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HR 1397 100th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Automobile industry Automobiles Foreign Trade and Investments Imports Marine transportation Motor Vehicles and Driving Shipping agreements Ships and shipping Trade agreements Trade negotiations Treaties

A bill authorizing the negotiation of agreements to eliminate unfair, restrictive, or discriminatory foreign practices in the marine transportation of automobile imports to the United States.

Introduced: March 4, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 4, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 4, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the President to negotiate trade agreements with each country from which 50,000 or more automobiles are imported into the United States each year that will: (1) eliminate unfair, restrictive, or discriminatory practices in the marine transportation of such imports; and (2) establish procedures whereby a fair and reasonable portion of all such imports are transported to the United States by U.S. owned and operated vessels.

Requires the President to report to the Congress semiannually on such negotiations.

What's happening now March 12, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1