H.R. 1875: To establish the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission.
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H.R. 1875: To establish the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission.
111th Congress · introduced 2009-04-02 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-04-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To establish the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission.
Plain summary
Establishes the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission to examine, and report to the President and Congress on, the causes of the U.S. trade deficit, together with recommendations on how to address and reduce trade imbalances, such as the U.S. merchandise trade deficit, in order to promote sustainable economic growth that provides broad-based income and employment gains. Authorizes appropriations.
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Official text
To establish the Emergency Trade Deficit Commission.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 13 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1875, Establishing an Emergency Trade Commission to End the Trade Deficit (2010-07-27); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1875, Establishing an Emergency Trade Commission to End the Trade Deficit (2010-07-27)
Cosponsors on this site
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brad Sherman (D-CA)
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr1875.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr1875 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111