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HRES 161 102th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Environmental Protection International environmental cooperation Mexico Nontariff trade barriers Standards Trade negotiations

Relating to unfair practices in international trade resulting from differing national environmental policies, standards, and controls.

Introduced: May 23, 1991 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 1991
See H.Res.146.
Jun 5, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 23, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 23, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) it should be U.S. policy to seek in trade negotiations the adoption and enforcement of equivalent environmental standards among the trading nations of the world; (2) until such policy is implemented, the President should seek, through the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, and as part of the next round of trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or any trade negotiations with Mexico, agreement on mechanisms under which the United States and its trading partners can eliminate or reduce competitive disadvantages resulting from the differing national environmental standards; and (3) any agreement regarding such international environmental standards would not impair the implementation of the Clean Air Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or other U.S. environmental protection law.

What's happening now July 11, 1991

See H.Res.146.

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