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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date ▲	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date	url
99-s-2915	99	s	2915	A bill to deny most-favored-nation treatment to imports from Yugoslavia.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-10-09	1986-10-09	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]	MI	D	R000249	0	Denies most-favored-nation treatment of imports from Yugoslavia unless, within ten days of enactment of this Act, the President reports to the Congress that Yugoslavia has released all U.S. citizens who have been detained without justification and that Yugoslavia has ceased to implement a program which results in such unjustified detainment of U.S. citizens. Requires such denial of most-favored-nation treatment, if it goes into effect, to remain in effect until such conditions are met.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2915
99-s-2909	99	s	2909	Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-10-03	1986-10-03	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]	NY	R	D000018	1	Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act - Prohibits an article from being imported into the United States from Northern Ireland unless documentation is presented at the time of entry indicating that the enterprise which manufactured or assembled such article was in compliance at the time of manufacture with certain fair employment principles (such as freedom from religious discrimination). Provides that such principles are based on the MacBride Principles, a nine point set of guidelines for fair employment in Northern Ireland. Requires that any U.S. person who has a branch or office in Northern Ireland or who controls an enterprise in Northern Ireland in which more than 20 people are employed shall take the necessary steps to insure that such employment principles are implemented and that this Act is complied with. Requires each such U.S. person to report to the Secretary of Commerce on compliance with this Act. Sets forth the fair employment principles. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the interest of national security. Requires such waiver to become effective 90 days after the President submits a justification of such waiver to the Congress unless the Congress adopts a joint resolution disapproving the waiver. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution.	2025-08-29T16:31:37Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2909
99-s-2895	99	s	2895	A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to review certain antidumping agreements with Canadian producers of potassium chloride.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-30	1986-09-30	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]	NM	R	D000407	1	Requires the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to review all agreements entered into by any producer of potassium chloride in Canada under the Antidumping Act, 1921. Requires the Secretary to determine, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, whether any such producer has, at any time during the most recent 12 month period, sold potassium chloride at less than its foreign market value. Requires the Secretary to impose an antidumping duty on imports of potassium chloride from such producers if the Secretary determines that sales at less than foreign market value have taken place. Requires the Secretary to: (1) initiate antidumping investigations with respect to potassium chloride produced by other producers; and (2) provide notice of such investigations to the International Trade Commission. Provides for suspension or termination of such reviews, investigations, and orders.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2895
99-s-2853	99	s	2853	Large Electrical Equipment Trade and Access Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-23	1986-09-23	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC]	NC	R	B000966	0	Large Electrical Equipment Trade and Access Act of 1986 - Requires the President, within three months of enactment of this Act, to initiate market access negotiations with the government of each foreign country in which large electrical equipment is manufactured. Exempts a country from such negotiation requirement if: (1) the President determines that there is no credible evidence that U.S. manufacturers of large electrical equipment have been denied in that country market opportunities which are substantially equivalent to the market opportunities available in the United States for such equipment from that country; and (2) a sale of one or more kinds of certain large U.S. manufactured electrical equipment was made in such country during the three years preceding enactment of this Act. Defines large electrical equipment as large transformers, generators, and steam turbines. Declares that the goal of such negotiations is the attainment of fully competitive market opportunities for U.S. manufacturers of large electrical equipment. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such negotiations every two years. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that in antidumping actions relating to such electrical equipment the requirement of showing that sales at less than fair market value occurred is satisfied by showing that sales have been made in the United States of foreign manufactured large electrical equipment. Sets forth the method of determining the foreign market value of such equipment.	2025-08-29T16:29:38Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2853
99-s-2860	99	s	2860	A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 regarding the customs administration of duty-free sales enterprises.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-23	1986-09-23	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI]	HI	D	M000250	0	Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow duty-free sales enterprises to sell and deliver from the customs territory duty-free merchandise. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to the locality and operation of such enterprises. Provides that if the approval of a State or local authority (incident to its jurisdiction over an airport, seaport, or other exit point facility) is required before such duty-free merchandise is delivered for exportation, then such merchandise may not be withdrawn from a bonded warehouse and transferred to such facility unless the operator of a duty-free sales enterprise demonstrates to the Secretary of the Treasury that the required approval has been obtained. Provides that this Act does not prohibit a duty-free sales enterprise from offering for sale and delivering to individuals departing from the customs territory merchandise other than duty-free merchandise. Declares that merchandise purchased in a duty-free sales enterprise is not exempt from duty under the Tariff Schedules of the United States if such merchandise is brought back to the customs territory. Requires the establishment of a separate class of bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2860
99-s-2842	99	s	2842	Digital Audio Tape Tariff Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-19	1986-09-19	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]	MO	R	D000030	7	Digital Audio Tape Tariff Act of 1986 - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to define "copy-code scanners." Provides a duty on digital audio tape recorders without copy-code scanners and parts. Subjects other digital audio tape recorders to the same staged rate reductions as may later be provided for digital audio tape recorders without copy-code scanners. Subjects radio-television-phonograph combinations to the same staged rate reductions as may later be provided for certain tape recorders, dictation recording, and transcribing machines for civil aircraft.	2025-08-29T16:32:13Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2842
99-s-2834	99	s	2834	Arms Export Reform Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-18	1986-09-18	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Senate	Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]	DE	D	B000444	3	Arms Export Reform Act of 1986 - Requires the President to submit to the Congress a certification in the case of any letter of offer under the Arms Export Control Act, any application for an export license, and any lease or loan agreement relating to certain military equipment regardless of the dollar amount involved in such sale, export, lease, or loan, specifically: (1) turbine-powered military aircraft, rockets, missiles, anti-aircraft artillery, and associated control target acquisition and electronic warfare equipment and software; (2) helicopters designed or equipped for combat operations; (3) main battle tanks and nuclear-capable artillery; and (4) submarines, aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, frigates, destroyers, and auxiliary warships. Sets forth the information to be contained in the President's certification to the Congress. Prohibits the issuance of any such letter of offer and export license and the making of any such lease or loan to: (1) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of such Organization, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, or any country which is a party to the Camp David Accords, or an agreement based on such Accords, if the Congress enacts a joint resolution of disapproval within 15 days of receiving the certification; and (2) to any other country or international organization unless the Congress enacts a joint resolution or other provision of law authorizing such sale, export, lease, or loan. Declares that the congressional actions described in the previous sentence shall not be required if the President states in the certification that an emergency exists which requires the proposed sale, export, lease, or loan. Provides for expedited consideration of such joint resolutions.	2025-08-29T16:33:32Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2834
99-s-2826	99	s	2826	A bill to suspend for a 1-year period the duty on certain mixtures of cross-linked sodium polyacrylate polymers.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-17	1986-09-17	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]	MO	R	D000030	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1987, the duty on certain mixtures of cross-linked sodium polyacrylate polymers.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2826
99-s-2830	99	s	2830	A bill to amend the Steel Import Stabilization Act.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-17	1986-09-17	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	3	Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to provide that any steel product that is manufactured in a country that is not party to a bilateral arrangement (a non-arrangement country) from steel which is melted and poured in a country that is an arrangement country will be treated for purposes of the quantitative restrictions under that arrangement as if it were a product of an arrangement country. Requires the Customs Service, if provided with documentation that a steel product was exported by an arrangement country to a non-arrangement country where the product was transformed for export to the United States, to treat such documented product as if it were a product of the arrangement country for purposes of quantitative restrictions. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to consult with Canada, Sweden, and Taiwan for the purpose of negotiating bilateral steel arrangements with such countries. Restricts imports of steel from such countries if such consultations do not result in the successful negotiation of arrangements within 90 days of enactment of this Act.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2830
