistance Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-08-04 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 0 | Export Adjustment Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Export Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Authorizes groups of workers or their union to petition the Secretary of Labor for a certification of eligibility to apply for export adjustment assistance. Requires the Secretary to provide for a public hearing if the petitioner requests such a hearing within ten days of the publication of notice of the petition. Requires the Secretary to certify a group of workers as eligible to apply for export adjustment assistance if the Secretary determines: (1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in those workers' firm or subdivision have been totally or partially separated; (2) that sales or production, or both, of that firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and (3) that the imposition of export controls for foreign policy purposes was a substantial cause of the separations and of the decline in sales or production. Requires the Secretary to determine, within 60 days of the date on which the petition was filed, whether to issue a certification of eligibility. Prohibits a certification from applying to any worker whose last separation occurred: (1) more than a year before the date of the petition; or (2) more than six months before the effective date of this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) publish determinations on such petitions in the Federal Register; and (2) terminate certifications when the Secretary determines that separations from the firms are no longer attributable to export controls. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide workers with information about trade adjustment assistance; (2) insure that State agencies comply with agreements entered into under this Act. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for workers covered by a certification under this title. Authorizes the Secretary to require adversely affected workers for whom training is approved to accept such training or to search for work outside their labor market area if, in such area, there exist: (1) a high level of unemploy… | 2025-08-29T19:50:01Z | |
| 97-hr-6900 | 97 | hr | 6900 | Agricultural Export Expansion and Sales Assistance Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-29 | 1982-08-11 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2] | MN | R | H000012 | 0 | Agricultural Export Expansion and Sales Assistance Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make credit or credit guarantees with interest assistance, or both, available for agricultural export sales. Authorizes the Secretary to implement an export subsidy program for agricultural products if the product has been affected by foreign subsidies. Sets limits on the amount of assistance available in FY 1983 through 1985. | 2025-08-29T19:50:00Z | |
| 97-hr-6902 | 97 | hr | 6902 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that there shall be no imposition of countervailing duties on an import of merchandise in the United States if the benefits of such import to industries in the United States exceed the injuries of such import to industries in the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-29 | 1982-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that before countervailing duties may be imposed on imports the U.S. International Trade Commission must determine that material injury or threat of material injury to, or material retardation of, a U.S. industry significantly exceeds the substantial benefit to U.S. industries resulting from such imports. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6880 | 97 | hr | 6880 | Strategic Trade Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-28 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Byron, Beverly B. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | B001220 | 6 | Strategic Trade Act of 1982 - Declares the policy of the United States with respect to export controls on strategic goods and technology. Establishes a National Security Control Agency within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to assist in carrying out the national security export control policy responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Secretary to appoint the Director of the Agency who shall act as the Defense Department representative to the Interagency Advisory Committee for Export Policy. Sets forth as the principal divisions of the Agency the: (1) Operations Division; (2) Compliance Division; (3) COCOM Division which shall carry out functions relating to the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM); (4) Licensing Division; and (5) Legal Affairs and Congressional Relations Division. Authorizes the President to delegate the authority conferred on the President by this Act. Authorizes the President, in order to carry out the national security export control policy, to impose export controls on any goods or technology subject to U.S. jurisdiction or exported by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Grants the Director the right to review any export application for national security reasons. Requires the Director to notify the licensing authority whenever the Director requires any revision with respect to any goods or technology, or with respect to the countries or destinations affected by national security export controls. Requires the Director to notify the licensing authority whenever the Directory denies an export license for national security reasons. Requires the Director, in requesting regulations to carry out national security controls, to emphasize: (1) safeguards to prevent a country that poses a threat to U.S. security from diverting covered goods and technologies to military use; and (2) the need to prevent the reexport of such goods and technologies to countries that pose a threat to U.S. security. Declares that U.S. policy toward… | 2025-08-29T19:50:01Z | |
