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103-s-2467,103,s,2467,Uruguay Round Agreements Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-09-27,1994-11-22,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 723.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,2,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Approval of, and General Provisions Relating to, the Uruguay           Round Agreements           Subtitle A:  Approval of Agreements and Related Provisions           Subtitle B:  Tariff Modifications           Subtitle C:  Uruguay Round Implementation and Dispute Settlement           Subtitle D:  Related Provisions      Title II:  Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Provisions           Subtitle A:  General Provisions           Subtitle B:  Subsidies Provisions           Subtitle C:  Effective Date      Title III:  Additional Implementation of Agreements           Subtitle A:  Safeguards           Subtitle B:  Foreign Trade Barriers and Unfair Trade Practices           Subtitle C:  Unfair Practices in Import Trade           Subtitle D:  Textiles           Subtitle E:  Government Procurement           Subtitle F:  Technical Barriers to Trade      Title IV:  Agriculture-Related Provisions           Subtitle A:  Agriculture           Subtitle B:  Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures           Subtitle C:  Standards           Subtitle D:  General Effective Date      Title V:  Intellectual Property           Subtitle A:  Copyright Provisions           Subtitle B:  Trademark Provisions           Subtitle C: Patent Provisions      Title VI:  Related Provisions           Subtitle A:  Expiring Provisions           Subtitle B:  Certain Customs Provisions           Subtitle C:  Conforming Amendments      Title VII:  Revenue Provisions           Subtitle A:  Withholding Tax Provisions           Subtitle B:  Provisions Relating to Estimated Taxes and Payments                and Deposits of Taxes           Subtitle C:  Earned Income Tax Credit           Subtitle D:  Provisions Relating to Retirement Benefits           Subtitle E:  Other Provisions           Subtitle F:  Pension Plan Funding and Premiums      Title VIII:  Pioneer Preferences Uruguay Round Agreements Act - Title I:  Approval of, and General Provisions Relating to, the Uruguay Round Agreements - Subtitle A: Approval of Agreements and Related Provisions - Declares that the Congress approves:  (1) the Uruguay Round Agreements entered into on April 15, 1994, pursuant to the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); and (2) a statement of administrative action proposed to implement such agreements that was submitted to the Congress on September 27, 1994. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 102) Prohibits any provision of the Uruguay Round Agreements that is inconsistent with any U.S. law from having any effect.  Sets forth provisions governing the Agreements and their effect on State laws and private remedies. Subtitle B:  Tariff Modifications - Grants the President, in addition to his other powers to enter into trade agreements regarding trade barriers, the authority to proclaim other modifications of any duty, staged rate reduction, or additional duties as may be necessary to carry out Schedule XX (United States annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to GATT). (Sec. 112) Amends the Customs and Trade Act of 1990 to declare that the duty on foreign repairs made to U.S.-flag vessels shall not apply to the cost of equipment or spare parts for repairs made to certain U.S.-flag LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) barges or cargo vessels that enter the United States on or after the date the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement enters into force. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that such duty shall not apply to the cost of spare parts necessarily installed on such vessels before they first enter the United States, but only if a duty is paid under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States upon first entry into the United States on each spare part purchased in, or imported from, a foreign country. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to liquidate or reliquidate and refund any duties that were paid on:  (1) certain agglomerated stone tiles entered into the United States on or after January 1, 1989, and before October 1, 1990; and (2) clomiphene citrate entered into the United States after December 31, 1988, and before January 1, 1993. (Sec. 114) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to:  (1) unimproved wool and other wool not finer than 46s; (2) octadecyl isocyanate; and (3) 5-chloro-2-(2,4- dichlorophenoxy)phenol. (Sec. 115) Sets forth consultation and layover requirements for actions proclaimed by the President. Subtitle C:  Uruguay Round Implementation and Dispute Settlement - Sets forth provisions governing:  (1) implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements; (2) WTO dispute settlement panels; (3) review of WTO operations; (4) increased transparency of the costs and benefits of trade policy actions; and (5) access to the WTO dispute settlement process. (Sec. 128) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the composition of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations to include representatives from nongovernmental environmental and conservation organizations. Subtitle D:  Related Provisions - Directs the President to seek the establishment in the GATT 1947 (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated October 30, 1947) and in the WTO of a working party to examine internationally recognized worker rights as they relate to the articles, objectives, and related instruments of such agreement and organization. (Sec. 133) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) should oppose the admission for membership into the WTO of any country that supports the boycotting of another country. (Sec. 134) Urges the President to develop a comprehensive trade and development policy for African countries. (Sec. 135) Declares that the principal U.S. negotiating objective in the extended negotiations on financial services to be conducted under the auspices of the WTO is to seek to secure commitments from developed and developing countries to reduce or eliminate barriers to the supply of financial services as the condition for the United States:  (1) offering commitments to provide national treatment and market access in each of the financial services subsectors; and (2) making such commitments on a most-favored-nation basis. Declares that the principal U.S. negotiating objective in the extended negotiations on basic telecommunications services is to obtain the opening on a nondiscriminatory basis of foreign markets for basic telecommunications services through facilities-based competition or through the resale of services on existing networks. Declares the principal U.S. negotiating objectives in the extended negotiations on trade in civil aircraft are, among other things, to obtain:  (1) competitive opportunities for U.S. exports in foreign markets equivalent to those afforded to foreign products in the United States; (2) the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers, including through expanded membership in the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft and in the US-EC bilateral agreement for large civil aircraft; and (3) increased transparency with respect to foreign subsidy programs in the civil aircraft sector, maintaining vigorous and effective disciplines on subsidies practices under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (Subsidies Agreement). (Sec. 136) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax on imported perfumes that contain distilled spirits.  Grants a drawback (refund) of tax paid on distilled spirits used in the manufacture of imported perfumes. (Sec. 137) Requires unliquidated imported nonrubber footwear from Brazil which is subject to Treasury Decision 74-233, dated September 9, 1974, and which was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or before October 28, 1981, to be assessed countervailing duties at rates equal to the amount of the cash deposit of the estimated countervailing duties required on such footwear at the time of entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption. Title II:  Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Provisions - Subtitle A:  General Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority, upon receipt of a petition filed requesting a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding, to: (1) notify the exporting country named in the petition by delivering a public version of the petition; and (2) with respect to a countervailing duty proceeding, provide any exporting country named in the petition that is a Subsidies Agreement country an opportunity for consultations. (Sec. 212) Revises provisions regarding countervailing duty and antidumping duty petition determinations with respect to:  (1) whether the petition has been filed by or on behalf of an industry; (2) extension of time for filing a petition; (3) polling to determine industry support; (4) comments by interested parties; and (5) termination of a petition where imports of the subject merchandise have been determined negligible. Reduces from 85 days to 65 days after a countervailing duty investigation is initiated the deadline by which the administering authority must determine, based on available information, whether a subsidy is being provided with respect to merchandise which is the subject of such investigation. Reduces the time period on other countervailing duty and antidumping duty determinations. (Sec. 213) Requires the administering authority, whenever making a preliminary or final antidumping duty determination with respect to imported merchandise, to disregard any weighted average dumping margin that is de minimis (less than two percent ad valorem or the equivalent specific rate for such merchandise). (Sec. 214) Requires the International Trade Commission (ITC), whenever there is an affirmative countervailing or antidumping duty finding, to include in its final determination a finding as to whether the subject imports are likely to seriously undermine the remedial affect of the countervailing or antidumping duty order.  Revises provisions regarding critical circumstances determinations in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings to require the administering authority to base its determinations on:  (1) available information; and (2) in antidumping duty cases, whether there is a history of dumping and material injury by reason of dumped imports in the United States and elsewhere of the subject merchandise. (Sec. 216) Requires the administering authority with respect to countervailing and antidumping duty cases to provide exporters who would have been subject to agreements to eliminate the injurious effect of, or subsidies provided on, their exports, the reasons for not accepting such agreements and an opportunity for them to submit comments. (Sec. 217) Authorizes the administering authority and the ITC to use records compiled in a previously filed and withdrawn countervailing or antidumping duty petition in any subsequent investigation initiated pursuant to any new petitions filed within three months after such withdrawal. (Sec. 218) Sets forth special rules for:  (1) countervailing and antidumping duty investigations with respect to agreements to eliminate the injurious effect of, or subsidies provided on, exports that are sold in a regional industry (domestic producers within a region who are treated as a separate industry); and (2) assessment of countervailing or antidumping duties on specific exporters in affirmative regional industry determinations. (Sec. 219) Requires the administering authority, whenever an affirmative antidumping determination is made, to make a preliminary and final determination of:  (1) the estimated weighted average dumping margin for each exporter individually investigated; and (2) the estimated all-others rate for all exporters not individually investigated.  Requires the administering authority to order the posting of bond for the subject merchandise based on the estimates above. (Sec. 220) Sets forth provisions with respect to:  (1) the periodic review of countervailing or antidumping duty orders or notice of suspension of a countervailing or antidumping duty investigation; (2) determinations of antidumping or countervailing duties; (3) revocation of countervailing or antidumping duty orders; (4) termination of suspended countervailing or antidumping duty investigations; (5) administering authority determinations of whether revocation of an order, or termination of a suspended investigation, would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry, or a countervailable subsidy, or of dumping; (6) revised factors to be considered in threat of injury determinations; (7) negligible imports; (8) cumulation for determining material injury and threat of material injury to an industry; (9) consideration of post-petition information in countervailing or antidumping duty investigations; (10) determination of the normal value of subject merchandise; (11) opportunity for industrial users and consumers of subject merchandise to comment; (12) publication of countervailing or antidumping duty determinations; (13) conduct of countervailing or antidumping duty investigations and the administrative review of such investigations; and (14) antidumping duty petitions by WTO member countries. Subtitle B:  Subsidies Provisions - Part 1:  Countervailable Subsidies - Defines the term ""countervailable subsidy"" as a financial contribution, any form of income or price support, or any direct or indirect payment by the government of a country or any public entity within a country's territory to a person or a funding mechanism to provide a financial contribution to a person, thereby conferring a benefit. Part 2:  Repeal of Section 303 and Conforming Amendments - Repeals a provision of the Tariff Act of 1930 concerning countervailing duties. (Sec. 262) Authorizes the imposition of a countervailing duty (equal to the amount of the net countervailable subsidy) on subject imported merchandise if:  (1) the administering authority determines that a foreign country provides a countervailable subsidy with respect to such merchandise; and (2) in the case of merchandise imported from a Subsidies Agreement country, the ITC determines that a U.S. industry is materially injured or is threatened with material injury, or the establishment of a U.S. industry is materially retarded by reasons of such imported merchandise. (Sec. 263) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) de minimis countervailable subsidies; (2) determination of countervailable, all-others, and country-wide subsidy rates; and (3) the definition of ""developing and least-developed countries"". Part 3:  Section 303 Injury Investigations - Requires the ITC, upon a request from an interested party for an injury investigation with respect to a countervailing duty order which applies to merchandise that is a product of a Subsidies Agreement country, to initiate an investigation to determine whether a U.S. industry is likely to be materially injured by such merchandise if such order is revoked. Part 4:  Enforcement of United States Rights Under the Subsidies Agreement - Requires the administering authority to provide information to the public upon request, and, to the extent feasible, assistance and advice to interested parties concerning remedies and procedures under the Subsidies Agreement.  Requires the administering authority to notify the USTR with respect to its determination that a class or kind of merchandise is benefiting from a subsidy prohibited under the Agreement.  Sets forth provisions requiring the withdrawal of such subsidy or the imposition of countermeasures. Subtitle C:  Effective Date  - Sets forth effective dates. Title III:  Additional Implementation of Agreements - Subtitle A: Safeguards - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 regarding:  (1) confidentiality of business information furnished to the ITC with respect to petitions requesting import relief from injury caused by import competition; (2) disclosure of such information under protective order; (3) time limits with respect to ITC import injury determinations in critical circumstances cases and import relief provided by the President; (4) productivity as a factor in ITC import relief determinations; and (5) limits with respect to the duration of import relief actions. Subtitle B:  Foreign Trade Barriers and Unfair Trade Practices - Requires a certain USTR report on foreign trade barriers to include a section on foreign anticompetitive practices that adversely affect the export of U.S. goods or services. (Sec. 313) Requires the USTR to take into account the history of intellectual property practices of a foreign country and the history of U.S.  efforts to achieve adequate intellectual property protection in identifying priority foreign countries. (Sec. 314) Revises the definition of an unreasonable foreign act, policy, or practice to include the denial of nondiscriminatory market access opportunities for U.S. persons that rely upon intellectual property protection. Requires the USTR to include in a certain report identifying U.S. trade liberalization priorities a review of U.S. trade expansion priorities.  Revises factors to be included in such report. Requires the USTR to negotiate an agreement with foreign priority countries that eliminates the unreasonable trade practice or, if elimination is not feasible, that provides compensatory benefits.  Sets forth U.S.  objectives with respect to the protection of intellectual property rights. Subtitle C:  Unfair Practices in Import Trade - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to set forth provisions with respect to:  (1) the conclusion of ITC unfair trade practices determinations; (2) entry under bond of merchandise suspected of being manufactured as a result of an unfair trade practice; (3) cease and desist orders with respect to such merchandise; (4) access to confidential information submitted to the ITC in its investigation; (5) stays of actions pending before the ITC; and (6) jurisdiction of counterclaims filed in unfair trade practices cases. Subtitle D:  Textiles - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to publish in the Federal Register a list of products to be integrated as set out in the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. (Sec. 333) Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of manufacturers or exporters located outside the United States who fraudulently imported textile or apparel merchandise into the United States in violation of U.S. customs laws. Requires the President to publish a list of countries who have transshipped textile or apparel products or have engaged in activities designed to evade U.S. quotas on such products. (Sec. 334) Requires the Secretary to prescribe rules implementing specified principles for determining the origin of textiles and apparel products. Subtitle E:  Government Procurement - Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to extend from one year to 18 months following the initiation of dispute settlement procedures with respect to the Agreement on Government Procurement the period of time during which the President shall not take action to limit Government procurement for a participant if specified conditions are met.  Extends the time period of dispute resolution procedures before certain sanctions are imposed on a signatory country for not complying with such procedures. (Sec. 342) Repeals the mandate for a study of the economic effects of the waiver of Buy American requirements in the procurement of products in labor surplus areas prior to certain trade renegotiations. (Sec. 343) Revises such Act with respect to reciprocal competitive procurement practices and the authority to bar the procurement of U.S. products from non-designated countries. Subtitle F:  Technical Barriers to Trade - Declares that nothing under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 regarding customs duties and technical barriers to trade may be construed to:  (1) prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in standards-related activities, including activities related to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment, or consumers; or (2) limit a Federal agency's authority to determine the level of safety it considers appropriate in such areas. Title IV:  Agriculture-Related Provisions - Subtitle A: Agriculture - Part 1:  Market Access - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to prohibit any quantitative limitation or fee from being imposed under such Act with respect to any product of a WTO member. (Sec. 402) Repeals specified sections of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 regarding import restrictions on cheese and chocolate crumbs. Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to eliminate provisions authorizing the President to prohibit the entry of quota cheese. (Sec. 403) Repeals the Meat Import Act of 1979. (Sec. 404) Requires the President, in implementing the tariff-rate quotas set out in Schedule XX, to take necessary action to ensure that agricultural imports do not disrupt the orderly marketing of commodities in the United States.  Sets forth provisions with respect to the application of tariff-rate quotas to imported agricultural products. (Sec. 405) Requires the President to publish in the Federal Register:  (1) a list of special safeguard agricultural goods; and (2) a trigger level and price for such goods.  Requires a duty to be imposed on such imports of such goods. Part II:  Exports - Export Enhancement Program Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to carry out an export enhancement program to encourage the commercial sale of U.S. agricultural commodities in world markets at competitive prices.  Extends funding levels for such program through FY 2001. (Sec. 411) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the authority of the dairy export incentive program through FY 2001. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell dairy products for export consistent with U.S. obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreements, if their sale will not interfere with the usual marketings of the United States nor disrupt world prices of agricultural commodities and patterns of commercial trade. Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) the President should consult other donor nations to consider appropriate levels of food aid commitments to meet the legitimate needs of developing countries; and (2) the United States should increase its contribution of bone fide food assistance to developing countries consistent with the Agreement on Agriculture. Part III:  Other Provisions - Increases the maximum tariff rate the President may impose on imported tobacco. (Sec. 422) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require producers, purchasers, and exporters of 1994 through 1998 price supported crops of tobacco to remit to the CCC a certain nonrefundable marketing assessment. