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HR 2006 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Automobile industry Congress and Members of Congress Congressional oversight Foreign Trade and Investments Import restrictions Imports Japan Motor Vehicles and Driving Motor vehicles

A bill to impose quotas on Japanese-made motor vehicles until United States producers are given equitable and fair access to Japanese markets.

Introduced: April 4, 1985 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 10, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 4, 1985
Hearings Held Prior to Introduction (Feb 28; Mar 4, 85).
Apr 4, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 4, 1985
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Limits the total number of imports of Japanese motor vehicles to 17 percent of the domestic consumption of new passenger motor vehicles during the immediately preceding calendar year.

Terminates such limitation if a law is enacted after the date of enactment of this Act that: (1) contains a statement that the Congress finds that Japan has extended equitable access to Japan's markets to specified U.S. goods and services; and (2) repeals such limitation.

What's happening now April 10, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

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