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End the Trade Deficit Act

Introduced: August 1, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 1, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End the Trade Deficit Act - Establishes the Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit to develop a trade policy plan to eliminate the U.S. merchandise trade deficit and to develop a competitive trade policy for the 21st century.

Requires the Commission to report to the President and to Congress on: (1) its findings and conclusions; (2) a detailed plan for reducing both the overall trade deficit and specific bilateral trade deficits; and (3) any recommendations for administrative and legislative actions necessary for such reductions.

Prohibits the President from submitting to Congress any free trade agreement or legislation implementing one until: (1) the report has been delivered to Congress and to the President; and (2) specified congressional committees have completed a hearing on it.

What's happening now August 1, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Aug 1, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6795: End the Trade Deficit Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6795/
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"H.R. 6795: End the Trade Deficit Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6795/.
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H.R. 6795, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6795/.
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