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HJRES 340 97th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign Trade and Investments Imports Libya Petroleum Petroleum and petroleum products

A joint resolution prohibiting the importation of petroleum and petroleum products from Libya.

Introduced: October 14, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Oct 14, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 14, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the importation of petroleum and petroleum products from Libya.

What's happening now October 19, 1981

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 4, 1981
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 4, 1981
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 340: A joint resolution prohibiting the importation of petroleum and petroleum products from Libya.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-340/
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"H.J. Res. 340: A joint resolution prohibiting the importation of petroleum and petroleum products from Libya.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-340/.
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H.J. Res. 340, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-340/.
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