3.0.0 5909 2023-01-11T13:39:27Z 2023-01-11T13:39:27Z House HR 2018-05-22 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DeLAURO:H.R. 5909.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H4583]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2018-06-05T20:16:09Z Referred to 2018-05-22T14:01:40Z 2018-06-05 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2018-05-22 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2018-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-05-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 N Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Free trade and trade barriers Government studies and investigations Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Tariffs Trade agreements and negotiations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2018-05-22 Introduced in House 2018-12-04T17:34:28Z Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2018

This bill requires that reductions in tariff rates for imports into the United States are accompanied by reciprocal trade barrier reductions for the same U.S.-produced goods exported to the same foreign country.

Before the President agrees to reduce or eliminate a rate of duty for any product to carry out a trade agreement between the United States and a foreign country, the President must certify to Congress that the foreign country has also reduced or eliminated tariff and non-tariff barriers for imports of the same goods from U.S. producers.

Violations of a trade agreement by the foreign country are immediately enforceable under the bill. If the foreign country has not reduced a trade barrier as previously agreed, or has imposed a new one, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) shall withdraw the duty reduction for the same goods from that country.

The bill allows interested parties to petition the USTR to investigate violations of trade agreements. Interested parties include manufacturers and wholesalers of the goods involved in the alleged violation, as well as unions and trade associations.

The bill requires the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate possible market access opportunities when the President seeks to reduce a rate of duty for an imported good.

]]> Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2018 Display Title Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2018 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr5909ih/xml/BILLS-115hr5909ih.xml 2018-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.