| 97-hr-6881 | 97 | hr | 6881 | Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-28 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15] | CA | D | C000581 | 1 | Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, for FY 1983 through 1985, to: (1) enter into agreements with private trade organizations, friendly countries, and financial institutions to make payments to reduce the interest rate on loans made for up to ten years in connection with agricultural export credit sales and to guarantee the repayment of such loans; (2) implement export subsidy programs for farm products; or (3) undertake any combination of the above measures. Directs the Secretary to implement export subsidy programs for farm products if it is determined under provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 that the product has been affected by foreign export subsidies. Directs the Secretary to spend a specified amount for interest reduction and export subsidy payments for each of FY 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine the relative portion of such funds that will be used for such purposes; (2) use such funds to promote U.S. exports of farm products as appropriate to neutralize the effect of foreign subsidy programs; (3) subsidize U.S. exports of farm products as necessary to obtain the elimination of a foreign practice that could result in the substantial displacement of U.S. farm exports; (4) safeguard the usual marketing of U.S. farm produce; and (5) obtain commitments from purchasers that will prevent resale or transhipment of products acquired through export credit sales or that will prevent such products from being used for any purpose other than a domestic purpose. | 2025-08-29T19:50:00Z | |
| 97-hr-6884 | 97 | hr | 6884 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide that articles which are considered for, but fail to receive, designation as articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the generalized system of preferences may not be reconsidered for such designation for a period of 5 years. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-28 | 1982-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3] | CA | D | M000249 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to provide that articles which are proposed for but fail to be granted duty-free treatment may not be reconsidered for such treatment for five years. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6867 | 97 | hr | 6867 | A bill to change the tariff treatment with respect to certain articles, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-27 | 1982-10-04 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department; Agriculture Department. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7] | FL | D | G000153 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #352 (267-125)) Title I: Tariff Schedules Amendments - Subtitle A: Permanent Changes in Tariff Treatment - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to permit imports of furs from the People's Republic of China. Sets forth a schedule for gradually lowering the column one duty on certain fish netting and fish nets to 17 percent ad valorem. Grants duty-free treatment to: (1) fourdrinier wires suitable for use in capacitor papermaking machines; (2) casein button blanks; and (3) certain materials that the National Aeronautics ad Space Administration intends to use in connection with a space launch. Changes the definitions of certain dolls, doll skins, and toy figures for purposes of the Tariff Schedules. Subtitle B: Temporary Changes in Tariff Treatment - Suspends the duty on imports of: (1) fresh cantaloupes imported between January 1 and May 15 of certain years; (2) hatters' fur; (3) needlecraft display models which are replicas of needlecraft kits; (4) certain disposable gowns and surgical drapes; (5) p-hydroxybenzoic acid; (6) triphenyl phosphate; (7) isomeric mixtures of ethylbiphenyl; (8) uncompounded allyl resins; (9) caffeine; (10) copper scale; (11) certain clock radios; (12) heat-set stretch texturing machines; (13) hosiery knitting machines; (14) double-headed latch needles; (15) certain externally-powered electric prosthetic devices; (16) certain small toy and novelty items; and (17) certain doll clothing, doll skins, dolls, and toy figures. Extends the suspension of duty on: (1) Bis (4-aminobenzoate)-1, 3 propanediol (trimethylene glycol di-p- aminobenzoate), until June 30, 1984; (2) certain color couplers and color intermediates, until September 30, 1985; (3) natural graphite until December 31, 1984; and (4) certain bicycle parts, until June 30, 1986. Sets forth a schedule for temporarily reducing both the column one rate of duty on imports of dicofol and the tariff rate applicable to imports of dicofol from least developed developing countries. Subt… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2781 | 97 | s | 2781 | Export-Import Bank Small Business Assistance Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-27 | 1982-08-09 | Committee on Banking requested executive comment from Export-Import Bank of the United States. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 4 | Export-Import Bank Small Business Assistance Act of 1982 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require that not less than 12 percent of the Bank's loan authority shall be available for transactions involving loans of $5,000,000 or less. | 2025-08-29T19:51:46Z | |
