S 995 · 114th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
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Introduced2
Committee3
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House5
EnactedLatest: By Senator Hatch from Committee on Finance filed written report. Report No. 114-42. Additional and Minority views filed.(2015-05-12)
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Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 States the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to any agreement with a foreign country to reduce or eliminate existing tariffs or nontariff barriers of that country or the United States that are unduly burdening and restricting U.S. trade. Includes among such objectives obtaining: (1) more open, equitable, and reciprocal market access; and (2) the reduction or elimination of trade barriers and distortions that are directly related to trade and investment and that decrease market opportunities for U.S. exports or otherwise distort U.S. trade. States the principal trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to: (1) goods and services; (2) agriculture; (3) foreign investment; (5) intellectual property; (6) digital goods and services, as well as cross-border data flows; (7) regulatory practices; (8) state-owned and state-controlled enterprises; (9) localization barriers to trade; (10) labor and the environment; (11) currency; (12) the World Trade Organization (WTO) and multilateral trade agreements; (13) trade institution transparency; (14) anti-corruption; (15…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
May 1, 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on April 22, 2015
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office