99-s-2815	99	s	2815	Export Revitalization Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-12	1986-09-12	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 909.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Export Revitalization Act - Title I: Exchange Rates and Developing Country Debt- Subtitle A: Measures Relating to Exchange Rates - Declares that it is U.S. policy that: (1) the United States and the other Summit countries (West Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Italy, and Canada) should take steps to institutionalize the process of coordinating monetary and fiscal policies started at the Tokyo Economic Summit in May 1986; (2) the goal of policy coordination should be to eliminate imbalances in trade and capital flows and to stabilize exchange rates; and (3) the United States and other Summit countries should coordinate the participation by central banks in international currency markets in order to reduce severe currency fluctuations, deter currency speculation, aid in the stabilization of the dollar in international currency markets, and promote orderly exchange rate adjustments. Directs the President to: (1) enter into negotiations with the other Summit countries to improve the functioning of the international monetary system; (2) continue the negotiations begun at the Tokyo Economic Summit to enhance the role of the Summit countries in coordinating fiscal and monetary policy and to institutionalize a process whereby the economic policies of these countries converge; and (3) enter into negotiations with other countries to achieve reciprocal opportunities for investment. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board to accumulate foreign currencies in amounts sufficient to make participation in foreign exchange markets effective and credible. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report every six months to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress made in implementing the policies and negotiating objectives outlined in the preceding paragraphs. Sets forth the information to be contained in such reports. Subtitle B: Measures Relating to Developing Country Debtors - Requires the negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to developing country de…	2025-08-29T16:30:30Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2815
99-s-2816	99	s	2816	A bill to provide for temporary duty free treatment for cyclosporine.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-09-12	1986-09-12	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]	MN	R	D000566	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through December 31, 1990, of cyclosporine.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2816
99-s-2765	99	s	2765	Trade and National Security Enhancement Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-15	1986-09-08	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 888.	Senate	Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]	WV	D	B001210	0	Trade and National Security Enhancement Act of 1986 - Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to grant the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) the responsibility for investigating, upon request, the effects of imports on national security. Requires the Secretary to report to the President on such investigation within six months of receiving the request that starts the investigation. Requires the Secretary to notify the Secretary of Defense concerning any such investigation. Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a separate defense needs assessment of the article affected by such imports. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Secretary on such assessment within three months. Requires the Secretary's report to the President on such investigation to include a statement by the Secretary of Defense concurring or disagreeing with the Secretary's findings and explaining such concurrence or disagreement. Requires any portion of such report to be published if it is not: (1) classified as being clearly detrimental to the national security; and (2) proprietary information as defined in this Act. Requires the President to: (1) decide whether or not to take action based on such report within 90 days of receiving it; and (2) explain the decision to take action or not to take action on the report submitted to the President by the Secretary.	2025-08-29T16:29:57Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2765
99-s-2774	99	s	2774	A bill to provide for a temporary suspension of duty on sethoxydim for a period of three years.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-15	1986-08-15	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA]	LA	D	L000428	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on sethoxydim.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2774
99-s-2775	99	s	2775	A bill to suspend for a three year period the duty on 3-Ethylamino-p-cresol.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-15	1986-08-15	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA]	LA	D	L000428	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on 3-Ethylamino-p-cresol.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2775
99-s-2783	99	s	2783	A bill to deny beneficiary developing country designations under the Generalized System of Preference to countries that aid other countries to circumvent certain quantitative limitations articles imported into the United States.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-15	1986-08-15	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]	OH	D	G000236	0	Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to deny treatment as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences to any country that helps any other country to circumvent any U.S. import quotas.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2783
99-s-2761	99	s	2761	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to temporarily suspend the duties imposed on doll wig yarns.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-14	1986-08-14	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]	NY	D	M001054	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on certain yarns used in the manufacture of wigs for dolls.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2761
99-s-2744	99	s	2744	Trade Information Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-13	1986-08-13	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]	SC	D	H000725	1	Trade Information Act of 1986 - Prohibits any article from being imported into the United States unless the Customs Service has issued an import license for such article. Exempts from such licensing requirement: (1) articles which are subject to a licensing requirement of a U.S. agency other than the Customs Service; (2) non-commercial shipments; and (3) commercial shipments valued at less than $250.	2025-08-29T16:33:43Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2744
99-s-2748	99	s	2748	Customs Enforcement Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-13	1986-08-13	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]	FL	R	H000374	2	Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 - Title I: Amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include monetary instruments within the meaning of "merchandise." Defines "controlled substances" and the terms "prohibited" and "restricted." Requires the owner of any vessel from a foreign port or place, any foreign vessel from a domestic port or place, or any U.S. vessel carrying bonded merchandise or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made, to immediately report such vessel's arrival (currently within 24 hours after the arrival of such vessel) at a U.S. or Virgin Islands port or place to the nearest customs facility or to such other place as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations which provide the manner in which arrivals are to be reported and which extend the time (not beyond 24 hours) after the arrival of any vessel in which to report such arrival. Restricts the arrival of vehicles in the United States at border crossing points designated by the Secretary and requires the person in charge of such vehicle (immediately upon the arrival of such vehicle in the United States) to report such arrival to, and present such vehicle, and all persons and merchandise (including baggage) on board such vehicle, for inspection to the customs officer at the customs facility. Requires the pilot of any aircraft arriving in the United States to comply with such advance notification, arrival reporting, and landing requirements as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations. Prohibits any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft from departing from a port, place, or airport of arrival or from discharging merchandise (including baggage) or passengers, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Requires the owner of a ship, person in charge of a vehicle, or pilot of an aircraft to present to the customs officer such documents, papers, and manifests as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations. Sets forth both civil and crimin…	2025-08-29T16:33:25Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2748
99-s-2755	99	s	2755	National Security Trade Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-13	1986-08-13	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]	WV	D	B001210	2	National Security Trade Act of 1986 - Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to grant the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) the responsibility for investigating, upon request, the effects of imports on national security. Requires the Secretary to report to the President on such investigation within six months of receiving the request that starts the investigation. Requires the Secretary to notify the Secretary of Defense concerning any such investigation. Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a separate defense needs assessment of the article affected by such imports. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Secretary on such assessment within three months. Requires the Secretary's report to the President on such investigation to include a statement by the Secretary of Defense concurring or disagreeing with the Secretary's findings and explaining such concurrence or disagreement. Requires any portion of such report to be published if it is not: (1) classified as being clearly detrimental to the national security; and (2) proprietary information as defined in this Act. Requires the President to : (1) decide whether or not to take action based on such report within 90 days of receiving it; and (2) explain the decision to take action or not to take action on the report submitted to the President by the Secretary. Sets forth actions the President may take to provide protection from the effects of imports on the national security, including: (1) imposing import restrictions or duties against the countries generating the imports that threaten to impair the national security; or (2) negotiating an agreement that imposes limits on such imports. Requires the President, if the President attempts to negotiate such an agreement and the agreement is not completed within six months or the agreement is ineffective, to take other actions to adjust imports. Requires the President to publish an explanation if the agreement is ineffective or is not entered into within six months and the President decid…	2025-08-29T16:33:47Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2755
99-s-2729	99	s	2729	A bill to temporarily exempt the duty on single-headed latch needles and hosiery knitting needles.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-08	1986-08-08	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through December 31, 1990, of single-headed latch needles and hosiery knitting needles.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2729
