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HCONRES 184 101th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Buy American Consumer education

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should purchase products made in the United States and services provided in the United States, whenever possible, instead of…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should purchase products made in the United States and services provided in the United States, whenever possible, instead of products made or services performed outside the United States.

Introduced: August 2, 1989 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Sep 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
Aug 2, 1989
Introduced in House
Aug 2, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Aug 2, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges the people of the United States to buy American, and calls upon the President, the State Governors, leaders of civic and consumer organizations, the mass media, and U.S. producers and manufacturers to promote consumer awareness of, and to identify, such American goods and services.

What's happening now September 1, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 7, 1990
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Aug 2, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 184: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should purchase products made in the United States and services provided in the United States, whenever possible, instead of products made or services performed outside the United States.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-184/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 184: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should purchase products made in the United States and services provided in the United States, whenever possible, instead of products made or services performed outside the United States.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-184/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Con. Res. 184, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-184/.
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[H. Con. Res. 184: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should purchase products made in the United States and services provided in the United States, whenever possible, instead of products made or services performed outside the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-184/)
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