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HR 3699 101th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance American investments Foreign investments Nontariff trade barriers Reciprocity

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.

Introduced: November 17, 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
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 1990
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Commerce.
Nov 21, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Nov 17, 1989
Introduced in House
Nov 17, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative to impose practices that prohibit or limit the foreign investment in the United States on those foreign countries that have similar practices against U.S. investment.

What's happening now March 7, 1990

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Commerce.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2670 Identical bill A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 27, 1990
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 26, 1990
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 17, 1989
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Nov 17, 1989
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Nov 17, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3699: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3699/
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"H.R. 3699: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3699/.
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H.R. 3699, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3699/.
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