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| 98-s-3091 | 98 | s | 3091 | A bill relating to the shortage of zinc. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-10-11 | 1984-10-16 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] | ID | R | S001138 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to: (1) all zinc bearing ores; and (2) unwrought zinc through December 31, 1986. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-hr-6418 | 98 | hr | 6418 | A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to probibit the importation of tobacco which has been grown or processed using pesticides and other chemicals whose use has been prohibited in this country for health reasons. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-10-05 | 1984-10-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-6] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to prohibit the importation of tobacco unless the importer certifies that none of the pesticides the registration of which has been cancelled or suspended for use on tobacco in the United States has been used in the production of such tobacco. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce such prohibition. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-3070 | 98 | s | 3070 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the tariff on live and processed geese. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-10-05 | 1984-10-16 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on live and processed geese. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-s-3047 | 98 | s | 3047 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-10-03 | 1984-10-16 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 4 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to each select five members of their respective houses to be congressional advisors to the President with respect to implementing the comprehensive steel policy announced on September 18, 1984. Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to keep each congressional advisor informed on actions taken to implement and subsequently monitor such policy. Directs the President to establish industry and labor advisory committees to provide advice and counsel on the implementation of such policy. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-sres-466 | 98 | sres | 466 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Customs Service should suspend for a period of at least six months the interim regulations issued on August 3, 1984, which change the standards and procedures for U.S. imports of textiles and apparel. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-10-03 | 1984-10-29 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 15 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Customs Service should suspend the operation of interim regulations, for at least six months, to permit the completion of a comprehensive analysis, with the participation by retailers and other specified groups, of the effects of such regulations on U.S. imports of textiles and apparel. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-hr-6372 | 98 | hr | 6372 | Trade Procedures Simplification Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-10-02 | 1984-10-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 0 | Trade Procedures Simplification Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit election of expedited procedures in countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations. Requires the final determination of the administering authority to be made: (1) within 100 days of the filing of the petition or the date on which the investigation commenced in countervailing duty cases; and (2) within 175 days of the filing of the petition or the date on which the investigation began in antidumping duty cases. Provides for extensions of such time limits in certain extraordinary cases. Requires the final determination of the International Trade Commission (ITC) to be made within 30 days of the administering authority's determination in countervailing duty and antidumping duty cases. Deletes the provision which permits the suspension of countervailing duty investigations on the basis of subsidy offset agreements. Requires that the holding of a hearing by the ITC during an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation shall be treated as compliance with the hearing requirement for both investigations if the investigations deal with the same merchandise from the same country and are initiated within six months of each other, unless the ITC considers that extraordinary circumstances require a hearing in the course of each investigation. Directs the administering authority to reimburse a petitioner for reasonable costs and expenses in an investigation that results in issuance of a countervailing duty order, antidumping duty order, or suspension agreement. Authorizes appeals of antidumping and countervailing duty cases to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Establishes in the ITC a Trade Remedy Assistance Office which shall provide full information to the public, upon request, concerning: (1) remedies and benefits under the trade laws; and (2) petition and application procedures and filing dates. Requires each agency responsible for administering a trade law to provide technical assistance to eligible small businesses… | 2025-08-29T17:38:51Z | |
| 98-sres-463 | 98 | sres | 463 | A resolution to encourage the President to prepare for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-10-02 | 1984-10-02 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should take action to initiate a new round of multilateral trade negotiations to strengthen the trading system under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Lists items that should be included in the negotiations. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-s-3031 | 98 | s | 3031 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States in order to establish equitable duty rates for sodium bicarbonate. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-27 | 1984-10-02 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose a duty on sodium bicarbonate. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-sconres-145 | 98 | sconres | 145 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning the reduction of tariffs by Japan. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-26 | 1984-10-02 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Japan should reduce its tariffs on processed wood products, including plywood, particleboard, veneer, and lumber; and (2) any refusal to reduce such tariffs will impede the development of trade relations with the United States. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-hr-6301 | 98 | hr | 6301 | Steel Import Stabilization Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-25 | 1984-10-16 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 25 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #438 (285-134)) Steel Import Stabilization Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should implement the national policy for the steel industry in a manner that restores the foreign share of the U.S. market for carbon and alloy steel products to approximately 17 percent; (2) the national policy for the steel industry should not be implemented in a manner contrary to the antitrust laws; and (3) if the national policy for the steel industry does not produce satisfactory results within a reasonable time, the Congress will consider taking legislative actions to stablize conditions in the domestic market for steel and iron ore products. Defines the national policy for the steel industry as those actions and elements described in Executive Communication 4046, dated September 18, 1984. Authorizes the President, subject to specified conditions, to carry out such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to enforce the quantitative limitations and restrictions, including export measures required by a foreign government or customs union, contained in each bilateral arrangement (an arrangement made to implement the national policy for the steel industry). Directs the President, in applying such authority, to cover all categories of carbon and steel alloy products, to avoid distortions among those categories, and to include all exporting countries and customs unions from which there are or have been surges in exports of those products to the United States. Terminates the authority of the President to carry out such actions: (1) five years after the effective date of this Act; or (2) at the close of the first, second, third, or fourth anniversary of such date unless the President submits a specified affirmative annual determination before each such anniversary to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. Defines an affirmative annual determination as a determination by the President that during the past year the steel industry h… | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-hres-589 | 98 | hres | 589 | A resolution providing that the United States Customs Service should rescind, for a period of at least 6 months, certain amendments to its regulations relating to determinations of country of origin with respect to imports of textiles and apparel. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-25 | 1984-10-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] | WA | D | B000620 | 10 | Declares that the U.S. Customs Service should rescind for at least six months certain amendments to regulations relating to determinations of country of origin of imported textiles and apparel in order to allow further public comment and greater study regarding the potential effect of these amendments on the U.S. economy and on U.S. foreign relations. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hconres-362 | 98 | hconres | 362 | A concurrent resolution to require the President to initiate negotiations for voluntary restraint agreements with respect to copper production. