Foreign Trade And International Finance
US Congress 116th Congress
GARLIC Act Giving Agriculture Relief from Loopholes in International Commerce Act [HB-4448]
[Agriculture ]
[Trade ]
[Food ]
Specifies that processed dried garlic and dried garlic mixed with minimal amounts of other vegetables are subject to the higher duty imposed on dried garlic instead of the lower duties imposed on further processed vegetables and other mixed vegetables.
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Increasing American Jobs and Exports Act [HB-4450]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To authorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States to use 3 percent of its profits for administrative expenses.
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Allowing for the Safe Return of Rohingyas to Burma Act of 2019 [HB-4392]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Trade ]
To direct the President to withdraw the application of the duty-free treatment with respect to Burma under the Generalized System of Preferences program, and for other purposes.
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North Korea Banking Oversight Act of 2019 [HB-4366]
[International ]
[Finance ]
[National Security ]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to report every 180 days on licenses issued by Treasury that authorize financial services benefiting persons covered by sanctions with respect to North Korea.
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Extension of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act [S.2473]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to extend certain provisions of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act until September 30, 2030, and for other purposes.
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Act for the Amazon Act [HB-4263]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Environmental ]
To prohibit importation of certain products of Brazil, to prohibit certain assistance to Brazil, and to prohibit negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Brazil.
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Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act [S.2448]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Defense ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Environmental ]
A bill to control the export of electronic waste in order to ensure that such waste does not become the source of counterfeit goods that may reenter military and civilian electronics supply chains in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Defending America’s 5G Future Act [S.2118]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Trade ]
Prohibits transactions involving the information and communications technology of a foreign adversary when such transactions pose undue risks involving sabotage or subversion, catastrophic effects on critical U.S. infrastructure or the digital economy, or U.S. national-security or foreign-policy interests. Additionally, the bill prohibits the removal of Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. (Huawei) from the list of entities subject to certain license requirements for exports and authorizes Congress to disallow any export licenses granted to Huawei or its
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American Business Tariff Relief Act of 2019 [S.2362]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to establish a process whereby U.S. businesses may request that articles newly subject to raised import duties be excluded from such duties. For an exclusion to be granted, the business seeking the exclusion must demonstrate the article's unavailability from any other source or that the duty would cause economic harm to a U.S. interest.
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Defending America’s 5G Future Act [HB-3759]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
To prohibit United States persons from dealing in certain information and communications technology or services from foreign adversaries and to require the approval of Congress to terminate certain export controls in effect with respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and for other purposes.
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Huawei Prohibition Act of 2019 [S.2117]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
Restricts the Department of Commerce from removing Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) from the list of entities subject to license requirements for exports. Commerce may remove Huawei from the list only after certifying to Congress that (1) Huawei has neither violated U.S. or U.N. sanctions for five years nor stolen U.S. intellectual property during that time, and (2) Huawei poses no ongoing threat to U.S. telecommunications or infrastructure or the infrastructure of U.S. allies.
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Trade Certainty Act of 2019 [S.2413]
[Trade ]
[Taxes ]
[International ]
[Economic Development ]
Limits the President's authority to use emergency economic powers to impose duties or tariffs on items entering the United States.
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Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act [S.2357]
[Trade ]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to establish a national goal and mechanism to achieve a trade-balancing exchange rate for the United States dollar, to impose market access charge on certain purchases of United States assets, and for other purposes.
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Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2019 [S.2293]
[Trade ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank through FY2029. It also provides for a temporary board of directors of the Export-Import Bank if the existing board fails to constitute a quorum for 90 consecutive days during the term of a President.
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CTPAT Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-3719]
[Trade ]
[National Security ]
To amend the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 to reauthorize the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program, and for other purposes.
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Independent Labor Secretariat for Fair Trade Deals Act [HB-3807]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[International ]
To require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include enforceable labor standards and protections, and for other purposes.
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A bill to prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing financing to persons with seriously delinquent tax debt. [S.2222]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
Prohibits the Export-Import Bank from providing financing to a person with seriously delinquent tax debt or for a project in which any participant has seriously delinquent tax debt.
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Preventing Nuclear Proliferation in Saudi Arabia Act of 2019 [S.2338]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Energy ]
Prohibits the Export-Import Bank from financing Saudi Arabia's importation of nuclear technology, equipment, fuel, materials, or other goods unless Saudi Arabia (1) puts a nuclear cooperation agreement into effect, (2) signs and implements an Additional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and (3) commits to not possess nuclear facilities within its territory or engage in nuclear enrichment or reprocessing.
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United States Reciprocal Trade Act [S.2409]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to authorize the President to take certain actions relating to reciprocal trade, and for other purposes.
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To prohibit the imposition of duties on the importation of goods under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. [HB-3557]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Limits the President's authority to use emergency economic powers to impose duties on items entering the United States.