Stand Up for America Act of 2006
Latest action · Feb 8, 2006 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stand Up for America Act of 2006 - Establishes in the legislative branch an Office of the Congressional Trade Enforcer to ensure compliance by U.S. trading partners with international trade agreements to which the United States is a party.
Establishes the Office of Market Access Assistance within such Office to provide technical and legal assistance and advice to eligible small businesses enabling them to prepare and file petitions (other than those that are frivolous) under the Trade Act of 1974.
Amends the Act to extend indefinitely (currently, 1995 only) the Congressional Trade Enforcer's (currently, U.S. Trade Representative's) mandate to identify and report on trade expansion priorities.
Requires the report to identify priority foreign country practices of currency manipulation.
Requires the Trade Representative, before initiating an investigation (as under current law), to seek consultations with each foreign country identified in the report as engaging in priority foreign country practices, for the purpose of reaching a satisfactory resolution of such priority practices. Requires initiation of an investigation only if a satisfactory resolution of such practices has not been reached.
Requires the Congressional Trade Enforcer: (1) to identify and report to Congress on priority foreign trade practices of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Russian Federation, and the European Union; and (2) as part of the report's analysis, to consider violations by the PRC and the Russian Federation of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules regarding the protection of intellectual property rights, violations by the PRC of WTO rules regarding the manipulation of currency, and violations by the European Union of WTO rules regarding discriminatory regional trade agreements.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2006 to Mar 13, 2006, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Feb 8, 2006 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Mar 13, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2006Introduced in House
- Feb 8, 2006Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- China
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional committees (House)
- Congressional committees (Senate)
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reorganization
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Currency devaluation
- Dispute settlement
- East Asia
- Europe
- European Union
- Exports
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- House rules and procedure
- House Ways and Means
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- International competitiveness
- Legislative resolutions
- Nontariff trade barriers
- President and foreign policy
- Russia
- Senate Finance
- Senate rules and procedure
- Small business
- Tariff
- Trade agreements
- Trade negotiations
- Veto
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2006Introduced in House
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