US Congress Senate Bill 1779 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 2 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-11-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify and report to the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of the World Trade Organization (WTO) any WTO member with which this country maintains a material and persistent trade deficit that, for two consecutive years, fails to submit a notification of subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, or omits information or includes inaccurate information in a notification material to the totality of the member's subsidies.

A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to notify the World Trade Organization if any member of the World Trade Organization fails during 2 consecutive years to disclose subsidies under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and for other purposes.

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-11-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1779/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1779/BILLS-112s1779is.pdf