99-s-2711	99	s	2711	Ball and Roller Bearing Import Relief Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-08-01	1986-08-01	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.	Senate	Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]	CT	D	D000388	1	Ball and Roller Bearing Import Relief Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Department of Defense from procuring ball or roller bearings which have been manufactured outside the United States (including Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions). Allows such a procurement, however, if the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Secretary of Commerce that the kind of ball or roller bearings needed: (1) are not manufactured in the United States; or (2) are manufactured in the United States but are not available in sufficient quantities. Disallows such exception to the prohibition on procurement of foreign bearings if the Secretary of Commerce disagrees with the findings of the Secretary of Defense as set out in the certification. Provides that such prohibition shall apply to procurement solicitations issued by the Department of Defense during the five-year period beginning on January 1, 1987. Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require the President and the Secretary of Commerce to expedite applications with respect to the importation of ball or roller bearings. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide notice to the Secretary of Labor with respect to determinations that such imports threaten to impair U.S. national security. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Labor to give expedited consideration to petitions filed for trade adjustment assistance by firms that produce ball or roller bearings if the Secretary of Labor makes a determination that imports of such bearings threaten to impair national security.	2025-08-29T16:33:07Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2711
99-s-2693	99	s	2693	A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1301, et seq., to prohibit the importation of drug paraphernalia into the United States, and to prohibit the exportation of such articles from the United States.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-29	1986-07-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]	FL	R	H000374	0	Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit persons from importing into or exporting from the United States drug paraphernalia. Provides for the forfeiture of such paraphernalia. Defines "drug paraphernalia."	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2693
99-s-2694	99	s	2694	A bill to lower for a 3-year period the rate of duty on glass inners designed for vacuum flasks.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-29	1986-07-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000366	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to lower, through December 31, 1989, the rate of duty on glass inners designed for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2694
99-s-2696	99	s	2696	A bill relating to the tariff classification of slabs of iron or steel.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-29	1986-07-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reclassify a "slab" of iron or steel to be not less than two inches in thickness.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2696
99-s-2682	99	s	2682	A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require the initiation of negotiations to obtain a certain international trade agreement, and for other purposes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-24	1986-07-24	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	2	Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate negotiation of a reciprocal agreement on international trade that establishes uniform standards for measuring the quality of exported grain. Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to require the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to: (1) require a sublot of grain to meet the standards and procedures of a lot of grain; and (2) require the separate measurement of the quantity of dockage and foreign material in grain shipped in interstate or foreign commerce and the deduction of the sum of the two quantities from the gross weight of the grain. Prohibits the export of grain that has been recombined or combined with any dockage or foreign material. Requires an official certificate issued for a lot of grain to include a statement of: (1) with respect to corn, the separate quantities of broken corn and foreign material; and (2) with respect to wheat, the quantity of dockage and the protein content of the wheat.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2682
99-s-2668	99	s	2668	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to temporarily suspend the duties on jacquard cards.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-22	1986-07-22	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]	NJ	D	B001225	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on jacquard cards.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2668
99-s-2669	99	s	2669	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to temporarily suspend the duties on certain weaving machinery.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-22	1986-07-22	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]	NJ	D	B001225	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant, through December 31, 1989, duty-free treatment of certain weaving machines, jacquard heads, and parts.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2669
99-s-2660	99	s	2660	Anti-Mercantilism Trade Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-21	1986-08-06	Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.	Senate	Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]	TX	D	B000401	9	Anti-Mercantilism Trade Act of 1986 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to declare unjustifiable (and therefore actionable under such Act) those foreign acts, policies, or practices: (1) which require a state trading enterprise to compete in international trade with U.S. firms or make purchases or sales in international trade on any basis that is not dependent on commercial considerations; (2) through which a foreign country exercises its authority in order to assist a state trading enterprise in competing in international trade with U.S. firms or making purchases or sales in international trade on any basis that is not dependent on commercial considerations; or (3) which fails to afford U.S. firms adequate opportunity to compete for participation in purchases from, or sales to, state trading enterprise. Defines a state trading enterprise as: (1) a foreign agency which makes purchases in international trade for any purpose other than use of such purchases by such agency or which sells goods or services in international trade; or (2) any business which is substantially owned or controlled by a foreign country or agency, which is granted special privileges by such foreign country or agency, and which makes international trade purchases for any purpose other than use of such purchases by such foreign country or agency or sells goods or services in international trade. Authorizes any person to request, by petition, the International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate sales by state trading enterprises. Requires such petition to allege that: (1) sales by a state trading enterprise are conducted without depending on commercial considerations; (2) a foreign country has exercised its authority, influence, or power to promote such sales; and (3) the effect or tendency of such sales is to injure substantially an efficient U.S. industry, to prevent the establishment of such an industry in the United States, or to restrain or monopolize trade and commerce in the United States. Sets forth the timetable and standards for com…	2025-08-29T16:30:04Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2660
99-s-2663	99	s	2663	Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-21	1986-07-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]	RI	R	C000269	2	Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act - Authorizes the President to negotiate and enter into multilateral and bilateral trade agreements with the principal objective of obtaining the elimination or reduction of foreign barriers to, and foreign government acts, policies, or practices which limit, equitable access by U.S. persons to foreign-developed technology. Requires the United States, in pursuing such objectives, to take into account the U.S. policies in making available to foreign persons technology developed by U.S. laboratories. Prohibits any such trade agreement from being entered into which provides for the reduction or elimination of any duty, import quota, or any other import restriction that is imposed under U.S. law before the President enters into the agreement. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative, in conjunction with the National Science Foundation, to monitor and report to specified congressional committees on the transfer of technology between the United States and foreign countries. Provides that an act, policy, or practice of a foreign government or instrumentality shall be considered unreasonable (and therefore actionable under the Trade Act of 1974) if such act, policy, or practice constitutes a requirement, as a condition for importation into such foreign country of a U.S. article, that: (1) intellectual property be licensed to such foreign country or instrumentality or to any firm of such foreign country or instrumentality; or (2) technical information regarding a U.S. product or service be submitted to such foreign country or instrumentality. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to designate a Foreign Commercial Service Officer in a foreign country to monitor and report on the status of the intellectual property system in such country. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance for programs to aid less developed countries in developing and implementing adequate intellectual property laws and in developing their own ind…	2025-08-29T16:32:32Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2663
99-s-2639	99	s	2639	A bill to prohibit the removal by United States citizens and companies of natural resources from Namibia, and for other purposes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-07-14	1986-07-14	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Senate	Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]	IL	D	S000423	9	Prohibits any person from mining or using any natural resource situated in or originating from Namibia or otherwise removing any natural resource from Namibia. Terminates this Act if: (1) the President certifies that Namibia has achieved internationally recognized independence; and (2) the President submits that certification to the Congress. Declares that it is U.S. policy that any U.S. person that is sued for damages by the future lawful Namibian Government will receive no aid from the United States in defending against such suit and will receive no compensation from the United States for damages assessed or paid on account of such liability. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.	2025-01-14T19:00:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2639
99-s-2601	99	s	2601	Oil and Gas Workers Equity Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]	OK	R	N000102	1	Oil and Gas Workers Equity Act of 1986 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to grant eligibility for trade adjustment assistance to firms and workers in firms which: (1) explore for, produce, or process oil or natural gas; or (2) provide essential parts or services to other firms that engage in such activities.	2025-08-29T16:30:35Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2601
99-s-2607	99	s	2607	A bill to extend the suspension of duties on certain small toys.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]	MO	R	D000030	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1989, the suspension of duty on certain small toys.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2607
99-s-2612	99	s	2612	Terrorist Subsidy Prevention Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	Senate	Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA]	GA	R	M000257	1	Terrorist Subsidy Prevention Act - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare it is U.S. policy to use export controls to restrict the export of: (1) capital, the extension of credit, or the transfer of financial resources to destinations or persons abroad in order to combat terrorism and promote U.S. security; and (2) goods and technology where such export will likely support terrorism against U.S. citizens, will benefit terrorists, or will benefit countries supporting international terrorism. Authorizes the President to restrict the export or transfer of money or other financial assets to the government of a country designated as a country supporting international terrorism. Authorizes the President to restrict the export or transfer of goods and technology if such export will likely support terrorism against U.S. citizens, will benefit terrorists, or will benefit countries supporting international terrorism. Provides for negotiations with other countries to obtain their cooperation with such export controls on capital, goods, and technology. Requires export license applications for the export of capital to be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall make all determinations with respect to such application. Requires the annual report on the administration of the Export Administration Act of 1979 to include a report on actions taken to carry out export controls on capital.	2025-08-29T16:32:02Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2612