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-20 | 1984-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 8 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President shall initiate negotiations with the principal foreign copper-producing countries to conclude voluntary restraint agreements with those countries that will reduce the total annual foreign copper production for three to five years in order to: (1) allow the price of copper on international markets to rise to levels which will permit the remaining copper operations located in the United States to attract needed capital; and (2) achieve a secure domestic supply of copper. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-6289 | 98 | hr | 6289 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to establish equitable rates of duty on vinyl sheet flooring. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-20 | 1984-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on vinyl sheet flooring. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-sres-450 | 98 | sres | 450 | A resolution calling for the abolution of the Compensatory Financing Facility. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-20 | 1984-09-20 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 7 | Urges the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to work for the abolition of the Compensatory Financing Facility. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 98-hconres-361 | 98 | hconres | 361 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the action of the President under title II of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to import relief for unwrought copper. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-18 | 1984-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. McNulty, James F., Jr. [D-AZ-5] | AZ | D | M000589 | 0 | Expresses congressional disapproval of the President's action and determination relating to import relief for unwrought copper. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-6262 | 98 | hr | 6262 | A bill relating to the tariff classifications of certain silicone resins and materials. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-18 | 1984-09-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Albosta, Donald J. [D-MI-10] | MI | D | A000076 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to include all forms of silicone in the term "synthetic plastics materials." Provides a duty for silicone resins and materials. Provides that the term "rubber" does not include silicones. Provides staged rate reductions for silicone resins and materials in 1986 and 1987. Deletes the rate of duty under column LDDC (Least developed developing countries) whenever the rate of duty in column 1 is reduced to the same level or lower than the rate of duty in column LDDC. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2999 | 98 | s | 2999 | A bill to impose quotas on the importation of certain copper articles for 5 years. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-17 | 1984-09-26 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a limit on the amount of certain copper articles provided for in the Tariff Schedules of the United States that may be entered into the United States during any year within the five year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of copper that may be entered into the United States for such period. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-sconres-143 | 98 | sconres | 143 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the action of the President under title II of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to import relief for unwrought copper. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-17 | 1984-09-19 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Expresses congressional disapproval of the President's action and determination relating to import relief for unwrought copper. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-hconres-353 | 98 | hconres | 353 | A concurrent resolution disapproving the action of the President under title II of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to import relief for unwrought copper. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-11 | 1984-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | D000131 | 9 | Expresses congressional disapproval of the President's action and determination relating to import relief for unwrought copper. Requires that the import relief recommended by Commissioners Eckes and Lodwick of the International Trade Commission shall take effect. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2983 | 98 | s | 2983 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to clarify the duty treatment of certain types of plywood. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-11 | 1984-09-12 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to treat plywoods with tongued, grooved, lapped, or otherwise worked edges as plywood for duty treatment purposes. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-sres-440 | 98 | sres | 440 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the President should immediately notify the Soviet Union that additional purchases of U.S. grain, above the maximum level specified in the Long-Term Grain Agreement, may be made by the Soviet Union during the second year of the Agreement and to seek to modify the Agreement by establishing higher minimum and maximum supply guarantees. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-11 | 1984-09-11 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] | OK | D | B000639 | 11 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) notify the Soviet Union that the Soviet Union may purchase an amount of U.S. grain during the second year of the current Long-Term Grain Agreement that exceeds the amount listed as the maximum in the Agreement; (2) seek to raise the minimum and maximum supply guarantees contained in the Agreement; and (3) take all other appropriate actions to provide for increased agricultural purchases by the Soviet Union. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 98-hr-6193 | 98 | hr | 6193 | A bill to equalize the duties on imported tuna, whether or not packed in oil. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-09-06 | 1984-09-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply uniform duty rates on imported tuna. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-6154 | 98 | hr | 6154 | A bill to suspend the duties on circular knitting machines designed for sweater or garment length knitting until the close of December 31, 1989. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19] | OH | D | F000059 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on circular knitting machines designed for sweater or garment length knitting. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2952 | 98 | s | 2952 | A bill to improve the operation of certain trade laws of the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-20 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 2 | Declares that amendments to this Act refer to amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) to provide that the burden of persuasion with respect to an allegation made in an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation shall be on the party who has information that would verify or negate such allegation. Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC), in determining material injury or threat of material injury in antidumping or countervailing duty investigations, to consider the cumulative impact of imports of merchandise under investigation when combined with imports of the same class or kind which are subject to similar investigations. Requires the ITC to consider specified factors with respect to its determination of the threat of material injury to a U.S. industry by reason of imports (or sales for importation) of any merchandise. Requires such determination to be made on the basis of real evidence and imminent actual injury. Provides for an extension of time within which the ITC with respect to an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation must make a preliminary determination as to a material injury if: (1) a petitioner makes a timely request for such extension; and (2) the administering authority concludes that such determination is extraordinarily complicated and additional time is necessary to make such determination. (Currently, such determination could be extended if one or the other above conditions existed.) Provides that there shall be no compromises of countervailing or antidumping duty cases by the Secretary of the Treasury. Amends the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 to require the ITC, in cases involving revocation of countervailing duties, not to base a negative determination of potential material injury on any export taxes, duties, or other charges levied on the export of merchandise to the United States specifically intended to offset the subsidy received. Includes in the term "interested party" an association, a majority of whose members is compose… | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-s-2955 | 98 | s | 2955 | A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to report on the labeling on arts and crafts imported into the United States, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-28 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the country of origin labeling requirements applicable to imported arts and crafts. Requires the report to be made within 60 days of enactment of this Act and to include analysis and recommendations relating to: (1) the requiring of permanent labeling on imported arts and crafts; and (2) the prevention of the exporting from the United States of arts and crafts which were imported into the United States and from which the country of origin label was removed. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-s-2963 | 98 | s | 2963 | Small Business Trade Remedies Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-20 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 2 | Small Business Trade Remedies Act of 1984 - Declares that amendments to this Act refer to amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act). Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish within the Department of Commerce a Small Business Trade Assistance Office to provide the public, upon request, information concerning: (1) remedies and benefits available under the trade laws; and (2) the petition and application procedures, and the appropriate filing dates, with respect to such remedies and benefits. Requires agencies administering a trade law to provide technical assistance to small businesses with regard to the filing of trade relief petitions. Includes specified provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, the Tariff Act of 1930, and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 in the term "trade laws." Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for review of determinations made by the Secretary of Commerce, the administering authority, or the International Trade Commission (ITC) with respect to: (1) countervailing and antidumping duty proceedings (currently, such an appeal may be taken in the U.S. Court of International Trade); and (2) the liquidation of imported merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption (currently, such an appeal may be taken in either the U.S. Court of International Trade or the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit). Repeals specified provisions of Federal law granting jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of International Trade with respect to the review of specified trade relief determinations made under the Act. Sets forth the order of precedence of civil action cases before the U.S. Court of International Trade. Sets forth the procedure for judicial review of administering authority and ITC determinations before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Adds to those determinations which are reviewable in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit the determination as to whether a particular type of imported merchandise is within the class of suc… | 2025-08-29T17:39:47Z | |
| 98-hr-6120 | 98 | hr | 6120 | Copper and Extractive Industries Fair Competition Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-09 | 1984-09-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance. | House | Rep. McNulty, James F., Jr. [D-AZ-5] | AZ | D | M000589 | 4 | Copper and Extractive Industries Fair Competition Act of 1984 - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to present proposals to the Fund's Executive Board to ensure that countries experiencing a shortfall in export earnings from nonfuel, nonmetal, or nonferrous metals or minerals may not borrow from the Fund's compensatory financing facility if such shortfall was produced by declining prices of such commodities in surplus on world markets unless the borrowing country agrees to take certain actions to stabilize the market for the commodity. Directs the U.S. Executive Director to vote against providing financing assistance to countries producing surplus commodities before the Executive Board completes action that would implement the limitation on borrowing by such countries. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare quarterly reports for the President and Congress: (1) listing all appraisal reports which have been circulated during the preceding quarter within certain international financial institutions for project assistance to help a country produce a commodity for export if the commodity is in surplus or is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the country's productive capacity is expected to become operative and such assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a competing commodity; and (2) describing requests by any of the major copper producing countries for assistance from the Fund. (Current law requires such a report to be included in the annual report to the Congress of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies.) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. representatives to the international financial institutions to take into account, in their review of the utilization of the resources of their respective institutions, the effect that country adjustment programs would have upon individual industry sectors and international commodity markets… | 2025-08-29T17:40:05Z | |
| 98-hr-6104 | 98 | hr | 6104 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that in qualifying as a Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC), the business entity will be required to be created or organized under the laws applicable to any possession of the United States and to maintain an office in any possession of the United States, as defined in Subpart C of Part III of such subchapter N of chapter 1 thereof. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-08 | 1984-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 3 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that, in qualifying as a Foreign Sales Corporation, a business entity will be required to be created or organized under the laws applicable to any possession of the United States and to maintain an office located outside the United States in any possession of the United States. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-6084 | 98 | hr | 6084 | A bill to reduce the rate of duty on certain polarizing material. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-06 | 1984-08-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce the column 1 duty rate on polarizing materials. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2906 | 98 | s | 2906 | Eximbank Capital Restoration Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-06 | 1984-08-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 0 | Eximbank Capital Restoration Act of 1984 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank to maintain at all times a minimum level of capital stock and retained earnings in an amount not less than $2,000,000,000. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T17:39:23Z | |
| 98-s-2907 | 98 | s | 2907 | A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on certain metal umbrella frames. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-06 | 1984-08-20 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1987, the duty on metal frames for hand-held umbrellas. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-6064 | 98 | hr | 6064 | A bill to change the tariff treatment with respect to certain articles, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-02 | 1984-10-03 | House Incorporated the Text of H.R.6064 as an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R.3398. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7] | FL | D | G000153 | 2 | (Measure passed House, amended) Title I: Tariff Schedules Amendments-Subtitle A: Reference to Tariff Schedules - Declares that amendments to the Schedules refer to amendments to the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Subtitle B: Permanent Changes in Tariff Treatment - Amends the Schedules to: (1) reduce the duty from 25 percent ad valorem to five percent ad valorem on fresh or chilled asparagus entered during the period from September 15 through November 15, in any year; (2) impose a one-tenth of one cent duty on apple and pear juice; (3) provide equal classification and equal duty rates for orange and other citrus juices; (4) treat plywoods with tongued, grooved, lapped, or worked edges as plywood for duty treatment purposes; (5) revise the definition of "plexiform filaments" to include fibrillated or fibrillating strips of any dimension which consists, after fibrillation in the case of strips, of a network or plexus of fine fibers and which are suitable for the manufacture of textiles; (6) revise the definition of "strips" to embrace non-fibrillated or non-fibrillating strips (part 1 schedule 3 Subpart E Textile Fibers and Textile Products); (7) provide that articles of apparel, except suits, pajamas and other nightwear, playsuits, washsuits, judo, karate and other martial arts uniforms, swimwear, and infants' sets for children up to and including 24 months of age, are to be separately classified even if two or more such articles are imported together and designed to be sold together at retail; (8) provide that naphthas (whether or not catalytic naphthas) are not classifiable under benzenoid chemicals and products (part 1 schedule 4); (9) define "motor fuel blending stock" as any product derived primarily from petroleum, shale oil, or natural gas, except naphthas, whether or not containing additives, which is chiefly used for direct blending in the manufacture of motor fuel; (10) impose a duty upon motor fuel blending stock; (11) lower the duty on imported gut used in the manufacture of surgical sutures;… | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-sconres-131 | 98 | sconres | 131 | A concurrent resolution concerning Bulgaria's abuses of the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets in facilitating the transportation of illicit narcotics, smuggled arms, and terrorists. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-02 | 1984-08-02 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should request, in accordance with the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets, that the Secretary General of the United Nations convene a review conference to determine what steps should be taken to end Bulgaria's abuses of that Convention in facilitating the transportation of illicit narcotics, arms, and terrorists; and (2) the President should encourage other parties to the TIR Convention to use procedures provided in the Convention to end such abuses by Bulgaria. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 98-s-2900 | 98 | s | 2900 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to clarify the classification of unfinished gasoline. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-08-01 | 1984-08-20 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA] | CA | R | W000607 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to define "motor fuel blending stock" as any product derived primarily from petroleum, shale oil, or natural gas, except naphthas, whether or not containing additives, which is chiefly used for direct blending in the manufacture of motor fuel. Imposes a duty upon such fuel. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2896 | 98 | s | 2896 | A bill providing for a reduction in the duty on certain fresh asparagus. