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Providing that any agreement relating trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards.

Introduced: November 10, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Urges the compliance of any trade and investment agreement that is negotiated by the executive branch with other foreign countries with certain minimum standards regarding: (1) investor and investment policy; (2) specified services; (3) policies to support American workers and small, minority, and women-owned businesses; (4) environmental, labor, and other public interests; (5) U.S. trade laws; (6) food safety; (7) agriculture and food security; (8) transparency; (9) governmental authority; (10) access to medicines and seeds; and (11) special treatment for developing countries.

What's happening now November 10, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 10, 2005
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 10, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 295: Providing that any agreement relating trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-295/
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"H. Con. Res. 295: Providing that any agreement relating trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-295/.
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H. Con. Res. 295, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-295/.
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[H. Con. Res. 295: Providing that any agreement relating trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-295/)
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