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HR 294 110th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Congress Government Operations and Politics International Affairs President and foreign policy Presidential powers Sunset legislation Trade agreements Trade negotiations

To prohibit the entry into any bilateral or regional trade agreement, and to prohibit negotiations to enter into any such agreement, for a period of 2 years.

Introduced: January 5, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 18, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 5, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 5, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the President for two years from entering into any bilateral or regional trade agreement or engaging in any negotiations to enter into such agreements. Requires the President to terminate any such negotiations that are ongoing at the time this Act is enacted.

What's happening now January 18, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 5, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 294: To prohibit the entry into any bilateral or regional trade agreement, and to prohibit negotiations to enter into any such agreement, for a period of 2 years.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-294/
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"H.R. 294: To prohibit the entry into any bilateral or regional trade agreement, and to prohibit negotiations to enter into any such agreement, for a period of 2 years.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-294/.
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H.R. 294, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-294/.
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[H.R. 294: To prohibit the entry into any bilateral or regional trade agreement, and to prohibit negotiations to enter into any such agreement, for a period of 2 years.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-294/)
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