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-31 | 1984-08-20 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce the duty from 25 percent ad valorem to five percent ad valorem on fresh asparagus entered during the period from September 15 through November 15 in any year. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2880 | 98 | s | 2880 | A bill to extend the existing suspension of duty on natural graphite until January 1, 1985. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-30 | 1984-08-01 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] | TN | D | S000068 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend through December 31, 1987, the existing suspension of duty on natural graphite. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2882 | 98 | s | 2882 | A bill to extend duty-free treatment to Meta-toluic acid (MTA). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-30 | 1984-08-01 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to meta-toluic acid (MTA). | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2883 | 98 | s | 2883 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide an appropriate classification of recently developed dairy products. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-30 | 1984-08-01 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duties on whey protein concentrate and milk protein concentrate. Grants duty-free treatment of lactalbumin. Defines "milk protein concentrate" to mean any milk protein concentrate that is 40 percent or more protein by weight. Imposes a limit upon the amount of whey protein concentrate, lactalbumin, and milk protein concentrate that may be entered into the United States. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2877 | 98 | s | 2877 | A bill relating to the tariff treatment of certain canned mushrooms. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-26 | 1984-07-31 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Provides for the reliquidation of the entry into the United States or withdrawal from the warehouse of certain imported canned mushrooms subjected to a higher tariff because of an import relief action. States that such entry or withdrawal shall be reliquidated as though it had occured before the imposition of the higher tariff. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-6023 | 98 | hr | 6023 | Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-25 | 1984-10-16 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act of 1984 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the President, in determining whether to provide duty-free treatment for an eligible article from a beneficiary developing country, to consider: (1) the effect such action will have on furthering the economic development of such countries through the expansion of their exports; and (2) the extent of the beneficiary developing country's competitiveness with respect to eligible articles. Provides that Hungary may be designated as a beneficiary developing country. Prohibits the President from designating as a beneficiary developing country any country that has not taken or is not taking steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights to workers in that country (including any designated zone in that country). Defines "internationally recognized worker rights." Directs the President, in determining whether to designate a country a beneficiary developing country, to consider: (1) the extent to which such country is providing the means for foreign nationals to exercise exclusive rights in intellectual property, including a patent, trademark, and copyright rights; (2) the extent to which such country has taken action to reduce trade distorting investment practices and policies and to reduce or eliminate barriers to trade in services; and (3) whether such country has taken or is taking steps to give to workers internationally recognized worker rights. Prohibits the President from designating as articles eligible for duty-free treatment footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel which were not eligible articles on April 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting with the U.S. Trade Representative, to prescribe regulations governing rule of orgin requirements for the Generalized System of Preferences. Directs the President to report to Congress by January 4, 1987 on the application of the Generalized System of Preferences and o… | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-s-2863 | 98 | s | 2863 | A bill to suspend the duty on acetylsulfaguanidine until the close of December 31, 1986. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-25 | 1984-07-30 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, State Department, Treasury Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1986, the duty on acetylsulfaguanidine. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2865 | 98 | s | 2865 | A bill authorizing the President to proclaim modifications in the rates of duty for certain articles in trade in civil aircraft. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-07-25 | 1984-07-30 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, State Department, Treasury Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Authorizes the President to provide both duty-free treatment under column 1 and modifications in the descriptions of specified articles of the Tariff Schedules of the United States that are certified for use in civil aircraft. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hconres-337 | 98 | hconres | 337 | A concurrent resolution concerning Bulgaria's abuses of the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets in facilitating the transportation of illicit narcotics, smuggled arms, and terrorists. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-29 | 1984-10-02 | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19] | OH | D | F000059 | 1 | (Measure passed House, amended) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should request, in accordance with the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets, that the Secretary General of the United Nations convene a review conference to determine what steps should be taken to end Bulgaria's abuses of that Convention in facilitating the transportation of illicit narcotics, arms, and terrorists; and (2) the President should encourage other parties to the TIR Convention to use procedures provided in the Convention to end such abuses by Bulgaria. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 98-hr-5985 | 98 | hr | 5985 | Competitive American Exports Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-29 | 1984-07-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 0 | Competitive American Exports Act of 1984 - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to insist that participants in the Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits honor their pledge not to offer "tied aid credit" containing a grant element less than the minimum specified in the Guidelines. Defines "tied aid credit" to mean credit which is: (1) provided for development aid purposes; (2) financed by public funds or, as a mixed credit, partly from public and partly from private funds; and (3) tied to the purchase of exports from the country granting the credit. Declares that the United States shall try to negotiate an increase in the minimum grant element of tied aid credits. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to establish the Competitive Tied Aid Fund. Requires the money in the Fund to be used to cover a portion of the subsidy contained in any credit granted by the Bank. Requires the Bank to extend to any American exporter or firm whose sale of goods is jeopardized by competition in the form of foreign official tied aid credit offers a tied aid credit offer which is substantially equal to the foreign official tied aid credit. Requires the Board of Directors, within ten days of depletion of the Fund, to report to Congress on the amount of funding needed to continue carrying out the tied aid credit program for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Permits the Bank to extend such credit when the Board of Directors and the Secretary of the Treasury determine that: (1) the credit will help U.S. exports competing with exports assisted by foreign official financing in the form of a tied aid credit; (2) the foreign official financing is an abuse of the tied aid credit; and (3) the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the Bank has properly calculated the portion of the subsidy to be covered by money in the fund. Requires the Bank, upon determing that such conditions have been met, to approve a request for a tied aid credit within ten days of the request. Permits the Bank to withhold… | 2025-08-29T17:38:01Z | |
| 98-hr-5987 | 98 | hr | 5987 | Lamb Meat Quota Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-29 | 1984-09-05 | Executive Comment Received From USDA. | House | Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21] | TX | R | L000396 | 3 | Lamb Meat Quota Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose a limit on the amount of lamb meat that may be entered into the United States during any calendar quarter or calendar year after 1984. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of lamb meat that may be entered into the United States for such time periods. Requires the Secretary to certify such limits to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations to ensure, to the extent practicable, that the country of origin of lamb meat subject to this Act is indicated to consumers who purchase such lamb meat at retail prices. | 2025-08-29T17:40:06Z | |
