A joint resolution to permit free entry into the United States of the personal effects, equipment, and other related articles of foreign participants, officials, and other accredited members of delegations involved in the games of the XXIII Olympiad to be held in the United States in 1984.
Public Law 98-218 · H.J.Res. 290 · 98th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Feb 17, 1984 · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski (D-IL-8)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
(House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment)
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1984, to the personal effects and the game equipment of alien participants, officials, and their immediate families who are involved in the XXIII Olympiad. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Ways and Means Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Trade Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Feb 17, 1984Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-218.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Feb 8, 1984PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Feb 6, 1984Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.
- Feb 2, 1984Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments.
- Nov 18, 1983FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- Nov 16, 1983FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Nov 15, 1983FloorFloor · Cloture motion on the motion to proceed withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
- Nov 14, 1983FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Nov 10, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Finance Committee
- Nov 7, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Finance Committee
- Jun 29, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Finance Committee
- Jun 28, 1983FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- Jun 24, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Ways and Means Committee
- Jun 22, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Ways and Means Committee
- Jun 7, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee
- Jun 6, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.