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HR 7222 110th Congress House

To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 16, 2008
Became Public Law No: 110-436.
Oct 16, 2008
Signed by President.
Oct 7, 2008
Presented to President.
Oct 3, 2008
Cleared for White House.
Oct 3, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 3, 2008
On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H10710-10712)
Oct 3, 2008
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H10710-10712)
Oct 3, 2008
Mr. Levin asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H10710-10712)
Oct 2, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 2, 2008
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 2, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 2, 2008
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10503-10504)
Sep 30, 2008
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Sep 29, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 29, 2008
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10630-10631)
Sep 29, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10630-10631)
Sep 29, 2008
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10629-10631)
Sep 29, 2008
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Sep 29, 2008
Ms. Moore (WI) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 29, 2008
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 5,695 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Oct 2, 2008
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 Latest action October 16, 2008

Became Public Law No: 110-436.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on October 2, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to prohibit the extension of duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment to: (1) Colombia or Peru after December 31, 2009; (2) Ecuador after June 30, 2009, except that such preferential treatment shall remain in effect through December 31, 2009, unless the President reports to specified congressional committees on or before June 30, 2009, that Ecuador does not satisfy certain beneficiary country designation requirements; and (3) Bolivia after June 30, 2009, except that such preferential treatment shall remain in effect through December 31, 2009, only if the President reports to specified congressional committees on or before June 30, 2009, that Bolivia satisfies certain beneficiary country designation requirements.

(Sec. 1) Extends through FY2010 preferential treatment for apparel articles assembled in one or more beneficiary countries from regional fabrics or regional components, and specified other type apparel (brassieres).

(Sec. 2) Amends the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to provide earned import allowance certificates to any producer or entity controlling production of eligible apparel articles in the Dominican Republic, based on specified elements.

Declares that eligible apparel articles wholly assembled in the Dominican Republic and imported directly from the Dominican Republic shall enter the United States free of duty, without regard to the source of the fabric or yarns from which the articles are made, if such apparel articles are accompanied by an earned import allowance certificate reflecting the amount of credits equal to the total square meter equivalents of fabric in such apparel articles.

Directs the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to review and report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on the effectiveness of the earned import allowance program.

(Sec. 3) Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to repeal certain special rules for fabrics and yarns in commercial quantities in Africa.

Adds Mauritius as a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country (LDC) for purposes of the application of preferential treatment to apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more LDCs, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles, that are imported into the United States.

Directs the ITC to review, identify, and report to the appropriate congressional committees and the Comptroller General on yarns, fabrics, and other textile and apparel inputs that through new or increased investment or other measures can be produced competitively in beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to the appropriate congressional committees on recommendations for changes to U.S. trade preference programs, including changes to rules of origin, to provide incentives to increase investment and other measures to improve the competitiveness of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries in the production of yarns, fabrics, and other textile and apparel inputs.

(Sec. 4) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized System of Preferences program through December 31, 2009.

(Sec. 5) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend certain customs fees for the processing of merchandise entered into the United States.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 to increase by 2% the amount in effect on the date of enactment of this Act of any corporate estimated tax installment otherwise due by a corporation with assets of not less than $1 billion in July, August, or September 2013.

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