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide a drawback (refund) on any tobacco that is subject to the over-quota rate of duty established under a tariff-rate quota. (Sec. 423) Authorizes the President to proclaim a reduction or elimination of any duty with respect to cigar binder and filler tobacco, wrapper tobacco, or oriental tobacco. (Sec. 424) Requires the President to report to the Congress on the extent to which Canada is complying with the Uruguay Round Agreements with respect to dairy and poultry products and with its related obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (Sec. 425) Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the effects of the Uruguay Round Agreements on the Federal milk marketing order system. (Sec. 426) Requires the CCC to use certain funds for export promotion.  foreign market development, export credit financing, and promotion of the development, commercialization, and marketing of products resulting from alternative uses of agricultural commodities. Subtitle B:  Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to require the standards information center of the Department of Commerce, among other things, to make available to the public documents and information regarding:  (1) general application of sanitary or phytosanitary measures by Federal and State agencies; and (2) participation of Federal and State governments and nongovernmental bodies in international and regional standardizing bodies and conformity assessment systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding standards-related measures. (Sec. 431) Amends Federal law to exclude Mexico from certain requirements requiring pest inspection of Mexican railroad cars that enter the United States. Amends the Federal Plant Pest Act and the Plant Quarantine Act to repeal the current requirement of permits for the importation or interstate movement of plant pests and nursery stock.  Allows such importation or movement (in the mails or otherwise) only in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent the dissemination into the United States, or interstate, of such pests, plant diseases, or insect pests. Amends the Honeybee Act to repeal the statutory prohibition but authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the importation of honeybees and honeybee semen into or through the United States in order to prevent the spread of diseases and parasites harmful to honeybees, the introduction of genetically undesirable honeybee germ plasm, or the introduction and spread of undesirable honeybee species or subspecies and honeybee semen. Amends the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 to revise the prohibition on the importation or interstate movement of noxious weeds. Amends Federal law to repeal the statutory prohibition but authorize the Secretary of Agriculture by regulation to prohibit or restrict the importation of cattle, sheep, or other ruminants, or swine that are diseased or infected with any disease, or that have been exposed to an infection, into or through the United States in order to prevent the dissemination of disease into the United States. Changes from mandatory to discretionary the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to:  (1) cause the inspection of imported animals for contagious diseases or infection; and (2) establish an international animal quarantine station. Revises the Federal Meat Inspection Act with respect to a certification by the Secretary of Agriculture that foreign plants that export meat carcasses or meat products have complied with inspection requirements. (Sec. 432) Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to require the President to designate an agency to be responsible for informing the public of the sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting activities of each international standard-setting organization.  Prohibits an agency from making a determination that a foreign sanitary or phytosanitary measure is equivalent to a U.S.  sanitary or phytosanitary measure unless it determines that such foreign measure provides at least the same level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection as the U.S. measure. Subtitle C:  Standards - Amends the Federal Seed Act to repeal certain seed staining requirements. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, with the reasons for it, any determination that foreign seed of alfalfa or red clover is not adapted for general agricultural use in the United States. Subtitle D:  General Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this title. Title V:  Intellectual Property - Subtitle A:  Copyright Provisions - Amends the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990 to repeal the termination date of a prohibition on unauthorized commercial rental or leasing of computer programs. (Sec. 512) Amends Federal copyright law to apply existing remedies for copyright infringement where a person, without the consent of a performer:  (1) fixes the sound or images of a live musical performance in a copy or phonorecord or reproduces phonorecords or copies of such a performance from an unauthorized fixation; (2) communicates to the public the sounds or images of such a performance; or (3) distributes, sells, rents, or traffics (or offers to engage in such activities) any copy or phonorecord fixed without such consent. (Sec. 513) Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for activities described in Section 512 that are pursued for commercial advantage or private financial gain. (Sec. 514) Replaces provisions regarding copyright in certain motion pictures with those concerning copyright in restored works. Declares that copyright subsists in restored works and vests automatically on the date of restoration.  Provides that any work in which copyright is restored shall subsist for the remainder of the term of copyright that the work would have otherwise been granted in the United States if the work never entered the public domain in the United States. Provides that any work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof is not a restored work.  Declares that a restored work vests initially in the author or initial rightholder of the work as determined by the law of the source country of the work. Authorizes any person owning copyright or an exclusive right in a restored work to file a notice of intent with the Copyright Office to enforce that copyright or right against reliance parties or serve such notice directly. Defines a ""reliance party"" as any person who:  (1) engages in acts, before the source country becomes an eligible country (a country that is a World Trade Organization (WTO) member country, adheres to the Bern Convention, or is subject to a presidential proclamation of protection), which would have violated exclusive rights in copyrighted works if the restored work had been subject to copyright protection and continues to engage in such acts after the source country becomes an eligible country; (2) makes or acquires copies or phonorecords of the work before the source country becomes an eligible country; or (3) as the result of the sale or other disposition of a derivative work or significant assets of a person described in (1) or (2), is a successor, assignee, or licensee of such a person. Sets forth remedies for infringement of copyrights in restored works. Permits the President, whenever a foreign nation extends to U.S. authors restored copyright protection on substantially the same basis as provided under this Act, to extend restored protection by proclamation to any work:  (1) of which one or more of the authors is a national, domiciliary, or sovereign authority of such nation; or (2) which was first published in such nation. Subtitle B:  Trademark Provisions - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to consider nonuse of a mark for three (currently, two) consecutive years to be prima facie evidence of abandonment. (Sec. 522) Makes trademarks regarding geographic indications, when first used in connection with wines or spirits one year after the WTO Agreement's enactment date, nonregistrable if the geographic indication is a place other than the origin of the goods. Subtitle C:  Patent Provisions - Amends Federal patent law to extend U.S.  intellectual property protections to inventions that are made in other countries by persons who are domiciled in a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) country or WTO member country and who are serving in any other country in connection with operations by or on behalf of the United States, a NAFTA country, or a WTO member country. (Sec. 532) Revises Federal patent law to establish a 20-year patent term from the date of filing.  Provides that, if the issuance of an original patent is delayed because of a proceeding regarding situations where a patent application would interfere with a pending application or with an unexpired patent, the term of the patent shall be extended for the period of delay up to five years.  Provides the same extension for delays due to appellate review by the Board of Patent Appeals or a Federal court. Requires the term of a patent that is in force or results from an application filed within six months after this Act's enactment date to be the greater of the 20-year term or 17 years from grant, subject to any terminal disclaimers. Sets forth provisions with respect to the filing of a provisional application for a patent.  Specifies that a provisional application shall not be entitled to the right of priority of any other application or the benefit of an earlier filing date in the United States. Directs the Commissioner of the Patent and Trademark Office to charge a $150 filing fee on each provisional application for an original patent. (Sec. 533) Deems offering to sell or import a patented invention into the United States to be patent infringement. Title VI:  Related Provisions - Subtitle A:  Expiring Provisions - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend, through July 31, 1995, duty-free treatment of the products of beneficiary developing countries under the Generalized System of Preferences. (Sec. 601) Requires certain articles that enter the United States after September 30, 1994, and before the enactment of this Act, to be liquidated or reliquidated as free of duty and a refund to be paid with respect to such entries. (Sec. 602) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through January 1, 2007, the requirement that the Secretaries of Commerce and of the Interior:  (1) verify the wages paid by each producer to permanent residents of the U.S. insular possessions during the preceding year; and (2) issue to each producer a production incentive certificate for the applicable amount. Extends the authority of the production incentive certificate, number PIC-EV-89. Subtitle B:  Certain Customs Provisions - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to revise provisions concerning the reimbursement of certain customs user fees. (Sec. 612) Increases the customs user fees for certain imported merchandise. Subtitle C:  Conforming Amendments - Amends Federal trade laws to make conforming amendments. Title VII:  Revenue Provisions - Subtitle A:  Withholding Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to require tax withholding on payments made to a member of an Indian tribe from profits from gaming activity. (Sec. 702) Provides for voluntary withholding on specified Federal payments and on unemployment compensation. Subtitle B:  Provisions Relating to Estimated Taxes and Payments and Deposits of Taxes - Requires amounts included in gross income for foreign shareholders and controlled foreign corporations to be taken into account in computing annualized income installments. (Sec. 712) Specifies time requirements for the deposit of certain excise taxes. (Sec. 713) Reduces the rate of interest to be paid on certain corporate overpayments. Subtitle C:  Earned Income Tax Credit - Makes military personnel stationed outside the United States eligible for the earned income credit. (Sec. 722) Makes certain nonresident aliens ineligible for such tax credit. (Sec. 723) Disregards the income of inmates at penal institutions in determining such tax credit. Subtitle D:  Provisions Relating to Retirement Benefits - Extends the authority to transfer excess pension assets to retiree health benefit accounts. (Sec. 733) Increases the percentage of social security benefits paid to nonresidents that must be included in gross income. Subtitle E:  Other Provisions - Provides for partnership distributions of marketable securities. (Sec. 742) Requires taxpayer identification numbers at birth. (Sec. 743) Extends the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to impose certain user fees. (Sec. 744) Removes the reduction of the understatement penalty for corporations for items attributable to tax shelters. Subtitle F:  Pension Plan Funding and Premiums - Retirement Protection Act of 1994 - Amends requirements for pension plan funding, including:  (1) minimum funding, revising additional funding requirements for single-employer plans; (2) limitation on changes in current liability assumptions; (3) anticipation of bargained benefit increases; (4) modification of the quarterly contribution requirement; and (5) exceptions to the excise tax on nondeductible contributions. (Sec. 761) Makes similar amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) for pension plan funding. (Sec. 766) Prohibits benefit increases or other changes which increase plan liabilities where a plan sponsor is in bankruptcy. (Sec. 767) Amends IRC and ERISA with respect to:  (1) single sum distributions; and (2) adjustments to the lien for missed minimum funding contributions. (Sec. 771) Amends title IV (Plan Termination Insurance) of ERISA to revise requirements relating to reportable events. (Sec. 772) Requires that specified additional information be furnished to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). (Sec. 773) Revises provisions for enforcement of minimum funding requirements. (Sec. 774) Phases out the variable rate premium cap. (Sec. 775) Requires the plan administrator of a plan subject to a specified additional premium to notify plan participants and beneficiaries of the plan's funding status and the limits on the PBGC's guaranty should the plan terminate while underfunded. (Sec. 776) Adds provisions relating to missing participants. (Sec. 777) Revises provisions relating to modification of the maximum guarantee for disability benefits. (Sec. 781) Sets forth effective dates for this Act. Title VIII:  Pioneer Preferences - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from awarding licenses pursuant to preferential treatment accorded by the FCC to persons who make significant contributions to the development of a new telecommunications service or technology, except in accordance with this title. (Sec. 801) Requires the FCC to recover for the public a portion of the value of the public spectrum resource made available to such persons by requiring them, as a condition for receipt of licenses, to agree to pay a specified sum.  Provides for such payments to be made in a lump sum or in guaranteed installment payments, with or without royalty payments, over a period of up to five years. Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations specifying the procedures and criteria by which it will evaluate applications for such preferential treatment in licensing.  Requires such regulations to: (1) specify the procedures and criteria by which the significance of such contributions will be determined; (2) include procedures to prevent unjust enrichment by ensuring that the value of the contribution justifies any reduction in amounts paid for licenses; and (3) be inapplicable to applications that have been accepted for filing before September 1, 1994. Sets forth requirements with respect to treatment of broadband licenses awarded pursuant to preferential treatment accorded in the Third Report and Order in General Docket 90-314, including that the FCC:  (1) not reconsider the award of such specified preferences and not delay the granting of licenses based on such awards; (2) not alter the bandwidth or service areas designated for such licenses in such Report and Order; (3) use the broadband licenses in the personal communications services for blocks A and B for the 20 largest markets (ranked by population) in which no applicant has obtained preferential treatment; (4) permit installment payments over a period of five years subject to specified conditions; and (5) recover an amount equal to $400 million for such licenses. Terminates the FCC's authority to provide preferential treatment as described by this title on September 30, 1998. Applies this title to any licenses issued on or after August 1, 1994, pursuant to preferential treatment procedures.",2025-08-26T13:51:39Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2467
103-s-2382,103,s,2382,"A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide parity between the United States and certain free trade agreement countries with respect to the exemption for personal and household effects purchased abroad by returning residents, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-08-12,1994-08-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,0,"Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare, with respect to returning residents and nonresidents arriving in the United States from another country contiguous to the United States with which the United States has a free trade agreement, that the amount of the exemption from duty shall not exceed an amount equal to the exemption for personal and household effects acquired in the United States provided by such country to residents returning to, or nonresidents arriving in, such country.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2382
103-s-2368,103,s,2368,Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Implementation Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-08-05,1994-08-12,"Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.",Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,"Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Implementation Act of 1994 - Amends the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990 to repeal the termination date for the prohibition on unauthorized commercial rental or leasing of computer programs (thus making the prohibition permanent). (Sec. 3) Amends the Federal criminal code to establish monetary and imprisonment penalties for persons who, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, and without the consent of the performer or the performer's agent, willfully:  (1) fixes the sounds of a live performance in a sound recording; (2) communicates such sounds to the public; or (3) reproduces, distributes, sells, rents, or communicates to the public or possesses such sounds in order to create or fix such performance in a sound recording. Declares that the above prohibition shall take effect and apply to the following acts one year after the entry into force of the World Trade Organization Agreement:  (1) performances fixed on and after such date; (2) traffic in articles containing sounds fixed without their performer's authorization; and (3) broadcasts, transmissions or other disseminations of sounds fixed without their performer's authorization on and after such date without regard to the date upon which the article containing such sounds was fixed. (Sec. 4) Applies existing civil remedies for copyright infringement to the above-mentioned prohibited activities.  Prohibits the importation, sale, rental, or other distribution of such articles that are manufactured outside of the United States. (Sec. 5) Amends Federal copyright law to replace current provisions regarding copyright in certain motion pictures with new provisions concerning copyright in restored works. Declares that a copyright in a restorable work vests automatically on the date of restoration.  Provides that any restorable work shall have copyright protection for the remainder of the term of the copyright protection that it would otherwise have enjoyed in the United States.  Declares that a restored work vests initially in the author of the work as determined by the law of the work's source country. Authorizes any person owning a restored copyright or an exclusive right in such work to file a notice of intent with the Copyright Office to enforce that copyright against reliance parties or serve such notice directly. Defines a ""reliance party"" as a person who, before the enactment of the Intellectual Property Rights General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Implementation Act of 1994, or with respect to a restorable work having a source country that was not an eligible country until after the effective date of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs), or before the date of adherence or proclamation:  (1) was significantly engaged in acts of reproduction of restorable works; or (2) had, in preparing to do such acts, either acquired a substantial number of copies or phonorecords of a restorable work, or made substantial monetary investments in such works. Sets forth remedies for infringement of copyrights in restored works. Permits the President, whenever a foreign nation extends to U.S.  authors restored copyright protection similar to that provided under this Act, to extend restored protection by proclamation to any work: (1) of which one or more of the authors is a national, domiciliary, or sovereign authority of such nation; or (2) which was first published in such nation. (Sec. 6) Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to consider nonuse of a mark for three (currently, two) consecutive years to be prima facie evidence of abandonment. (Sec. 7) Makes trademarks regarding geographic indications, when first used in connection with wines or spirits after the WTO Agreement's effective date, nonregistrable if the geographic indication is a place other than the origin of the goods. (Sec. 8) Amends Federal patent law to extend U.S. intellectual property protections to inventions made in other countries by persons who are domiciled in a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) country or WTO member country and who are serving in any other country in connection with operations by or on behalf of the United States, a NAFTA country, or a WTO member country. (Sec. 9) Revises Federal patent law to lengthen a patent term from 17 years to 20 years from the date of filing.  Provides that, if the issuance of an original patent is delayed because of a proceeding regarding situations where a patent application would interfere with a pending application or with an unexpired patent, the term of the patent shall be extended for the period of delay up to five years. Deems offering to sell or import a patented invention into the United States to be patent infringement. (Sec. 10) Requires the term of a patent (except patents for designs) that is in force upon the effective date of this section to be the greater of the 20-year term provided or 17 years after the date of the grant. Prescribes requirements for the filing of a provisional application for a patent.  Specifies that a provisional application shall not be entitled to the right of priority of any other application or the benefit of an earlier filing date in the United States. Directs the Commissioner of the Patent and Trademark Office to charge a $150 filing fee on each provisional application for an original patent.",2025-08-26T13:49:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2368
