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HR 2248 104th Congress House International Affairs Canada Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Customs unions Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Foreign Trade and International Finance Free ports and zones Free trade International agencies International cooperation Latin America Mexico Most favored nation principle Narcotic traffic North America

To authorize the imposition of trade sanctions on countries which threaten the health and safety of United States citizens by failing to cooperate fully with United States policy regarding the reduction and interdiction of illicit drugs.

Introduced: August 4, 1995 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 8, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Aug 4, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 4, 1995
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the United States Trade Representative, with respect to each foreign country identified in a certain annual report by the President to the Congress as a source of narcotic drugs affecting the United States, and not certified as having cooperated with the United States in preventing such narcotic traffic, to assess, and report to specified congressional committees on, whether or not the imposition of trade sanctions on such country is appropriate while taking into account certain factors.

Authorizes the President to impose certain trade sanctions against any country that is not certified as having cooperated with the United States in preventing the flow of illegal narcotics from it. Requires the President to invoke all applicable defenses, including exceptions for measures necessary to protect human, animal, or plant life or health, if proceedings are initiated by a country against the United States in the World Trade Organization or under the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to such trade sanctions.

What's happening now August 8, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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