Trade CLAIM Act

Summary

Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act or the Trade CLAIM Act - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by a petitioner requesting de novo review of a U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative) decision concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights with respect to presidential authority and the responsibility of the Trade Representative. Permits the Trade Representative to take further action to enforce U.S. rights, based on the Trade Representative's monitoring, when a petitioner considers that the actions of a foreign country in implementing a measure have not been satisfactory.

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Timeline

1. 31 January 2007

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 31 January 2007

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1436-1437)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 31 January 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 31 January 2007 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 31 January 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 31 January 2007

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 31 January 2007

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Sponsors

• Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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