S. 2310: Trade Transparency and Public Input Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-01-16 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-01-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Trade Transparency and Public Input Act of 2018

Plain summary

Trade Transparency and Public Input Act of 2018 This bill amends the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to require the President, at least 30 days before initiating trade negotiations with a country, to publish on a publicly available website of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) an easily accessible portal that allows the public to electronically submit comments on the negotiations. The USTR shall also issue a request for comments through notice in the Federal Register.

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Official text

Trade Transparency and Public Input Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2310.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s2310 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115