103-s-2316,103,s,2316,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on C.I. Pigment Yellow 139.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-26,1994-07-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]",LA,D,J000189,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1997, the duty on C.I. pigment yellow 139.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2316
103-s-2317,103,s,2317,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on nickle isoindoline pigment.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-26,1994-07-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]",LA,D,J000189,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1997, the duty on nickel isoindoline pigment.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2317
103-s-2293,103,s,2293,"A bill to modify the negotiating objectives of the United States for future trade agreements, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-18,1994-07-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000148,0,"Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to add as an overall U.S. trade negotiating objective that the United States obtain increased compatibility of trade agreements with environmental protection, conservation, and sustainable development. (Sec. 1) Declares principal U.S. trade negotiating objectives includes ensuring that dispute settlement mechanisms within trade agreements provide for more effective and expeditious resolution of disputes, improve transparency and public participation, and enable better enforcement of U.S. rights, including those relating to environment and conservation; (2) obtaining broader application of the principle of transparency through the observance of open and equitable procedures by GATT Contracting Parties to the GATT in trade matters related to environment and conservation; (3) taking into account the particular needs of developing countries in trade matters relating to environment and conservation; (4) improving the provisions of trade agreements to discipline unfair trade practices having adverse trade effects, including practices potentially harmful to the environment;(5) promoting compatibility of established standards of the World Trade Organization (WTO) relating to intellectual property with existing international biological diversity conventions; and (6) developing internationally agreed rules, including dispute settlement procedures, which will promote environmentally sensitive foreign investment and discourage countries from attracting or maintaining foreign investment by relaxing domestic health, safety, or environmental measures. Declares that the principal U.S. negotiating objectives:  (1) regarding environment and conservation issues related to trade and foreign investment are, among other things, to promote compatibility between trade agreements and the protection of the environment and global resources; and (2) regarding trade in wood and wood products are to promote sustainable forestry practices, and to increase market access for value-added wood products and wood products that are produced from timber that is sustainably harvested. (Sec. 2) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the composition of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations to include nongovernmental environmental and conservation organizations.  Authorizes the President to establish individual general policy and sectoral or functional advisory committees for environment and conservation.  Requires a specified report of the appropriate sectoral or functional committees concerning proposed trade agreements to include an advisory opinion as to the significant environmental effects of trade conducted within the sector or functional area. (Sec. 3) Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to declare that the principal U.S. negotiating objectives regarding environment and conservation in the WTO and the Committee on Trade and Environment of the WTO are, among other things, to promote greater compatibility of the rules and agreements of the WTO with international agreements that rely upon trade sanctions for enforcement. Declares that the principal U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to bilateral trade accession to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are to establish for the country seeking accession minimum environmental safeguards that are not less than those contained in NAFTA and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. Declares that the principal U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to the Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation form (APEC) are to develop a program relating to environment and conservation measures of relevance to member countries of APEC.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2293
103-s-2289,103,s,2289,A bill to authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide financing for the export of nonlethal defense articles and defense services the primary end use of which will be for civilian purposes.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-15,1994-07-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,1,"Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to allow, provided specified conditions are met, the Export-Import Bank to finance export sales of nonlethal defense articles or services whose primary end use will be for civilian purposes. Requires the Bank to encourage the use of its programs to support the export of goods and services that have beneficial effects on the environment or mitigate potential adverse environmental effects such as by encouraging environmentally sustainable development, promoting efficient use of resources, and promoting energy efficiency. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2289
103-s-2282,103,s,2282,Sustainable Development Through Trade Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-13,1994-07-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000148,0,"Sustainable Development Through Trade Act of 1994 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to waive certain requirements for the withdrawal of beneficiary country status with respect to a country's product if he is advised by the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that such country is taking action to protect environmental resources, including ecosystems, that have environmental, economic, or national security significance for the United States. Authorizes the President to designate a product of a least-developed beneficiary developing country as an eligible product for duty-free treatment unless it is determined that such product is import-sensitive.",2025-08-26T13:49:38Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2282
103-s-2278,103,s,2278,"A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend certain provisions relating to the production incentive certificates for producers in the insular possessions, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-12,1994-07-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]",IL,D,S000423,0,"Amends provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (regarding clocks and watches and parts thereof) to extend, through January 1, 2007, the authority of provisions requiring the Secretaries of Commerce and of the Interior to verify the wages paid by each producer to permanent residents of the U.S. insular possessions during the preceding year, and to issue to each producer a production incentive certificate for the applicable amount.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2278
103-s-2260,103,s,2260,United States-China Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-01,1994-07-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,10,"United States-China Act of 1994 - Declares that if nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) is not granted to China by reason of the enactment of a congressional disapproval resolution, such treatment shall continue to apply to goods that are produced by a person that is not a state-owned Chinese enterprise, but not apply to any goods that are produced by a state-owned Chinese enterprise.  Provides that if nondiscriminatory treatment is granted to China for a 12-month period on July 3, 1994, such treatment shall not apply to:  (1) any good that is produced by the People's Liberation Army or Chinese defense industrial trading company; or (2) any nonqualified good that is produced by a state-owned Chinese enterprise. Urges the Secretary of the Treasury to consult with American businesses that have significant trade with or investment in China, to encourage them to adopt a voluntary code of conduct that: (1) follows internationally recognized human rights principles; (2) ensures the employment of Chinese citizens is not discriminatory in terms of sex, ethnic origin, or political belief; (3) ensures that no convict, forced, or indentured labor is knowingly used; (4) recognizes the rights of workers to freely organize and bargain collectively; and (5) discourages mandatory political indoctrination on business premises. Requires the Secretary to determine, and publish in the Federal Register, which persons are state-owned Chinese enterprises and Chinese defense industrial trading companies. Authorizes the President to waive any condition or prohibition imposed under this Act if he determines and reports to the Congress that its continued imposition would have a serious adverse effect on the vital U.S. national security. Declares that if the President recommends in 1995 that the waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment for China be continued, he shall state in a specified report to the Congress the extent to which China has made progress with respect to:  (1) adhering to the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (2) ceasing the exportation to the United States of products made with convict, forced, or indentured labor; (3) ceasing unfair and discriminatory trade practices which restrict and unreasonably burden American businesses; and (4) adhering to the guidelines of the Missile Technology Control Regime and the controls adopted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Australia Group.",2025-08-26T13:49:49Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2260
103-s-2268,103,s,2268,Worker Rights and Labor Standards Trade Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-07-01,1994-07-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,12,Worker Rights and Labor Standards Trade Act of 1994 - Directs the President to seek the establishment of:  (1) a working party within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to examine the relationship of fundamental internationally recognized worker rights to the articles of the GATT; and (2) a standing committee on worker rights within the World Trade Organization to which the functions of the working group shall be transferred.,2025-08-26T13:49:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2268
103-s-2228,103,s,2228,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain textile-manufacturing machinery.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-06-22,1994-06-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through September 30, 1995, the duty on used machinery for the manufacture of nonwoven textiles by hydroentanglement, valued at not more than $800,000.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2228
103-s-2203,103,s,2203,Export Administration and Enhancement Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-06-16,1994-06-16,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 474.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Export Controls      Title II:  Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 Export Administration and Enhancement Act of 1994 - Title I: Export Controls - Export Administration Act of 1994 - Sets forth congressional findings and policies with respect to export controls on goods and technology. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to require any type of validated or general license for the export of goods and technology.  Declares that authority or permission to export may not be required under this Act except to carry out its export policies. Declares that the President shall direct appropriate agencies to review annually the impact of export control policies. Requires the Secretary to establish a Control List which shall: (1) consist of dual-use goods and technology on which export and reexport controls are imposed under this title; (2) identify countries and end-users within countries to which exports and reexports are controlled; and (3) specify validated license requirements. Requires the Secretary, on the basis of the annual review, to develop U.S. proposals to revise multilateral regime control lists. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) seek comments from the public concerning changes to the Control List and keep it apprised of changes in export control policy and procedures with a view to encouraging trade; (2) meet regularly with businesses affected by export controls; and (3) appoint technical advisory committees. Makes the Secretary of Defense primarily responsible for establishing and maintaining the Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL), identifying equipment and technologies critical to the design, development, test, production, stockpiling, or use of weapons of mass destruction and other significant military capabilities, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, and manned and unmanned weapons delivery vehicles. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the export of any item (commodity, technology or software), and restrict the financing, transporting, or other servicing or transfer facilitation with respect to such export, in order to carry out the policies of this Act.  Directs the President to seek U.S. membership in multilateral arrangements for the same purposes. Permits export controls of any such item if it is determined that:  (1) such controls are essential to advancing the national security, nonproliferation, or foreign policies of the United States; and (2) like-minded States have agreed with such controls. Directs the Secretary of State, in order to create effective multilateral export controls and strengthen the controls imposed by export control regimes, to pursue negotiations with other members of each such regime to establish a verifiable export control system by regime members.  Provides for control implementation, enforcement, sanctions, and statutes of limitations sufficient to deter potential violations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should seek to:  (1) prevent arms and other sensitive exports to Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Libya, and any other nation certified as supporting international terrorism or contributing to tensions in the Middle East; (2) further the process of engaging countries formerly proscribed by the Coordinating Committee (COCOM) in the establishment of effective export control systems and in combating global proliferation of weapons and sensitive dual-use technology; and (3) close gaps in existing nonproliferation regimes. Requires the Secretary and the Secretaries of State and of Defense to:  (1) report biannually to specified congressional committees on their progress toward establishment of a successor regime to the COCOM; and (2) certify to the Congress any establishment of a successor regime that serves U.S. national security interests. Directs the President to determine annually whether the national interest requires termination of unilateral controls or maintenance of them for an additional 12-month period.  Prohibits a unilateral control from being imposed, expanded, or extended until the Secretary has reported specified justifications to the Congress. Directs the Secretary of State to continually seek support for unilateral export controls by other countries and by effective multilateral control regimes. Directs the Secretary to place on the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex to the Control List and require a license for the export of:  (1) certain dual-use items that would provide a material contribution to missile technology or chemical or biological weapons; and (2) any items that an exporter knows are destined for a project for the design, development, or manufacture of such items, especially in a country that is not an MTCR adherent. Directs the Secretary of State to identify countries that have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.  Prohibits the export or reexport of goods or technologies controlled for national security and nonproliferation reasons to such countries. Requires a license for the export or reexport of such items to such countries not specifically included on the national security and nonproliferation control list, if the Secretary of State has determined an item could contribute to the military potential of such country, or enhance its ability to support such terrorism. Requires a license for the export of crime control and detection equipment, except with respect to specified countries. Declares it is U.S. policy that no U.S. exporter should be competitively disadvantaged because of export controls unless relief from such controls would create a risk to the national security, nonproliferation, or foreign policy interests of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary, on his or her own initiative or upon petition by any person, to grant relief from such controls on grounds of:  (1) foreign availability of an item from non-U.S. sources, thereby rendering license requirements ineffective in achieving control purposes; (2) ineffective controls; or (3) competitive disadvantage owing to inconsistent controls by the governments of foreign suppliers. Authorizes the President to impose certain sanctions on foreign suppliers if it is determined that sources of foreign availability are undermining U.S. unilateral or multilateral controls and pose a significant threat to the national security or nonproliferation interests of the United States.  Requires the Secretary of State to pursue negotiations with the appropriate foreign countries to eliminate such foreign availability or competitive disadvantage. Directs the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees annually of the status of all relief petitions. Requires the Secretary to publish a list of:  (1) parties denied export privileges; (2) parties sanctioned for prohibited proliferation; (3) specially designated nationals under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act; and (4) other parties for whom licenses will be presumptively denied. Declares that this title does not authorize the imposition of export controls on donations of items for humanitarian purposes. Declares that a license shall not be required for spare parts that are exported to replace parts that were in a good that was lawfully exported from the United States. Requires the President to submit to specified congressional committees a report assessing the current and future international market for computer software with encryption. (Sec. 106) Authorizes the President to prohibit or impose quantitative restrictions on the export of goods and technology that are domestically in short supply. Directs the Secretary to monitor exports, and contracts for exports, of goods in cases where the volume of such exports in relation to domestic supply may contribute to an increase in domestic prices or a domestic shortage, and such increase or shortage has, or may have, a serious adverse impact on the economy. Prohibits the export of Alaskan North Slope oil, except under specified conditions. Prohibits the President from imposing quantitative restrictions based on short supply controls on agricultural commodities (including fats and oils or animal hides or skins) without the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture.  Requires the President, if such controls are imposed, to report on such action to the Congress, which may approve or terminate it. Authorizes the exemption from such short supply limitations of items exported or imported pursuant to a barter agreement. Prohibits the exportation of unprocessed western red cedar logs (Thuja plicata) harvested from Federal or State lands (except in Alaska). (Sec. 107) Directs the President to issue regulations that prohibit, with specified exceptions, U.S. persons from supporting any boycott imposed by a foreign country against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. (Sec. 108) Specifies procedures for the processing of export license applications, including the screening, referral, approval or denial, and review of such applications. Establishes the Committee on Export Control Policy as an advisory committee. (Sec. 109) Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. (Sec. 110) Makes the Secretary responsible for providing policy guidance on the enforcement of this Act. Sets forth requirements with respect to:  (1) the forfeiture of goods and tangible items lawfully seized by the United States for violations of this Act; (2) undercover investigative operations of the Office of Export Enforcement of the Department of Commerce; and (3) a financial audit and report to the Congress on each undercover investigative operation. (Sec. 111) Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration who shall perform all functions of the Secretary under this Act. Sets forth requirements for:  (1) nondisclosure of confidential information; (2) disclosure of information to the Congress and the General Accounting Office (GAO); (3) penalties for disclosure of confidential information; and (4) public opportunity for comment on regulations imposing export controls. Declares that an export license may not be required for the export of a commodity solely because it contains parts or components subject to export control if such parts or components:  (1) are essential to the functioning of the good; (2) are customarily included in the sales of the item in non-target countries; and (3) compose not more than 25 percent of the total value of the good, unless the good itself would make a significant contribution to the military or proliferation potential of a target country or end user which would prove detrimental to U.S. national security. Declares that, with respect to unilateral controls, the President may not, except in specified circumstances, prohibit the export or reexport of items in the performance of a contract entered into, or under a validated license issued, before the effective date of such controls, or the date on which the President reports to the Congress on the intention to impose controls on such exports or reexports. (Sec. 112) Requires the President to impose certain sanctions on U.S. or foreign persons who knowingly export, or attempt to export, any missile technology item on the MTCR Annex. (Sec. 113) Requires the President to impose certain sanctions on any foreign person who knowingly and materially contributes to the efforts of any government, project, or entity to use, design, develop, produce or stockpile chemical or biological weapons. (Sec. 115) Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to prohibit public disclosure, except in the national interest, of confidential information connected with the authorization to export goods and technology (including export licenses and multilateral agreements to export). (Sec. 116) Authorizes appropriations. Title II:  Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 - Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee to advise and guide the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group in the development and administration of programs to expand U.S. exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services. Requires the Working Group to assess annually which foreign countries have markets with the greatest potential for such exports, and select five of them as priority countries for the application of U.S. Government export promotion resources.  