S 3240 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify that tariff treatment of textile parts of seats and other furniture.

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 25, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 25, 2006
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to include an additional U.S. Note regarding tariff treatment of textile parts of seats and other furniture. Classifies articles of cotton or other textile fibers, except for leather, as parts of seats or other furniture only if they have been both cut and sewn to shape and have been permanently attached to furniture framing parts or sections.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 25, 2006.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMay 25, 2006

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 25, 2006Introduced in Senate
  2. May 25, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Subjects

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

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