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Desert Shield Burden-Sharing Act of 1991

Introduced: January 3, 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
Jan 23, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 3, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Desert Shield Burden-Sharing Act of 1991 - Directs the President to determine whether each foreign country that receives trade benefits from the United States is making a commensurate contribution to the multinational military mobilization carried out in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Requires the President to impose an additional duty to dutiable products and a duty to duty-free products of countries that are found not to be contributing to the mobilization. Provides for the termination of such duties.

Establishes the Desert Shield Reimbursement Fund to receive duties collected under this Act. Makes the Fund available solely to reimburse appropriations made to support U.S. participation in the mobilization.

What's happening now January 23, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 20, 1991
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jan 10, 1991
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 3, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 317: Desert Shield Burden-Sharing Act of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-317/
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"H.R. 317: Desert Shield Burden-Sharing Act of 1991." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-317/.
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H.R. 317, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-317/.
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