HRES 331
102th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Aerospace industries
Agriculture in foreign trade
Automobile industry
Automobile parts industry
Buy American
Insurance companies
Japan
Job security
Nontariff trade barriers
Restrictive trade practices
Semiconductor industry
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the opening of Japanese markets, and for other purposes.
Introduced: January 28, 1992
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 28, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 28, 1992
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) any verbal commitments by Japan to reduce its trade barriers to U.S. products or services should be reduced to a binding agreement; (2) the President should initiate negotiations with Japan to reduce such barriers, with the goal of protecting U.S. jobs; (3) in addition to the Structural Impediment Initiative talks, the President should pursue negotiations with respect to auto parts, automobiles, semiconductors, insurance, agriculture, aerospace, and other areas in which he considers Japan maintains a market barrier; and (4) U.S. citizens should purchase more U.S. goods and services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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