Requires the Working Group to create annual plans for each priority country, detailing ways to increase U.S. environmental exports to such country. Directs the Secretary to assign a specialist in environmental technologies to the office of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service in each of the five priority countries, and authorize similar assignments in any countries that are promising markets for such exports.  Specifies the duties of such specialists. Requires the Secretary to establish:  (1) a mechanism to give environmental technology and international environmental marketplace training to Commercial Service Officers assigned to one-stop shops and to district offices in districts with large numbers of environmental businesses; and (2) ensure that such officers receive appropriate training under such mechanism. Directs the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to establish not less than one international regional environmental initiative to coordinate Federal activities to build environmental partnerships between the United States and the geographic region outside the United States for which such an initiative is established.  Specifies TPCC activities in carrying out such initiative. Directs the Working Group to maintain an environmental technologies project advocacy calendar, updated quarterly, identifying and providing information on significant project opportunities for U.S. environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion events. Authorizes the Secretary to provide matching funds for the establishment in the United States of regional environmental business and technology cooperation centers that will draw upon the expertise of the private sector, institutions of higher education, and existing Federal programs to provide export promotion assistance related to environmental technologies, goods, and services.",2025-08-26T13:50:12Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2203
103-s-2173,103,s,2173,"A bill to improve the protection of intellectual property rights through the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-06-09,1994-06-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,1,"(Sec. 1) Sets forth U.S. objectives with respect to the international protection of intellectual property rights. (Sec. 2) Prohibits the President from negotiating any new free trade agreement with a foreign country, unless it is determined that such country:  (1) is fully implementing the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); and (2) is willing to enter into an agreement with the United States to provide intellectual property rights protection in line with that set forth in the Model Intellectual Property Agreement.  Requires the President to amend existing free trade agreements to provide greater protection of such rights. (Sec. 3) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), among other things, to identify those foreign countries that deny the opportunity to enjoy on a nondiscriminatory basis full commercial benefits associated with exercising rights in protected works, fixations, or products embodying protected works.  Sets forth additional factors the USTR must take into account in identifying a priority foreign country.  Revises provisions regarding a foreign country's denial of:  (1) adequate protection of intellectual property rights; and (2) fair market access.  Specifies when a foreign country denies the opportunity to enjoy the commercial benefits associated with exercising rights in protected works, fixations, or products embodying protected rights. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the President, in addition to other specified sanctions, to take other necessary action to enforce U.S. rights under a trade agreement or to eliminate any foreign country act, policy, or practice which violates such agreement, or burdens or restricts U.S. commerce. Revises the definition of when an act, policy, or practice is unreasonable to include any act, policy, or practice which denies fair and equitable provision of adequate protection of intellectual property rights, without regard to whether the country is fully implementing TRIPS, or the obligations of any other bilateral, regional, or multilateral agreement. (Sec. 5) Requires the President, after complying with certain requirements, to withdraw or suspend the designation of a country as a beneficiary developing country that is eligible to receive benefits under the General System of Preferences, if it is determined that such country has been identified as a foreign priority country that denies fair and equitable protection of intellectual property rights and has failed to eliminate such practice.  Provides for the redesignation of a country as a beneficiary developing country. (Sec. 6) Requires the USTR to:  (1) develop a Model Intellectual Property Agreement which contains provisions for the protection of intellectual property rights that supplement the standards contained in TRIPS and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); and (2) review periodically the Model Intellectual Property Agreement to ensure it reflects adequate protection for new technologies. (Sec. 7) Requires the President's annual international intellectual property protection report to include a review of the efforts undertaken during the preceding calendar year by each U.S. agency in support of international protection of intellectual property rights. (Sec. 8) Requires the USTR to develop a procedure for interested private sector persons to participate in the preparation for dispute settlement proceedings which involve the United States with respect to intellectual property rights.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2173
103-s-2103,103,s,2103,A bill to make the provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 applicable to Cambodia.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-05-11,1994-05-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,0,Declares that the human rights and emigration provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 shall apply to Cambodia for purposes of determining its eligibility to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation status).,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2103
103-s-2090,103,s,2090,Chile Free Trade Agreement Negotiating Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-05-10,1994-05-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,1,"Chile Free Trade Agreement Negotiating Act of 1994 - Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to authorize the President, before January 1, 1997, to enter into a trade agreement with Chile that provides for the elimination or reduction of duties imposed by the United States, or the elimination or reduction of barriers to, or other distortions of, international trade between Chile or the United States. Subjects the trade agreement to congressional ""fast track"" procedures only if the President certifies to the Congress, when submitting implementing legislation, that such agreement:  (1) requires the parties to adhere to internationally recognized worker rights; (2) requires the enforcement of environmental laws and the adoption of higher environmental standards; and (3) includes dispute resolution mechanisms.",2025-08-26T13:52:38Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2090
103-s-2097,103,s,2097,Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-05-10,1994-05-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,0,"Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee to advise and guide the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group in the development and administration of programs to expand U.S. exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services. Requires the Working Group to assess annually which foreign countries have markets with the greatest potential for such exports, and select five of them as priority countries for the application of U.S. Government export promotion resources.  Requires the Working Group to create annual plans for each priority country, detailing ways to increase U.S. environmental exports to such country. Directs the Secretary to assign a specialist in environmental technologies to the office of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service in each of the five priority countries, and authorize similar assignments in any countries that are promising markets for such exports.  Specifies the duties of such specialists. Requires the Secretary to establish:  (1) a mechanism to give environmental technology and international environmental marketplace training to Commercial Service Officers assigned to one-stop shops and to district offices in districts with large numbers of environmental businesses; and (2) ensure that such officers receive appropriate training under such mechanism. Directs the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to establish not less than one international regional environmental initiative to coordinate Federal activities to build environmental partnerships between the United States and the geographic region outside the United States for which such an initiative is established. Specifies TPCC activities in carrying out such initiative. Directs the Working Group to maintain an environmental technologies project advocacy calendar, updated quarterly, identifying and providing information on significant project opportunities for U.S. environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion events. Authorizes the Secretary to provide matching funds for the establishment in the United States of regional environmental business and technology cooperation centers that will draw upon the expertise of the private sector, institutions of higher education, and existing Federal programs to provide export promotion assistance related to environmental technologies, goods, and services.",2025-08-26T13:51:50Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2097
103-s-2041,103,s,2041,Rights of Intellectual Property Owners Fairness Facilitation Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-04-21,1994-04-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,3,"Rights of Intellectual Property Owners Fairness Facilitation Act of 1994 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit the President from designating a country a beneficiary developing country eligible for trade benefits under the generalized system of preferences if such country is not implementing the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) within a specified time.  Authorizes a country that has been denied such designation to be so designated if the President determines that the country is fully implementing TRIPS. Directs the United States Trade Representative to notify the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development of any country which is not implementing TRIPS.  Sets forth specified actions to be taken to encourage countries to implement TRIPS.",2025-08-26T13:52:01Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2041
103-s-2011,103,s,2011,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain textile-manufacturing machinery.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-04-13,1994-04-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]",MS,R,C000567,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through September 30, 1995, the duty on used machinery for the manufacture of nonwoven textiles by hydroentanglement, valued at not more than $800,000.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2011
103-s-1993,103,s,1993,"A bill to remove the restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope oil, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-25,1994-03-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,1,Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to repeal restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope oil.  Provides that exports of such oil shall:  (1) be transported in U.S. documented vessels (if initially transported by pipeline over a specified right-of-way); and (2) not be subject to restrictions contained in other specified Acts.,2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1993
103-s-1939,103,s,1939,Western Hemisphere Free Trade Area Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-16,1994-03-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Policy and Purposes      Title II:  Negotiating Authority and Eligibility      Title III:  Entry into Force of Free Trade Area Agreement      Title IV:  Hemisphere Trade Organization      Title V:  Authorization of Appropriations Western Hemisphere Free Trade Area Act of 1994 - Title I:  Policy and Purposes - Declares it to be U.S. policy to seek an agreement that establishes before the year 2000 a free trade area in the Western Hemisphere. Title II:  Negotiating Authority and Eligibility - Authorizes the President to negotiate with Western Hemisphere countries and territories in order to reach an agreement establishing a free trade area in the Western Hemisphere.  Declares overall trade negotiating objectives, including:  (1) elimination of trade barriers and promote fair competition; (2) increase in investment opportunities; (3) effective protection of intellectual property rights; (4) guaranteed respect for international workers' rights; (5) effective dispute resolution procedures; and (6) standards to protect the environment. (Sec. 202) Declares a country to be an eligible Western Hemisphere country or territory if it is:  (1) a designated beneficiary country pursuant to the Andean Trade Preference Act or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; (2) a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) country; (3) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or (4) one of the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Sets forth other eligibility requirements. Title III:  Entry Into Force of Free Trade Area - Provides for implementation of the free trade area agreement. (Sec. 302) Applies ""fast track"" procedures under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to implementing bills submitted in conjunction with such agreement. (Sec. 303) Declares that such procedures shall not apply if both Houses of the Congress separately agree to a procedural disapproval resolution within any 60-day period. Title IV:  Hemisphere Trade Organization - Urges the President, in order to facilitate an early agreement establishing a free trade area in the Western Hemisphere, to consider the creation of a Western Hemisphere Trade Organization to serve as the locus for negotiation of such agreement and to facilitate its implementation.  Urges that the United States Trade Representative be designated as the President's representative to such organization. Title V:  Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:52:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1939
103-s-1931,103,s,1931,"A bill to provide duty-free privileges to participants in, and other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Rowing Championships.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-15,1994-03-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]",IN,R,L000504,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through October 30, 1994, of the personal effects of participants, their families and associated members, and officials and related equipment and materials involved in the 1994 World Rowing Championships.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1931
103-s-1918,103,s,1918,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on crosscarmellose sodium.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-10,1994-03-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duty on crosscarmellose sodium.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1918
103-s-1921,103,s,1921,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on amitraz.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-10,1994-03-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duty on N'-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-N-(((2, 4 dimethylphenyl)imino) methyl)-N methylmethanimidamide (also known as amitraz).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1921
103-s-1922,103,s,1922,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on ACM.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-10,1994-03-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duty on 3-(acetoxy)-3-cyanoproply)methyl-phophinicaid, 2- methylproply ester (also known as ACM).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1922
103-s-1911,103,s,1911,"A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 5-Chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) phenol.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-09,1994-03-09,Referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 5-chloro-2(2, 4 dichlorophenoxy) phenol.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1911
103-s-1902,103,s,1902,Export Administration Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-08,1994-03-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,1,"Export Administration Act of 1994 - Sets forth congressional findings and policies with respect to export controls on goods and technology. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to require a general license for the export of goods and technology. Requires the Secretary to establish a Munitions (Control List) containing license requirements for the export of such items. Requires the Secretary of Defense to bear primary responsibility for establishing the Military Critical Technologies List (MCTL) to identify equipment and technologies critical to design, development, production, or use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, and manned and unmanned vehicles capable of delivering such weapons.  Declares that authority or permission to export may not be required under this Act, except to carry out the export policies of this Act. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) keep the public apprised of changes in export control policy and procedures with a view to encouraging trade and, upon the request of an industry affected by such controls; and (2) appoint technical advisory committees. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the export of weapons of mass destruction if it is determined that:  (1) such controls essential to advancing the nonproliferation, national security, or foreign policies of the United States; and (2) either like-minded States have agreed with such controls or such controls are in the U.S. national interest and their objective cannot be obtained by other means. Requires the Secretary to keep the Congress apprised of changes in U.S.  export control policy or procedure. Urges the Secretary of State to seek multilateral arrangements with foreign countries that secure the achievement of the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and, in so doing, also establish fairer and more predictable competitive opportunities for U.S. exporters.  Specifies standards for the establishment of multilateral control regimes. Requires the Secretary of State to seek support for unilateral controls of such weapons by other foreign countries and effective multilateral control regimes. Requires the Secretary of State to negotiate with member countries of the Coordinating Committee (CoCom), the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Australia Group, the Nuclear Suppliers' Group, and other regimes to obtain their cooperation in restricting the export of weapons of mass destruction. Directs the Secretary to require a license for the export of:  (1) certain dual use items and other items that would provide a material contribution to missile technology or chemical and biological weapons; and (2) any items that an exporter knows are destined for a project for the design, development, or manufacture of such items. Requires a license for the export of such items to a country if the Secretary of State has determined:  (1) such country supports acts of terrorism; and (2) the export of such items could contribute to the military potential of such country, or enhance its ability to support such terrorism. Requires a license for the export of crime control and detection equipment, with specified exceptions. Declares it is U.S. policy that no U.S. exporter should be commercially disadvantaged because of export controls unless relief from such controls would create a risk to the foreign policy, nonproliferation, or national security interests of the United States.  Authorizes a person to petition the Secretary for relief from such controls on grounds of:  (1) foreign availability of an item from non-U.S. sources, thereby rendering license requirements ineffective in achieving control purposes; (2) ineffective controls; or (3) commercial disadvantage. Sets forth provisions for the relief of items controlled by CoCom. Directs the Secretry to annually notify specified congressional committees of the status of all relief petitions. Requires export controls unilaterally imposed by the United States for purposes adopted by CoCom to expire six months after enactment of ths Act, or six months after such control is imposed, whichever date is later, with specified exemptions. Requires the Secretary to publish:  (1) parties denied export privileges; (2) parties sanctioned for prohibited proliferation; (3) specially designated nationals under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended; and (4) other parties for whom licenses will be presumptively denied.  