| 97-s-2770 | 97 | s | 2770 | Specialty Steel Fair Trade Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-26 | 1982-09-29 | Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Specialty Steel Fair Trade Act - Establishes quotas on imports of stainless steel and alloy tool steel. Sets forth the method for calculating the quotas. Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements allocating portions of the U.S. imports of such steel products among supplying countries. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to administer the import limitations established by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take certain actions to avoid disruption of regional markets. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress four and one-half years after enactment of this Act on whether the quotas should be continued, modified, or revoked and on the effects of the quotas established by this Act on the: (1) economic soundness and employment opportunities in the speciality steel industry; (2) general economy; (3) U.S. balance of payments; and (4) national security. Requires the quotas to continue in effect for at least five years after enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:44Z | |
| 97-s-2771 | 97 | s | 2771 | A bill to provide import relief for the specialty steel industry. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-26 | 1982-09-29 | Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Declares that Congress, in lieu of the International Trade Commission (ITC), determines that imports of certain specialty steel products are being imported in such increased quantities that they are a substantial cause of serious injury to the competing domestic industry. Directs the ITC to report such determination to the President along with a recommendation for import relief pursuant to the Trade Act of 1974. Directs the President to implement the recommendation. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-hr-6854 | 97 | hr | 6854 | A bill to provide financing assistance for agricultural export sales. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-23 | 1982-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9] | MO | D | V000112 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make credit or credit guarantees with interest assistance, or both, available for agricultural export sales. Authorizes the Secretary to implement an export subsidy program for agricultural products. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-6838 | 97 | hr | 6838 | A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate certain export controls imposed on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-22 | 1982-09-29 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 1 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #379 (209-197)) Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate the export controls that were imposed on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982, on equipment and technology that could be used to complete the Soviet natural gas pipeline. Makes such termination effective within 90 days after enactment if within that time the President certifies to Congress that the Soviet Union is not employing or encouraging the use of forced labor in the construction of the pipeline. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 97-hr-6847 | 97 | hr | 6847 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to ensure that potatoes imported as seed are not diverted for human consumption. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-22 | 1982-10-27 | Executive Comment Received From US Intl Trade Comm. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to require that imported potatoes certified as seed potatoes be imported for use as seed (not for human consumption). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6799 | 97 | hr | 6799 | International Competitive Finance Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-20 | 1982-07-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-39] | NY | D | L000516 | 1 | International Competitive Finance Act of 1982 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1978 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to begin an inquiry immediately after receiving information that foreign sales to the United States are being seriously offered involving foreign official export credits that breach international agreements. Requires the inquiry to determine the accuracy of the information. Directs the Secretary to authorize the Export-Import Bank to provide competitive U.S. sellers with matching financing if: (1) the Secretary finds the information is accurate and requests the withdrawal of the foreign financing; and (2) the foreign financing is not withdrawn within ten days of the request. | 2025-08-29T19:50:00Z | |
| 97-s-2751 | 97 | s | 2751 | A bill to authorize the sale of certain fish in the State of Hawaii. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-20 | 1982-07-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Permits Japanese-flag vessels to land tuna in Hawaii. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6773 | 97 | hr | 6773 | Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-15 | 1982-09-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 1 | Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1982 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to set forth provisions dealing with foreign trade barriers. Directs the United States Trade Representative, (USTR) through the interagency trade organization established pursuant to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, to identify, analyze, and estimate the impact of practices that constitute significant barriers to or distortions of: (1) U.S. exports of goods or services; and (2) foreign direct investment by U.S. persons, especially if it has implications for trade in goods or services. Sets forth factors to be considered by the USTR in such analysis. Directs the USTR to update the analysis annually. Directs the USTR to submit the analysis to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires the report to include any action taken to eliminate such trade barriers. Directs the USTR to consult with Congress on trade policy priorities. Directs Federal agencies to furnish information and other assistance to prepare such analysis. Authorizes the President to respond to a foreign entity's unfair trade practices by taking action with respect to any goods or sector of such entity without regard to whether the goods or sector were involved in the unfair trade practice. (Current law provides that the President may take action against the products or services of the foreign entity.) Authorizes the President to propose legislation to protect U.S. trade rights or to eliminate unfair trade practices. Requires such legislative proposals to be given priority treatment. Requires a summary of a petition for a trade investigation by the USTR to be published in the Federal Register (currently, the entire petition must be published) if the USTR decides to begin an investigation with respect to the issues raised by the petition. Authorizes the USTR to initiate an investigation in order to advise the President concerning the exercise of the President's authority to take action against unfair trade practices. Directs the USTR to consult with the appropriate c… | 2025-08-29T19:50:01Z | |
