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A bill to grant the President authority to proclaim the elimination or staged rate reduction of duties on certain environmental goods.

Introduced: September 29, 1999 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 29, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 29, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11644-11645)
Sep 29, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Authorizes the President to eliminate, or provide staged rate reductions on, any duties imposed on certain environmental products, provided: (1) the President determines that any existing duty or other import restriction of any country or the United States is unduly burdening or restricting U.S. trade with respect to such products; and (2) the United States enters into an agreement to eliminate or reduce such duty or remove such burden or restriction with respect to such product as part of a multilateral negotiation under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Requires that certain conditions be met before the President can take such action.
What's happening now September 29, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1662: A bill to grant the President authority to proclaim the elimination or staged rate reduction of duties on certain environmental goods.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1662/
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"S. 1662: A bill to grant the President authority to proclaim the elimination or staged rate reduction of duties on certain environmental goods.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1662/.
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S. 1662, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1662/.
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