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HR 1891 98th Congress House

Japanese Market Expansion Act

Official title: A bill to expand Japan's market for United States agricultural products.

Introduced: February 21, 1984 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Rural AffairsAgriculture in foreign tradeAutomobile industryAutomobiles
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BeefExportsFood and Food IndustryForeign Trade and InvestmentsForeign trade policyForeign trade promotionFruit and fruit tradeImport restrictionsImportsJapanMeatMotor Vehicles and DrivingNontariff trade barriersTariffVegetables and vegetable trade
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This bill died when the 98th Congress ended
It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 3, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 3, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 11, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Japanese Market Expansion Act - Imposes an equity fee upon passenger automobiles imported from Japan, unless the Secretary of Agriculture finds and certifies to Congress that Japan has: (1) removed all quotas on fresh, chilled, and frozen U.S. beef; (2) removed all quotas on fresh, chilled, and frozen U.S. fruits and/or fruit juices; and (3) reviewed all nontariff barriers on fresh, chilled, frozen, and preserved U.S. vegetables and has taken significant action to bring the import standards applied to such products into conformity with those applied by other nations for like products.

Requires that such fee shall be equal to ten percent of the value of the automobile. Declares that the equity fee shall continue until the Secretary certifies to Congress that Japan has removed its quotas and nontariff trade barriers.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 21, 1984
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1891: Japanese Market Expansion Act. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1891/
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"H.R. 1891: Japanese Market Expansion Act." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1891/.
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H.R. 1891, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1891/.
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