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HR 1654 105th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance American investments Foreign investments Nontariff trade barriers Reciprocity

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.

Introduced: May 16, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 16, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to, in addition to any other action considered appropriate and feasible, impose upon a country and its nationals conditions, limitations, and prohibitions on investment in the United States that are similar to those implemented by the country with respect to U.S. investment in such country.

What's happening now May 20, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 16, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1654: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1654/
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"H.R. 1654: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1654/.
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H.R. 1654, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1654/.
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[H.R. 1654: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to United States investment.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1654/)
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