HR 997
103th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Congressional reporting requirements
Labeling
Labor policy
Minimum wages
Northern Mariana Islands
Tariff
Wages
To amend General Note 3(a)(iv) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to deny special tariff treatment to goods of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands unless certain conditions are met, to require the Secretary of Labor to assign a full-time resident compliance officer to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
Introduced: February 18, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 10, 1993
See H.R.2264.
May 18, 1993
Executive Comment Received from ITC.
Apr 5, 1993
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Mar 3, 1993
Executive Comment Requested from Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.
Feb 25, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 18, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 18, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H692-693)
Feb 18, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to subject goods imported from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to column one rates of the tariff schedule (and deny them labeling as having been manufactured in the United States) unless the Commonwealth establishes that: (1) the labor rate paid to the workers producing such goods is greater than or equal to the prevailing U.S. minimum wage rate; and (2) not less than 50 percent of the direct labor cost of producing such goods is paid to Commonwealth residents.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to assign a resident compliance officer to the Commonwealth to monitor its compliance with such conditions.
What's happening now
See H.R.2264.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1