New Partnership for Development Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 25, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedOct 18, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
New Partnership for Development Act of 2007 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President to provide for the duty-free treatment of articles (without quantitative limitation) from qualified beneficiary countries that have been designated: (1) a least developed country (except Myanmar and Sudan); and (2) a sub-Saharan African country. (Effectively, providing an additional trade preference program for least developed countries.)
Prohibits designation of a country as a qualified beneficiary country, and terminates such country's eligibility for preferential treatment, if it has: (1) not adopted and enforced certain human rights and fair labor practices; (2) failed to make progress to eliminate trade barriers and to establish a market-based economy and the rule of law; and (3) engaged in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights.
Prescribes requirements regarding: (1) rules of origin; (2) significant apparel suppliers; and (3) safeguards against the transshipment of textiles and apparels.
Imposes additional duties, under specified conditions, on certain agricultural safeguard goods.
Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) concerning the importance of the Generalized System of Preferences program; and (2) that preferential treatment provided under this Act can be improved if India, the People's Republic of China, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries provide market access similar to that provided under this Act.
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish: (1) an Office of Trade and Competitiveness for Least Developed Countries within the U.S. Agency for International Development; and (2) a workforce competitiveness program for least developed countries.
Establishes an Aid for Trade Fund.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 18, 2007 to Jul 15, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Oct 18, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Dec 13, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 15, 2008 |
Committees 3
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 Oct 18, 2007 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2007 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 18, 2007 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Oct 18, 2007 |
| Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Mar 25, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
- Nov 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Oct 18, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 18, 2007Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for an additional trade preference program for least developed countries, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- New Partnership for Development Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- China
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clothing
- Commerce
- Developing countries
- East Asia
- Economic assistance
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee rights
- Executive reorganization
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free enterprise
- Free trade
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Human rights
- Imports
- India
- International Affairs
- International competitiveness
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Most favored nation principle
- Nontariff trade barriers
- Rule of law
- South Asia
- Tariff
- Tariff preferences
- Textile fabrics
- U.S. Agency for International Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2007Introduced in House
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