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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1