Declares that the identity of such parties is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). (Sec. 6) Authorizes the President to prohibit or impose quantitative restrictions on the export of goods and technology that are domestically in short supply. Directs the Secretary to monitor exports, and contracts for exports, of goods in cases where the volume of such exports in relation to domestic supply contributes, or may contribute, to an increase in domestic prices or a domestic shortage, and such increase or shortage has, or may have, a serious adverse impact on the economy. Prohibits the export of Alaskan North Slope oil with specified exceptions. Prohibits the President from imposing quantitative restrictions based on short supply controls on agricultural commodities (including fats and oils or animal hides or skins) without the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture.  Prohibits such approval during any period when supply is in excess of domestic consumption, except to the extent the President determines such imposition is necessary to protect national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, or to fulfill U.S. international commitments.  Requires the President, if such control are imposed, to report on such action to the Congress.  Limits the duration of such controls to no more than one year. Authorizes the exemption from such quantitative limitations items exported or imported pursuant to a barter agreement. Prohibits the exportation of unprocessed western red logs (Thuja plicata) harvested from State (except Alaska) or Federal lands. Declares that shipments of crude oil and refined and partially refined petroleum products for use by the Department of Defense or U.S.-supported installations shall not, for purposes of export controls on Alaskan North Slope oil, be considered to be exports. (Sec. 7) Directs the President to issue regulations that prohibit, with specified exceptions, U.S. persons from supporting any boycott imposed by a foreign country against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. (Sec. 8) Specifies procedures for the processing of export license applications, including the screening, referral, approval or denial, and review of such applications. (Sec. 9) Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations committed under this Act. (Sec. 10) Makes the Secretary responsible for providing policy guidance on the enforcement of this Act. Sets forth requirements with respect to:  (1) the forfeiture of goods and tangible items lawfully seized by the United States for violations committed under this Act; (2) undercover investigative operations of the Office of Export Enforcement of the Department of Commerce; and (3) a financial audit and report to the Congress on each undercover investigative operation. (Sec. 11) Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration who shall perform all functions of the Secretary under this Act.  Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to implement this Act. Sets forth requirements for:  (1) non-disclosure of confidential information; (2) disclosure of information to the Congress and the General Accounting Office (GAO); (3) penalties for disclosure of confidential information; and (4) public opportunity for comment on regulations imposing export controls. Requires the Secretary to establish a Control List containing items which require a license for export to designated countries. Authories the Secretary to participate in the education and training of officials from other countries on the principles and procedures for the implementation of effective export controls. Declares that an export license may not be required for the export of a commodity solely because it contains parts or components subject to export control if such parts or components:  (1) are essential to the functioning of the good; (2) are customarily included in the sales of the item in countries other than target countries; and (3) comprise 25 percent or less of the total value of the good, unless the good itself would make a significant contribution to the military or proliferation potential of a target country or end user which would prove detrimental to U.S. national security. Declares that no authority may be required for certain reexports of foreign-made items incorporating U.S. items. Declares that this Act does not authorize export controls on:  (1) medical instruments and equipment; (2) medicine or medical supplies; or (3) donations of items intended to meet basic human needs, including food, educational materials, seeds, hand tools, water resources equipment, clothing and shelter materials, and basic household supplies. Declares that, with respect to unilateral controls, the President may not, except in specified circumstances, prohibit the export or reexport of items in performance of a contract entered into, or under a validated license issued, before the effective date of such controls, or the date on which the President reports to the Congress on the intention to impose controls on such exports or reports. (Sec. 12A) Requires the President to determine whether any foreign person has knowingly contributed to the efforts of any government, group, entity, or project to use, design, develop, produce, or stockpile chemical or biological weapons or missiles.  Requires the President, in the event of different specified affirmative determinations, to impose certain sanctions on such person, including: (1) denial of an export license; (2) denial of Government procurement contracts; (3) termination of U.S. foreign assistance (except for humanitarian assistance); (4) termination of the financing of arms and arms sales; (5) denial of U.S. financial assistance and multilateral development bank assistance; (6) prohibition on exports of national security-sensitive items; (7) imposition of export and import restrictions; (8) suspension of diplomatic relations; and (9) denial of air landing rights. (Sec. 12B) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide for such sanctions. (Sec. 15) Prohibits items from being included on both the Control List and the United States Munitions List.  Requires the Department of State to resolve conflicting claims of jurisdiction between such lists in a timely fashion. Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to prohibit public disclosure, except in the national interest, of confidential information connected with the authorization to export goods and technology (including export licenses and multilateral agreements to export). Declares that any product which is standard Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified equipment in aircraft and which is exported to a noncontrolled country shall be subject exclusively to the export controls under this Act. (Sec. 16) Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:50:01Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1902
103-s-1896,103,s,1896,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain PVC rain slickers.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-03-07,1994-03-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duty on plastic rainwear, including jackets, coats, ponchos, parkas, and slickers, featuring an outer shell of polyvinyl chloride plastic with or without attached hoods, valued not over $10 per unit.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1896
103-s-1872,103,s,1872,Fair Market Access Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-24,1994-02-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]",WV,D,R000361,0,"Fair Market Access Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to the Congress an assessment of the access to the Japanese market of goods and services produced or originating in the United States in each sector specifically identified in the Japan-United States Framework for a New Economic Partnership signed on July 10, 1993 (Framework Agreement).  Specifies contents of such access assessments. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements or other understandings with Japan for the purpose of obtaining the market access opportunities described in such assessments. Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to determine for which sectors identified in each assessment to pursue negotiations in order to conclude such agreements or understandings. Directs the Secretary to monitor compliance with each agreement or understanding between the United States and Japan reached under this Act, as well as with existing trade agreements between both countries. Deems an unreasonable and discriminatory act, policy, or practice burdening or restricting U.S. commerce each barrier to access to the Japanese market that is the subject of negotiations under this Act which fail to conclude an agreement or understanding.  Requires the USTR to determine what ""Super 301"" sanction to impose in response to such acts, policies, or practices, as well as in instances of material noncompliance with new or existing agreements or understandings.",2025-08-26T13:51:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1872
103-s-1861,103,s,1861,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain pigments.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-23,1994-02-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duties on various specified red and yellow pigments.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1861
103-s-1858,103,s,1858,"A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to make ""super 301"" permanent.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-22,1994-02-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,3,"Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make permanent its ""Super 301"" provision (under which the U.S. Government must identify annually those foreign markets most closed to U.S. exports and initiate specified unfair trade actions to open those markets). Increases from 30 days to 180 days the period between release of the National Trade Estimate and the announcement of Super 301 sanction priorities.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1858
103-s-1846,103,s,1846,Commercial Export Administration Act of 1993,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-10,1994-02-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]",WA,D,M001111,1,"Commercial Export Administration Act of 1993 - Specifies the export policy of the United States, especially that exports of commercial goods and technology are unrestricted, except in critical national security or foreign policy circumstances defined by this Act. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to:  (1) establish a U.S. Commercial Export Control Index identifying all commercial goods or technology on which controls are imposed under this Act; (2) specify license requirements for such items; and (3) designate countries  and endusers to which exports and reexports of commercial goods and technology are controlled.  Requires annual review of the Index. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) develop methodologies  and procedures for indexing products where performance capabilities are measurable; and (2) publish the full text of each International List of COCOM (Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls).  Provides for disclosure of information obtained under this Act, as well as confidential exemption from disclosure requirements. Gives the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) the sole responsibility for making foreign availability assessments and determinations (the availability within controlled countries or to controlled countries or controlled endusers without restriction from sources outside the United States of commercial goods and technology that would reasonably be considered to substitute for those produced in the United States or other countries that participate with the United States in export control regimes, so as to render U.S.- or regime-imposed export and reexport controls ineffective in achieving their intended purpose). Requires publication of such assessments and determinations in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary actively to pursue negotiations to eliminate foreign availability with the governments of countries which are the sources of any commercial goods or technology on which the United States maintains export controls, notwithstanding foreign availability, on account of a presidential determination that the absence of controls would prove detrimental to U.S. national security. Requires the Secretary, if by six months after such a presidential determination the foreign availability of the good or technology has not been eliminated, to remove export or reexport controls from the good or technology, and publish notice in the Federal Register. Prohibits the Secretary, after agreement is reached with a country to eliminate foreign availability of commercial goods or technology, from requiring a validated license for their export to that country. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the export and reexport of any commercial goods or technology subject to U.S. jurisdiction if they would directly, substantially, and materially: (1) contribute to the military capability of countries or endusers posing a strategic threat to the United States; or (2) enable a country or enduser to acquire the capability to develop, produce, stockpile, use, or deliver weapons of mass destruction.  Requires the Secretary to establish, as part of the U.S. Commercial Export Control Index, a security control list of such items, countries, and endusers. Directs the Secretary to require authority or permission (licensing), with a presumption of license denial, to export or reexport goods or technology on the security control list to controlled countries and endusers.  Requires case-by-case license review of exports and reexports of controlled items to non-controlled endusers in controlled countries.  Cites circumstances in which the Secretary may also require licensing of exports and reexports of controlled items to endusers in non-regime countries (a country not a member of an export control regime and not a cooperating country). Directs the Secretary to pursue negotiations with other members of export control regimes to accomplish specified objectives in order to create and strengthen effective multilateral export controls.  Provides for certification of multilateral regimes.  Exempts from licensing any exports or reexports of goods and technology among regime members or cooperating countries which remain in compliance with agreed controls. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the President, in specified circumstances, to prohibit or curtail the export or reexport of any commercial good or technology subject to U.S. jurisdiction to any country or enduser.  Sets any such emergency control to expire 180 days after imposition, unless:  (1) terminated earlier by the President; or (2) extended, adopted as a national security control, or included in a total embargo imposed by the President under specified Federal law on all exports and imports to a country.  Exempts from automatic expiration any controls imposed in order to fulfill U.S. obligations pursuant to a treaty or multilateral agreement.  Requires consultation with affected U.S. industries and appropriate other countries before controls may be imposed. Requires the Secretary to establish an emergency control list as part of the Control Index.  Sets forth procedures and limitations on emergency controls, providing for 180 day extensions, subject to congressional approval. (Sec. 6) Makes the Secretary responsible for all export control functions, unless otherwise reserved to the President or a department or agency outside the Department of Commerce.  Permits the Secretary to delegate any export control function to the Director of the Commercial Export Control Administration created by this Act, or to any other Department of Commerce officer. Transfers to the Secretary certain licensing and regulatory authorities and responsibilities from the Department of the Treasury, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Secretary of Energy.  Grants the Secretary of the Energy exclusive jurisdiction of all activities constituting direct or indirect engagement in the production of special nuclear material outside the United States. Establishes a Commercial Export Control Policy Committee to:  (1) provide the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) with policy guidance and advice on commercial export control; (2) review policy recommendations; and (3) resolve policy disputes among departments and agencies. Establishes in the Department of Commerce the Commercial Export Control Administration, responsible for implementation of export controls imposed under this Act. Directs the Secretary, upon industry request, to appoint an industry advisory committee for any goods or technology subject to export controls which are difficult to evaluate because of questions concerning technical matters, worldwide availability and actual utilization of goods and technology, or licensing procedures. Sets forth enforcement authority which may be exercised under this Act. (Sec. 7) Makes the Secretary responsible for all export licensing functions under this Act.  Specifies types of licenses the Secretary may require.  Sets forth procedures for processing export license applications.  Requires the Secretary to establish procedures for administrative appeal of a license denial. (Sec. 8) Sets forth criminal and civil penalties and administrative sanctions for violation of this Act.  Provides for related administrative procedures and judicial review of final orders. (Sec. 9) Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to grant the Secretary exclusive authority to control exports of all computer hardware, software, and technology for information security (including encryption), except any specifically designed or modified for military use. Exempts specified items from license requirements. Instructs the Secretary to authorize the export or reexport under specified circumstances of software with encryption capabilities for nonmilitary end-uses. (Sec. 11) Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:52:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1846
103-s-1850,103,s,1850,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-(4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxy) propionic acid.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-10,1994-02-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 2-(4-chloro-2- methyl phenoxy) propionic acid.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1850
103-s-1838,103,s,1838,A bill to liberalize controls on the export of telecommunications equipment and technology in order to promote democracy and free communication and enhance economic competitiveness.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-09,1994-02-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL]",AL,D,S000320,1,"Directs the Secretary of Commerce to propose to the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) (or to its successor export control regime), and to any other export control regime which maintains controls on telecommunications equipment and technology, that exports of telecommunications technology for civil end uses shall not require a validated license or reexport authorization for export or reexport to any of the republics of the former Soviet Union, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, or Latvia. Requires the President to submit to specified congressional committees a report that certifies that such proposal was made and that outlines plans to gain the concurrence of other members of COCOM or the appropriate regime in the proposal.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1838
103-s-1837,103,s,1837,"A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Cup soccer games.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-08,1994-02-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,8,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1994, of the personal effects of, and game associated equipment for use by, participants, their families and associated members, and officials involved in the 1994 FIFA World Cup soccer games.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1837
103-s-1827,103,s,1827,United States-Canada Grain Trade Settlement Act of 1994,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-04,1994-08-05,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10660),Senate,"Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]",ND,D,D000432,4,"United States-Canada Grain Trade Settlement Act of 1994 - Directs the President, by six months after enactment of this Act, to notify the Government of Canada of U.S. intent to terminate the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement (CFTA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), unless the President certifies to the Congress that Canada has agreed to:  (1) establish a method for determining the sale price of Canadian grain exports to the United States and the Canadian Wheat Board's acquisition price for such grain; (2) establish procedures for obtaining the data necessary to implement such method; (3) eliminate all transportation subsidies on agricultural goods originating in Canada and shipped for consumption to the United States; and (4) clarify the CFTA meaning of acquisition price so that the term includes the value of any transportation subsidy applied to grain entering the United States, all direct payments to producers by the Canadian Wheat Board or any government agency for such grain, and any other payments or subsidy incurred by the Board, any government agency, or any private interest in the acquisition, handling, storage, and transportation of the grain. Directs the President immediately to pursue negotiations to reach such an agreement. Requires the President immediately to impose a 50 percent tariff on all imports from Canada of wheat, durum, and barley. Authorizes the President to terminate such tariff and take action to reinstate the CFTA and the NAFTA with respect to Canada whenever Canada has entered such an agreement.  Declares that such agreement shall supersede the corresponding provisions of the CFTA and the NAFTA, and shall be incorporated in and become part of them as reinstated.",2025-08-26T13:50:33Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1827
