HR 3889
108th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Dispute settlement
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Import restrictions
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International agencies
Nontariff trade barriers
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Subsidies
Tariff
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations
To transfer certain functions from the United States Trade Representative to the Secretary of Commerce.
Introduced: March 3, 2004
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 3, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (text of measure as introduced: CR E289)
Mar 3, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E287-288)
Mar 3, 2004
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Transfers the functions of the United States Trade Representatives to the Secretary of Commerce with respect to: (1) identification of countries that deny adequate protection, or market access, for intellectual property rights; (2) enforcement of U.S. rights under trade agreements and response to certain foreign trade practices; and (3) the Uruguay Round Agreement Act regarding dispute settlement panels and procedures, related matters in the annual report to Congress on the World Trade Organization (WTO), access to the WTO dispute settlement process, specified actions for enforcement of U.S. rights under the Subsidies Agreement, and specified administrative actions following WTO panel reports.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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