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S 1162 112th Congress Senate

Removing Hurdles for American Manufacturers Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to authorize the International Trade Commission to develop and recommend legislation for temporarily suspending duties, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 26, 2012 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightInflation and pricesPublic participation and lobbying
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Jun 9, 2011
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Jun 9, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action June 9, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Removing Hurdles for American Manufacturers Act of 2011 - Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC) to propose to Congress temporary duty suspensions or duty reductions under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).

Prohibits the ITC from recommending any suspension or reduction in duty if: (1) an interested federal agency determines it is not in the U.S. interest and that determination is included in the agency public hearing record; (2) a domestic producer objects to the suspension or reduction, demonstrating that there is domestic production of the article concerned in commercially available quantities; (3) the loss in revenue to the United States from the duty suspension or reduction exceeds $500,000 annually (adjusted for inflation); or (4) the duty suspension or reduction is for more than three years.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Apr 26, 2012
Toomey, Patrick
· Apr 26, 2012
Vitter, David
· Apr 26, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1162: Removing Hurdles for American Manufacturers Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1162/
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"S. 1162: Removing Hurdles for American Manufacturers Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1162/.
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