99-s-2613	99	s	2613	A bill to suspend for a four-year period the duty on certain parts of indirect process electrostatic copying machines.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]	NY	D	M001054	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on parts of indirect process electrostatic copying machines.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2613
99-s-2614	99	s	2614	Price Competitive Products Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-07-29	Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.	Senate	Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]	RI	R	C000269	3	Price Competitive Products Act of 1986 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Lanham Trademark Act to permit the importation or sale of foreign-made articles bearing a trademark or trade name identical with one owned and registered by a U.S. citizen when: (1) both foreign and U.S. trademarks are owned by the same person; (2) the foreign and domestic trademark owners are parent and subsidiary companies; or (3) the foreign articles bear a recorded trademark applied under authorization of the U.S. owner.	2025-08-29T16:33:30Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2614
99-s-2615	99	s	2615	A bill to suspend for 2 years the duty on 1-(3-Sulfopropyl) pyridinium hydroxide.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]	OH	D	G000236	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on 1-(3-Sulfopropyl) pyridinium hydroxide.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2615
99-s-2616	99	s	2616	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend suspension of duties on umbrella frames.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]	OH	D	G000236	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1990, the suspension of duties on umbrella frames.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2616
99-s-2618	99	s	2618	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to change the classification of certain prefabricated bitumen roofing membranes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]	MO	R	D000030	3	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to exclude from a specified Schedule certain prefabricated modified bitumen roofing membranes. Provides, for purposes of the Schedules, that: (1) the term "plastics" refers to modified bitumen used in roofing membranes; and (2) cord, fabric, wire, or non-rubber or non-plastic reinforcing or traction-increasing media shall be disregarded in determining the component material of chief value in prefabricated modified bitumen roofing membranes. Provides a duty on certain prefabricated bitumen roofing membranes.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2618
99-s-2637	99	s	2637	A bill relating to the application of the drawback provisions of section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to certain imports of cane sugar	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-26	1986-06-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA]	LA	D	L000428	4	Allows, under specified conditions, for a drawback (refund) of duties paid on raw cane sugar imported into the United States after October 31, 1977, and before April 1, 1985.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2637
99-s-2597	99	s	2597	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide a temporary suspension of the duties imposed on certain extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-25	1986-06-25	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]	MO	R	D000030	2	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1988, the duty on extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters (for use by nonprofit hospitals and research or educational institutions).	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2597
99-s-2590	99	s	2590	A bill to amend the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on bicycle parts.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-24	1986-06-24	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]	OH	D	G000236	3	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duties on generator lighting sets for bicycles, bicycle chains, and certain other bicycle parts. Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to extend, through January 1, 1991, the exclusion of imported bicycle parts that are not subsequently re-exported from the exemption from the customs laws that is applicable to a foreign trade zone.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2590
99-s-2591	99	s	2591	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to correct the classification of certain pigments.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-24	1986-06-24	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]	OH	D	G000236	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to change the tariff classification of red and yellow pigments.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2591
99-s-2555	99	s	2555	Young Commission Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-16	1986-06-16	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	0	Young Commission Act - Title I: Establishment of an Export Promotion Organization - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, within six months of enactment of this Act, to transmit to the Congress a proposal to establish a semiprivate, nonprofit U.S. export promotion organization. Requires the proposal to set forth: (1) the activities the organization should undertake; (2) the method of funding the organization; and (3) the structure of the organization. Title II: Confidentiality of Business Records - Business Confidentiality Improvement Act - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide a procedure for business confidentiality with regard to information consisting of trade secrets or commercial, research, financial, or business information. Establishes procedures under which a submitter of information which may be subject to the commercial information exemption is to be notified of a decision allowing disclosure and permitted to provide written objections and seek de novo judicial review of a decision allowing disclosure over such objections. Title III: Annual Report Regarding the Promotion of the United States Exports - Requires each chief of a U.S. diplomatic mission in a foreign country to report annually to the President on efforts made by such mission during the preceding year to promote U.S. exports in such country. Title IV: Japanese Technical Literature Translation - Japanese Technical Literature Act of 1986 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to: (1) monitor Japanese technical activities and developments; (2) consult with businesses, professional societies, and libraries in the United States on their needs for information on Japanese developments in technology and engineering; (3) acquire and translate selected Japanese technical reports and documents that may be of value to Federal agencies and to businesses and researchers in the United States; and (4) coordinate with other Federal agencies to identify signifi…	2025-08-29T16:30:14Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2555
99-s-2521	99	s	2521	A bill to make permanent the duty-free importation of hatter's fur and for other purposes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-05	1986-06-05	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]	TN	D	S000068	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of hatters' fur.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2521
99-s-2511	99	s	2511	A bill to extend the tariff suspension applicable to certain imported cantaloupes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-04	1986-06-04	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]	TX	D	B000401	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1990, the suspension of duty on imported cantaloupes.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2511
99-s-2509	99	s	2509	A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on 1-(4-(1,1-dimethylethyl) phenyl)-4-(hydroxydiphenylmethyl-1-piperidinyl)-1-butan	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-06-03	1986-06-03	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]	WY	R	W000092	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on 1-(4-(1,1-dimethylethyl) phenyl)-4 (hydroxydiphenylmethyl-1-piperidinyl)-1-butanone.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2509
99-s-2478	99	s	2478	A bill relating to the tariff treatment of meat products processed abroad from cattle of United States origin.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-21	1986-05-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]	AZ	D	D000185	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of meat products and hides that are processed abroad from bovine of U.S. origin. Provides that a bovine is of U.S. origin if it was calved in the United States or was in the United States continuously during the 90-day period before the date of its exportation to a foreign country.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2478
99-s-2488	99	s	2488	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on nonbenzenoid vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride-ethylene terpolymer, containing by weight less than 50 percent derivatives of vinyl acetate.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-21	1986-05-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]	NJ	D	B001225	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on nonbenzenoid vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride-ethylene terpolymer containing by weight less than 50 percent derivatives of vinyl acetate.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2488
99-s-2490	99	s	2490	A bill to provide a 5-year suspension of the duty on silk yarn.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-21	1986-05-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]	NJ	D	L000123	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide, through December 31, 1990, for the duty free treatment of silk yarns.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2490
99-s-2501	99	s	2501	A bill to extend for 3 years the existing suspension of duty on triphenyl phosphate.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-21	1986-05-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]	MO	R	D000030	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend, through September 30, 1988, the duty free treatment of triphenyl phosphate.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2501
99-s-2470	99	s	2470	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to continue the suspension of duty on menthol feedstocks.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-20	1986-05-20	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]	SC	R	T000254	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1992, the suspension of duty on certain menthol feedstocks.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2470
99-s-2449	99	s	2449	A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the requirement of injury to a United States industry in certain section 337 cases.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-14	1986-05-14	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]	DE	R	R000460	0	Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that the lawfulness of acts of importation into, or sale in, the United States of articles that infringe a valid U.S. patent, copyright, trademark, or mask work shall be determined without regard to whether such acts have the effect or tendency to destroy or substantially injure a U.S. industry or to impair the establishment of an industry. Permits any person to petition the International Trade Commission (ITC) for the issuance of an order to exclude such articles, during its investigation, from entry into the United States. Sets forth: (1) civil penalties for violations under this Act; and (2) procedures for the modification or recission of an ITC order under this Act. Repeals a specified section of the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to the importation of products produced under a process covered by claims of an unexpired patent.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2449
