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HR 3599 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Foreign Trade and Investments Imports International Affairs Most favored nation principle Romania Tariff

A bill to suspend temporarily most-favored-nation treatment to Romania.

Introduced: October 22, 1985 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 4, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Oct 22, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 22, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Suspends most-favored-nation treatment for Romania for six months. Directs the President, before the end of such six months, to: (1) assess the status of civil liberties and human rights in Romania; and (2) recommend to the Congress whether to extend the suspension of nondiscriminatory treatment to Romania.

What's happening now November 4, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 21, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3599: A bill to suspend temporarily most-favored-nation treatment to Romania.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-3599/
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