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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 17, 1997
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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Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4] · R–FL
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Executive Comment Requested from State.
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to House Banking and Financial Services
Referred to House National Security
Referred to House International Relations
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.
Referred to House Ways and Means
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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