HR 3158
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To provide that the President may not waive, with respect to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the statutory prohibitions on nondiscriminatory trade treatment, commercial agreements, and participation in programs of the United States Government which extend credits or financing guarantees and certain other forms of assistance.
Introduced: February 4, 1998
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Became law
Feb 20, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Feb 9, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 4, 1998
Referred to House International Relations
Feb 4, 1998
Referred to House Banking and Financial Services
Feb 4, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services, and International Relations, 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.
Feb 4, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 4, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the President from waiving certain requirements of the Trade Act of 1974 for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation status), the prohibitions of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 on aid to Marxist-Leninist countries, specified requirements of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for insurance, reinsurance, financing, or other services by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation with respect to Vietnam. Nullifies any previous waiver of such requirements and prohibitions.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.