| 97-hr-6760 | 97 | hr | 6760 | Fair Trade Finance Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-14 | 1982-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Blanchard, James [D-MI-18] | MI | D | B000538 | 16 | Fair Trade Finance Act of 1982 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1978 to specify the time limits on an inquiry by the Secretary of the Treasury concerning foreign official export credits. Directs the Secretary to begin an inquiry within five days after receipt of information that foreign sales to the United States are being seriously offered involving foreign official export credits that violate international agreements. Requires the inquiry to be completed within 30 days. Directs the Secretary to authorize the Export-Import Bank to provide competitive U.S. sellers with matching financing if: (1) the Secretary finds the information is accurate and requests the withdrawal of the foreign financing; (2) the foreign financing is not withdrawn within ten days of the request; and (3) the Secretary determines that the availability of such foreign official financing is likely to be one of the relevant factors in the sale or sales. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to offer such financing if the financing is likely to be a determining factor in the sale.) | 2025-08-29T19:50:00Z | |
| 97-hr-6763 | 97 | hr | 6763 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for imported steam. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-14 | 1982-10-07 | Executive Comment Received From US Intl Trade Comm. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for imported steam. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2732 | 97 | s | 2732 | Fair Trade Finance Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-14 | 1982-08-09 | Committee on Banking requested executive comment from Treasury Department; Export-Import Bank of the United States. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 1 | Fair Trade Finance Act of 1982 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1978 to specify the time limits on an inquiry by the Secretary of the Treasury concerning foreign official export credits. Directs the Secretary to begin an inquiry within five days of receiving information that foreign sales to the United States are being seriously offered which involve foreign official export credits that violate international agreements. Requires the inquiry to be completed within 30 days. Directs the Secretary, upon finding such information accurate, to request the withdrawal of such foreign official financing. Authorizes the Secretary to have the Export - Import Bank provide competitive U.S. sellers with matching financing if: (1) such foreign official financing is not withdrawn within ten days of the request; and (2) the Secretary determines that the availability of such foreign official financing is likely to be one of the relevant factors in the sale or sales. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to offer such financing if the financing is likely to be a determining factor in the sale.) | 2025-08-29T19:51:40Z | |
| 97-hconres-372 | 97 | hconres | 372 | A concurrent resolution urging the President, in negotiating bilateral textile and apparel agreements, to utilize fully existing authority to limit the growth of foreign shares in the United States market. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-13 | 1982-07-13 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Derrick, Butler C. [D-SC-3] | SC | D | D000267 | 0 | Urges the President to use existing authority under the Arrangement regarding Trade in Textiles to negotiate bilateral agreements to lower the rate at which the foreign share of the U.S. textile and apparel market is growing. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2722 | 97 | s | 2722 | Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-07-01 | 1982-07-21 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with private institutions and friendly countries to: (1) reduce the interest rate to four percent for credit extended for ten years in connection with farm produce export credit sales; and (2) guarantee the repayment of such credits. Authorizes using Commodity Credit Corporation funds to meet such guarantee obligations. Limits the amount of funds that may be used to reduce interest rates. Prohibits considering food acquired through export credit sales involving agreements under this Act in determining compliance with the requirement that 75 percent of U.S. food aid be given to the countries most seriously affected by food shortages. Directs the Secretary to obtain commitments from purchasers that will prevent the use of farm produce acquired through export credit sales involving agreements under this Act for purposes other than domestic purposes. Provides that the cargo preference laws shall not apply to export credit sales involving agreements under this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:44Z | |
