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United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act [HB-3078]
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act - Title I: Approval of, and General Provisions Relating to, the Agreement - (Sec. 101) Approves the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (the Agreement) entered into on November 22, 2006, with the government of Colombia, as amended by both governments on June 28, 2007, and the statement of administrative action proposed to implement the Agreement, both submitted to Congress on October 3, 2011. Allows for the Agreement's entry into force upon certain conditions being
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Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2011 [HB-3057]
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2011 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to initiate, upon petition or a referral from another federal agency, an investigation into claims of evasion of antidumping or countervailing duties (including any cash deposits or other security) with respect to covered merchandise entered into the United States. Requires the Commissioner, in the case of an affirmative preliminary determination, to: (1) suspend liquidation
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Green Export Promotion and Job Creation Act [HB-2988]
Green Export Promotion and Job Creation Act - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to revise provisions relating to export promotion to require the Under Secretary for International Trade to establish an online directory for foreign buyers to identify U.S. manufacturers and service providers that are prepared to export products and services in: (1) clean and efficient energy generation, distribution, and use; (2) remediation of air and water pollution; (3) water supply; (4) sanitation, solid waste disposal, and chemical and hazardous waste
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American Export Promotion and Job Creation Act [HB-2987]
American Export Promotion and Job Creation Act - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to revise the duties of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC). Requires the TPCC to review the proposed annual budget of each federal agency, before it is submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the President, when (as required by current law) assessing the appropriate levels and allocation of resources among such agencies in support of export promotion and export financing. Requires the governmentwide strategic plan for federal
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Emergency China Trade Act [HB-2909]
Emergency China Trade Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a persistent trade deficit with the People's Republic of China (PRC) is harmful to the long-term health of the U.S. economy and must be corrected, and (2) the President should begin immediate negotiations with the PRC to eliminate the trade deficit within four years. Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from PRC products. Requires the President to: (1) negotiate a balanced trade relationship between the United States and the PRC within
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To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement. [HB-29]
Withdraws Congress's approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Directs the President to provide written notice of the withdrawal to the governments of Canada and Mexico.
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To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes. [HB-2832]
(Sec. 1) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) through July 31, 2013. Requires the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) on duty-free articles that entered into the United States after December 31, 2010, and before the 15th day after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 2) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to increase from 0.21% ad valorem to 0.3464% ad valorem, for the period between October 1, 2011, and July 1, 2014, the customs user
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Milk Import Tariff Equity Act [HB-2813]
Milk Import Tariff Equity Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose tariff-rate quotas (quantitative import limits) and provide various duty rates on certain casein, caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other casein derivatives and glues imported into the United States (except imports from a country which has entered into a free trade agreement with the United States). Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement, or enter into negotiations pursuant to an existing trade agreement, with a foreign
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To suspend temporarily the duty on stannic oxide. [HB-2804]
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on stannic oxide.
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Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2011 [HB-2754]
Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Textile and Apparel Policy and Programs (TAPP) division of the Office of International Trade within CBP should ensure that seizures, detentions, special operations, and Textile Product Verification Teams (TPVTs) remain the primary focus of their efforts to enforce U.S. customs laws with respect to imports of textile or apparel articles, particularly as they relate to enforcement of the North American Free Trade
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Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act [HB-2707]
Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act - States that the overall trade negotiating objective of the United States with respect to the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products for trade agreements between the United States and foreign countries is to secure more open and reciprocal market access by strengthening the rules governing such measures' application to agricultural products. States that the principal trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to the application of sanitary and phytosanitary
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Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 [HB-2697]
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes.
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Border Tax Equity Act of 2011 [HB-2666]
Border Tax Equity Act of 2011 - Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to certify to Congress whether or not U.S. objectives for revision of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on border tax treatment of goods and services from countries with indirect tax systems have been met in WTO negotiations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on imports of goods and services from any foreign country that employs an indirect tax system and grants rebates of indirect taxes paid on goods or services exported from that country. Requires
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To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to waive the requirement to report the arrival at any port or place within the United States of a vessel of Canada if the vessel does not anchor or dock at any harbor within the customs territory of the United States. [HB-2661]
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to waive the requirement that Canadian vessels report immediately to the nearest customs facility upon arrival at any U.S. port or place or the Virgin Islands if, in fact, they do not anchor or dock at any harbor within the U.S. customs territory.
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To suspend temporarily the duty certain electrical transformers rated at 40VA. [HB-2627]
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty certain electrical transformers rated at 40VA.
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To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers. [HB-2626]
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers.
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Trade Adjustment Assistance Accountability Act of 2011 [HB-2525]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend and authorize appropriations for the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program for workers through FY2014. Requires the Secretary of Labor, with respect to a petition for the certification of eligibility to apply for TAA for a group of workers adversely affected by import competition, to send written or electronic notification of the receipt of the petition, and the initiation of the investigation of such petition, directly to the petitioners. Requires
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To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third country fabric program, and for other purposes. [HB-2493]
Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend, through FY2015, the third-country fabric rule granting duty-free treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles. Revises the term "sub-Saharan African country" to include the Republic of South Sudan under such Act.
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To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-intensity sweetener. [HB-2450]
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-intensity sweetener.
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SAVE Act [HB-2387]
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.
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