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SRES 119 108th Congress Senate

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that there should be parity among the countries that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to the personal exemption…

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Official title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that there should be parity among the countries that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to the personal exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 17, 2003 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance CanadaCustoms unionsFree tradeImports
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International AffairsLatin AmericaMexicoNorth AmericaReciprocityTariffTrade agreementsTrade negotiations
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (Senate)
Sep 18, 2003
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11727)
Sep 18, 2003
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S11727)
Sep 18, 2003
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11727)
Sep 18, 2003
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11727)
Apr 10, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5248-5249)
Apr 10, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 5249)
Apr 10, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 18, 2003

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11727)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Declares the sense of the Senate that the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of the Treasury should continue discussions with officials of the Governments of Canada and Mexico to achieve parity by harmonizing the duty-free personal exemption allowance structure of the three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries at or above U.S. exemption levels.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 119: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that there should be parity among the countries that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to the personal exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-SRES-119/
MLA
"S. Res. 119: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that there should be parity among the countries that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to the personal exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-SRES-119/.
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S. Res. 119, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-SRES-119/.
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[S. Res. 119: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that there should be parity among the countries that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to the personal exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-SRES-119/)
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