HCONRES 277 · 98th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

A concurrent resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury to end the current delay in fully enforcing existing law, 19 U.S.C. 1307, regarding the ban on importation of "goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions".

Introduced 1984-03-21· Sponsored by Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.(1984-04-02)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of the Congress that the delay in the enforcement of a Smoot Hawley Tariff Act provision, which prohibits importation of goods mined or produced wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict, forced, or indentured labor under penal sanctions, is unacceptable to the Congress. Requests the Secretary of the Treasury to end the delay in the enforcement of such provision and immediately prohibit the importation of such goods.…

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Cosponsors (20)

5 Democrats15 Republicans