99-s-2451	99	s	2451	Philippines Sugar Quota Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-14	1986-05-14	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]	MT	D	M000635	5	Philippines Sugar Quota Act of 1986 - Prohibits certain countries (listed in headnote 3, subpart A of part 10 of schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States) from being eligible to receive an allocation of the total base quota of imported sugars unless such country is a friendly developing country and a net exporter of sugars. Requires the quota to be reallocated among the remaining countries on a proportional basis provided that the amounts shall first be reallocated to the Philippines to the extent that country's allocation is less than the percentage allocated to any other country. Grants duty-free treatment to sugar imports from the Philippines during any calendar year in which such imports from any other country are granted duty-free treatment. Prohibits granting sugar imports from any country more favorable treatment than is granted sugar imports from the Philippines.	2025-08-29T16:33:37Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2451
99-s-2435	99	s	2435	International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-12	1986-05-16	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, State Department.	Senate	Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA]	CA	R	W000607	2	International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act of 1986 - Title I: Actions to Increase International Intellectual Property Protection - Requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to publish annually: (1) a list of all foreign countries and instrumentalities that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights to U.S. persons; and (2) a list of the above countries that the USTR identifies as priority foreign countries. Sets forth factors for determining whether a country is a priority foreign country. Requires the President to enter into negotiations with priority foreign countries to establish protection for intellectual property rights for U.S. persons in such countries. Grants the President additional authority to enter into agreements with such countries that reduce or eliminate trade barriers and provide adequate and effective protection of intellectual property. Grants the President the authority to enter into compensation agreements in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions. Requires the objectives of such negotiations to be to: (1) improve the protection of intellectual property by U.S. trading partners; (2) develop international rules on protection of intellectual property rights; and (3) press for early conclusion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Code on trademarks and for development and enforcement of substantive norms for the protection of all forms of intellectual property. Authorizes the President to exclude a country from such negotiations and remedial provisions if the negotiations would be unlikely to significantly advance, or would be detrimental to, U.S. economic interests. Requires any such agreement to be submitted to the Congress for approval. Requires the President, if the United States is unable to enter into an agreement with a priority foreign country within two years, to take some action, including but not limited to: (1) termination, withdrawal, or suspension of certain trade agreements; (2…	2025-08-29T16:29:25Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2435
99-s-2437	99	s	2437	Petroleum Equipment Export Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-12	1986-05-12	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	Senate	Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]	TX	D	B000401	1	Petroleum Equipment Export Act of 1986 - Rescinds foreign policy export controls on the export of oil and gas equipment and technology to the Soviet Union. Retains national security export controls covering the export of goods or technology to the Soviet Union.	2025-08-29T16:33:31Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2437
99-s-2408	99	s	2408	A bill entitled the "Antidumping Act of 1986".	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-06	1986-05-16	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department.	Senate	Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]	MT	D	B000243	4	Provides for a right to money damages to any U.S. citizen who has been injured in his business or property by the dumping of a commodity by a foreign person. Allows such a citizen to petition the U.S. Court of International Trade for damages if there has been a final affirmative finding by the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission in an antidumping duty investigation. Grants such Court jurisdiction over any foreign person who has been found to have dumped commodities in the United States. Sets forth: (1) the method for calculation of damages by such Court; and (2) procedures for the satisfaction of judgment awards. Provides for the stay of actions for damages pending review by such Court. Requires a petitioner, after an affirmative finding of dumping, to make an election, in writing, to the Commission, that it chooses to: (1) allow the imposition of antidumping duties according to specified Federal law; or (2) preserve the right to seek damages from foreign producers who dump their products in the United States. Provides for a different assessment of antidumping duties depending on such election. Allows a petitioner to seek additional damages if there is a finding of continued dumping of such foreign commodities. Provides for civil penalties for foreign persons who have been the subject of multiple affirmative antidumping determinations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to maintain a list of all persons who produce commodities which have been the subject of a final affirmative determination by the administering authority. Requires the Secretary to commence an action in the U.S. Court of International Trade for the collection of penalties against persons who have been the subject of two or more affirmative determinations. Grants the U.S. Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction over civil actions for damages commenced pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the award of damages or the assessment of civil penalties which are found to violate U.S. legal obligations under internat…	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2408
99-s-2389	99	s	2389	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the rate of duty on imported roses.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-01	1986-05-16	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, State Department, Agriculture Department.	Senate	Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]	MI	D	R000249	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on roses imported into the United States during specified periods of any year.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2389
99-s-2399	99	s	2399	A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain stuffed toy figures.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-05-01	1986-05-16	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]	RI	R	C000269	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on stuffed toy figures of animate objects (except dolls) not having a spring mechanism and not exceeding 25 inches in length, width, or height.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2399
99-s-2363	99	s	2363	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for rates of duty on imported speedometers used on exercise equipment consistent with those on bicycle speedometers.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-24	1986-04-28	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000366	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide a duty on bicycle and exerciser-type speedometers and parts. Provides for staged duty rate reductions.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2363
99-s-2360	99	s	2360	A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy aniline.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-23	1986-04-25	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]	RI	R	C000269	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy aniline.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2360
99-s-2361	99	s	2361	A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on 3-nitro phenyl-4-beta-hydroxy sulfone.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-23	1986-04-25	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]	RI	R	C000269	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on 3-nitro phenyl-4-beta-hydroxy sulfone.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2361
99-s-2356	99	s	2356	Coal Trade Equalization Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-22	1986-04-22	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]	WV	D	R000361	1	Coal Trade Equalization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to the Congress on the relationship between coal imports and: (1) the management of the Federal coal leasing program; and (2) the economic condition of the U.S. coal industry. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to include in such report appropriate legislative recommendations if the Secretary of the Interior finds that coal imports are adversely affecting the management of the Federal coal leasing program and the economic condition of one or more sectors of the U.S. coal industry. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to coal from any country that has historically imported more coal from the United States than it has exported to the United States. Imposes a duty on coal from other countries. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to add coal subject to such duty to the list of articles which cannot be designated as eligible articles for the Generalized System of Tariff Preferences.	2025-08-29T16:32:52Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2356
99-s-2338	99	s	2338	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reclassify extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-18	1986-04-22	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]	SC	R	T000254	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to exclude extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters with respect to the duty treatment of electro-surgical apparatus.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2338
99-s-2321	99	s	2321	A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on d-6-Methoxy-alpha-methyl-2-naphthaleneacetic and its sodium salt.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-17	1986-04-22	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO]	CO	R	A000219	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on d-6-Methoxy-a-methyl-2-naphthaleneacetic acid and its sodium salt.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2321
99-s-2337	99	s	2337	A bill to extend duty-free treatment to certain chemicals.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-17	1986-04-22	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]	NJ	D	B001225	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of: (1) 2,2-bis-(4-Cyanatophenyl); (2) aminoethylphenylpyrazole (phenylmethylaminopyrazole); (3) benzethonium chloride; (4) malononitrile; (5) metaldehyde; and (6) paraldehyde. Reduces the duty on other nitriles. Provides for specified staged rate reductions.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2337
