A bill to establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations, to provide for consideration of trade agreements, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was enacted as:
1 Cosponsor (1 Democrat)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Markup of Trade Bills”
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Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT, 1977-2018]
(Sponsor)
on Apr 22, 2015
“The Enzi Insider - April 23, 2015”
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Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY, 1997-2020]
on May 1, 2015
“Thune Praises Finance Committees Bipartisan Passage of Trade Promotion Authority”
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Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
on Apr 23, 2015
History
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Apr 16, 2015
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Introduced
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Apr 22, 2015
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Ordered Reported
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May 12, 2015
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Identical Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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May 12, 2015
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Reported by Senate Committee on Finance
A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions. |
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Jun 4, 2015
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Identical Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Jun 24, 2015
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Identical Bill —
Senate Agreed to Changes
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Jun 29, 2015
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Identical Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2146 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 995 (114th). |
S. 995 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 995. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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