| 98-hr-5991 | 98 | hr | 5991 | A bill to return the ad valorem and specific duties on necktie imports to the levels in effect as of January 1, 1981, for a period of five years. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-29 | 1984-10-01 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on men's and boy's neckties. Declares that the column 1 duty rates shall be exempt from any staged rate reductions which have been proclaimed by the President before the date of enactment of this Act. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2838 | 98 | s | 2838 | A bill to suspend until July 1, 1987, the duty on narrow fabric looms. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-29 | 1984-07-11 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1987, the duty on fabric weaving machines and parts. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2839 | 98 | s | 2839 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States regarding the classification of certain articles of wearing apparel. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-29 | 1984-07-10 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide that articles of apparel, except suits, pajamas and other nightwear, playsuits, washsuits, judo, karate and other martial arts uniforms, swimwear, and infants' sets up to and including 24 months of age, are to be separately classified even if two or more such articles are imported together and designed to be sold at retail. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2845 | 98 | s | 2845 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to clarify the scope of certain determinations by the International Trade Commission under title II of such Act. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-29 | 1984-07-10 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 9 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the International Trade Commission (ITC), when determining whether increased imports have resulted in a serious injury to a competing domestic industry, to take into account any significant increase in the share of total imports attributable to domestic producers in the industry. Requires the ITC, when determining whether increased imports constitute a threat of serious injury to a competing domestic industry, to take into account an upward trend in imports attributable to domestic producers. Requires the ITC, when determining whether imports are a substantial cause of serious injury to a competing domestic industry, to take into account an increase in imports and a decline in the proportion of the domestic market supplied by domestic producers regardless of whether the imports are attributable to domestic producers in the industry. Requires the ITC, in determining the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with an imported article, to treat as part of the domestic industry only the domestic production of a domestic producer which also imports. Defines the term "significant idling of productive facilities" to mean a decline in domestic production, the closing of plants, or the underutilization of production capacity. Prohibits the ITC, from taking into account in determining whether increased imports are a substantial cause of or a threat of serious injury to a competing domestic industry: (1) the probable effectiveness of import relief and consideration of the position of the industry in the U.S. economy; (2) the effect of import relief on consumers and on competition in the domestic markets for such articles; (3) the effect of import relief on U.S. international economic interests; or (4) the effect on U.S. industries and firms of tariff changes or other import restrictions which may result from international obligations with respect to compensation. Declares that an ITC finding that a significant number of domestic firms operate at a reaso… | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5952 | 98 | hr | 5952 | A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require Congressional approval of certain executive actions affecting import relief. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-28 | 1984-07-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 17 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require that import relief actions recommended by the International Trade Commission (ITC) shall take effect even though the President proposes different actions, unless Congress approves such presidential actions by a joint resolution of both Houses. (Currently, such congressional approval is by concurrent resolution of both Houses and must occur within 90 days of receiving such proposal). Requires the President to impose the action which was recommended by the ITC within 30 days after the day on which either House does not adopt such resolution. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2809 | 98 | s | 2809 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to decrease the tariff on certain Canadian egg yolks. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-28 | 1984-07-10 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply a reduced rate of duty on certain dried egg yolk processed from eggs produced in the United States and exported to Canada for use in the manufacture of lysozyme. Provides for a refund on such article entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption which was made: (1) after December 31, 1983; and (2) before the date which is 16 days after the date of enactment of this Act and with respect to which a lesser duty would have been imposed if the amendment made by this Act applied to such entry. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-s-2827 | 98 | s | 2827 | A bill relating to the tariff classifications of certain silicone resins and materials. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-28 | 1984-07-10 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to include all forms of silicone in the term "synthetic plastics materials." Provides a duty for silicone resins and materials and synthetic rubber made of silicone. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5939 | 98 | hr | 5939 | A bill to equalize the duties on imported tuna, whether or not packed in oil. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-27 | 1984-10-04 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] | CA | R | H000981 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply uniform duty rates on imported tuna. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5925 | 98 | hr | 5925 | A bill to extend until the close of June 30, 1988, the existing suspension of duties on flat knitting machines. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-26 | 1984-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend the suspension of duties on flat knitting machines until June 30, 1988. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5926 | 98 | hr | 5926 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 regarding the public disclosure of certain manifest information. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-26 | 1984-09-26 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 4 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make available for public disclosure certain information contained in the manifests of cargo vessels arriving in the United States. Provides that such information shall not be made available for public disclosure if such information must be kept secret for reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures to provide access to such manifests. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2787 | 98 | s | 2787 | A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on o-Benzyl-p-Chlorophenol. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-21 | 1984-06-26 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the 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 suspend, for a three year period, the duty on o-benzyl-p-chlorophenol. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5901 | 98 | hr | 5901 | A bill to repeal the provisions of law under which the denial of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to nonmarket economy countries under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 may be waived. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-20 | 1984-06-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] | IL | R | C000873 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal the provisions which allow waivers of the denial of nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) treatment to nonmarket economy countries. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5871 | 98 | hr | 5871 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on certain shelled filberts. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-15 | 1984-09-04 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] | OR | D | A000337 | 3 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on Oregon No. 1 grade filberts and filberts which do not meet such standards. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5839 | 98 | hr | 5839 | A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on amiodarone. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-13 | 1984-06-15 | 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 suspend, for a three year period, the duty on amiodarone. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5823 | 98 | hr | 5823 | Textile Employment and Fair Trade Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-12 | 1984-06-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Campbell, Carroll A., Jr. [R-SC-4] | SC | R | C000079 | 56 | Textile Employment and Fair Trade Act of 1984 - Directs the President to limit the total quantity of textile imports during each of calendar years 1984 through 1988. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and administer an import licensing system for administration of this Act. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to enforce the import limitations and the import licensing system. | 2025-08-29T17:39:37Z | |
