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HR 1945 109th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Clothing Commerce Cotton Economics and Public Finance Government trust funds Import restrictions Law Licenses Tariff Textile fabrics Trade associations

To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 27, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1593)
May 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
May 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
May 9, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 27, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 27, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2006 , the duty on certain cotton shirting fabrics.

Limits the quantity of imported cotton woven fabric entered by or on behalf of each manufacturer of men's and boy's shirts. Provides for the issuance of import licenses subject to such limitation.

Establishes the Pima Cotton Trust Fund within the Treasury, consisting of transfers from the general fund in amounts attributable to the duty received since January 1, 1994, on woven fabrics of cotten under specified headings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

Provides for annual distribution of amounts from such Fund to a nationally recognized association of shirting manufacturers for the promotion of U.S.-grown pima cotton, and to yarn spinners of such cotton .

What's happening now July 28, 2006

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1593)

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1