Foreign Trade And International Finance
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Level the Playing Field in Global Trade Act of 2018 [S.2566]
Level the Playing Field in Global Trade Act of 2018
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Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 [HB-4311]
Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to expand the scope of "covered transaction" subject to the review of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS analyzes the national security implications of foreign investment in the United States. A covered transaction includes: any merger, acquisition, or takeover that could result in foreign control of any U.S. business, the purchase or lease of real estate located in the United States that is in close proximity
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Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act [HB-4403]
Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise requirements regarding the public disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the manifest of vessels or aircraft entering any U.S. port or place to direct the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that any such information, including social security numbers, passport numbers, and residential addresses, are removed from any manifest signed and transmitted to the CBP before it is disclosed to the public.
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Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018 [S.2427]
Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish a task force in the International Trade Administration. The task force must identify countervailable subsidies and dumping that cause injury to or threaten to injure a domestic industry.
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Global Trade Accountability Act of 2018 [HB-5281]
Global Trade Accountability Act of 2018 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require congressional approval of unilateral trade actions. Such actions may take effect without congressional approval for one 90-day period if the President: determines that it is necessary because of a national emergency, because of an imminent threat to health or safety, for the enforcement of criminal laws, or for national security; and submits written notice of the determination to Congress.
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Reaffirming the trade and investment partnership between the United States and the European Union is critical to the economic and national security of the United States. [HR-810]
Reaffirming the trade and investment partnership between the United States and the European Union is critical to the economic and national security of the United States.
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Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act [HB-3722]
Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of donated fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies imported by or on behalf of a qualified tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization for purposes of the inspection and subsequent donation and export of those items to countries and organizations in need.
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Labor, Human, and Civil Rights Trade Policy Act [HB-3721]
Labor, Human, and Civil Rights Trade Policy Act This bill amends the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to require trade agreement implementing bills to: (1) achieve the negotiating objectives of adherence by parties to internationally recognized core labor standards; and (2) ensure that parties demonstrate respect for internationally recognized human rights, as indicated through assessments over a period of at least 10 years. For purposes of the meaning of core labor standards, the bill expands the definition
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Protecting Against Tyranny and Responsible Imports Act (PATRIA) of 2017 [HB-3673]
Protecting Against Tyranny and Responsible Imports Act (PATRIA) of 2017 This bill prohibits the import of specified petroleum products from Venezuela until the President certifies to Congress that Venezuela has dissolved that country's Constituent Assembly and restored the National Assembly.
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Maritime Industries Relief Act of 2017 [HB-3662]
Maritime Industries Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt from duty certain pre-owned vessels offered for sale or sold in the United States. It repeals the deferral until sale of the duty on large yachts imported for sale at U.S. boat shows.
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U.S. OUTDOOR Act United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act [HB-3645]
U.S. OUTDOOR Act United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act
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U.S. OUTDOOR Act United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act [S.1719]
U.S. OUTDOOR Act United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act This bill amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear. The bill establishes the Sustainable Textile and Apparel Research Fund (STAR Fund). The Department of the Treasury must impose and collect, with specified exceptions, a fee of 1.5% of the appraised value of imported recreational performance outerwear and to deposit amounts collected into the STAR
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True Reciprocity Investment Act of 2017 [S.1722]
True Reciprocity Investment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to direct the Office of the United States Trade Representative to submit an annual report assessing the extent to which foreign governments allow investments by U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or U.S. entities) in their countries that are similar to investments in the United States made by entities organized in such foreign countries. The report shall include, with respect to each major trading partner of the United States: (1) a description
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C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-3551]
C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 to reauthorize within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. The CBP shall publish on its website or other online publication: (1) information about benefits to program participants, and (2) notice of any changes to benefits to participants by 30 days before any such changes take effect. The bill specifies that: (1) applicants may be eligible to participate as Tier 1 or
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Bindu Philips and Devon Davenport International Child Abduction Return Act of 2017 [HB-3512]
Bindu Philips and Devon Davenport International Child Abduction Return Act of 2017 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit the President from designating a country as a beneficiary developing country if the country has a pattern of noncompliance under the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 in cases of child abduction during the preceding 12 months. Under current law, a beneficiary developing country is eligible for benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (i.e., tariff benefits).
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JAWS Act Justice Attributed to Wounded Sharks Act [HB-3377]
JAWS Act Justice Attributed to Wounded Sharks Act
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Promoting Transparency in Trade Act [HB-3339]
Promoting Transparency in Trade Act This bill amends the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to require the President to publish on a publicly available website the proposed U.S. text for a trade agreement regarding trade barriers before the start of a negotiating round and the considered text for such an agreement at the conclusion of each negotiating round. Congress may disapprove of trade authorities procedures (fast track) if the President has not published required negotiation texts for a proposed trade
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Fair Trade Accessibility and Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-3233]
Fair Trade Accessibility and Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance to small firms to assist them in preparing and filing petitions to obtain the remedies and benefits available under the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to the imposition of countervailing and antidumping duties investigations. Commerce shall review an application for assistance submitted by a small firm based on the firm's ability-to-pay and its economic impact in its local community. The amount of such assistance is capped.
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United States-Turkey Free Trade Promotion Act of 2017 [HB-3146]
United States-Turkey Free Trade Promotion Act of 2017
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Foreign Investment and Economic Security Act of 2017 [HB-2932]
Foreign Investment and Economic Security Act of 2017 This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to provide for: (1) national security reviews of transactions involving the construction of a new facility in the United States by any foreign person (currently, national security reviews are conducted only for certain mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by or with a foreign person); and (2) net U.S. benefit reviews of new construction, mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers by or with a foreign person. The bill makes net benefit reviews mandatory
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