Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act
Latest action · Apr 26, 2022 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
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.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act
This bill provides assistance for corporations to move operations from China to countries in Latin America or the Caribbean and addresses related issues.
For example, the bill requires the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide financing and other assistance to eligible corporations for costs associated with such a move. Tariffs collected for goods manufactured in China shall be used to pay for such assistance.
The President may provide preferential treatment, including duty-free treatment, for goods produced in a Latin American or Caribbean country by a corporation that received relocation assistance under this bill.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2022 to Jul 27, 2022, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Apr 26, 2022 |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | May 11, 2022 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | May 13, 2022 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | May 13, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | May 13, 2022 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | May 31, 2022 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Jul 27, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 26, 2022Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Appropriations
- Asia
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Business investment and capital
- Caribbean area
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Cuba
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Employee hiring
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Europe
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Human rights
- Immigration status and procedures
- Income tax deductions
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Latin America
- Manufacturing
- Mexico
- Nuclear power
- Russia
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Taiwan
- Tariffs
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Venezuela
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2022Introduced in House
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