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S 1871 99th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Armed Forces and National Security Foreign Trade and Investments Import restrictions Imports Presidential powers Presidents and Vice Presidents

National Security and Trade Act of 1985

Introduced: November 20, 1985 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 1986
Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
Nov 25, 1985
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Defense Department.
Nov 20, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 20, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Security and Trade Act of 1985 - Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require the President to implement the recommendations contained in a certain report by the Secretary of Commerce with respect to imports that threaten national security if the President has made no determination and taken no action on such report within 90 days of receiving it.

Requires the President and the Secretary to consider, in determining whether imports threaten national security, the impact on national security of: (1) not only short-term supply disruptions of articles needed for national security but also long-term U.S. dependence on imports of such articles; and (2) the loss of a viable domestic industry producing articles needed for national security.

Requires the President to issue a proclamation on the date of enactment of this Act that implements the recommendations of the Secretary in such report if: (1) the President did not by November 30, 1985, make a specified determination with respect to such report that was received before the date of enactment of this Act.

What's happening now August 13, 1986

Committee on Finance. Hearings held.

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