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S 925 99th Congress Senate 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: April 17, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 1985
Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.
Apr 19, 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.
Apr 17, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 17, 1985
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 July 23, 1985

Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.

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  • HR 2520 Identical bill A bill to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Afghanistan.
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 17, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 925: A bill to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Afghanistan.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-925/
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