United States Reciprocal Trade Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States Reciprocal Trade Act
This bill allows the President, in certain circumstances, to (1) negotiate with a foreign country for tariff reductions on exported U.S. goods, or (2) impose additional duties on imported goods. Specifically, the President may take these actions if it is determined that the country (1) when importing a good from the United States, applies a higher rate of duty on that good than the rate imposed by the United States when imported from that country; or (2) similarly imposes other, nontariff trade restrictions on that good.
The President must terminate a rate of duty increase under this bill if the country no longer applies such higher rates or nontariff trade restrictions, or if the higher rate is no longer in the interest of the United States.
Congress may nullify a rate of duty increase implemented under this bill through a joint resolution.
This bill is effective for three years, subject to one three-year renewal.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2019 to Apr 10, 2019, with 18 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Billy Long | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Jan 24, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Jan 24, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 24, 2019Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2409 | United States Reciprocal Trade Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Advisory bodies
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free trade and trade barriers
- International organizations and cooperation
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Tariffs
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- Trade restrictions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2019Introduced in House
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