legislation: 110-hr-6483

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110-hr-6483 110 hr 6483 Recreational Performance Outerwear Apparel Act of 2008 Foreign Trade and International Finance 2008-07-14 2008-07-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. House Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] OR D B000574 2 Recreational Performance Outerwear Apparel Act of 2008 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear. Establishes the Sustainable Textile and Apparel Research Fund (STAR Fund). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) 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 Fund; and (2) make quarterly distributions from the STAR Fund to one or more appropriate organizations to conduct applied research, development, and education activities to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in clean, eco-friendly apparel, other textile and apparel products, and sewn-product design and manufacturing. 2021-06-07T20:05:10Z  

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