99-s-2311	99	s	2311	A bill relating to certain foreign labor subsidies for which relief may be sought under the countervailing duty laws.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-15	1986-04-17	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]	ME	D	M000811	1	Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include within the definition of "subsidy" for countervailing duty purposes the provision by a foreign government to certain workers of unemployment benefits that are substantially disproportionate to the premiums paid by the beneficiaries.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2311
99-s-2286	99	s	2286	A bill to prohibit the sale, donation, or other transfer of STINGER antiaircraft missiles to democratic resistence forces in Afghanistan and Angola unless certain conditions are met.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-10	1986-04-10	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Senate	Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]	AZ	D	D000185	12	Prohibits the sale, donation, or other transfer of STINGER antiaircraft missiles to democratic resistance forces in Afghanistan and Angola unless the President certifies to the Congress that the proposed recipient of the missiles has agreed to specified conditions relating to safeguarding the missiles.	2025-01-14T19:00:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2286
99-s-2267	99	s	2267	Oil Country Tubular Goods Export Protection Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-04-08	1986-04-10	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Departments of the Treasury, State, Commerce, and Energy.	Senate	Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]	MN	R	D000566	0	Oil Country Tubular Goods Export Protection Act - Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to exempt from the import limit imposed by a bilateral arrangement any casing, tubing, drill pipe, or line pipe that is: (1) a product of a foreign country; (2) temporarily imported for processing into oil country tubular goods; and (3) covered by documentation that certifies that the casing, tubing, or pipe is intended for export after the processing is completed. Requires any such merchandise which is not re-exported within six months to be charged against the import limit of the country from which it was imported.	2025-08-29T16:32:33Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2267
99-s-2232	99	s	2232	A bill to provide for temporary suspension of the duty mixtures of mancozeb, dinocap, stabilizer and application adjuvants.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-03-31	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on mixtures of mancozeb, dinocap, stabilizer, and application adjuvants.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2232
99-s-2233	99	s	2233	A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on crosslinked polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammonuium chloride (cholestyramine resin USP).	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-03-31	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on cross-linked polyvinyl benzyltrimethylammonium chloride (cholestyramine resin USP).	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2233
99-s-2234	99	s	2234	A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on 3-amino-3-methyl-1-butyne.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-03-31	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on 3-amino-3-methyl-1-butyne.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2234
99-s-2235	99	s	2235	A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on mixtures of 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloreothanol (dicofol) and application adjuvants.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-03-31	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide, through December 31, 1990, duty-free treatment of 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethanol (dicofol) and application adjuvants.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2235
99-s-2236	99	s	2236	A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on mixtures of maneb, zineb, mancozeb, metiram, stabilizer, and application adjuvants.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-04-02	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on mixtures of maneb, zineb, mancozeb, metiram, stabilizer, and application adjuvants.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2236
99-s-2237	99	s	2237	A bill to provide for the temporary suspension for the duty on the mixtures of 2,4-dinitro-6-octyl phenyl crotonate 2,6-dinitro-4-octyl phenyl crotonate and nitrooctyl phenols (dinocap), and on mixtures of dinocap with application adjuvants.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-04-02	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duties on mixtures of 2,4,-dinitro-6-octyl phenyl crotonate, 2,6-dinitro-4-octyl phenyl crotonate and nitrooctyl phenols (dinocap) and mixtures of dinocap and application adjuvants.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2237
99-s-2241	99	s	2241	A bill to extend temporary suspension of duties on certain clock radios until December 31, 1989.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-03-31	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]	NY	D	M001054	0	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on certain clock radios.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2241
99-s-2244	99	s	2244	A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the definition of industry in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations involving certain processed agricultural products.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-04-02	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department.	Senate	Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]	IA	R	G000386	9	Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty investigations to require the producers or growers of agricultural products to be considered part of the industry that produces processed agricultural products if such products are produced from the raw agricultural product through a single continuous line of production, and there is a substantial coincidence of economic interest between the producers of the raw agricultural product and the producers of the processed agricultural product based upon certain economic factors. Sets forth specified factors, for purposes of this Act, to be considered to determine: (1) when a processed agricultural product shall be deemed to be processed from a raw agricultural product through a single continuous line of production; and (2) questions of coincidence of economic interest. Defines "raw agricultural product." Requires the International Trade Commission, with respect to whether imports (or sales for importation) of both a raw agricultural product and a product processed from such raw agricultural product threaten material injury to a U.S. industry, to consider, in addition to other relevant economic factors, the likelihood that an affirmative determination by the Commission with respect to either products (but not both) would result in an increase in the imports of the other agricultural product to an injurious level. Includes U.S. manufacturers, producers, or wholesalers engaged in the production of processed agricultural products as "interested parties" with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty investigations involving such products.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2244
99-s-2245	99	s	2245	A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979 and export promotion activities.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-11-07	Became Public Law No: 99-633.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	3	(Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Commerce for FY 1987 and 1988 to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1979. Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 to the Department of Commerce for export promotion programs.	2025-01-14T18:20:21Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2245
99-s-2246	99	s	2246	Fair Export Financing Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-03-26	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	7	Fair Export Financing Act of 1986 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to establish within the Department of the Treasury a program of tied aid credits for U.S. exports in order to facilitate the negotiation of a comprehensive international arrangement restricting the use of tied aid and partially untied aid credits for commercial purposes. Authorizes using such tied aid credit facility to respond to predatory financing activities by other countries. Requires the tied aid credit program to be carried out by the Secretary in cooperation with the Export-Import Bank or with private financial institutions or entities. Prohibits approval of any financing under programs authorized by this Act without the concurrence of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (the National Advisory Council). Authorizes the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce to provide to the Secretary and the National Advisory Council trade information on those countries which block progress toward a comprehensive international arrangement on tied aid credit. Sets forth financing methods that may be included in such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 for such program. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Export-Import Bank for the cost of tied aid credits authorized by the Export-Import Bank during FY 1986. Requires each financing made pursuant to such program to be consistent with the procedures established by the Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits. Limits judicial review of actions by the National Advisory Council, the Secretary, and the Chairman of the Export-Import Bank. Requires the Secretary to report every six months to the Congress on: (1) the principal offers of predatory financing by foreign countries during the past six months; (2) steps taken to combat specific predatory financing practices of foreign countries; (3) use of the fund by the United States to mat…	2025-08-29T16:29:59Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2246
99-s-2247	99	s	2247	A bill to amend and extend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, and to eliminate foreign predatory export practices.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-10-09	Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	7	(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate) Title I: Export-Import Bank Act Extension - Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) to collect fees to cover the marginal costs of the Bank's conferences and publications. Requires the Bank's medium-term financing program to: (1) be available in the form of direct credits to the foreign borrower to finance exports having a value of not less than $50,000; (2) impose minimal administrative, procedural, and documentary burdens on its users; (3) not require the payment of fees unless such fees are equivalent to those charged under the Bank's long-term loan program and are in accordance with certain other requirements. Deletes the provision that declares that the Bank's terms and conditions need not be equivalent to those offered by foreign countries. Prohibits the Bank from imposing a credit application fee unless: (1) the fee is competitive with the average fee charged by the Bank's primary foreign competitors and is related to the risk of the transaction; and (2) the borrower or the U.S. exporter is given the option of paying the fee over the lifetime of the loan. Prohibits the Bank from withdrawing or denying financing to a country or for a transaction backed by a country on the basis that there is no reasonable assurance of repayment if the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (the National Advisory Council) makes a contrary determination. Requires the Bank to provide medium-term risk protection coverage through multiple exporter organizations for the members and clients of such organizations. Requires that support of exports under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 shall be made available to U.S. exporters directly or to U.S. banks, non-U.S. banks, or nonbank lenders financing U.S. exports with such support. Prohibits assistance under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to Marxist-Leninist countries defined as countries which: (1) maintain…	2025-01-14T18:20:21Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2247