| 97-s-2699 | 97 | s | 2699 | A bill to suspend the duty on 1,6-Hexanediol until July 1, 1985. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-30 | 1982-07-06 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on 1, 6-Hexanediol until July 1, 1985. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2705 | 97 | s | 2705 | A bill to suspend the duties on mixtures of mashed or macerated hot red-peppers and salt until the close of June 30, 1985. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-30 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000428 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on mixtures of mashed or mascerated hot red peppers and salt until June 30, 1985. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2692 | 97 | s | 2692 | A bill to suspend until January 1, 1987, the column 1 rate of duty on certain small toy and novelty items. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-29 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend until January 1, 1987, the duty on certain small toy and novelty items. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-hr-6687 | 97 | hr | 6687 | A bill to prohibit any person from exporting from the United States any currency directly or indirectly to any person in Vietnam. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-24 | 1982-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. | House | Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | B000037 | 0 | Prohibits exporting any currency, directly or indirectly, to any person in Vietnam. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes the President to suspend the provisions of this Act if the President determines that the Government of Vietnam is returning to Vietnam those Vietnamese nationals who were sent against their will to other communist countries. | 2025-01-23T13:18:47Z | |
| 97-s-2670 | 97 | s | 2670 | A bill to prohibit all United States economic and military assistance and exports (except food and medicine) to, and all imports from, any country whose government has failed to take adequate measures to prevent opium and its illicit derivatives from being produced or refined for export to the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-23 | 1982-06-28 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Agriculture Department; Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Directs the President to impose the following sanctions on countries that fail to take adequate measures to prevent the export to the United States of opium or its illicit derivatives: (1) suspension of U.S. assistance; and (2) prohibition of U.S. exports to and imports from such countries. Exempts food and medicine from such prohibition and suspension. Directs the President to report to Congress annually on the countries that fail to take such adequate measures. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-hr-6624 | 97 | hr | 6624 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish certain limitations with respect to the generalized system of preferences, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-17 | 1982-06-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | B000037 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit a country from being treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to all articles in a specified standard industrial classification (as defined by the Census Bureau) if the President determines that the United States has imported more than a specified quantity of articles within such classification during a calendar year. Prohibits redesignating such a country as a beneficiary developing country with respect to such articles. Denies all articles within such classification general system of preference treatment. Prohibits a country's merchandise from being eligible for duty-free treatment if it is subject to antidumping or countervailing duties or if its U.S. competitors qualify for trade adjustment assistance. Prohibits a country's merchandise from being eligible for duty-free treatment if it is subject to import relief provisions. Prohibits duty-free treatment of any article or component of that article if any like or directly competitive article is otherwise denied duty- free treatment. Adds to the list of countries that cannot be designated beneficiary developing countries any country which: (1) imposes export requirements as a condition on investment and refuses to agree not to impose such requirements while it is designated a beneficiary developing country; or (2) is among the five countries receiving the greatest proportionate share of general system of preference benefits. Directs the President, in determining whether an article should continue to be a designated duty-free article, to determine whether such designation is appropriate considering the import sensitivity of that article due to specified factors. Directs the President to authorize continued duty-free treatment of a product with specified import sensitivity characteristics the domestic production of which is disproportionately small in relation to the duty-free import volume only if it is in the national economic interest. Authorizes any interested party to file a complaint with the U.S. Tra… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6626 | 97 | hr | 6626 | National Export Policy Commission Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-17 | 1982-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Rules of the House. | House | Rep. Carman, Gregory W. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | C000158 | 0 | National Export Policy Commission Act of 1982 - Establishes a National Export Policy Commission. Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress on: (1) recommendations for a long-term, comprehensive, national export policy; (2) the adequacy of existing Federal and State export promotion activities; (3) the competitiveness of the export financing programs offered by the United States Export-Import Bank; (4) the degree of cooperation between foreign governments and their business and labor sectors in trade promotion; (5) the advisability of closer relationships between the U.S. government and the business and labor sectors for purposes of foreign trade promotion; (6) legislative and regulatory restrictions on sales abroad; and (7) other relevant subjects. Establishes a Congressional Advisory Committee to provide guidance to the Commission and to help prepare legislative language for proposals and policy changes endorsed by the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to establish other advisory committees to carry out specific analytical or investigative undertakings. Requires the Commission to submit its final report by February 15, 1983. Provides for expedited consideration in the Congress of the Commission's legislative proposals. Requires other Federal agencies to furnish the Commission with such data and reports as it may request. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6629 | 97 | hr | 6629 | A bill to provide import relief in the form of domestic content requirements for foreign manufactured articles, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-17 | 1982-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Rules of the House. | House | Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3] | IA | R | E000259 | 2 | Title I: Domestic Content Requirements for Covered Articles - Authorizes any entity which represents a U.S. industry producing a product which is like, or directly competitive with, a covered article to petition the International Trade Commission (ITC) for a determination on whether a trade emergency exists regarding the covered article. Defines a "covered article" to mean any manufactured article. Defines a "trade emergency" to mean that a covered article is being imported in such increased quantities that the imports are a substantial cause of serious injury or threaten serious injury to the domestic industry. Directs the ITC to take into account all relevant economic factors in making such determination, including specific factors with respect to serious injury, the threat of serious injury, and substantial cause. Requires the ITC to report its determination within 90 days after the petition is filed. Directs the ITC to recommend import relief and the domestic content requirement it considers appropriate if it determines that a trade emergency exists. Directs the President to declare that a trade emergency exists within 30 days of receiving an ITC report containing such determination. Directs the President to prohibit for one year the importation of an article covered in such declaration unless it has: (1) the domestic content percentage recommended by the ITC; or (2) a domestic content percentage set by the President if the President determines that the ITC's recommendation is not appropriate. Directs the President to submit a domestic content percentage to the Congress for review if the President imposes a percentage different from the one recommended by the ITC. Makes such percentage effective unless both Houses of Congress adopt a concurrent resolution disapproving it within 90 days after it is submitted to Congress. Provides for expedited consideration of such a concurrent resolution. Authorizes the President to extend the import relief granted for a covered article for another year. Requires the ITC… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-sres-414 | 97 | sres | 414 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the need to demonstrate that the U.S. is a reliable supplier of grain, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-17 | 1982-06-17 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) take immediate action to demonstrate that the United States is a reliable grain supplier; and (2) try to increase agricultural exports by negotiating a long-term grain agreement with the Soviet Union requiring the Soviet Union to buy a minimum amount of grain annually. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hr-6564 | 97 | hr | 6564 | A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate certain export controls on goods or technology for the construction of oil or gas pipelines or pipeline facilities. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-10 | 1982-06-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 1 | Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate export controls on goods or technology for the construction of oil or gas pipelines or pipeline facilities. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-6541 | 97 | hr | 6541 | Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-08 | 1982-08-12 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From AID. | House | Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2] | MN | R | H000012 | 0 | Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with private institutions and friendly countries to: (1) reduce the interest rate to four percent for credit extended for ten years in connection with farm produce export credit sales; and (2) guarantee the repayment of such credits. Authorizes using Commodity Credit Corporation funds to meet such guarantee obligations. Limits the amount of funds that may be used to reduce interest rates. Prohibits considering food acquired through export credit sales involving agreements under this Act in determining compliance with the requirement that 75 percent of U.S. food aid be given to the countries most seriously affected by food shortages. Directs the Secretary to obtain commitments from purchasers that will prevent the use of farm produce acquired through export credit sales involving agreements under this Act for purposes other than domestic purposes. Provides that the cargo preference laws shall not apply to export credit sales involving agreements under this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6543 | 97 | hr | 6543 | A bill to suspend for 2 years the duty on parts of stepper motors. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-06-08 | 1982-10-27 | Executive Comment Received From US Intl Trade Comm. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on parts of stepper motors for two years. