A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand exception relating to the importation of goods made with forced labor.
Latest action · May 10, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4877)
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.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand exception to the prohibition against importation of goods manufactured by convict, forced, or indentured labor. (The consumptive demand exception allows importation of such prohibited goods if similar goods are not sufficiently produced in the United States to meet U.S. consumer demand.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2005Introduced in Senate
- May 10, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4877)
- May 10, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4876-4877)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 10, 2005Introduced in Senate
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