To implement the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.
Sponsor and status
109th Congress (2005–2006)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Jan 11, 2006
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on January 11, 2006.
1 Cosponsor (1 Democrat)
History
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Nov 16, 2005
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Introduced
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Nov 18, 2005
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Ordered Reported
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Dec 7, 2005
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 583 (109th). |
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Dec 7, 2005
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Dec 13, 2005
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Passed Senate
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Jan 11, 2006
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 4340. This is the one from the 109th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 109th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 9, 2006. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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