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6504 | 97 | hr | 6504 | A bill to increase the tariff on injection and compression molds made in Canada in order to offset the subsidy provided with respect to such articles by the Canadian Government. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-27 | 1982-08-04 | Executive Comment Requested from US Intl Trade Comm. | House | Rep. Coyne, James K. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | C000845 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the tariff on injection and compression molds made in Canada. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6505 | 97 | hr | 6505 | Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-27 | 1982-06-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | B000363 | 80 | Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1982 - Declares that it is congressional policy to allow access to the U.S. market for foreign-produced steel on an equitable basis in order to safeguard the national security, insure orderly trade, and alleviate U.S. balance-of-payments problems. Title I: Steel Tripartite Advisory Council - Directs the President to establish within the Executive Office of the President a Steel Tripartite Advisory Council. Requires the Council to advise the President and Congress on problems within the basic steel industry and to provide advice and recommendations on related domestic and international issues. Requires other Federal agencies to provide the Council with economic information upon request. Directs the Council to report to the President on the condition of the steel industry. Title II: Quantitative Restrictions on Imports of Certain Steel Products - Limits to 5,000,000 tons the amount of articles in all steel product categories that may be imported between July 1, 1982, and January 1, 1983. Imposes a further limitation on such imports if unemployment in the domestic steel industry reaches between ten percent and 15 percent for three consecutive months. Prohibits any steel imports if unemployment in the domestic industry for three consecutive months is over 15 percent. Limits the amount of steel imports in each calendar year after 1982 to 10,000,000 tons. Imposes further limitations on imports depending upon the level of unemployment in the domestic industry. Imposes additional limitations on imports during any year after 1982 of articles in any one steel product category. Imposes a per country limitation on imports during such years of articles: (1) in all steel product categories; and (2) within any one steel product category. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to apportion shares of the U.S. market to foreign countries on the basis of information provided by the Secretary of the Treasury. Declares that it is the goal of this title to ensure that the imports of articles in all steel p… | 2025-08-29T19:49:52Z | |
| 97-hr-6509 | 97 | hr | 6509 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to eliminate trade adjustment allowances for workers not enrolled in approved training on July 1, 1982, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-27 | 1982-06-14 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow payment of a trade readjustment allowance for a week beginning after July 1, 1982, to a worker who would otherwise be eligible for the allowance, if: (1) the worker is engaged in job training during such week; (2) the worker's training was approved before the worker began the training; (3) the worker began such training before July 1; and (4) the worker has made satisfactory training progress for that week. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2593 | 97 | s | 2593 | Fair Trade Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-27 | 1982-06-04 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department; Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | Fair Trade Act of 1982 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit a report to the President on certain trade practices of countries designated as major trading countries. Requires the report to be completed within six months after enactment of this Act. Requires the report to contain a study on any major practice of each major trading country that: (1) is inconsistent with a trade agreement; (2) is unjustifiable and restricts U.S. commerce; or (3) denies to competitive U.S. products commercial opportunities that are substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Directs the President to publish and submit to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) such study; (2) an estimate of the trade distorting impact of the practices identified in the study; (3) all feasible courses of action which would redress imbalances caused by such practices if efforts to obtain their elimination fail; and (4) a proposed joint resolution which requires the President to take a specific course of action which the President has determined to be the most appropriate course of action. Authorizes other Federal agencies to help the USTR to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for expedited consideration of the proposed joint resolution which the President is required to submit to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the President, upon enactment of such resolution, to inform the countries involved that the President will undertake the course of action specified in the joint resolution unless the countries eliminate the offensive practices within 60 days. Adds to the list of unfair trade practices that require Presidential action under the Trade Act of 1974 those foreign trade practices that deny to the United States commercial opportunities substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Directs the President to take appropriate action to redress any imbalance resulting from such foreign trade practices. Provides… | 2025-08-29T19:51:38Z | |
