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H.R. 4458 (103rd)

United States-Japan Export Development and Technological Competitiveness Act of 1994

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Introduced

19 May 1994

Last action

23 June 1994 · Committee

Status

Executive Comment Requested from State.

Sponsors

Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5], Rep. Kopetski, Mike [D-OR-5], Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-33], Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6], Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1], Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]

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Source updated

26 August 2025

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Market Development Cooperator Program Title II: United States Export Development and Technology Center in Japan United States-Japan Export Development and Technological Competitiveness Act of 1994 - Title I: Market Development Coooperator Program - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for FY 1995 to: (1) increase the number of U.S. manufacturing and service sector industry associations in Japan participating in the Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP); and (2) expand the existing trade promotion, technological monitoring, and industry analysis activities by U.S. nonprofit manufacturing and service trade associations there. Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to require the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to report annually to specified congressional committees on the progress the Department of Commerce has made in implementing the MDCP and in allocating funding to cooperator recipients in Japan. Title II: United States Export Development and Technology Center in Japan - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the establishment of an Export Development and Technology Center in Tokyo, Japan. (Sec. 202) Requires the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of establishing such center.

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Timeline

  1. 19 May 1994

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 19 May 1994

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 19 May 1994

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 31 May 1994

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment.

    Source: Committee

  5. 23 June 1994

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from State.

    Source: Committee

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