US Congress House Bill 1603 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 19 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission to examine, and report to the President and Congress on, the causes of the U.S. trade deficit, together with recommendations to address and reduce trade imbalances, such as the U.S. merchandise trade deficit, in order to promote sustainable economic growth that provides broad-based income and employment gains. Prohibits the President from submitting to Congress any free trade agreement or legislation implementing one until the report has been delivered to Congress and to the President.

To establish the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission, and for other purposes.

Rep DeFazio, Peter A.	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh
Rep Sutton, Betty

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2011-04-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN01603:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1603ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr1603ih.pdf