To extend certain trade preference programs, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 5, 2006 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1092 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6346 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
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.
- IntroducedDec 5, 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 (AGOA) to extend duty-free treatment to specified imported sub-Saharan African apparel articles. Extends the AGOA through 2015.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit against foreign income earned by U.S. companies doing business in sub-Saharan Africa.
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to limitations on waivers of competitive need under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program. Extends the GSP Program.
Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide duty-free treatment for specified Haitian apparel articles.
Andean Bridge to a Reciprocal Trade Partnership Act - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act to extend duty-free treatment and other preferential treatment to articles imported from Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru.
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to repeal certain expired provisions reducing temporarily the rate of duty on specified chemicals.
Provides, through December 31, 2009, for new duty suspensions and reductions and existing duty suspensions and reductions.
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for certain reliquidations.
Establishes the Pima Cotton Trust Fund.
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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 Dec 6, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2006Introduced in House
- Dec 5, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Dec 5, 2006Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1092 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6346 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 1092 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6346) to extend certain trade preference programs, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes. | Procedurally related | Dec 5, 2006 |
| HRES 1093 | Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. | Procedurally related | Dec 5, 2006 |
| S 3495 | A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam. | Related bill | Aug 30, 2006 |
| HR 4944 | Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006 | Related bill | Mar 16, 2006 |
| HR 5602 | To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam. | Related bill | Nov 13, 2006 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend certain trade preference programs, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006
- Andean Bridge to a Reciprocal Trade Partnership Act
- 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)
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- American investments
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Bribery
- Caribbean area
- Child labor
- Citizen participation
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clothing
- Collective bargaining
- Colombia
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cotton
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Customs administration
- Democracy
- Developing countries
- Due process of law
- East Asia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecuador
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Employee rights
- Equality before the law
- Executive Office of the President
- Exports
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Forced labor
- Foreign investments
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free enterprise
- Freedom of association
- Government and business
- Government ethics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Haiti
- Health
- Hours of labor
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Intellectual property
- Interest
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Law
- Limitation of actions
- Loans
- Minimum wages
- Most favored nation principle
- Namibia
- Normal trade relations
- Occupational health and safety
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
- Peru
- Pluralism (Social sciences)
- Poverty
- Public corruption
- Right of property
- Rule of law
- Secondary education
- Smuggling
- Social Welfare
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Subsidies
- Tariff
- Tariff preferences
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Taxation of foreign income
- Terrorism
- Textile fabrics
- Trade agreements
- Vietnam
- Visas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2006Agreed to House
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