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H.R. 970 100th Congress House

A bill to suspend for a four-year period the duty on certain parts of indirect process electrostatic copying machines.

Introduced: February 4, 1987 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Copying processesForeign Trade and InvestmentsImportsMachineryTariff
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It never became law before the 100th Congress (1987–1988) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 23, 1988
Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4848.
Apr 10, 1987
Executive Comment Received From ITC.
Feb 25, 1987
Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.
Feb 9, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 4, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 4, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 23, 1988

Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4848.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on certain parts of indirect process electrostatic copying machines.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4848 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 970: A bill to suspend for a four-year period the duty on certain parts of indirect process electrostatic copying machines.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-970/
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