3.0.0 746 2019-11-15T21:47:34Z 2019-11-15T21:47:34Z House H HR 2005-02-10 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-03T21:11:55Z Referred to 2005-02-10T15:06:05Z 109 355 S 2005-02-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS Identical bill CRS 2005-03-03 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2005-02-10 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-02-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] Ben Cardin D MD 3 N R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2005-02-10 True L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 12 2005-02-10 True M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2005-02-10 True L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2005-02-10 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2005-02-10 True B000287 Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31] XAVIER BECERRA D CA 31 2005-02-10 True L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2005-02-10 True N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 2 2005-02-10 True E000287 Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] Rahm Emanuel D IL 5 2005-02-10 True J000284 Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] STEPHANIE JONES D OH TUBBS 11 2005-02-16 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Balance of payments Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Economic statistics Economics and Public Finance Foreign investments Foreign loans Gross national product International Affairs Planning Foreign Trade and International Finance

00 2005-02-10 Introduced in House 2005-03-14T21:31:23Z Foreign Debt Ceiling Act of 2005 - Requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), every three months, to determine if: (1) the net U.S. foreign debt for the preceding 12-month period is more than 25 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the same period; or (2) the U.S. trade deficit for such period is more than five percent of the GDP for the same period. Requires the USTR, whenever an affirmative determination is made, to: (1) convene an emergency meeting of the Trade Policy Review Group to develop a plan of action to reduce the U.S. trade deficit; and (2) report to Congress on the details of the plan.

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