103-s-1820,103,s,1820,Computer Equipment and Technology Export Control Reform Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-02-02,1994-02-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,0,"Computer Equipment and Technology Export Control Reform Act - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to:  (1) conduct annual reviews of export controls on computer equipment and technology; (2) increase certain export control thresholds if warranted by the review; and (3) report review findings to the Congress and the Computer Systems Technical Advisory Committee. Exempts from license requirements for export or reexport to any controlled country digital computers valued at less than $5,000. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) identify specified items that will be installed for end-use outside the United States; and (2) publish in the Federal Register the name and specified license requirements for exports to a proliferation end-user (any entity engaged in the design, development, or production of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or missiles which is located in a country that is not party to an agreement, to which the United States is a party, to limit the spread of such weapons and activities).",2025-08-26T13:50:38Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1820
103-s-1788,103,s,1788,American Free Trade Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-01-25,1994-01-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX]",TX,R,G000365,0,"American Free Trade Act - Requires the President to initiate trade agreement negotiations with Western Hemisphere countries for the reduction and elimination of tariffs and nontariff trade barriers and the establishment of a Western Hemisphere free trade area. Declares that this Act shall not apply to Cuba unless the President certifies that:  (1) freedom has been restored in Cuba; and (2) the claims of U.S. citizens for compensation for expropriated property have been appropriately addressed. Sets forth determinations the President must make about Cuba before certifying that freedom has been restored.  Requires that, once such certification is made, priority be given to negotiation of a free trade agreement with Cuba. Applies the fast-track procedures of the Trade Act of 1974 to implementing bills for trade agreements entered under this Act.",2025-08-26T13:51:04Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1788
103-s-1739,103,s,1739,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on lambdacyhalothrin.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-20,1993-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000556,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 1a(S),3a(Z))-(+)-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)-methyl 3-(2-chloro-3, 3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (also known as lambdacyhalothrin).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1739
103-s-1740,103,s,1740,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Diquat Dibromide.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-20,1993-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000556,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on o-diquat dibromide 1,1'-ethylene-2,2'-dipyridylium dibromide (also known as diquat dibromide).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1740
103-s-1752,103,s,1752,A bill amending the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-20,1993-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on:  (1) 3,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-4-methoxy-pyridine (pyrmethyl alcohol); (2) 2-mercapto 5-methoxy benzimidazole (metmercazole); (3) m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MCPBA); and (4) n'-(aminosulfonyl)-3-(((2-((diaminomethylene)-amino)-4-thiazoly)- methyl)thio) propanimidamide (famotidine).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1752
103-s-1753,103,s,1753,A bill amending the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-20,1993-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on N-(1,1-dimethylethyl- 3-oxo-4-aza-5-alpha-androst-1-ene-17-beta-carboxamide (finasteride and finasteride tablets).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1753
103-s-1754,103,s,1754,A bill regarding the suspension of duty on diflunisal.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-20,1993-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on 2,4-difluoro-4-hydroxy-3-biphenyl-carboxylic acid (also known as diflunisal).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1754
103-s-1694,103,s,1694,"A bill to suspend certain requirements until it is determined or agreed that the requirements do not violate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO]",CO,R,B000919,0,"Suspends certain requirements contained in the Act of February 16, 1938, until:  (1) it is agreed among the parties of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that such requirements do not violate such Agreement; or (2) there is a final determination, under the dispute resolution procedure established for GATT, that they do not violate it.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1694
103-s-1705,103,s,1705,A bill to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Tfa Lys Pro in free base and tosyl salt forms.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on Tfa Lys Pro in free base and tosyl salt forms.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1705
103-s-1706,103,s,1706,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on:  (1) 3,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-4-methoxy-pyridine (pyrmethyl alcohol); and (2) 2-mercapto 5-methoxy benzimidazole (metmercazole).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1706
103-s-1707,103,s,1707,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on keto ester.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on ethyl 2-keto-4-phenylbutanoate (also known as keto ester).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1707
103-s-1708,103,s,1708,A bill to renew the previously existing suspension of duty on parts of aircraft generators.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL]",IL,D,M001025,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the suspension of duty on aircraft generator parts.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1708
103-s-1709,103,s,1709,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on mounted closed circuit television lenses.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on mounted closed circuit television lenses.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1709
103-s-1710,103,s,1710,A bill to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on certain chemicals.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on certain organic chemicals.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1710
103-s-1711,103,s,1711,Miscellaneous Tariff Act of 1993,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA]",PA,D,W000665,0,"Miscellaneous Tariff Act of 1993 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on certain organic chemicals.",2025-08-26T13:52:12Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1711
103-s-1730,103,s,1730,"A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 3,4-Dimethylbenzaldehyde (3,4-DBAL).",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-19,1993-11-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 3,4-dimethylbenzaldehyde (3,4 - DBAL).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1730
103-s-1627,103,s,1627,North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-04,1993-11-22,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S16981),Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Approval of, and General Provisions Relating to, the         North American Free Trade Agreement      Title II:  Customs Provisions      Title III:  Application of Agreement to Sectors and Services           Subtitle A:  Safeguards           Subtitle B:  Agriculture           Subtitle C:  Intellectual Property           Subtitle D:  Temporary Entry of Business Persons           Subtitle E:  Standards           Subtitle F:  Corporate Average Fuel Economy           Subtitle G:  Government Procurement      Title IV:  Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and           Countervailing Cases           Subtitle A:  Organizational, Administrative, and              Procedural Provisions Regarding the Implementation of                 the Agreement           Subtitle B:  Conforming Amendments and                 Provisions      Title V:  NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance and         Other Provisions           Subtitle A:  NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance                Program           Subtitle B:  Provisions Relating to                Performance Under the                Agreement           Subtitle C:  Funding           Subtitle D:  Implementation of NAFTA Supplemental Agreements      Title VI:  Customs Modernization           Subtitle A:  Improvements in Customs Automation Program           Subtitle B:  National Customs Automation Program           Subtitle C:  Miscellaneous Amendments to the Tariff Act                of 1930           Subtitle D:  Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential                and Conforming Amendments to Other Laws North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Title I: Approval of, and General Provisions Relating to, the North American Free Trade Agreement - Declares that the Congress, pursuant to the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Trade Act of 1974, approves:  (1) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into on December 17, 1992, with Canada and Mexico and submitted to it on November 4, 1993; and (2) the statement of administrative action proposed to implement the Agreement that was submitted to it on November 4, 1993.  Sets forth conditions for entry into force of NAFTA. (Sec. 102) Declares that U.S. laws shall prevail over provisions of NAFTA that conflict.  Requires the President to consult with the States in order to achieve conformity of State laws with NAFTA.  Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to establish within the Office of the USTR a Federal-State consultation process to address issues relating to NAFTA that directly affect the States.  Prohibits any person other than the United States from having a cause of action with respect to NAFTA. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the President to establish within any U.S. agency a U.S.  Section of the Secretariat to facilitate the operation of NAFTA.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 106) Requires the United States to encourage the selection of individuals with expertise in environmental issues for service on the Chapter 20 panel to hear any challenge to a U.S. or State environmental law. (Sec. 107) Sets forth provisions governing the termination or suspension of NAFTA. (Sec. 108) Declares that the congressional approval of NAFTA may not be construed as applying to any countries other than Canada and Mexico.  Sets forth provisions outlining future free trade area negotiations with other foreign countries. Title II:  Customs Provisions - Authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications or continuation of any duty, continuation of duty-free or excise treatment, or additional duties as are necessary to carry out specified provisions of NAFTA. (Sec. 201) Requires the President to terminate Mexico's designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Trade Act of 1974 upon entry into force of NAFTA. Prohibits the President from considering a request to accelerate the staging of duty reductions for an article for which the United States tariff phaseout period is more than ten years if such request for such article has been denied in the preceding three years. Authorizes the President to convert the base rate of certain textiles imported from Mexico to an ad valorem rate. (Sec. 202) Sets forth, for purposes of implementing tariff treatment and quantitative restrictions provided in NAFTA, rules of origin with respect to goods from NAFTA countries. (Sec. 203) Defines the term ""good subject to NAFTA drawback."" Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit an article manufactured in a bonded warehouse from materials that are goods subject to NAFTA drawback (refund) from being withdrawn from such warehouse for exportation to a NAFTA country without assessment of a duty on the materials in their condition and quantity, and at their weight, at the time of importation into the United States.  Sets forth similar provisions with respect to articles from bonded smelting and refining warehouses. Authorizes merchandise, under specified conditions, to be cleaned, sorted, repacked, or otherwise changed in condition in bonded warehouses and be withdrawn:  (1) for export to a NAFTA country if such merchandise consists of goods subject to NAFTA drawback (refund) and certain duties are assessed; and (2) without the payment of duties for export to NAFTA and, in certain cases, non-NAFTA countries. Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to provide that, if Canada ceases to be a NAFTA country and the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement terminates, no article manufactured or otherwise changed in condition (except a change by cleaning, testing, or repacking) shall be exported to Canada without the payment of a duty unless a certain privilege has been requested and no manipulation (change of condition) has occurred. Prohibits merchandise consisting of goods subject to NAFTA drawback that is manufactured or otherwise changed in condition from being exported to a NAFTA country without an assessment of a duty on it. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) from, on the condition of export, refunding or reducing fees imposed under the Agricultural Adjustment Act with respect to ""goods subject to NAFTA drawback"" that are exported to Canada after December 31, 1995, or Mexico after December 31, 2000, for so long as they are NAFTA countries.  Declares that none of the amendments made under this Act shall be considered to authorize the refund, waiver, or reduction of countervailing duties or antidumping duties imposed on an imported good. (Sec. 204) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to prohibit customs user fees with respect to goods qualifying under the rules of origin from being:  (1) charged with respect to goods that qualify to be marked as Canadian goods; and (2) increased after December 31, 1993, and charged after June 29, 1999, with respect to goods that qualify to be marked as Mexican goods. (Sec. 205) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require persons who sign a NAFTA Certificate of Origin for a good for which preferential treatment is claimed to keep and render for inspection all records relating to the origin of the good.  Sets forth penalties for violation of such recordkeeping requirements.  Sets forth provisions regarding incorrect and false Certificates of Origin. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the United States Customs Service to reliquidate an entry to refund excess duties paid on a good qualifying under the rules of origin under the NAFTA for which no claim for preferential tariff treatment was made or protest filed at the time of importation if the importer, within one year after the importation, files a claim that includes specified information. (Sec. 207) Revises country of origin marking requirements with respect to certain pipe and steel products and manhole rings or frames and covers from NAFTA countries to include continuous paint stenciling, or an equally permanent method of marking, as methods for satisfying such requirements.  Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) adverse marking and origin determinations by the U.S. Customs Service; and (2) the judicial review of such determinations. (Sec. 209) Declares the Secretary of Commerce may authorize the U.S. Customs Service to exchange information with any government agency of a NAFTA country provided certain safeguards are met. (Sec. 210) Prohibits duties from being refunded (drawnback) on imported color cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, when such items are nonoriginating goods and are:  (1) exported to a NAFTA country; (2) used as a material in the production of other goods that are exported to a NAFTA country; or (3) substituted for by goods of the same kind and quality used as a material in the production of other goods that are exported to a NAFTA country. (Sec. 211) Requires the U.S. Customs Service to monitor television and picture tube imports for a five-year period.  Directs the U.S. Customs Service to make the results of such monitoring, including verification of the rules of origin, available to the President and the USTR. Title III:  Application of Agreement to Sectors and Services - Subtitle A:  Safeguards - Part 1:  Relief From Imports Benefitting From the Agreement - Authorizes an entity, trade association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers that is representative of an industry to file with the International Trade Commission (ITC) a petition requesting the adjustment of U.S.  obligations under NAFTA.  Requires the ITC to investigate, and make a determination, whether as a result of the reduction or elimination of a duty under NAFTA, a Canadian or Mexican article is being imported in such increased quantities as to constitute a substantial case of serious injury, or except in the case of a Canadian article, a threat of serious injury to a domestic industry producing an article that is like, or directly competitive with, such article. (Sec. 303) Requires the ITC, if it makes an affirmative determination, to recommend to the President the amount of import relief that is necessary to remedy or prevent such injury. (Sec. 308) Amends the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act to require the Secretary to decide whether to recommend to the President the imposition of a temporary duty on Canadian fresh fruits and vegetables. (Sec. 309) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to determine each period of five consecutive business days in which the daily price for frozen concentrated orange juice is less than the trigger price and the first period occurring thereafter of five consecutive business days in which the daily price for frozen concentrated orange juice is greater than the trigger price. Sets forth a formula for determining the rate of duty on certain quantities of imported Mexican articles of frozen concentrated orange juice. Part 2:  Relief From Imports From All Countries - Requires the ITC, if it makes an affirmative determination for import relief under the Trade Act of 1974 (or a determination which the President may treat as an affirmative determination under the Tariff Act of 1930), to also find (and report to the President) whether:  (1) imports from a NAFTA country, considered individually, account for a substantial share of total imports; and (2) imports from a NAFTA country, considered individually, or, in exceptional circumstances considered collectively, contribute importantly to the serious injury, or threat of serious injury, caused by imports. (Sec. 312) Requires the President, in determining whether to take import relief action under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to imports from a NAFTA country, to determine whether:  (1) imports from such country, considered individually, account for a substantial share of total imports; or (2) imports from such a country, considered individually, or in exceptional circumstances considered collectively, contribute importantly to the serious injury, or threat of serious injury, found by the ITC.  Requires the President to take specified actions with respect to such imports. Part 3:  General Provisions - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize an entity representing a domestic industry that produces a citrus product that is like or directly competitive with an imported citrus product to file a request with the USTR for monitoring of such imports.  Requires the ITC, upon the filing of a petition alleging import injury and a request for provisional import relief, to make a determination whether increased imports of such citrus products are a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic industry producing such product.  Defines ""citrus product"" to mean any processed oranges or grapefruit, or any orange or grapefruit juice, including concentrate. (Sec. 316) Requires the ITC, with respect to expediting an investigation concerning provisional import relief, to monitor, until January 1, 2009, imports of fresh or chilled tomatoes and peppers (other than chili peppers) as if proper requests for such monitoring have been made. (Sec. 317) Requires the ITC to adopt certain rules and procedures with respect to the release of confidential business information under the Tariff Act of 1930 and apply them in import injury investigations under NAFTA. Subtitle B:  Agriculture - Amends the Meat Import Act of 1979 to redefine the term ""meat articles.""  Authorizes the President to exclude meat articles originating in a NAFTA country, Canada, or Mexico from quantitative import limitations. (Sec. 321) Requires the President to take such action as may be necessary to ensure that imports of agricultural goods do not disrupt the orderly marketing of commodities in the United States. Declares that nothing in NAFTA reduces or eliminates:  (1) any penalty required under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938; or (2) any requirement under Marketing Agreement No. 146, Regulating the Quality of Domestically Produced Peanuts, on peanuts in the domestic market, pursuant to the Agricultural Act of 1949. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to express the sense of the Congress that the United States should request consultations in the Working Group on Emergency Action if imports of peanuts exceed the in-quota quantity under a tariff rate quota set out in NAFTA concerning whether:  (1) the increased imports of peanuts constitute a substantial cause of, or contribute importantly to, serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic peanut industry; and (2) recourse under NAFTA or the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to designate an office within the United States Department of Agriculture to be responsible for maintaining and disseminating data accumulated for verifying citrus, fruit, vegetable, and cut flower trade between the United States and Mexico. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a program requiring that end-use certificates be included in the documentation covering the entry into, or withdrawal from a warehouse for consumption in, the U.S. customs territory of any wheat or barley from a foreign country that requires end-use certificates of U.S.  wheat or U.S.  barley.  Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to suspend such requirements when making a determination that the program has resulted in:  (1) the reduction of income to U.S. producers of agricultural products; or (2) the reduction of the competitiveness of such U.S. producers in the world export markets.  Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to suspend such requirements if a foreign country that requires end-use certificates for U.S. wheat and U.S. barley eliminates the requirement. Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant fellowships to individuals from NAFTA countries to study agriculture in the United States, and individuals in the United States to study agriculture in other NAFTA countries.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to public agencies or private organizations with tax-exempt status that have experience in providing emergency services to low-income migrant or seasonal farmworkers if it is determined that implementation of the NAFTA has caused such farmworkers to lose income.  Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare, and submit to specified congressional committees, a biennial report on the effects of the NAFTA on U.S. producers of agricultural commodities and on U.S. rural communities. Subtitle C:  Intellectual Property - Amends Federal patent law to extend U.S. intellectual property protections to inventions that are made in other countries by persons who are domiciled in a NAFTA country and serving in any other country in connection with operations by or on behalf of the United States or a NAFTA country. (Sec. 332) Amends the Record Rental Amendment of 1984 to repeal a provision of such Act with respect to rental rights in sound recordings. (Sec. 333) Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that nothing in such Act shall prevent the registration before enactment of the NAFTA: (1) of a mark which, when used on or in connection with the goods of an applicant for a trademark, is primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive of them, and which became distinctive of the applicant's goods in commerce; or (2) on the supplemental register of a mark, capable of distinguishing the applicant's goods or services and not registrable on the principal register under such Act, that is declared to be unregistrable, if such mark has been in lawful use in commerce by the owner, on or in connection with any goods or services. (Sec. 334) Amends Federal copyright law to grant copyright protection to motion pictures that are first fixed or published in a NAFTA country, including any work in such pictures, that enter the U.S. public domain and are first published on or after January 1, 1978, and before March 1, 1989, even though certain required notice has not been given. Subtitle D:  Temporary Entry of Business Persons - Classifies as nonimmigrants, if otherwise eligible for a visa and admissible into the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, any alien trader or investor who is a citizen of Canada or Mexico, including any accompanying spouse and children of such alien. (Sec. 341) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the admittance of aliens who are citizens of Canada or Mexico, including any spouse and children of such alien, into the United States to engage in business activities as professionals.  Requires the Attorney General to establish annual numerical limits on such admissions.  Prohibits such aliens from being classified as nonimmigrants if there is a strike or lockout in the course of a labor dispute in the applicable occupational classification, unless such aliens establish that their entry will not adversely affect the settlement of such strike or lockout or the employment of any person involved in the strike or lockout. Subtitle E:  Standards - Part 1:  Standards and Measures - Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to provide that nothing under such Act shall be construed to:  (1) prohibit a Federal or State agency from engaging in activity related to sanitary or phytosanitary measures to protect human, animal, or plant life or health; (2) limit the authority of such agencies to determine the level of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health the agency considers appropriate; (3) prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers; or (4) limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers.  Requires the standards information center of the Department of Commerce, among other things, to make available to the public documents and information regarding:  (1) general application of sanitary or phytosanitary measures by Federal or State agencies; and (2) participation of Federal and State governments and nongovernmental bodies in international and regional standardizing bodies and conformity assessment systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding standards-related measures. Part 2:  Agricultural Standards - Amends the Federal Seed Act to declare that provisions of such Act requiring certain seeds to be stained shall not apply to alfalfa or clover seed from Mexico. (Sec. 361) Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the importation:  (1) of cattle, sheep, or other ruminants, and swine, from Canada or Mexico; and (2) from the British Virgin Islands into the U.S. Virgin Islands, for slaughter only, of cattle that have been infested with or exposed to ticks on being freed from such ticks. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive provisions requiring the inspection of imported animals for contagious diseases and infections with respect to shipments between the United States and Canada or Mexico. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the importation of cattle, sheep, other ruminants, or swine (including their embryos), or the fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of such animals, from a region that the Secretary of Agriculture has determined to be, and is likely to remain, free from rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. Amends the Honeybee Act to authorize the importation into the United States of honeybees from Canada or Mexico if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the region from which such honeybee originated is, and is likely to remain, free of diseases or parasites harmful to honeybees, and undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees. Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require all poultry, or parts or products of poultry, that are intended as human food and imported into the United States from Canada and Mexico to meet inspection, sanitary, and processing standards that are equivalent to those in the United States. Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to specified congressional committees a report that includes, among other things, a certification by the Secretary of Agriculture that foreign plants in Canada and Mexico that export carcasses or meat or meat products have complied with requirements that are equivalent to U.S. requirements with regard to inspection and building construction standards. Requires all domestic peanut butter and peanut paste to be processed from peanuts that meet the quality standards established for peanuts under Marketing Agreement No. 146. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to a land grant college or university for the construction of a facility (to be known as the Southwest Regional Animal Health Biocontainment Facility) at such college or university to do research in animal health, disease-transmitting insects, and toxic chemicals that requires the use of biocontainment facilities and equipment.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare, and submit to specified congressional committees, annual reports on the impact of the NAFTA on the inspection of imported meat, poultry, other foods, animals, or plants. Subtitle F:  Corporate Average Fuel Economy - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to provide that, for purposes of calculating the corporate average fuel economy of certain passenger automobiles, such automobiles shall be considered domestically manufactured in a model year if at least 75 percent of the manufacturer's cost is attributable to value added in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, unless the assembly of the automobile is completed in Canada or Mexico and such automobile is not imported into the United States prior to the expiration of 30 days following the end of that model year. Subtitle G:  Government Procurement - Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to revise provisions regarding the waiver of discriminating purchasing requirements with respect to Government contracting to apply to countries that are parties to the NAFTA.  Declares that the President's authority to waive such requirements does not authorize the waiver of any small business or minority preference. Title IV:  Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases - Subtitle A:  Organizational, Administrative, and Procedural Provisions Regarding the Implementation of Chapter 19 of the Agreement - Sets forth organizational and administrative provisions regarding the selection of individuals to serve on binational panels and extraordinary challenge committees. (Sec. 402) Establishes within the interagency trade organization an interagency group, which shall be chaired by the USTR and consist of appropriate officers, to annually prepare, and submit to appropriate congressional committees, lists of individuals who are qualified to serve on such panels and committees. (Sec. 407) Authorizes an entity, including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers, that is representative of a U.S. industry to file with the USTR a petition requesting that the industry be appropriately identified whenever it has reason to believe that:  (1) as a result of implementation of NAFTA, the industry is likely to face increased competition from subsidized imports from a NAFTA country, or such industry is likely to face increased competition from subsidized imports from any other country designated by the President as benefitting from a reduction of tariffs or other trade barriers under a trade agreement that enters into force with the United States after January 1, 1994; and (2) the industry is likely to experience a deterioration of its competitive position before more rules relating to the use of government subsidies have been developed with respect to the subject country.  Requires the USTR upon receipt of a petition to decide whether to identify the industry on the basis of both the subsidization and deterioration of its competitive position.  Requires the USTR, if there is an identification, to take appropriate action, including:  (1) compiling and making available to the industry certain trade information; and (2) recommending to the President that the ITC commence an investigation under the Tariff Act of 1930. Subtitle B:  Conforming Amendments and Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply provisions of such Act regarding time limits for commencing judicial review in antidumping duty and countervailing duty actions to cases involving merchandise from a free trade area (NAFTA) country. Title V:  NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance and Other Provisions - Subtitle A:  NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program - NAFTA Worker Security Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require a group of workers, including workers in any agricultural firm or subdivision of an agricultural firm, to be certified as eligible for adjustment assistance if the Secretary of Labor determines that a significant number of workers in such firm or subdivision have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated, and either that:  (1) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision have decreased, imports from Mexico or Canada of articles like or directly competitive with the firm's articles have increased, and such increase in imports contributed to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the firm's sales or production; or (2) there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico or Canada of articles like or directly competitive with the firm's articles. (Sec. 502) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) the filing of petitions for worker adjustment assistance; (2) petition findings; and (3) review of petitions by the Secretary of Labor. (Sec. 503) Prohibits a worker from receiving duplicative assistance. (Sec. 504) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 507) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a self-employment assistance program which makes certain qualified individuals eligible to receive an allowance in lieu of regular unemployment compensation under State law in order to assist such an individual in establishing a business and becoming self-employed. Subtitle B:  Provisions Relating to Performance Under the Agreement - Expresses the sense of the Congress that a State, province, or other governmental entity of a NAFTA country that discriminatorily enforces sales or other taxes so as to afford protection to its domestic production or domestic service providers shall be considered in violation of the NAFTA.  Requires the USTR to pursue all appropriate remedies when such discriminatory enforcement adversely affects U.S. producers of goods or U.S. service providers. (Sec. 512) Requires the President, by not later than July 1, 1997, to provide the Congress a comprehensive study on the operation and effects of NAFTA. (Sec.  513) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the USTR, no later than 30 days after a specified report is submitted to specified congressional committees, to identify any act, policy, or practice of Canada which:  (1) affects cultural industries; (2) is adopted or expanded after December 17, 1992; and (3) is actionable under the NAFTA. (Sec. 514) Requires the USTR to annually submit to specified congressional committees a report on how effective the NAFTA is on increasing U.S. exports of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts to Mexico. (Sec. 515) Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to authorize and direct the Commissioner of Customs to make grants to an institution (or consortium of such institutions) to assist it in establishing in Texas a Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade in order to promote and study trade between the Western Hemisphere countries. Subtitle C:  Funding - Part 1:  Customs User Fees - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to increase for FY 1994 through 1997 the customs user fees for the arrival of each passenger aboard a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft from outside the U.S. customs territory.  Maintains for FY 1998 and thereafter the current five dollar customs user fee for the arrival of each passenger aboard such vessel or aircraft from a place outside the United States. Part 2:  Internal Revenue Code Amendments - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary to disclose to officers and employees of the Department of the Treasury (particularly the Customs Service) certain tax information. (Sec. 523) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the development of an electronic fund transfer system for the collection of depository taxes. Subtitle D:  Implementation of NAFTA Supplemental Agreements - Part 1:  Agreements Relating to Labor and Environment - Authorizes the United States to participate in:  (1) the Commission for Labor Cooperation in accordance with the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; (2) the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in accordance with the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation; and (3) the Border Environment Cooperation Commission in accordance with the Border Environment Cooperation Agreement.  Authorizes appropriations. Part 2:  North American Development Bank and Related Provisions - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the North American Development Bank. (Sec. 541) Amends Federal banking law to exempt the Bank from the securities laws with respect to the issuance of certain securities by such Bank. (Sec. 543) Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with the Bank for implementation of a community adjustment and investment program pursuant to the Border Environment Cooperation Agreement. Requires the President to establish the Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory Committee to provide advice to the President with respect to the implementation of such program. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI:  Customs Modernization - Subtitle A:  Improvements in Customs Enforcement - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise customs procedures with respect to:  (1) electronic transmission of forged, altered, or false data to the United States Customs Service with regard to the entry of imported merchandise; (2) penalties for failure to declare imported controlled substances; (3) examination and detention of imported merchandise; (4) certain recordkeeping requirements; (5) examination of books and witnesses; (6) review of protests by the Customs Service; (7) a repeal of a provision relating to the reliquidation on account of fraud; (8) penalties relating to manifests, false drawback or refund claims, and for fraud, gross negligence, and negligence; (9) unlawful unloading or transshipment; (10) public access to Customs Service interpretive rulings and decisions; and (11) seizure of imported merchandise. Subtitle B:  National Customs Automation Program - Directs the Secretary to establish the National Customs Automation Program which shall be an automated and electronic system for the processing of commercial imports. (Sec. 631) Provides for electronic data transmission relating to: (1) remote location filing; (2) effective date of rates of duty on imported merchandise; (3) merchandise manifests; (4) imported merchandise invoices; (5) entry and release of imported merchandise; (6) admissibility in administrative and judicial proceedings of electronically transmitted information; (7) appraisement and liquidations of imported merchandise; (8) the payment of duties; (9) abandonment and damage to imported merchandise; (10) protests of Customs Service decisions; (11) refunds and errors; (12) bonds and other security; and (13) customhouse brokers. (Sec. 632) Requires a refund (drawback) of duties (less one per cent of such duties) on articles produced in the United States with imported merchandise that have been destroyed under Customs Service supervision, provided such articles have not been used prior to such destruction. (Sec. 644) Sets forth provisions with respect to customs officers' immunity in regard to the appraisement of or collection of duties on imported merchandise. Subtitle C:  Miscellaneous Amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Secretary to disregard the difference, but not less than $20 (currently ten dollars), between the total estimated duties deposited with respect to imported merchandise and the total amount actually due on such merchandise. Increases specified ceiling amounts of duty-free gifts and articles. (Sec. 652) Requires masters of vessels that have visited a hovering vessel or received merchandise while outside the U.S.  territorial sea to report their arrival to the nearest customs facility. Provides for the electronic transmission of vessel documentation to the Customs Service. (Sec. 653) Requires specified kinds of vessels to report to the nearest Customs Service facility within 24 hours (or other period of time as provided) after arrival at a U.S. port. (Sec. 655) Exempts from entry and clearance requirements certain passenger vessels on excursion from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the British Virgin Islands and returning, U.S.  documented vessels with recreational endorsement, or (as under current law) undocumented U.S. pleasure vessels not engaged in trade, except such vessels must comply upon arrival with specified customs reporting requirements and navigation laws and must not have visited any hovering vessel. (Sec. 656) Prohibits merchandise, passengers, or baggage from being unladen from any vessel required to make entry or vehicle required to report its arrival until such entry or report of arrival is made and a permit for unlading has been issued by the Customs Service.  Authorizes the issuance of such permits through electronic data transmission. (Sec. 659) Reduces from one year to six months the length of time merchandise may remain in customs custody with fees unpaid before it may be treated as unclaimed. (Sec. 662)  Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the declaration and entry of merchandise whose value does not exceed a designated amount, but not more than $2,500 (currently not greater than $1,250), or when different commercial facilitation and risk considerations that may vary for different classes or kinds of merchandise or different classes of transactions may dictate. (Sec. 663) Reduces from one year to 90 days the minimum length of time after forfeiture the Secretary must wait before selling at public auction any seized imported merchandise with a counterfeit mark. (Sec. 664) Sets forth certain recordkeeping requirements for merchandise transported by pipeline. (Sec. 665) Authorizes the withdrawal from warehouse of turbine fuel without the payment of duties provided certain requirements are met. (Sec. 667) Authorizes the Customs Service to order the destruction or other appropriate disposition of vessels, vehicles, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage that has been seized under the customs laws if it determines that the expense of keeping such items is disproportionate to their value (currently applies only to items of less than $1,000 in value). (Sec. 668) Requires actions for fraud, gross negligence, and negligence, false drawback, or refund claims with respect to imported merchandise to be instituted within five years after the alleged violation or discovery of such fraud. (Sec. 669) Requires the Customs Service to be reimbursed for costs incurred in collecting fees on behalf of Government agencies. (Sec. 670) Authorizes the Secretary to settle, for no more than $50,000 in each case, claims for damage to, or loss of, privately owned property caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer of the Customs Service. (Sec. 671) Provides for the use of private collection agencies to recover money owed the United States under customs laws. Subtitle D:  Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential and Conforming Amendments to Other Laws - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to exempt from such Schedule articles which are returned within 45 days after being exported from the United States as undeliverable and which have not left the custody of the carrier or foreign customs service. (Sec. 681) Declares that certain railway locomotives and railway freight cars on which no duty is owed are not subject to the entry or release requirements for imported merchandise under the Tariff Act of 1930. States that instruments of international trade, such as containers, lift vans, rail cars and locomotives, truck cabs and trailers, etc., are exempt from formal entry procedures, but must be accounted for when imported to and exported from the United States through the manifesting procedures required for international carriers. (Sec. 683) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the payment from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund of administrative expenses incurred by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Commerce, not to exceed $5 million for any fiscal year. (Sec. 684) Amends Federal law to grant the Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action for review of decisions of the Customs Service that deny, suspend, or revoke accreditation of private customs laboratories.  Bars the commencement of such actions unless brought within 60 days of such decisions. (Sec. 685) Authorizes the payment of certain claims against Customs Service employees out of the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.  Authorizes (currently mandates) unobligated amounts in such Fund to be kept on deposit or invested in U.S.  bonds. (Sec. 686) Requires U.S. and foreign vessels to obtain clearance from the Customs Service before proceeding from a U.S. port for:  (1) a foreign port; (2) another U.S.  port (for foreign vessels only), or (for U.S. vessels only) another U.S. port if the vessel has bonded or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made; or (3) outside the U.S. territorial sea to visit a hovering vessel or to receive merchandise. (Sec. 687) Repeals specified provisions of Federal law. (Sec. 691) Requires the Commissioner of Customs to report to the Congress each fiscal year after FY 1994 on the collection of duties imposed under the antidumping and countervailing duty laws. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 to authorize the Commissioner of Customs to obtain from the operators of centralized cargo examination stations information regarding fees paid to them for the provision of services at such stations. Amends the Customs and Trade Act of 1990 to require the Commissioner of Customs to:  (1) devise a methodology for estimating the level of compliance with the U.S. customs laws; and (2) evaluate the extent to which such compliance was obtained during the 12-month period preceding the 60th day before each fiscal year 1994 through 1996.",2025-08-26T13:51:37Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1627
