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HR 3622 104th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Congress Free trade House rules and procedure Import restrictions Legislation Legislative resolutions Most favored nation principle Senate rules and procedure Tariff Tariff preferences

Standard Trade Relations Act

Introduced: June 12, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Jun 12, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 12, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Standard Trade Relations Act - Declares that any duty or other import restriction or duty-free treatment proclaimed in any trade agreement shall apply to products of all countries, whether imported directly or indirectly.

Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the Trade Act of 1974 to replace the terms "most-favored-nation" and "reciprocal nondiscriminatory treatment" with the terms "standard trade relations" and "standard trade relations principle," respectively.

What's happening now June 12, 1996

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jun 12, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3622: Standard Trade Relations Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3622/
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"H.R. 3622: Standard Trade Relations Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3622/.
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H.R. 3622, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3622/.
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