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S 2007 112th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Africa South Sudan Tariffs

A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric rule, to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Dec 15, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 15, 2011
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend, through FY2015, the third-country fabric rule granting duty-free treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles.

Revises the term "sub-Saharan African country" to include the Republic of South Sudan under such Act.

What's happening now December 15, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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