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HCONRES 157 100th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Buy American Canada Coastwise shipping Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign Trade and Investments Imports Maintenance and repair Marine transportation Shipbuilding Ships Ships and shipping Tariff Trade agreements Trade negotiations Treaties

A concurrent resolution to express strong support for the cabotage laws protecting the coastwide trade to vessels of American construction, crewing, and documentation, and to support the Administration's policy in the U.S.-Canadian free trade talks that the coastwise trade not be opened to Canadian vessels.

Introduced: July 9, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 13, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.
Jul 13, 1987
Executive Comment Requested from DOT, State, Treasury.
Jul 9, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Jul 9, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 9, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges the administration to continue to reject efforts by Canadian negotiators to: (1) have the U.S. cabotage trades, including the transport of energy resources, opened to Canadian vessels; and (2) eliminate the ad valorem duty on vessel repairs performed in Canadian shipyards.

What's happening now July 13, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

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