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HRES 172 98th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Business and commerce Clothing industry Foreign Trade and Investments Import restrictions Imports

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel so that imported apparel comprise no more than 25 percent of the American apparel…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel so that imported apparel comprise no more than 25 percent of the American apparel market.

Introduced: April 21, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Apr 22, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 21, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 21, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel to no more than 25 percent of the American apparel market.

What's happening now April 22, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 18, 1983
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 18, 1983
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 13, 1983
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 12, 1983
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 12, 1983
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 172: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel so that imported apparel comprise no more than 25 percent of the American apparel market.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-172/
MLA
"H. Res. 172: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel so that imported apparel comprise no more than 25 percent of the American apparel market.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-172/.
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H. Res. 172, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-172/.
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[H. Res. 172: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel so that imported apparel comprise no more than 25 percent of the American apparel market.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-172/)
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