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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Labor should take steps to assist in increasing the competitiveness of the United…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Labor should take steps to assist in increasing the competitiveness of the United States electronic inter-connections industry.

Introduced: September 25, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Agreed to (House)
Oct 15, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Oct 4, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Oct 1, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development.
Sep 25, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, National Security, and Economic and Educational Opportunities, 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.
Sep 25, 1996
Introduced in House
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Calls for: (1) the Department of the Treasury, in order to assist in ensuring the financial soundness of the U.S. electronic interconnections industry, to develop an accelerated depreciation schedule to accurately reflect the depreciation of equipment used by the industry; (2) the Department of Defense to develop a dual-use technology program with the industry to upgrade the industry's technological capabilities; (3) the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce to develop a joint industry-Government program to expand the export of goods and services of such industry; (4) the Department of Labor to develop a joint program with the industry to upgrade the training and skill levels of industry workers; and (5) the Secretaries of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Labor to report to the Congress on any actions taken within their jurisdictions to increase industry competitiveness.

What's happening now October 15, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 27, 1996
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 27, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 537: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Labor should take steps to assist in increasing the competitiveness of the United States electronic inter-connections industry.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-537/
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"H. Res. 537: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Labor should take steps to assist in increasing the competitiveness of the United States electronic inter-connections industry.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-537/.
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H. Res. 537, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-537/.
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