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H. Con. Res. 217 106th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing foreign city, should serve as the permanent location for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing foreign city, should serve as the permanent location for the Secretariat of the F… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing foreign city, should serve as the permanent location for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) beginning in 2005.

Introduced: November 1, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Nov 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Nov 1, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 1, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 8, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should direct the U.S. representative to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations to use all available means to secure Miami, Florida, as the permanent site of the FTAA Secretariat after February 28, 2005.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • SCONRES 71 Identical bill A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing foreign city, should …
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 217: Expressing the sense of the Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing foreign city, should serve as the permanent location for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) beginning in 2005.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-217/
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"H. Con. Res. 217: Expressing the sense of the Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing foreign city, should serve as the permanent location for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) beginning in 2005.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-217/.
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H. Con. Res. 217, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-217/.
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[H. Con. Res. 217: Expressing the sense of the Congress that Miami, Florida, and not a competing foreign city, should serve as the permanent location for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) beginning in 2005.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-217/)
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