United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act
Latest action · Sep 24, 2001 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Title I: Tariff Modifications; Rules of Origin - Authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications or continuation of duty, continuation of duty-free or excise treatment, or additional duties as are deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the Agreement between the United States of America and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area (Agreement), entered into on October 24, 2000. Sets forth certain rules of origin with respect to the reduction or elimination of any duty imposed by the United States on Jordanian textile, fabric, or apparel articles as provided in such Agreement.
Title II: Relief From Imports - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Defines specified terms.
Subtitle B: Relief From Imports Benefitting From the Agreement - Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC), upon the filing of a petition by an entity (including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers representative of an industry) requesting trade relief from U.S. obligations under the Agreement (or alleging that critical circumstances exist), to initiate an investigation to determine whether, as a result of the reduction or elimination of a duty provided for under the Agreement, a Jordanian article is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities and under such conditions that such imports alone constitute a substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof to the domestic industry producing an article that is like, or directly competitive with, the imported article. Prescribes a procedure for ITC action on such a petition. Requires the President, upon an affirmative determination by the ITC, to provide necessary import relief (including suspension of any further duty reduction, or an increase in the rate duty, on imported Jordanian articles under the Agreement) and facilitate domestic industry efforts to make a positive adjustment to import competition, unless the provision of such relief is not in the U.S. national economic interest, or in extraordinary circumstances, the provision of relief would cause serious harm to U.S. national security.
Subtitle C: Cases Under Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 - Requires the ITC, if an affirmative determination about import competition has been made under the Trade Act of 1974, also to find whether imports of Jordanian articles are a substantial cause of serious injury or threat. Requires the President to review such a determination, and authorizes exclusion of such Jordanian imports from remedial action if the final determination is negative.
Title III: Temporary Entry - Authorizes a Jordanian national (including any spouse or child, if accompanying or following to join such national) to enter the United States pursuant to the Agreement as a nonimmigrant if such entrance is solely to carry on substantial trade, or solely to develop the operations of an enterprise in which he has invested a substantial amount of capital.
Title IV: General Provisions - Declares that U.S. law shall supercede any inconsistent Agreement provisions.
(Sec. 402) Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year after FY 2001 to the Department of Commerce for the payment of the U.S. share of expenses incurred in dispute settlement proceedings under the Agreement.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2001 to Apr 6, 2001; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-NJ | Robert G. Torricelli | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Original | Mar 28, 2001 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Apr 4, 2001 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Apr 6, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2001Markup Jul 26, 2001Reported Sep 4, 2001 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2001Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 6, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9151)
- Sep 4, 2001Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Baucus with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-59.
- Sep 4, 2001Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 148.
- Jul 26, 2001Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 28, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Mar 28, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3059-3060)
- Mar 28, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3060-3063)
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9761 | Carl Levin D-MI | Sep 24, 2001 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9151 | Max Baucus D-MT | Sep 6, 2001 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4237 | Max Baucus D-MT | May 3, 2001 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3059Text printed S3060–S3063 | Max Baucus D-MT (text) | Mar 28, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 30, 2001S. 643, A bill to implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan Free Trade Area<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 26, 2001</p>
- Jul 30, 2001S. 643, A bill to implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan Free Trade AreaCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 26, 2001
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1484 | United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act | Identical bill | Apr 19, 2001 |
| HR 2603 | United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act | Related bill | Sep 28, 2001 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free trade area.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Clothing
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Customs unions
- Dyes and dyeing
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free trade
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Immigration
- Import relief
- International Affairs
- International competitiveness
- Jordan
- Law
- Married people
- Middle East and North Africa
- Reciprocity
- Tariff
- Tariff preferences
- Textile fabrics
- Trade agreements
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- Valuation
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 4, 2001Reported to Senate
- Mar 28, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
