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HR 3895 101th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Eastern Europe Export controls Technology transfer Warsaw Pact countries

Commercial Technology Export Act of 1990

Introduced: January 25, 1990 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Feb 2, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Feb 2, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jan 25, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 25, 1990
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commercial Technology Export Act of 1990 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to provide specific guidelines for the export of nonmilitary items to Warsaw Pact countries, in light of Soviet troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, Glasnost, and Perestroika.

Requires publication of decisions on requests for general exceptions to the International Control List of the Coordinating Committee in order to assure equal access for U.S. exporters to controlled-country markets.

What's happening now February 2, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3895: Commercial Technology Export Act of 1990. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3895/
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"H.R. 3895: Commercial Technology Export Act of 1990." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3895/.
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