HR 491 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Duty Parity Act of 2003

Introduced Jan 29, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Charles W. "Chip" Pickering R-MS

Latest action · Feb 6, 2003 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.

IntroducedJan 29, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Duty Parity Act of 2003 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to adjustments to the base price used to establish "export price" (at which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) before the date of its importation by the merchandise producer or exporter outside the United States to an unaffiliated purchaser in the United States (or an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United States)) and "constructed export price" (at which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) in the United States before or after the date of its importation by or for the account of the merchandise producer or exporter or by a seller affiliated with the producer or exporter, to a purchaser not affiliated with the producer or exporter).

Revises the adjustment formula to reduce the base price by an amount attributable to any countervailing duties imposed under such Act which are incident to bringing the merchandise from the original place of shipment in the exporting country to the place of delivery in the United States.

Applies this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2003 to May 18, 2004; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Jim Turner	Original	Jan 29, 2003
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Jan 29, 2003
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Original	Jan 29, 2003
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	Jan 29, 2003
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Jan 29, 2003
R-AL	Terry Everett	Original	Jan 29, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Jan 29, 2003
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Feb 27, 2003
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Feb 27, 2003
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Feb 27, 2003
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Feb 27, 2003
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Feb 27, 2003
R-AR	John Boozman		Feb 27, 2003
R-GA	Max Burns		Feb 27, 2003
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Feb 27, 2003
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Mar 19, 2003
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Apr 30, 2003
D-GA	Jim Marshall		May 18, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jan 29, 2003
	Trade Subcommittee	Referred Feb 6, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 6, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 29, 2003Introduced in House
Jan 29, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E108)
Jan 29, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E108	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering R-MS	Jan 29, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price.
Short Titles as Introduced: Duty Parity Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 29, 2003Introduced in House

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