H.R. 398 — To enforce the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe by denying most favored nation status to countries which are not in complete or substantially complete compliance with the Helsinki Final Act.

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Prohibits the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most favored nation status) to the products of a country which is a signatory to the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Final Act) and whose products were not receiving such nondiscriminatory treatment as of January 1, 1989, unless the President certifies to the Congress that such country is either in complete or substantially complete compliance with such Final Act, particularly the human rights and humanitarian affairs provisions.

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1989-01-03
Introduced in House
1989-01-03
Introduced in House
1989-01-03
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
1989-01-03
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
1989-01-13
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
1989-02-03
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
1989-02-03
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
1989-02-03
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
1989-02-21
Executive Comment Requested from State.

To enforce the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe by denying most favored nation status to countries which are not in complete or substantially complete compliance with the Helsinki Final Act.

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