US Congress Senate Bill 1711 (Prior Session Legislation)

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October 13 2011 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6514-6515)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices of such foreign country with respect to U.S. exports of any product that has the same physical characteristics and uses as the product for which the President seeks to modify its rate of duty, and (2) any violation of the trade agreement is immediately enforceable by withdrawal of the modification of the existing duty on such foreign product until the United States Trade Representative (USTR) certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of the tariff or nontariff barrier or policy or practice of such foreign government. Requires the withdrawal of such a modification in specified circumstances until the USTR makes such a certification to Congress. Directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to assess and identify the tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices for such products that exist in the foreign country as well as expected opportunities for U.S. exports to such country if such barriers and policies and practices are eliminated.

Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011

Sen Brown, Sherrod

Sen Stabenow, Debbie

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6514-6515)
2011-10-13	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6514)

HB1749 (Related) 2011-05-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN01711:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1711is/pdf/BILLS-112s1711is.pdf