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HR 2871 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Business and commerce Economics and Public Finance Foreign Trade and Investments Government trust funds Imports Machinery Research Tariff Textile industry and fabrics

A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that revenues from tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery shall be segregated from the general revenues and allocated to a textile machinery…

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A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that revenues from tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery shall be segregated from the general revenues and allocated to a textile machinery fund, the purpose of which will be to support research for the modernization of the American textile machinery industry.

Introduced: June 26, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 2, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Jun 26, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 26, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that tariffs levied on the imports of textile machinery shall be allocated to a Textile Machinery Modernization Fund to finance research projects for the modernization of the U.S. textile machinery industry.

What's happening now July 2, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 31, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2871: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that revenues from tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery shall be segregated from the general revenues and allocated to a textile machinery fund, the purpose of which will be to support research for the modernization of the American textile machinery industry.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2871/
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"H.R. 2871: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that revenues from tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery shall be segregated from the general revenues and allocated to a textile machinery fund, the purpose of which will be to support research for the modernization of the American textile machinery industry.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2871/.
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H.R. 2871, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2871/.
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[H.R. 2871: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that revenues from tariffs levied on imports of textile machinery shall be segregated from the general revenues and allocated to a textile machinery fund, the purpose of which will be to support research for the modernization of the American textile machinery industry.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2871/)
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