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HR 4590 101th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Import restrictions Sanctions (International law) South Africa Steel

To amend the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 concerning the prohibition on importation into the United States of steel produced in South Africa.

Introduced: April 24, 1990 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 30, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 24, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 24, 1990
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to define what articles under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are to be included in the term "steel" for purposes of the prohibition on the importation of South African iron and steel.

What's happening now April 30, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · May 7, 1990
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4590: To amend the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 concerning the prohibition on importation into the United States of steel produced in South Africa.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4590/
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"H.R. 4590: To amend the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 concerning the prohibition on importation into the United States of steel produced in South Africa.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4590/.
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H.R. 4590, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4590/.
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[H.R. 4590: To amend the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 concerning the prohibition on importation into the United States of steel produced in South Africa.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4590/)
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