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H.R. 2188 (105th)

To ensure that commercial activities of the People's Liberation Army of China or any Communist Chinese military company are not extended normal tariff treatment by the United States or treated as normal commercial intercourse with the United States.

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Introduced

17 July 1997

Last action

24 September 1997 · Committee

Status

Executive Comment Requested from State.

Sponsors

Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4], Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48], Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3], Rep. McIntosh, David M. [R-IN-2], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

6 June 2025

Defence

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Defense to compile and publish in the Federal Register a list of Communist Chinese military companies that are operating directly or indirectly in the United States or its territories and possessions. Prohibits the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to goods that are produced, manufactured, or exported by the People's Liberation Army or a Communist Chinese military company.

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Timeline

  1. 17 July 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Ways and Means

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 July 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, National Security, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 July 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 17 July 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 24 July 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

    Source: Committee

  6. 30 July 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

    Source: Committee

  7. 21 August 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

    Source: Committee

  8. 28 August 1997

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

    Source: Committee

  9. 24 September 1997

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from State.

    Source: Committee

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