[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 258 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 258

  Requiring the President to take retaliatory action against foreign 
   barriers and restrictions that unfairly limit United States trade.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Neal of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  Requiring the President to take retaliatory action against foreign 
   barriers and restrictions that unfairly limit United States trade.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, if the President decides, or if the 
Congress by concurrent resolution declares, that any foreign nation 
(including any foreign instrumentality) is applying any tariff or non-
tariff barrier (including any restriction on services) that is unduly 
burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States, the 
President shall take such action, and for such time, as is necessary or 
appropriate to obtain the elimination of that barrier. In applying this 
Act, the President shall--
            (1) to the extent practicable, apply a barrier--
                    (A) similar in kind to that applied by the foreign 
                nation against United States goods or services, and
                    (B) applicable to a product or service of that 
                nation that is like or similar to the product or 
                service of the United States to which that nation's 
                barrier applies; and
            (2) in circumstances where paragraph (1) cannot be applied, 
        take retaliatory action under this Act that affects goods or 
        services, or both, of the foreign country of a value equivalent 
        to the value of the United States goods or services being 
        adversely affected by the foreign barrier.

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