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
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1