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An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements

Act Details

An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1980-03-18 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 96 United States Congress by Robert Garcia in relation with: Department of Commerce, Exports, Foreign Trade and Investments, Foreign trade and international finance, Freedom of information, Freight, Government records, documents, and information, Marine transportation, Ships and shipping, Statistics.

An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements became law (1) in the United States on 1980-06-17. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Post Office and Civil Service (HSPO)
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries (HSMM)
Senate Governmental Affairs (SSGA)

Sponsor

Robert Garcia, member of the US congress
Robert Garcia, Democrat, Representative from New York, district 21

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Donald Joseph Albosta, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 10
William Vollie (bill) Alexander, Democrat, Representative, from Arkansas, district 1
Les Aucoin, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 1
Michael Darr Barnes, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 8
William Lacy Clay, Democrat, Representative, from Missouri, district 1
Tom Corcoran, Representative, from Illinois, district 15
Jim Courter, Representative, from New Jersey, district 13
Daniel Bever Crane, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 22
William Edwin Dannemeyer, Republican, Representative, from California, district 39
Geraldine Anne Ferraro, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 9
Paul Findley, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 20
Edwin Bell Forsythe, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 6
Bill Frenzel, Representative, from Minnesota, district 3
James Robert Jones, Democrat, Representative, from Oklahoma, district 1
Robert John Lagomarsino, Republican, Representative, from California, district 19
James Albert Smith Leach, Republican, Representative, from Iowa, district 1
George Thomas (mickey) Leland, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 18
Chester Trent Lott, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi, district 5
Thomas Andrew Luken, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 2
Daniel Lungren, Representative, from California, district 34
James Albon Mattox, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 5
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 7
Robert Henry Michel, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 18
Norman Y. Mineta, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 13
George O'Brien, Representative, from Illinois, district 17
Mary Rose Oakar, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 20
Charles Pashayan, Republican, Representative, from California, district 17
Thomas Evert Petri, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 6
Lunsford Richardson Preyer, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 6
Thomas Fisher Railsback, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 19
Gene Taylor, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 7
Gus Yatron, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 6

Act Overview

Number: 6842 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: A bill to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements (4)
Date First Introduced: 1980-03-18
Sponsor Name: Gus Yatron
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1980-06-17
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: Foreign trade and international finance
Related Bills: (8)
s2419-96, Reason: related, Type: bill
Summary of An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements

Exempts Shippers' Export Declarations from public disclosure unless the Secretary of Commerce determines that such exemption would be contrary to the national interest. Requires the person in command of a ship bound for a foreign port to attach bills of lading or equivalent documents to the manifest of the ship's cargo which is required to be submitted to the appropriate United States Customs Service officer to obtain clearance for the ship. Specifies the information to be included on such manifest or attached documents and the elements of such information which shall be available for public disclosure. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures to provide access to the information which may be disclosed and protection for the information not available for disclosure.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements)
[Note 4] A bill to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1980-03-18) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements, go to THOMAS.

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Department of Commerce
Exports
Foreign Trade and Investments
Foreign trade and international finance
Freedom of information
Freight
Government records, documents, and information
Marine transportation
Ships and shipping
Statistics

An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements

An Act to protect the confidentiality of Shippers' Export Declarations, and to standardize export data submission and disclosure requirements