| 98-s-2746 | 98 | s | 2746 | An original bill to provide authority to negotiate trade agreements to reduce trade barriers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-12 | 1984-06-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 976. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to permit entering into trade agreements that provide for the elimination or reduction of U.S. duties only with Israel or Canada. Prohibits any trade benefit from being extended to any country by reason of the extension of a trade benefit to Israel or Canada under such a trade agreement. Authorizes entering into a trade agreement that provides for the elimination or reduction of U.S. duties with a country other than Israel or Canada if: (1) such country requested the negotiation of such agreement; and (2) the President, at least 60 days before notification is given to Congress of the trade agreement, provides notice of the negotiations to the Senate Finance and the House Ways and Means Committees and consults with such committees regarding the negotiations. Declares that the provisions dealing with bills implementing trade agreements on nontariff barriers shall not apply to an implementing bill if: (1) the implementing bill contains a provision approving a trade agreement which provides for the elimination or reduction of any U.S. duty and is entered into with a country other than Israel or Canada; and (2) either the appropriate congressional committees were not consulted with respect to the negotiations or the committees disapproved of the negotiation before the close of the 60 days period. Includes within the definition of the term "barrier" for purposes of such negotiations any duty or other import restrictions. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the imposition of countervailing duties on subsidized articles that are sold (or likely to be sold) for importation into the United States if the International Trade Commission determines that a U.S. industry is materially injured or is threatened with material injury or that the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded because of sales (or the likelihood of sales) of such articles for importation into the United States. Includes leasing arrangements that are euivalent to sales within the meaning… | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5800 | 98 | hr | 5800 | Caribbean Trade Institute International Trade Center Authorization Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-07 | 1984-06-07 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | R000053 | 22 | Caribbean Trade Institute/International Trade Center Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Caribbean Trade Institute/International Trade Center in Harlem, New York City. Requires investment tax credits and depreciation tax deductions to be determined without regard to: (1) the fact that property is financed by a grant under this Act; and (2) whether the Institute/Trade Center is a tax-exempt entity. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of a building for the Institute/Trade Center and for the operational expenses of the Institute/Trade Center for the first three fiscal years ending after enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-29T17:38:38Z | |
| 98-hr-5809 | 98 | hr | 5809 | 1984 White House Conference on International Trade Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-07 | 1984-06-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Watkins, Wes [D-OK-3] | OK | D | W000194 | 2 | 1984 White House Conference on International Trade Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that the Federal Government should develop and implement a policy for expanding the participation of the United States in international trade. Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on International Trade in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in international trade. Requires the Conference to bring together representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, professional and lay people, and academics. Requires a final report of the Conference, which shall include a statement of comprehensive national policy on international trade, to be submitted to the President within 180 days after the Conference adjourns. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T17:38:16Z | |
| 98-s-2739 | 98 | s | 2739 | A bill to extend for two additional years the suspension of duty on uncompounded allyl resins. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-07 | 1984-06-11 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend, through September 30, 1986, the suspension of duty on uncompounded allyl resins. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5783 | 98 | hr | 5783 | A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on certain metal umbrella frames. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-06 | 1984-07-30 | Executive Comment Received From Commerce. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 4 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1987, the duty on metal frames for hand-held umbrellas. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5791 | 98 | hr | 5791 | American Footwear Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-06 | 1984-06-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 52 | American Footwear Act of 1984 - Limits the imports of nonrubber footwear to 400,000,000 pairs per year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to allocate the import limitations among foreign countries, taking into consideration: (1) average levels of imports for the period 1978 through 1982; (2) findings of unfair trade practices with respect to nonrubber footwear products; and (3) recent market trends. Requires the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register the permissible level of imports by country, groups of countries, or area. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to take all necessary actions to enforce this Act. Authorizes the Secretaries to issue such implementing regulations as necessary to effect the purposes of this Act and to enforce its provisions. | 2025-08-29T17:39:54Z | |
| 98-s-2731 | 98 | s | 2731 | American Footwear Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-06-06 | 1984-06-22 | Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 11 | American Footwear Act of 1984 - Limits the imports of nonrubber footwear to 400,000,000 pairs per year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to allocate the import limitations among foreign countries, taking into consideration: (1) average levels of imports for the period 1978 through 1982; (2) findings of unfair trade practices with respect to nonrubber footwear products; and (3) recent market trends. Requires the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register the permissible level of imports by country, groups of countries, or area. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to take all necessary actions to enforce this Act. Authorizes the Secretaries to issue such implementing regulations as necessary to effect the purposes of this Act and to enforce its provisions. | 2025-08-29T17:41:11Z | |
| 98-hr-5754 | 98 | hr | 5754 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for rates of duty on imported bicycles and bicycle parts consistent with those rates of duty maintained by the principal exporting nations of bicycles and bicycle parts to the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-31 | 1984-10-18 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Boner, William H. [D-TN-5] | TN | D | B000615 | 19 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply a uniform duty rate on imported bicycles and bicycle parts, tires, and tubes. Provides that such duty rate shall not apply to the existing suspension of duty on other specified bicycle parts. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5751 | 98 | hr | 5751 | A bill to extend for 2 additional years the suspension of duty on uncompounded allyl resins. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-30 | 1984-07-26 | Executive Comment Received From Commerce. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend, through September 30, 1986, the suspension of duty on uncompounded allyl resins. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2712 | 98 | s | 2712 | A bill to return the ad valorem and specific duties on necktie imports to the levels in effect as of January 1, 1981 for a period of five years. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-24 | 1984-05-30 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on men's and boy's neckties. Declares that the column 1 duty rates shall be exempt from any staged rate reductions which have been proclaimed by the President before the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5710 | 98 | hr | 5710 | A bill to extend duty-free treatment to metal umbrella frames. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-22 | 1984-05-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend column one duty-free treatment to metal umbrella frames. Imposes a duty for other types of metal umbrella frames. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2696 | 98 | s | 2696 | A bill to impose quotas on the importation of certain copper articles during calendar years 1984, 1985, and 1986 at not more than three hundred thousand metric tons per year. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-22 | 1984-05-25 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a limit on the amount of certain copper articles provided for in the Tariff Schedules of the United States that may be entered into the United States during 1984, 1985, and 1986 or any intra-annual period therein. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of copper that may be entered into the United States for such years. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5686 | 98 | hr | 5686 | A bill concerning United States membership in the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-21 | 1984-05-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1] | IA | R | L000169 | 0 | Prohibits the United States, before December 31, 1985, from terminating its membership in or otherwise suspending its participation in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) unless specifically authorized or required by a specified section of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (relating to suspension of U.S. participation in the United Nations if Israel is illegally expelled) or by a specified section of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983 (relating to imposition of restrictions by UNESCO on freedom of the press and free flow of information), or unless such action is otherwise specifically authorized or required by Act of Congress. Prohibits the executive branch from making any decision on terminating or suspending U.S. participation in UNESCO without full consultation with Congress unless such termination or suspension is specifically required by Act of Congress. