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HR 5917 102th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Glass and glass industry Import relief Tariff preferences

To treat all semimanufactured and manufactured glass products as import sensitive under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (relating to the Generalized System of Preferences).

Introduced: September 9, 1992 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 102nd Congress ended
It never became law before the 102nd Congress (1991–1992) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 14, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Sep 9, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 9, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to treat semimanufactured and manufactured glass products as import sensitive and as such ineligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences.

What's happening now September 14, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5917: To treat all semimanufactured and manufactured glass products as import sensitive under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (relating to the Generalized System of Preferences).. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-5917/
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"H.R. 5917: To treat all semimanufactured and manufactured glass products as import sensitive under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (relating to the Generalized System of Preferences).." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-5917/.
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H.R. 5917, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-5917/.
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