99-s-2248	99	s	2248	Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-26	1986-10-09	Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	5	Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) to collect fees to cover the marginal costs of the Bank's conferences and publications. Requires the Bank's medium-term financing program to: (1) be available in the form of direct credits to the foreign borrower to finance exports having a value of not less than $50,000; (2) impose minimal administrative, procedural, and documentary burdens on its users; (3) not require the payment of fees unless such fees are equivalent to those charged under the Bank's long-term loan program and are in accordance with certain other requirements. Deletes the provision that declares that the Bank's terms and conditions need not be equivalent to those offered by foreign countries. Prohibits the Bank from imposing a credit application fee unless: (1) the fee is competitive with the average fee charged by the Bank's primary foreign competitors and is related to the risk of the transaction; and (2) the borrower or the U.S. exporter is given the option of paying the fee over the lifetime of the loan. Prohibits the Bank from withdrawing or denying financing to a country or for a transaction backed by a country on the basis that there is no reasonable assurance of repayment if the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (the National Advisory Council) makes a contrary determination. Requires the Bank to provide medium-term risk protection coverage through multiple exporter organizations for the members and clients of such organizations. Requires that support of exports under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 shall be made available to U.S. exporters directly or to U.S. banks, non-U.S. banks, or nonbank lenders financing U.S. exports with such support. Requires the Bank to authorize the transferability of medium- and long-term obligations insured or guaranteed by the Bank without affecting, limiting, or terminating the guarantee or insurance provided by the Bank. Autho…	2025-08-29T16:32:24Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2248
99-s-2226	99	s	2226	Unfair Trade Concessions Requirements Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-24	1986-03-27	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]	TX	D	B000401	19	Unfair Trade Concessions Requirements Act - Requires the President to seek commitments in trade agreement negotiations to remove existing, and avoid future use of, unfair trade concessions requirements. Permits such commitments to provide for the temporary use of unfair trade concessions requirements by certain developing countries. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to define "unfair trade concessions requirements" to mean any practice or policy of a foreign government that requires, as a condition for allowing U.S. imports into such country or for carrying on businesses in such country, that: (1) substantial investment be made in such country; (2) intellectual property be licensed to such country; or (3) other collateral concession be made. Makes countries that impose unfair trade concessions requirements on U.S. products covered by bilateral trade agreements ineligible for designation as beneficiary developing countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and under the Generalized System of Preferences of the Trade Act of 1974.	2025-08-29T16:33:39Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2226
99-s-2222	99	s	2222	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to clarify the duty treatment of certain types of plywood.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-21	1986-05-08	Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-726.	Senate	Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]	WA	R	G000333	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to treat plywoods with tongued, grooved, lapped, or otherwise worked edges as plywood for duty treatment purposes.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2222
99-s-2169	99	s	2169	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-10	1986-03-10	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Senate	Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]	IN	R	L000504	0	Title I: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (a part of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Provides for: (1) a U.S. Governor and Alternate Governor of the Agency; (2) application of certain sections of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act; (3) certain restrictions on U.S. financing of the Agency; and (4) Federal Reserve Banks acting as depositories of the Agency. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe to a specified number of shares of capital stock of the Agency. Authorizes appropriations. Grants Federal courts jurisdiction over actions by or against the Agency. Title II: Inter-American Development Bank - Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank to agree to specified amendments to the Articles of Agreement.	2025-08-29T16:31:09Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2169
99-s-2157	99	s	2157	A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of coal, steel, and fluorspar mined or produced in South Africa.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-07	1986-03-11	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.	Senate	Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]	IL	D	S000423	0	Prohibits importation of coal, steel, or fluorspar from South Africa into the United States.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2157
99-s-2161	99	s	2161	Promoting Competition in Distressed Industries Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-07	1986-03-21	Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Federal Trade Commission.	Senate	Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]	SC	R	T000254	6	Promoting Competition in Distressed Industries Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President, within 15 days of receiving a finding that imports are adversely affecting a U.S. industry, to request advice from appropriate Federal officials on the probable effectiveness of antitrust relief as a means to enhance the competitiveness of firms in such industry. Requires the President to determine what type of import relief action to take within 30 days of receiving such report. Includes the probable effectiveness of antitrust relief among the factors the President shall consider when determining what type of import relief to provide. Authorizes the President to issue an order providing for antitrust relief as an alternative to, and in lieu of, any other forms of import relief provided that an industry which receives antitrust relief shall receive no other import relief for the next ten years. Authorizes members of the industry covered by such an antitrust relief order to apply for a certificate of exemption for a proposed merger or acquisition. Sets forth the requirements for receiving such exemption.	2025-08-29T16:31:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2161
99-s-2153	99	s	2153	A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from supporting financially the export of citrus crops.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-03-06	1986-03-06	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Senate	Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL]	FL	D	C000356	0	Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from providing financial support for any project to establish or expand production or processing of citrus crops for export.	2025-01-14T19:00:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2153
99-s-2127	99	s	2127	Competitive America Trade Reform Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-28	1986-03-05	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of United States Trade Representative, Departments of the Treasury, State, Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture.	Senate	Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO]	CO	D	H000287	3	Competitive America Trade Reform Act of 1986 - Declares that it is U.S. policy that: (1) the United States shall call for a multilateral conference to seek a new international monetary regime; (2) the United States shall try to use its foreign aid programs to aid the development of the private sectors in less developed countries; (3) rules of trade, dispute settlement procedures, and penalties for trade violations should be strengthened; (4) new policies are required to aid U.S. industries to improve their international competitiveness; and (5) a new program of transition aid for workers and firms is needed. Title I: International Monetary Reform - Establishes a temporary National Commission on International Monetary Reform which shall prepare a report for the President and the Congress analyzing and evaluating: (1) proposed reforms of the international monetary system; (2) the effects of international capital flows on exchange rate volatility and proposals for restricting capital transactions; (3) proposed methods for coordinating monetary policies of major industrialized nations; (4) objectives for joint intervention in foreign exchange markets; (5) a detailed working agenda to be presented to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new "Bretton Woods" conference; and (6) other matters, including legislative recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, within 45 days of the submission of the Commission's report, to submit legislation to the Congress implementing policy changes recommended by the Commission and authorizing submission of the agenda to the IMF. Provides for expedited consideration of such legislation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days of enactment of such legislation, to request the IMF to convene a working group to consider the agenda for a conference on monetary reform. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the 30 percent withholding tax on portfolio interest paid to foreign persons. Title II: Foreign Assistance and Inve…	2025-08-29T16:29:52Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2127
99-s-2104	99	s	2104	A bill relating to the tariff classification of certain work gloves.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-26	1986-05-08	Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-726.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide that certain gloves (those without fourchettes and constructed of a textile fabric with rubber or plastics) shall be regarded as gloves of textile materials.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2104
99-s-2099	99	s	2099	A bill to amend section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-25	1986-07-17	Committee on Finance. Hearings held.	Senate	Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]	DE	R	R000460	3	Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require each import relief petition to include an adjustment proposal which sets forth: (1) the specific objectives of the import relief being requested; (2) a schedule for achieving such objectives; and (3) a description of actions that will be taken to achieve such objectives. Sets forth factors the adjustment proposal may address. Prohibits the International Trade Commission (ITC) from initiating an import relief investigation until the ITC has received an adjustment proposal. Adds to the list of factors that the ITC shall consider in determining whether increased imports pose a threat of serious injury to the domestic industry concerned. Requires that any ITC determination that a U.S. industry is threatened with serious injury shall be made on the basis of evidence that the threat of serious injury is real and that actual serious injury is imminent. Provides that such determination may be made on the basis of official statements of intended action made by a foreign government. Authorizes the ITC, if it makes an affirmative determination that increased imports are a substantial cause of serious injury or threaten serious injury to a competing domestic industry, to determine the appropriate increase in duty or imposition of an import restriction and recommend the provision of adjustment assistance. (Current law authorizes the ITC either to: (1) recommend adjustment assistance; or (2) determine the appropriate import restriction or duty increase.) Requires the ITC, if it makes such an affirmative determination, to: (1) investigate and hold a public hearing on certain of its determinations and findings; (2) determine the probable effectiveness of import relief; (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the adjustment proposal to enable the domestic industry to compete; and (4) estimate the effects of import restrictions or increased duties on private and industrial consumers. Requires the ITC to include in its report to the President: (1) such determination, evaluation, and estimat…	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2099