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 98-s-2680 | 98 | s | 2680 | A bill to provide the President with authority to accelerate certain staged rate modifications to the Tariff Schedules of the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-17 | 1984-05-21 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 0 | Authorizes the President, under specified conditions relating to the carrying out of certain agreements under the Trade Act of 1974, to proclaim that any staged rate modification of the Tariff Schedules of the United States shall take effect at any time during the one-year period preceding the proclaimed date of each staged rate reduction as contained in such agreements if he determines that reciprocal action has been, or is about to be, taken by a foreign country which has significant trade in exports to the United States of the item to which such modification applies. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5669 | 98 | hr | 5669 | A bill to increase the column 1 rates of duty on certain structural units of iron or steel, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-16 | 1984-08-07 | Executive Comment Requested from Treasury, Commerce, USITC, USTR. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the column one rates of duty on certain structural units of iron or steel. Increases the column two rate of duty on cast-iron (except malleable cast-iron) articles, rough or advanced. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2678 | 98 | s | 2678 | A bill to extend the authorities under the Export Administration Act of 1979 until June 28, 1984. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-16 | 1984-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] | UT | R | G000072 | 0 | Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend the authorities under such Act through June 28, 1984. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 98-hr-5654 | 98 | hr | 5654 | A bill to provide that the purposes for which the Exchange Stabilization Fund may be used do not include assisting foreign countries to make payments on their domestic or international debts to United States banks or to foreign banks. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-15 | 1984-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Brown, Hank [R-CO-4] | CO | R | B000919 | 0 | Prohibits using the Exchange Stabilization Fund to assist foreign countries to make payments on their domestic or international debts to U.S. or foreign banks. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 98-hr-5662 | 98 | hr | 5662 | A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on o-Benzyl-p-Chlorophenol. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-15 | 1984-09-28 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] | PA | D | W000044 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, for a three year period, the duty on o-benzyl-p-chlorophenol. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5664 | 98 | hr | 5664 | United States-Mexico Joint Development Bank Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-15 | 1984-05-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 17 | United States-Mexico Joint Development Bank Act - Authorizes the President to enter into an agreement with Mexico to establish a United States-Mexico Joint Development Bank (the Bank) to make economic development loans in Mexico and in the border region of the United States. Sets forth information that shall be included in the agreement, including the requirement that: (1) assistance provided by the Bank shall be directed at improving employment opportunities and enhancing the economic development of the geographic and economic sectors of Mexico which are the major sources of undocumented Mexican nationals who enter the United States; and (2) the United States and Mexico contribute equally to the Bank. Directs the President to appoint the U.S. Directors of the Bank. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the United States entering into an agreement with Mexico to establish the Bank, to subscribe to the capital stock of the Bank. Authorizes appropriations to pay for such subscription. Requires that the provision of the Bretton Woods Agreement Act that establishes the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems shall apply to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund. Prohibits any person or agency on behalf of the United States, unless authorized by Congress, from: (1) agreeing to an increase in the U.S. subscription to the Bank; (2) agreeing to an agreement which increases U.S. obligations or which would change the Bank's purpose or functions; or (3) providing financing to the Bank. | 2025-08-29T17:39:05Z | |
| 98-hr-5634 | 98 | hr | 5634 | American Property Rights Protection Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-10 | 1984-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 7 | American Property Rights Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize a domestic firm, an association representing domestic firms that produce like U.S. products, or a certified union of workers in such firms to file a petition with the Secretary of Commerce requesting that a beneficiary developing country be designated as an offending country regarding the U.S. product or products produced by that firm or firms. Directs the Secretary to decide, within 20 days of the filing of the petition, whether or not the allegations in the petition reasonably indicate that the beneficiary developing country is an offending country. Provides that an offending country is a beneficiary developing country within which: (1) U.S. patents, copyrights, or trademarks were violated during the 18 months preceding the filing of the petition or thereafter; (2) the patent, copyright, or trademark violations caused material injury to the petitioner or threaten to cause material injury to the petitioner; and (3) actions have not been taken or are not being taken that are reasonably likely to eliminate the patent, copyright, or trademark violations. Requires the Secretary, if the Secretary finds that the petition reasonably indicates that the country is an offending country, to publish the text of the petition in the Federal Register and to begin an investigation. Requires the Secretary, if the Secretary finds that the petition does not reasonably indicate that the country is an offending country, to inform the petitioner of the reason for such finding and to publish notice of the decision in the Federal Register. Sets forth procedures to be followed in carrying out an investigation, including providing for a public hearing, and prohibiting disclosure of certain data provided by the petitioner and the country. Requires the Secretary to conclude each investigation and make a determination on the investigation within six months of the filing of the petition. Requires the Secretary to designate a beneficiary developing… | 2025-08-29T17:39:21Z | |
| 98-hr-5625 | 98 | hr | 5625 | A bill requiring the Commissioner of Customs to establish a customs district known as the Columbia-Snake Customs District. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-08 | 1984-06-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 7 | Requires the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service to establish the Columbia-Snake Customs District which includes Portland, Oregon, the State of Oregon, and specified counties of the States of Idaho and Washington. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2642 | 98 | s | 2642 | A bill to suspend until July 1, 1989, the duty on yttrium bearing ores, materials, and compounds containing by weight more than 19 percent but less than 85 percent yttrium oxide equivalent. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-08 | 1984-06-19 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ] | AZ | R | G000267 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend until July 1, 1989, the duty on ores, materials, and compounds containing more than 19 percent but less than 85 percent of yttrium oxide equivalent. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5552 | 98 | hr | 5552 | A bill to suspend the duty on certain surface active agents until the close of June 30, 1986. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-01 | 1984-10-01 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Hance, Kent R. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | H000144 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1986, the duty on certain surface active agents. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5553 | 98 | hr | 5553 | A bill to suspend the duty on certain benzoid chemicals until the close of June 30, 1986. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-01 | 1984-09-26 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Commerce. | House | Rep. Hance, Kent R. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | H000144 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1986, the duty on certain benzoid chemicals. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5554 | 98 | hr | 5554 | A bill to suspend the duty on certain nitrogenous chemical compounds until the close of June 30, 1986. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-01 | 1984-09-27 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Hance, Kent R. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | H000144 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1986, the duty on nitrogenous chemical compounds. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5558 | 98 | hr | 5558 | A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide that a country may not be designated as a beneficiary country under such Act unless it enters into an agreement with the United States providing for the exchange of tax information. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-01 | 1984-05-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to declare that a country may not be designated as a beneficiary country under such Act unless it enters into a bilateral or multilateral agreement with the United States providing for the exchange of tax information. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2613 | 98 | s | 2613 | A bill to suspend the duties on circular knitting machines designed for sweater strip or garment length knitting until the close of December 31, 1989. