A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 regarding the public disclosure of certain manifest information.

Summary

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make available for public disclosure certain information contained in the manifests of cargo vessels arriving in the United States. Provides that such information shall not be made available for public disclosure if such information must be kept secret for reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures to provide access to such manifests.

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Timeline

1. 26 June 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 June 1984

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 June 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 July 1984

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

   Source: Committee

5. 7 August 1984

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Treasury, Commerce, USITC, USTR.

   Source: Committee

6. 26 September 1984

   Committee

   Executive Comment Received From USITC.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 June 1984

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1] · D · Sponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing

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