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S 680 99th Congress Senate

Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985

Official title: A bill to achieve the objectives of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement and to promote the economic recovery of the United States textile and apparel industry and its workers.

Introduced: June 6, 1985 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Business and commerceForeign Trade and InvestmentsImport restrictionsImports
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 1985
Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.
Sep 12, 1985
Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.
Jul 15, 1985
Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.
Mar 25, 1985
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.
Mar 19, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 19, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 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.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 675 – To provide preferential quota treatment on imported products assembled or processed from articles grown, prod… Pending Sep 23, 1985
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 Latest action September 23, 1985

Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985 - Limits the total quantity of 1985 imports of textiles and textile products from a major exporting country to the lesser of an amount equal to 101 percent: (1) of the total quantity of textile products imported from such country if the total had increased by six percent annually during 1981 through 1984; or (2) if the United States has an agreement with such country providing for an annual growth rate of less than six percent, of the total quantity of such products from such country imported during 1984.

Limits the total quantity of 1985 imports of textiles and textile products from an exporting country to an amount equal to the total quantity of such products imported from such country during 1984 plus: (1) 15 percent of such quantity in the case of a category that is not an import sensitive category; or (2) one percent in the case of an import sensitive category.

Provides for changing the classification of a country, except for a Caribbean country, from an exporting country to a major exporting country if the total textile imports from such country equals or exceeds one and one-quarter percent of all textiles imported into the United States. Sets forth a formula for adjusting the growth of textile imports annually. Sets forth certain minimum quantities of textile imports that all countries shall be allowed to export to the United States. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to enforce this Act.

Directs the Secretary, within six months of enactment of this Act, to establish an import licensing system under which an importer of textiles will be required to present an import permit as a condition of entry of such textiles.

Directs the President to report to the Congress annually on the administration of this Act.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Jun 6, 1985
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