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HR 2520 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Afghanistan Credit Credit insurance Foreign Trade and Investments Foreign loans Imports Most favored nation principle Sanctions (International law) Tariff Trade agreements Treaties

A bill to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Afghanistan.

Introduced: May 15, 1985 See on congress.gov
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May 20, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
May 15, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 15, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to add Afghanistan to the list of communist countries the imports from which are subject to the column two rate of duty. Prohibits granting nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) treatment to the products of Afghanistan.

Prohibits entering into a commercial agreement with Afghanistan pursuant to the Trade Act of 1974.

Prohibits Afghanistan from participating in any program under which the United States extends credit, credit guarantees, or investment guarantees.

What's happening now May 20, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 15, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2520: A bill to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Afghanistan.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2520/
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"H.R. 2520: A bill to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Afghanistan.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2520/.
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H.R. 2520, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2520/.
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