HR 3020 104th Congress House

Puerto Rico Fair Trade Act of 1996

Official title: To exclude voyages to or from Puerto Rico from laws applicable to coastwise trade.

Introduced: March 6, 1996 See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Coastwise shippingPuerto RicoTerritories (U.S.)Transportation and Public Works

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 18, 1996

Executive Comment Requested from DOD, Fed Maritime Comm.

Mar 6, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on National Security.

Mar 6, 1996

Introduced in House

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Latest action March 18, 1996

Executive Comment Requested from DOD, Fed Maritime Comm.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Puerto Rico Fair Trade Act of 1996 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to exclude Puerto Rico from the U.S. coastwise laws.

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 1

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · Mar 6, 1996

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3020: Puerto Rico Fair Trade Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3020/

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"H.R. 3020: Puerto Rico Fair Trade Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3020/.

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H.R. 3020, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3020/.

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