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HCONRES 151 101th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Coastwise shipping Marine transportation Merchant marine Service industries Trade agreements Trade negotiations

To recognize the uniqueness of and express strong support for the maritime policy of the United States, and to urge the Administration in the strongest possible terms not to propose maritime transportation services for inclusion at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and to actively oppose any proposal that would consider maritime transportation as an area for negotiation.

Introduced: June 13, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 22, 1989
Executive Comment Received from USTR.
Jun 20, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine.
Jun 20, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from Fed Maritime Comm, State, DOT, and USTR.
Jun 16, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jun 13, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Jun 13, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 13, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges the administration to refrain from submitting any proposal to include maritime transportation in the forthcoming General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) discussions regarding trade in services industries and to oppose any proposals by foreign nations which are similar or which could result in a contraction of the U.S.-flag merchant marine.

What's happening now August 22, 1989

Executive Comment Received from USTR.

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