CHEATS Act
Latest action · Feb 24, 2012 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.
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
China Hurts Economic Advancement Through Subsidies Act or CHEATS Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the administering authority or the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to impose countervailing duties on products from a nonmarket economy country that have been provided a countervailable subsidy.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 17, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | Feb 17, 2012 |
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 Feb 17, 2012 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Feb 24, 2012 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Feb 17, 2012Introduced in House
- Feb 17, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H944H.R. 4071–4085 | — | Feb 17, 2012 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H944.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1130 | Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act | Related bill | May 26, 2011 |
| S 1267 | Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act | Related bill | Jun 23, 2011 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- CHEATS Act
- China Hurts Economic Advancement Through Subsidies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 17, 2012Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
