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HR 559 102th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Estonia Latvia Lithuania Most favored nation principle National self-determination U.S.S.R.

To make the independence of the Baltic Republics a condition on the granting of most-favored-nation treatment to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Introduced: January 18, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 25, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 18, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 18, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make granting independence to the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as an additional condition for the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to the Soviet Union.

What's happening now January 25, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 23, 1991
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 18, 1991
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Jan 18, 1991
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 18, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 559: To make the independence of the Baltic Republics a condition on the granting of most-favored-nation treatment to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-559/
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"H.R. 559: To make the independence of the Baltic Republics a condition on the granting of most-favored-nation treatment to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-559/.
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H.R. 559, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-559/.
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