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-05-01 | 1984-05-03 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the 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 suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on circular knitting machines designed for sweater or garment length knitting. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 98-hr-5535 | 98 | hr | 5535 | A bill to provide for the refund of excess duties deposited or paid before liquidation as a result of manifest clerical error. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-26 | 1984-04-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | M000458 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide a refund, in appropriate cases, when excess duties have been paid due to manifest clerical error. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-sres-373 | 98 | sres | 373 | A resolution to seek the discontinuance of certain practices restricting the free flow of travel literature from the United States. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-26 | 1984-06-15 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should direct the Secretary of Commerce to seek the discontinuance of practices that restrict the flow of U.S. travel literature to Canada. Urges the Secretary to present this issue to the Tourism Policy Council pursuant to the National Tourism Policy Act and seek the Council's recommended course of action. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 98-s-2596 | 98 | s | 2596 | A bill to extend duty-free treatment to scrolls or tablets imported for use in religious observances. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-25 | 1984-04-27 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department. | Senate | Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to permit the duty-free entry of scrolls or tablets of wood or paper which are imported for use in public or private religious observances. | 2025-01-03T20:54:05Z | |
| 98-hconres-291 | 98 | hconres | 291 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that a bilateral summit on trade relations should be held between the United States and Mexico. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-04-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs. | House | Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | C000621 | 12 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that a bilateral summit on trade relations between the United States and Mexico should be held. Specifies the objectives that should be included at such summit (including objectives related to: tariff preferences; investments in Mexico; U.S. fishing rights; transportation problems; trade-free zones; employment; petroleum and alternative energy matters; and pollution). | 2025-01-23T13:14:35Z | |
| 98-hr-5448 | 98 | hr | 5448 | A bill to provide duty-free treatment of articles previously imported, with respect to which duty was previously paid. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-06-27 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Conable, Barber B., Jr. [R-NY-30] | NY | R | C000666 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment to previously imported articles upon which a duty was paid if: (1) reimported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad, after having been exported under lease (currently, having been exported under lease to a foreign manufacturer); and (2) reimported by or for the account of the person who imported it into, and exported it from, the United States. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5453 | 98 | hr | 5453 | A bill authorizing the President to proclaim modifications in the rates of duty for certain articles in trade in civil aircraft. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-07-26 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7] | FL | D | G000153 | 1 | Authorizes the President to provide both duty-free treatment under column 1 and modifications in the descriptions of specified articles of the Tariff Schedules of the United States that are certified for use in civil aircraft. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5454 | 98 | hr | 5454 | A bill extending duty-free treatment to certain tractor parts. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-06-27 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend duty-free treatment to certain tractor parts, other than those already specified for use in tractors used for agriculture, whether or not such parts are covered by a specific provision of the Schedules. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5455 | 98 | hr | 5455 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to clarify the classification of unfinished gasoline. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-06-27 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to define "unfinished gasoline" as any gasoline which can be used as a fuel in internal combustion or other engines, but is outside the ASTM octane range. Imposes a duty on such gasoline. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5462 | 98 | hr | 5462 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that certain imports of plywood be admitted free of duty. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-06-29 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Commerce. | House | Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] | LA | R | L000371 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment, through June 30, 1988, of plywood with a face ply of Mexican pine. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5469 | 98 | hr | 5469 | A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States in order to establish equitable duty rates for waterbed mattresses, liners, and parts thereof. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-06-19 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 1 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on waterbed mattresses, liners, and parts thereof. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 98-s-2576 | 98 | s | 2576 | International Trade and Export Policy Study Commission Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-12 | 1984-04-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 2 | International Trade and Export Policy Study Commission Act of 1984 - Establishes the International Trade and Export Policy Study Commission which shall be composed of 18 members, six of whom shall be appointed by the President, six by the President pro tempore of the Senate, and six by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Sets forth administrative provisions. Requires the Commission to study and make recommendations concerning U.S. international trade and export policies and practices. Requires the Commission, in conducting its study, to review and make recommendations concerning specified items, including: (1) existing impediments to exports by American industries; (2) the information needs of American industry; and (3) methods for improving export incentives for U.S. businesses. Requires the Commission to submit its report to the President and to the Congress by July 1, 1985. Terminates the Commission on such date. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T17:37:47Z | |
| 98-hr-5418 | 98 | hr | 5418 | Customs Brokers Act of 1984 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-11 | 1984-06-27 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 1 | Customs Brokers Act of 1984 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit an individual (other than solely for that person) or corporation from conducting customs business (activities involving transactions with the Customs Service concerning the entry and payment of duties on imported merchandise) unless a valid customs brokers license and permit has been issued by the Secretary of the Treasury to such individual or corporation. Permits the granting of such license to a corporation provided at least one officer of such corporation holds a customs brokers license. (Currently, at least two officers of a corporation must hold a license in order for the corporation to conduct customs business.) Provides for the revocation or suspension of such license and permit, or the imposition of a monetary penalty, for a customs broker who: (1) fails to have such license and permit while transacting customs business; (2) makes false statements on an application for such license or permit, or on a report filed with the Customs Service; (3) has been convicted of certain felonies or misdemeanors after the filing of an application for such license; (4) is licensed as a corporation and fails to have at least one officer validly licensed for a continuous period of 120 days (currently, it is for a continuous 60 day period); or (5) fails to employ for the same period at least one licensed individual within the district in which a permit was issued. Permits a broker to appeal any decision by the Secretary to deny, revoke, or suspend such broker's license or permit, or to impose a monetary penalty upon him or her, by filing a petition in the Court of International Trade. Permits the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to the issuance of licenses or permits to customs brokers. Permits the suspension or revocation of a brokers license if a customs broker triennial report is not filed with the Secretary. Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Court of International Trade to review any decision of the Secretary to: (1) deny an individ… | 2025-08-29T17:40:47Z | |
| 98-hr-5422 | 98 | hr | 5422 | A bill relating to the tariff classifications of certain silicone resins and materials. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1984-04-11 | 1984-07-09 | Executive Comment Received From USITC. | House | Rep. Albosta, Donald J. [D-MI-10] | MI | D | A000076 | 3 | Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to include all forms of silicone in the term "synthetic plastics materials." Provides a duty for silicone resins and materials and synthetic rubber made of silicone. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z |
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