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
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 15, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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