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A concurrent resolution to express strong support for the cabotage laws protecting the coastwise trade to vessels of American construction, crewing, and documentation, as well as other maritime…

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A concurrent resolution to express strong support for the cabotage laws protecting the coastwise trade to vessels of American construction, crewing, and documentation, as well as other maritime promotional programs, and to urge the Administration in the strongest possible terms that the opening of maritime transportation services not be proposed by the United States at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks, and that the United States reject any such proposal by a foreign nation.

Introduced: September 27, 1988 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Oct 28, 1988
Executive Comment Received From Fed Maritime Comm.
Oct 4, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.
Oct 4, 1988
Executive Comment Requested from State, Fed Maritime Comm, USTR, DOT.
Sep 27, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 27, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Sep 27, 1988
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the Congress urges the Administration to refrain from submitting any proposal in the GATT negotiations that would consider maritime transportation activity as being within the scope of "trade in services" and to reject any proposals made by foreign nations which are similar or which would lead to a contraction of the merchant marine.

What's happening now October 28, 1988

Executive Comment Received From Fed Maritime Comm.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 27, 1988
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 27, 1988
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 376: A concurrent resolution to express strong support for the cabotage laws protecting the coastwise trade to vessels of American construction, crewing, and documentation, as well as other maritime promotional programs, and to urge the Administration in the strongest possible terms that the opening of maritime transportation services not be proposed by the United States at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks, and that the United States reject any such proposal by a foreign nation.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-376/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 376: A concurrent resolution to express strong support for the cabotage laws protecting the coastwise trade to vessels of American construction, crewing, and documentation, as well as other maritime promotional programs, and to urge the Administration in the strongest possible terms that the opening of maritime transportation services not be proposed by the United States at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks, and that the United States reject any such proposal by a foreign nation.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-376/.
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H. Con. Res. 376, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-376/.
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[H. Con. Res. 376: A concurrent resolution to express strong support for the cabotage laws protecting the coastwise trade to vessels of American construction, crewing, and documentation, as well as other maritime promotional programs, and to urge the Administration in the strongest possible terms that the opening of maritime transportation services not be proposed by the United States at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks, and that the United States reject any such proposal by a foreign nation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-376/)
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