103-s-1617,103,s,1617,High Technology Export Reform Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-11-03,1993-11-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]",NH,R,G000445,0,"High Technology Export Reform Act - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that no validated license or reexport authorization may be required for the export or reexport for the consumption or use in any country (other than a targeted country) of currently controlled computers, telecommunications equipment, and semiconductors (unless they are subject to missile technology controls). Prohibits the United States from:  (1) proposing to the Coordinating Committee (COCOM) the transfer of such items from the Industrial List of the COCOM to the International Munitions Lists of the COCOM; or (2) agreeing to any proposal for such transfer. Prohibits the control on the export or reexport of such items under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, or any other law that would control such exports. Declares that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from requiring a validated license for exports to:  (1) a country against which the United States maintains an embargo; or (2) a party lawfully denied export privileges under this Act. Directs the President to negotiate with COCOM and other relevant multilateral export control regimes to attain agreement on applying export controls consistent with this Act.",2025-08-26T13:50:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1617
103-s-1538,103,s,1538,A bill to make a technical correction with respect to the temporary duty suspension for clomiphene citrate.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-10-07,1993-10-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,0,Amends the Harmonized Tarif Schedule of the United States to make a technical correction to the Schedule with respect to the temporary duty suspension for clomiphene citrate.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1538
103-s-1518,103,s,1518,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Diquat Dibromide.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-10-05,1993-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on o-diquat dibromide 1,1'-ethylene-2,2'-dipyridylium dibromide (also known as diquat dibromide).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1518
103-s-1519,103,s,1519,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on lambdacyhalothrin.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-10-05,1993-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 1a(S),3a(Z))-(+)-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)-methyl 3-(2-chloro-3, 3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (also known as lambdacyhalothrin).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1519
103-s-1496,103,s,1496,High Technology Indexation Act of 1993,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-09-29,1993-09-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,2,"High Technology Indexation Act of 1993 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to change from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary of Commerce's authority to establish indexing standards which provide for automatic increases (instead of currently authorized annual increases) in the performance levels of certain goods or technology subject to export licensing controls. Requires removal from the commodity control list of goods or technology which no longer require licensing under the increased performance level standards, unless the Secretary reports to specified congressional committees that removal of controls will permit exports detrimental to U.S. national security or U.S. policies. Directs the Secretary to require technical advisory committees to recommend indexing standards for certain goods or technology. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a performance-based indexing system to ensure that the definition of ""supercomputer"" and all controls and security safeguard procedures on supercomputer exports or reexports are commensurate with technological advances.  Sets forth circumstances under which such safeguards are not required.",2025-08-26T13:52:28Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1496
103-s-1481,103,s,1481,"A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-3-quinolinecarboxcylic acid (norfloxin).",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-09-22,1993-09-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-3- quinolinecarboxylic acid (also known as norfloxacin).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1481
103-s-1482,103,s,1482,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Levodopa.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-09-22,1993-09-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 3-hydroxy-L-tyrosine (levodopa).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1482
103-s-1483,103,s,1483,"A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on N-Amidino-3,5-diamino-6-chlorpyrazinecarboxamide monohydro-chloride dihydrate.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-09-22,1993-09-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on n-amidino-3,5-diamino-6-chloropyrazine-carboxamide monohydrochloride dihydrate (also known as amiloride hydrochloride).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1483
103-s-1484,103,s,1484,"A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2,2-dimethylcyclopropylcarboxamide.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-09-22,1993-09-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on 2,2-dimethylcyclopropylcarboxamide (also known as D-carboxamide).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1484
103-s-1449,103,s,1449,American Common Market Act of 1993,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-09-13,1993-09-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]",SC,D,H000725,3,"American Common Market Act of 1993 - Authorizes the President to negotiate with other countries of North America, Central America, and South America a treaty to establish a Common Market of the Americas which promotes democracy and mutually beneficial economic development.",2025-08-26T13:51:52Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1449
103-s-1444,103,s,1444,American Common Market Act of 1993,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-09-09,1993-09-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]",SC,D,H000725,0,"American Common Market Act of 1993 - Authorizes the President to negotiate with other countries of North America, Central America, and South America a treaty to establish a Common Market of the Americas which promotes democracy and mutually beneficial economic development.",2025-08-26T13:49:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1444
103-s-1395,103,s,1395,A bill relating to the tariff treatment of certain plastic flat goods.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-06,1993-08-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]",WI,D,K000305,0,Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a duty with respect to certain plastic flat goods with an outer surface area of not less than 20 percent leather.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1395
103-s-1403,103,s,1403,A bill to extend the suspension of duty on certain narrow fabric weaving machines.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-06,1993-08-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1998, the suspension of duty on power-driven weaving machines for weaving fabrics not exceeding 30 cm in width.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1403
103-s-1433,103,s,1433,"A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 5-(N,N-dibenzylglycl)-salicylamide, 2-{N-benzyl-N-tert-butylamino}-4'-hydroxy-3-'hydromethylacetophenone hydrochloride, flutamide, and loratadine.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-06,1993-08-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on:  (1) 5 -(N,N-dibenzylglycyl)-salicylamide (LBH-B/C); (2) 2-(N-benzyl-N-tert-butylamino)-4-hydroxy-3- hydromethylacetophenone hydrochloride (Glycyl hydrochloride); (3) flutamide; and (4) loratadine.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1433
103-s-1434,103,s,1434,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-06,1993-08-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on:  (1) (R)-a-amino-1,4-cyclohexadiene-1-acetic acid; (2) (R)-a-amino-4-hydroxybenzeneacetic acid; (3) (R)-a-amino benzene-acetic acid; (4) N,N'-bis(trimethylsilyl) urea; (5) penicillin V potassium; and (6) penicillin G potassium.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1434
103-s-1435,103,s,1435,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-06,1993-08-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on certain organic chemicals.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1435
103-s-1436,103,s,1436,A bill to extend the suspension of duties on certain chemicals.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-06,1993-08-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1996, the suspension of duty on certain organic chemicals.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1436
103-s-1384,103,s,1384,A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain chemicals.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1996, the suspension of duty on:  (1) Neville and Winter's acid; (2) broenner's acid; (3) D salt; (4) napthol AS types; and (5) anis base.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1384
103-s-1385,103,s,1385,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on polyamide resin.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on polyamide.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1385
103-s-1386,103,s,1386,"A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 4,4' biphenol.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 4,4' biphenol.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1386
103-s-1387,103,s,1387,"A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2,6-HNA.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1996, the suspension of duty on 2,6-HNA.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1387
103-s-1388,103,s,1388,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on hexafluoro-isopropylidene-2,2-bis(phthalic acid anhydride)(6,fluoro dianhydride).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1388
103-s-1389,103,s,1389,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on chloranil.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 2,3,4,5-tetrachloro-1,4- benzoquinone (also known as chloranil).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1389
103-s-1390,103,s,1390,"A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 2,4-dinitro aniline.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 2,4-dinitro aniline.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1390
103-s-1391,103,s,1391,"A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on diazo-2,1,4-sulfonic acid and its salts.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on diazo-2,1,4-sulfonic acid and its salts.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1391
103-s-1392,103,s,1392,A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on tetraamino biphenyl.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1996, the suspension of duty on tetraamino biphenyl.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1392
103-s-1393,103,s,1393,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Phospholan.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on 2-methyl 2.5 dioxo 1.2 oxaphospholan (phospholan).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1393
103-s-1394,103,s,1394,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on acet-p-anisidine.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-05,1993-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on acet-p-anisidine.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1394
103-s-1344,103,s,1344,Armenia Free Trade Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-08-03,1993-08-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX]",TX,R,G000365,1,"Armenia Free Trade Act - Directs the President to initiate negotiations for a trade agreement establishing a free trade area between the Republic of Armenia and the United States.  Declares ""fast track"" procedures under the Trade Act of 1974 to apply to such agreement until January 1, 1999.",2025-08-26T13:50:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1344
103-s-1321,103,s,1321,A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on umbrella frames.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-30,1993-07-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]",OH,D,G000236,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the existing suspension of duty on umbrella frames.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1321
103-s-1322,103,s,1322,A bill to extend the suspension of duty on certain collapsible umbrellas.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-30,1993-07-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]",OH,D,G000236,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the suspension of duty on certain collapsible umbrellas.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1322
103-s-1323,103,s,1323,"A bill to extend the suspension of duty on certain diamond tool and drill blanks, and for other purposes.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-30,1993-07-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]",OH,D,G000236,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on certain diamond tool and drill blanks.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1323
103-s-1305,103,s,1305,A bill to clarify the tariff treatment of certain footwear.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-29,1993-07-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Provides, upon request filed with the appropriate customs officer within one year after enactment of this Act, for the liquidation or reliquidation (refund) of duties on certain footwear that:  (1) entered into the United States between December 31, 1988, and July 1, 1991; (2) would, if entered on July 1, 1991, have been classified under a specified subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; and (3) with respect to which there would have been a lesser duty if the applicable rate applied to such entry.  Sets forth the applicable rates.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1305
103-s-1306,103,s,1306,"A bill to extend until January 1, 1997, the previous suspension of duty on certain infant nursery intercoms and monitors.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-29,1993-07-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1996, the suspension of duty on certain nursery intercoms and monitors.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1306
103-s-1307,103,s,1307,A bill to correct the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as it applies to certain electric toothbrushes and parts thereof.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-29,1993-07-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a duty on certain electric toothbrushes and their parts.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1307
103-s-1308,103,s,1308,"A bill to suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on certain machinery used to recycle mercury.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-29,1993-07-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on mercury recycling crushers and distillers.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1308
103-s-1316,103,s,1316,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on tefluthrin.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-29,1993-07-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE]",NE,D,K000146,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1996, the duty on (2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methylphenyl)-methyl-(1a3a)- (Z)-(+)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)- 2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (tefluthrin).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1316
103-s-1289,103,s,1289,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain textile spinning machines.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-27,1993-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on certain textile spinning machines.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1289
103-s-1290,103,s,1290,A bill to suspend temporarily the duties on salmeterol xinafoate (bulk and dosage forms).,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-27,1993-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on 4-hydroxy-a-(((6-(4-phenylbutoxy)hexyl)amino)-methyl)-1, 3-benzenedimethanol, 1-hydroxy-2-naphthalenecarboxylate (salmeterol xinafoate bulk and dosage forms).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1290
103-s-1291,103,s,1291,A bill to suspend temporarily the duties on cefuroxime axetil (bulk and dosage forms).,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-27,1993-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on 1-(acetyloxy) ethyl ester of (6R, 7R)-3-carbamoyl-oxymethyl- 7-(Z-2-methoxyimino-2-(fur-2-yl) acetamido) ceph-3-em-4-carboxylate (cefuroxime axetil in bulk and dosage forms).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1291
103-s-1292,103,s,1292,A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on ranitidine hydrochloride (bulk and dosage forms).,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-27,1993-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on n(2-(((5-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-furanyl)methyl)thio)ethyl)-n-methyl- 2-nitro-1,1-ethenediamine, hydrochloride (ranitidine hydrochloride in bulk and dosage forms).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1292
103-s-1293,103,s,1293,A bill to suspend temporarily the duties on ondansetron hydrochloride (bulk and dosage forms).,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-27,1993-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on 1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-((2-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl) methyl)-4H-carbazol-4-one hydrochloride dihydrate (ondansetron hydrochloride in bulk and dosage forms).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1293
103-s-1294,103,s,1294,A bill to suspend temporarily the duties on sumatriptan succinate (bulk and dosage forms).,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-27,1993-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on (3-(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)-N-methyl-1H-indole-5-methanesulphonamide, (1:1) succinate (sumatriptan succinate in bulk and dosage forms).",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1294
103-s-1264,103,s,1264,A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to issue loan guarantees for development projects in Ireland.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-20,1993-07-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to issue guarantees through FY 1994 against losses incurred in connection with loans to U.S. firms for the establishment or maintenance of low-cost, financially viable distribution facilities in Ireland that utilize U.S.-manufactured products and components. Sets forth limits on the total amount of guarantees and establishes loan terms. Permits the issuance of such guarantees only to such extent or in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1264
103-s-1265,103,s,1265,A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend indefinitely the current provisions governing the export of certain domestically produced crude oil.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-20,1994-03-16,Subcommittee on International Finance (Banking). Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 103-505.,Senate,"Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]",WA,D,M001111,2,Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend indefinitely the restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope oil.,2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1265
103-s-1237,103,s,1237,"A bill to extend the existing suspension of duty on stuffed dolls, certain toy figures, and the skins thereof.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-15,1993-07-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,1,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1997, the suspension of duty on stuffed dolls, certain toy figures, and doll skins.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1237
103-s-1238,103,s,1238,A bill to extend the temporary suspension of the duty on 1-chloro-5-hexanone.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1993-07-15,1993-07-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the suspension of duty on 1-chloro-5-hexanone.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1238