| 97-s-2595 | 97 | s | 2595 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to eliminate trade readjustment allowances for workers not enrolled in approved training on July 1, 1982, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-27 | 1982-05-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow payment of a trade readjustment allowance for a week beginning after July 1, 1982, to a worker who would otherwise be eligible for the allowance only if: (1) the worker is engaged in job training during such week; (2) the training had been approved for the worker before it began and the worker began such training before July 1; and (3) with respect to such week the worker has made satisfactory progress in such training. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2603 | 97 | s | 2603 | Fair Trade Act of 1982 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-27 | 1982-06-04 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department; Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 5 | Fair Trade Act of 1982 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit a report to the President on certain trade practices of countries designated as major trading countries. Requires the report to be completed within six months after enactment of this Act. Requires the report to contain a study on any major practice of each major trading country that: (1) is inconsistent with a trade agreement; (2) is unjustifiable and restricts U.S. commerce; or (3) denies to competitive U.S. products commercial opportunities that are substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Directs the President to publish and submit to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) such study; (2) an estimate of the trade distorting impact of the practices identified in the study; (3) all feasible courses of action which would redress imbalances caused by such practices if efforts to obtain their elimination fail; and (4) a proposed joint resolution which requires the President to take a specific course of action which the President has determined to be the most appropriate course of action. Authorizes other Federal agencies to help the USTR to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for expedited consideration of the proposed joint resolution which the President is required to submit to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the President, upon enactment of such resolution, to inform the countries involved that the President will undertake the course of action specified in the joint resolution unless the countries eliminate the offensive practices within 60 days. Adds to the list of unfair trade practices that require Presidential action under the Trade Act of 1974 those foreign trade practices that deny to the United States commercial opportunities substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Directs the President to take appropriate action to redress any imbalance resulting from such foreign trade practices. Provides… | 2025-08-29T19:51:38Z | |
| 97-sconres-100 | 97 | sconres | 100 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that pending steel unfair trade practice cases be vigorously pursued and promptly concluded. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-26 | 1982-07-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 27 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to pursue vigorously and promptly conclude certain countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigatons and the pending steel unfair trade practices investigation; and (2) Congress should consider legislation to strengthen U.S. trade laws. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-hr-6482 | 97 | hr | 6482 | A bill to improve worker training under the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-25 | 1982-09-14 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 22 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to determine that increased imports "contributed importantly to" (currently, substantially caused) worker separations and sales or production reductions in order to certify such workers as eligible for trade adjustment assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to approve job training assistance for workers adversely affected by imports (currently the Secretary is authorized to approve such training). Directs the Secretary to pay a daily supplemental assistance benefit to any worker who begins approved job training after enactment of this Act and who is not eligible for trade adjustment allowances. Provides for the reimbursement of persons who participated in a job training program between specified dates and who personally financed all or part of the tuition costs of such training. Increases the maximum job search and relocation allowances to $800. Authorizes any adversely affected worker to apply for a job search allowance, relocation allowance, or both if the worker: (1) was covered by an adjustment assistance certification issued between specified dates; and (2) as of the date of enactment of this Act is not eligible for either job search allowances or relocation allowances because of failure to file an application on time. Establishes an Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund in the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations to the Trust Fund, payable out of the general fund of the Treasury attributable to the collection of customs duties, to carry out provisions for adjustment assistance for workers. Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to amend the definition of "suitable work" for a worker who would be eligible for a trade readjustment allowance if the worker were not eligible for extended compensation. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2566 | 97 | s | 2566 | A bill to reduce the duty on certain texturing machines. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1982-05-25 | 1982-09-15 | Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 4566 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply duty-free treatment to machines specifically designed for stretch or heat-set texturing of continuous manmade fibers. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z |
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