HR 4889 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004

Introduced Jul 21, 2004 Originated House Sponsor E. Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 26, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 21, 2004
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide, beginning on October 1, 2003, and for each of the seven succeeding one-year periods, duty-free treatment for apparel items wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti (without regard to the country of origin of the fabrics, components, or yarns) if the President certifies to Congress that Haiti: (1) has established or is progressing toward specified political, economic, and social reforms; (2) does not engage in activities that undermine U.S. security or foreign policy; (3) does not engage in gross violations of human rights or activities in support of international terrorism; and (4) is meeting specified enforcement conditions aimed at preventing tariff or quota avoidance, customs evasion, unlawful transshipment, or false information or false document use in order to obtain such preferential treatment.

Applies such provisions to goods entered or withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption on or after October 1, 2003, including a retroactive application to certain warehouse entries or withdrawals made between such date and the date of enactment of this Act.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 21, 2004 to Sep 23, 2004, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalJul 21, 2004
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalJul 21, 2004
R-FLKatherine HarrisOriginalJul 21, 2004
D-FLKendrick B. MeekOriginalJul 21, 2004
R-FLLincoln Diaz-BalartOriginalJul 21, 2004
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalJul 21, 2004
R-FLPorter J. GossOriginalJul 21, 2004
R-OHRob PortmanOriginalJul 21, 2004
D-NYCharles B. RangelSep 14, 2004
D-FLJim DavisSep 14, 2004
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonSep 23, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 26, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  2. Jul 21, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Jul 21, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2261Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004Related billSep 29, 2004

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

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  1. Jul 21, 2004Introduced in House

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