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HR 4068 115th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Tariffs Trade restrictions

Competitive Need Limitations Modernization Act of 2017

Introduced: October 12, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 12, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Competitive Need Limitations Modernization Act of 2017

This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the competitive need limitation review process by: (1) modifying the deadline for the review process, and (2) establishing the relevant domestic production time frame for such review as within the preceding three years (currently on January 1, 1995). (The competitive need limitation terminates duty-free treatment with respect to articles from a beneficiary developing country if certain import limits are exceeded.)

What's happening now October 12, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2036 Identical bill Competitive Need Limitations Modernization Act of 2017
  • HR 4979 Related bill To extend the Generalized System of Preferences and to make technical changes to the competitive need limitations provi…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 2 Democratic 2
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Dec 19, 2017
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Oct 12, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4068: Competitive Need Limitations Modernization Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4068/
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"H.R. 4068: Competitive Need Limitations Modernization Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4068/.
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