Enforcing Accountability and Transparency in International Trade Act
Latest action · Apr 24, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Enforcing Accountability and Transparency in International Trade Act
This bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative to report on its plans to pursue a U.S. strategy regarding the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Such plans must (1) facilitate the full implementation of WTO agreements, (2) enable the maximum benefits from trade to accrue to those members of the WTO that face the greatest difficulty integrating into the multilateral trading system, and (3) ensure that certain members of the WTO do not receive special and differential treatment.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2020 to May 14, 2020; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Original | Apr 24, 2020 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Apr 24, 2020 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Apr 24, 2020 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Apr 24, 2020 |
| R-TX | Ron Wright | Original | Apr 24, 2020 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Apr 24, 2020 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Apr 24, 2020 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | May 1, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | May 14, 2020 |
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 Apr 24, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 24, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 78, April 24, 2020, page H1961.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45417 | World Trade Organization: Overview and Future Direction Archived | Report | Oct 18, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3978 | Enforcing Accountability and Transparency in International Trade Act | Related bill | Jun 17, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the United States Trade Representative to submit a report on plans to facilitate the full implementation of agreements of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Enforcing Accountability and Transparency in International Trade Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
