HR 1749 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011

Introduced May 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY

Latest action · May 11, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMay 5, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices of such foreign country with respect to U.S. exports of any product that has the same physical characteristics and uses as the product for which the President seeks to modify its rate of duty; and (2) any violation of the trade agreement is immediately enforceable by withdrawal of the modification of the existing duty on such foreign product until the United States Trade Representative (USTR) certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of the tariff or nontariff barrier or policy or practice of such foreign government.

Requires the withdrawal of such a modification in specified circumstances until the USTR makes such a certification to Congress.

Directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to assess and identify the tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices for such products that exist in the foreign country as well as expected opportunities for U.S. exports to such country if such barriers and policies and practices are eliminated.

Cosponsors 52

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2011 to Nov 17, 2011; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	May 5, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton	Original	May 5, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	May 5, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	May 5, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley	Original	May 5, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	May 5, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	May 5, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	May 5, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	May 5, 2011
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	May 5, 2011
D-CA	George Miller	Original	May 5, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	May 5, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	May 5, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	May 5, 2011
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Original	May 5, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	May 5, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	May 5, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	May 5, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Original	May 5, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	May 5, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	May 5, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz	Original	May 5, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	May 5, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	May 5, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	May 5, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	May 5, 2011
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	May 5, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	May 5, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	May 5, 2011
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	May 5, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	May 5, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	May 5, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	May 5, 2011
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	May 5, 2011
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	May 5, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 3, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Jun 14, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 22, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 14, 2011
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Sep 14, 2011
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Sep 14, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 14, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Sep 14, 2011
D-NY	Kathleen C. Hochul		Sep 14, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Sep 14, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Sep 14, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Sep 14, 2011
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Oct 5, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Oct 5, 2011
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Oct 5, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Oct 14, 2011
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Nov 17, 2011

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred May 5, 2011
	Trade Subcommittee	Referred May 11, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 11, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 5, 2011Introduced in House
May 5, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E822-823)
May 5, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E822	Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY	May 5, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3110.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1711	Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011	Related bill	Oct 13, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To enhance reciprocal market access for United States domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements.
Short Titles as Introduced: Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 5, 2011Introduced in House

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