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HR 4428 101th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Japan Nontariff trade barriers Trade agreements

To initiate actions under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the trade barriers of Japan that are the subject of the Structural Impediments Initiative.

Introduced: March 29, 1990 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 29, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 29, 1990
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit a report (initiating an enforcement investigation under the Trade Act of 1974) which limits, with respect to Japan, the identification of trade barriers and trade distorting practices under the Structural Impediments Initiative of the USTR, and the identification of priority foreign countries under the Trade Act of 1974, if the President has not certified to the Congress by September 1, 1990, that Japan has agreed with the United States to eliminate such unfair trade practices.

Requires the USTR to submit a similar report if the President: (1) certifies that an agreement has been entered into; but (2) has not certified within another 18 months that it has been implemented and U.S. exports to Japan have increased.

What's happening now April 2, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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