A bill to liberalize controls on the export of telecommunications equipment and technology in order to promote democracy and free communication and enhance economic competitiveness.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to propose to the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) (or to its successor export control regime), and to any other export control regime which maintains controls on telecommunications equipment and technology, that exports of telecommunications technology for civil end uses shall not require a validated license or reexport authorization for export or reexport to any of the republics of the former Soviet Union, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, or Latvia. Requires the President to submit to specified congressional committees a report that certifies that such proposal was made and that outlines plans to gain the concurrence of other members of COCOM or the appropriate regime in the proposal.

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Timeline

1. 9 February 1994

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 February 1994

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1284-1285)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 February 1994

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 9 February 1994 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 February 1994

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 February 1994

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 February 1994

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Sponsors

• Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mathews, Harlan [D-TN] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssbk00 · Standing

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