HR 2387 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

SAVE Act

Introduced Jun 24, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Jim McDermott D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 7, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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. IntroducedJun 24, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Save Our Industries Act of 2011 or SAVE Act - Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and components of such apparel consisting entirely of: (1) fabric cut in the United States or the Philippines, or both, from fabric wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; (2) components knit-to-shape in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; or (3) any combination of such fabric or components.

Prescribes single transformation duty-free rules for specified apparel articles, regardless of the source of the fabric, fabric components, components knit-to-shape, or yarns from which the articles are made, if they: (1) are cut and wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in the Philippines from any combination of such components; and (2) are imported directly into the United States from the Philippines.

Prescribes requirements for review and enforcement of the program.

Prescribes penalties for exporters and importers who engage in the transshipment of apparel that has been afforded preferential treatment under this Act.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2011 to Aug 2, 2012, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJun 24, 2011
R-CABrian P. BilbrayOriginalJun 24, 2011
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalJun 24, 2011
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 24, 2011
R-OHSteve AustriaOriginalJun 24, 2011
D-NYCharles B. RangelJul 7, 2011
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloJul 7, 2011
D-NYJoseph CrowleyJul 19, 2011
R-NYPeter T. KingJul 19, 2011
D-HIColleen HanabusaJul 28, 2011
R-PAJoseph R. PittsJul 28, 2011
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneySep 8, 2011
R-FLJeff MillerSep 15, 2011
R-ILRandy HultgrenSep 15, 2011
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOct 21, 2011
Show all 22 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 7, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  2. Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Jun 24, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 105SAVE ActRelated billJan 25, 2011
S 1244SAVE ActIdentical billJun 22, 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House

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