HR 521 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Milk Import Tariff Equity Act

Introduced Feb 2, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Don Sherwood R-PA

Latest action · Feb 14, 2005 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.

IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Milk Import Tariff Equity Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose tariff-rate quotas (quantitative import limits) and provide various duty rates on certain casein, caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other casein derivatives and glues imported into the United States (except imports from Mexico).

Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement with a foreign country to grant new concessions as compensation in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions; and (2) proclaim any necessary modification or continuance of any existing duty, or continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or any quantitative limitation. Sets forth certain limits on the reduction of duties on such products.

Cosponsors 94

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2005 to Jun 6, 2006; 60 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Feb 2, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-NC	Bob Etheridge	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-LA	Bobby Jindal	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	Curt Weldon	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-WI	David R. Obey	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-NJ	Jim Saxton	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	John E. Peterson	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-NY	John E. Sweeney	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-PA	John P. Murtha	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Feb 2, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Feb 2, 2005
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Feb 15, 2005
R-CA	George Radanovich		Feb 15, 2005
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Feb 15, 2005
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Feb 15, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Feb 15, 2005
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Mar 7, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 7, 2005
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Mar 7, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Mar 7, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Apr 8, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Apr 8, 2005
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 8, 2005
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Apr 27, 2005
D-NC	David E. Price		Apr 27, 2005
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jun 14, 2005
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Jun 29, 2005
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Jul 18, 2005
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 19, 2005
D-AL	Artur Davis		Jul 28, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Jul 28, 2005
R-MI	Dave Camp		Sep 2, 2005
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Sep 2, 2005
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Sep 13, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Sep 26, 2005
D-MA	John W. Olver		Nov 8, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Dec 15, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Dec 18, 2005
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Dec 18, 2005
R-AL	Terry Everett		Mar 2, 2006
D-WA	Brian Baird		Mar 15, 2006
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Apr 5, 2006
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Apr 5, 2006
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Apr 25, 2006
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jun 6, 2006

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 Feb 2, 2005
	Trade Subcommittee	Referred Feb 14, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 14, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House
Feb 2, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-45	MEMBER PROPOSALS FOR TAX REFORM115 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jul 28, 2005

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates.
Short Titles as Introduced: Milk Import Tariff Equity Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House

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