99-s-2070	99	s	2070	A bill to require United States representatives to international financial institutions to oppose assistance by such institutions for the production for export to the United States of any fiber, textile, or article of apparel, and for other purposes.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-18	1986-02-18	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Senate	Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]	SC	R	T000254	3	Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose any assistance by these institutions for the production of any fiber, textile, or article of apparel, if: (1) such production would result in exports to the United States of such items; or (2) the export of any such item would cause disruption in the U.S. market of the same, similar, or competing item. Reduces the U.S. contribution to any such institution by the amount that would be the U.S. proportionate share of any aid provided by that institution to a foreign country to: (1) support the production of such fiber, textile, or article of apparel for export; and (2) subsidize the export to the United States of such items from such countries. Requires using any such withheld funds to reduce the public debt.	2025-01-14T19:00:46Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2070
99-s-2076	99	s	2076	A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the Export Administrations Act of 1979 and export promotion activities.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-18	1986-03-13	Committee on Banking. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.	Senate	Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT]	UT	R	G000072	1	Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 to the Department of Commerce to carry out such Act. Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 to the Department of Commerce for export promotion programs.	2025-01-14T18:20:21Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2076
99-s-2053	99	s	2053	Eximbank Capital Restoration Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-06	1986-02-06	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	Senate	Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI]	WI	D	P000553	0	Eximbank Capital Restoration Act of 1986 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank to maintain a specified minimum level of capital stock and retained earnings. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Export-Import Bank to estimate an allowance for loan losses and deduct that amount from revenues and assets.	2025-08-29T16:31:17Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2053
99-s-2058	99	s	2058	A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-06	1986-02-07	Subcommittee on International Finance (Banking). Hearings held.	Senate	Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]	PA	R	H000456	2	Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank to provide a sufficient return to lenders making loans in support of exports when below-market rate financing is necessary to respond to subsidized financing offered by foreign export credit agencies. Authorizes the Export-Import Bank to charge reasonable fees for work done in connection with the Bank's purposes. Authorizes any director of the Export-Import Bank whose term has expired to serve until such director's successor has been qualified. Extends the authority of such Act through FY 1991.	2025-01-14T18:20:21Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2058
99-s-2063	99	s	2063	Small Business Trade Remedy Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-06	1986-02-12	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of U.S. Trade Representative, and Departments of Treasury, State, and Commerce.	Senate	Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]	CT	D	D000388	5	Small Business Trade Remedy Act of 1986 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Trade Remedy Assistance Office to establish a program which pays the reasonable expenses incurred by eligible small businesses in connection with any proceeding that seeks relief under the countervailing and antidumping duty provisions of the Act. Prohibits the payment of such expenses with respect to any proceeding which the Office determines to be frivolous. Requires the Office to submit an annual report to the Congress. Establishes in the Treasury the Small Business Trade Remedy Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Trust Fund such amounts out of the general fund of the Treasury that are attributable to all countervailing and antidumping duties imposed under the Act. Requires the Secretary, as trustee, to report annually to the Congress on the financial condition of the Fund. Authorizes the appropriation of amounts out of the Trust Fund which are necessary to carry out such program. Requires the International Trade Commission to issue regulations to implement this Act.	2025-08-29T16:29:44Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2063
99-s-2049	99	s	2049	A bill to prohibit Export-Import Bank loans to Angola.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-05	1986-02-05	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.	Senate	Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI]	WI	D	P000553	8	Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to prohibit the Export-Import Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit in connection with any export of goods or services to Angola until the President certifies to the Congress that no Cuban military personnel or military personnel from any other controlled country remain in Angola.	2025-01-14T18:20:21Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2049
99-s-2051	99	s	2051	A bill to ensure payment of the regular duties imposed on imported ethyl alcohol and payment of the additional duty imposed on ethyl alcohol when imported for use in producing a mixture of gasoline and alcohol or used otherwise as fuel.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-02-05	1986-02-05	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000366	5	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide a duty on certain ethyl alcohol that is used as a fuel. Provides, under specified circumstances, for a refund of additional duties paid on such alcohol. Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to exclude ethyl alcohol and any mixture containing such alcohol as a product from a beneficiary country (certain Caribbean countries) or from eligibility for duty-free treatment if it has merely been subjected to distillation, denaturing, or blending with other ethyl alcohol within a beneficiary country.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2051
99-s-2033	99	s	2033	Trade Expansion Act of 1986	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-01-30	1986-01-30	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Senate	Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL]	FL	D	C000356	10	Trade Expansion Act of 1986 - Title I: Opening of Foreign Markets - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to make an estimate in the annual report on trade barriers of the increase in value of U.S. exports that would result in the following three years if certain market access barriers were eliminated. Requires the USTR, in making such estimate, to take into account the international competitiveness of the goods or services involved. Requires the USTR, within 90 days of submitting the annual report on trade barriers to the Congress, to establish export goals for the next three years for certain foreign countries which have trade barriers to a significant portion of possible U.S. exports and which deny market access to those U.S. exports that are less able to petition for relief. Requires the President, if the export goal for a country is not met, to take all necessary actions to reduce the exports of that country to the United States by a specified amount. Requires the President to report to the Congress annually on such actions. Transfers from the President to the USTR the authority to: (1) determine whether U.S. action is appropriate to enforce U.S. rights under a trade agreement or to respond to certain foreign trade practices; (2) determine the appropriate additional import relief in such cases; and (3) determine any additional restrictions on service sector access authorizations. Transfers from the President to the USTR the authority to take action on the USTR's own motion. Includes among the foreign trade practices that may trigger a U.S. response any act, policy, or practice that threatens to burden or restrict U.S. commerce. Sets forth a list of foreign acts, policies, and practices which burden U.S. commerce. Authorizes the USTR, in response to certain foreign trade practices, to: (1) enter into binding agreements that fully offset the burden on U.S. commerce of such practices; or (2) withdraw, or refrain from proclaiming, eligibility of a foreign country for …	2025-08-29T16:32:20Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2033
99-s-2026	99	s	2026	A bill to extend the trade adjustment assistance programs.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1986-01-29	1986-01-31	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, United States Trade Representative, Departments of Treasury, State, and Commerce.	Senate	Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]	DE	R	R000460	27	Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms through March 15, 1986.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2026
99-s-1987	99	s	1987	A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States in order to establish equitable duty rates for sodium bicarbonate.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1985-12-19	1986-05-08	Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-726.	Senate	Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]	WY	R	W000092	1	Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose a duty on sodium bicarbonate.	2025-01-03T20:55:56Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1987
99-s-1989	99	s	1989	Semiconductor Trade Fairness Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1985-12-19	1986-01-06	Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Departments of the Treasury, State, and Commerce.	Senate	Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]	FL	R	H000374	3	Semiconductor Trade Fairness Act - Directs the President to take all actions that are necessary to: (1) enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements with Japan and obtain the elimination of unfair trade acts, policies, and practices of Japan; or (2) offset the cumulative impact that any unenforced trade rights or uneliminated unfair trade practices have on the semiconductor balance of trade between the United States and Japan. Requires the President to report to the Congress within 45 days of enactment of this Act on actions the President plans to take under this Act. Requires the President to implement such actions within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Requires that actions taken by the President with respect to unfair trade practices shall be designed to offset the advantages gained by Japanese semiconductor producers through anticompetitive practices. Authorizes the President to modify or revoke actions taken under this Act only if the President determines that: (1) such modification or revocation is necessary to achieve the objectives of this Act; or (2) such objectives have been achieved.	2025-08-29T16:33:50Z	https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1989

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