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 components and nuclear weapon design information.
Introduced: April 21, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1