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HR 317 102th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Armed forces abroad Cost of war Defense budgets Defense burdensharing Government trust funds Iraq Kuwait Military assistance Military intervention Military occupation Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia Tariff

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
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
 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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3