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HR 1396 102th 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: March 12, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 12, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 12, 1991
Introduced in House
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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 conditions that prohibit or limit the foreign investment in the United States on those foreign countries that impose similar conditions on U.S. investment.

What's happening now March 15, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 12, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1396: 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.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1396/
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"H.R. 1396: 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.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1396/.
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H.R. 1396, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1396/.
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[H.R. 1396: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1396/)
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