Trade Preferences and American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 22, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Trade Preferences and American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes and revises specified U.S. trade programs and provisions.
Specifically, the bill extends through January 1, 2027, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which provides duty-free treatment to products imported from designated beneficiary countries. The bill makes various changes to the GSP, including by (1) adding human rights, environmental, and other criteria for designation as a beneficiary developing country; (2) requiring an assessment of how the GSP supports worker and gender rights; and (3) requiring a study on rules of origin and GSP utilization rates.
Additionally, the bill provides through December 31, 2023, and retroactively applies to 120 days before this bill's enactment, temporary duty suspensions or reductions to eligible imported products. This authorization is commonly known as the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB). The last version of the MTB was enacted in September 2018 and the temporary treatment for those products listed in the MTB expired on December 31, 2020.
The bill also extends the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 for two future MTB cycles (one in 2022 and one in 2025). This extension allows the U.S. International Trade Commission to conduct the MTB petition, review, and recommendation process for those additional cycles.
The bill extends customs user fees through June 21, 2031.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 22, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
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 Jun 22, 2021 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jun 22, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Jun 22, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 108, June 22, 2021, page H3006.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10478 | Miscellaneous Tariff Bills (MTBs) | Resource | Dec 1, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3975 | Generalized System of Preferences and Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Modernization Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jun 17, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend and modify the eligibility requirements for the Generalized System of Preferences, to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Trade Preferences and American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2021Introduced 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.
