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HR 1797 103th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Arms control Arms sales Developing countries Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons Tariff preferences

To prohibit the designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preference any country that engages in certain actions regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon…

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To prohibit the designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preference any country that engages in certain actions regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components and nuclear weapon design information.

Introduced: April 21, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 21, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 21, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E994)
Apr 21, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit the designation of a country as a beneficiary developing country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences if: (1) it transfers to a non-nuclear-weapon state certain nuclear devices and information for use in the development of a nuclear device; or (2) (as a non-nuclear-weapon state itself) it receives or explodes a nuclear device, or seeks nuclear weapons information for use in the development of a nuclear device. Makes intent by the state in question to develop a nuclear explosive device an essential element in any determination to apply such prohibition.

What's happening now April 30, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 5, 1993
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1797: To prohibit the designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preference any country that engages in certain actions regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components and nuclear weapon design information.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1797/
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"H.R. 1797: To prohibit the designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preference any country that engages in certain actions regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components and nuclear weapon design information.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1797/.
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H.R. 1797, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1797/.
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[H.R. 1797: To prohibit the designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preference any country that engages in certain actions regarding nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components and nuclear weapon design information.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1797/)
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