To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act relating to preferential treatment to apparel articles of lesser developed countries, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 21, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 21, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 - Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend duty-free treatment to imported apparel articles wholly assembled or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries (regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles) in an amount not to exceed a certain percentage of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the preceding 12-month period.
Authorizes the President to remove preferential treatment for fabric or yarn of an article that was determined on the basis of fraud to: (1) be eligible for such treatment; or (2) not be available in commercial quantity.
Grants preferential treatment to textiles that are products of a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country and are wholly formed in one or more such countries from fibers, yarns, fabrics, fabric components, or components knit-to-shape that are the product of one or more such countries.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a sub-Saharan economic activity credit.
Extends the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program. Authorizes limitations on waivers of competitive need limitation.
Haitian Hemisphere Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide for five one-year periods of duty-free treatment for apparel articles wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti. Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide for import compliance.
Grants five-year duty-free treatment to complying wire harness automotive components imported from Haiti.
Expresses the sense of Congress that these provisions should be broadly interpreted in order to expand the textile and apparel trade between Haiti and the United States.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Sep 21, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2006Introduced in House
- Sep 21, 2006Referred 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.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40507 | Haiti: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns Archived | Report | Jun 17, 2009 |
| RL32294 | Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns Archived | Report | Jan 25, 2008 |
| RL33760 | Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 20, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6111 | Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2006 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act relating to preferential treatment to apparel articles of lesser developed countries, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006
- Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Access to health care
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- American investments
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Automobile parts
- Botswana
- Bribery
- Business records
- Caribbean area
- Child labor
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clothing
- Collective bargaining
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Corporation taxes
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Customs administration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Depreciation and amortization
- Developing countries
- Due process of law
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee rights
- Equality before the law
- Executive Office of the President
- Exports
- Families
- Forced labor
- Foreign corporations
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fraud
- Free enterprise
- Free trade
- Freedom of association
- Fringe benefits
- Government ethics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Gross national product
- Haiti
- Health
- Higher education
- Hours of labor
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Labor unions
- Latin America
- Law
- Minimum wages
- Namibia
- Occupational health and safety
- Pluralism (Social sciences)
- Poverty
- President and foreign policy
- Presidential powers
- Public corruption
- Right of property
- Rule of law
- Social Welfare
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Subsidiary corporations
- Tariff
- Tariff preferences
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Taxation of foreign income
- Textile fabrics
- Textile industry
- Trade agreements
- Transportation and Public Works
- Treaties
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- Valuation
- Visas
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2006Introduced in House
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