HR 4360
99th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign Trade and Investments
Imports
Negotiations
Nontariff trade barriers
Science and technology
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Trade agreements
Treaties
Fair Access to Technology Act of 1986
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 10, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 10, 1986
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Fair Access to Technology Act of 1986 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish as U.S. negotiating objectives the reduction or elimination of barriers to, and foreign policies and practices which limit, U.S. access to foreign-developed technology. Requires the United States, in pursuing such objectives, to take into account U.S. policies in making available to foreign nationals technology developed by U.S. laboratories.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4360: Fair Access to Technology Act of 1986. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4360/
"H.R. 4360: Fair Access to Technology Act of 1986." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4360/.
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