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| 106-hr-5603 | 106 | hr | 5603 | To prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-30 | 2000-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 5 | Prohibits the importation into the United States of textile or apparel products from Burma until the President determines and certifies to Congress that it has made progress in: (1) reversing gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights and worker rights; (2) implementing democratic government; and (3) cooperating with U.S. counter-narcotics efforts. | 2025-01-02T17:15:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5586 | 106 | hr | 5586 | United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-27 | 2000-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-11] | MI | R | K000288 | 0 | United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Act of 2000 - Authorizes the President to enter into a free trade agreement with Singapore to seek the elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers in order to achieve more open market access, on a reciprocal basis, to internationally traded goods and services.Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to apply its fast track procedures (precluding amendments) to the implementing bills for such an agreement. | 2025-08-20T14:18:54Z | |
| 106-s-3257 | 106 | s | 3257 | A bill to establish a Chief Labor Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | See summary of: S. 3247 | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-3246 | 106 | s | 3246 | A bill to prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 7 | Prohibits the importation into the United States of textile or apparel products from Burma until the President determines and certifies to Congress that it has made progress in: (1) reversing gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights and worker rights; (2) implementing democratic government; and (3) cooperating with U.S. counter-narcotics efforts. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-3247 | 106 | s | 3247 | A bill to establish a Chief Labor Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Establishes in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) a Chief Labor Negotiator, who shall conduct trade negotiations relating to labor-related issues, and perform other functions as the USTR may direct. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5550 | 106 | hr | 5550 | To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-25 | 2000-11-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] | GA | R | C000640 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2002, the duty on certain steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities. Provides for the liquidation or reliquidation (refund) of duty on such items that are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during a specified period of time. | 2025-01-02T17:15:29Z | |
| 106-hr-5491 | 106 | hr | 5491 | To suspend until June 30, 2003, the duty on certain R-core transformers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 2 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 2003, the duty on certain R-core transformers. | 2025-01-02T17:15:32Z | |
| 106-s-3216 | 106 | s | 3216 | Integrity of the United States Courts Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10721-10722) | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 2 | Integrity of the United States Courts Act of 2000 - Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act to permit a party or person to file with the U.S. Court of International Trade an appeal of an antidumping or countervailing duty determination of a binational panel, alleging that: (1) it was based on a misrepresentation of U.S. law; (2) a member of a binational panel is guilty of gross misconduct, bias, or serious conflict of interest, or the panel seriously departed from a fundamental rule of procedure or exceeded its own authority; and (3) such actions have materially affected such panel determinations and threaten the integrity of the panel review process. Sets forth provisions permitting a party to file an appeal of such determinations with the Court in cases where the panel does not act or is not convened.Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to grant the U.S. Court of International Trade jurisdiction over the review of a final determination of such a binational panel.Declares that the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico. | 2025-08-20T14:18:13Z | |
| 106-hres-635 | 106 | hres | 635 | Calling on the President to take all appropriate action within his power to provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and to immediately request the United States International Trade Commission to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 of those steel imports. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-17 | 2000-10-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 237 | Calls upon the President to: (1) take all appropriate action to provide relief from injury caused by steel imports; and (2) immediately request the U.S. Trade Commission to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment of such steel imports under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974. | 2025-01-02T17:08:33Z | |
| 106-hr-5469 | 106 | hr | 5469 | Integrity of the United States Courts Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-10] | GA | R | N000159 | 11 | Integrity of the United States Courts Act of 2000 - Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act to permit a party or person to file with the U.S. Court of International Trade an appeal of a determination of a binational panel, alleging that a member of a binational panel is guilty of gross misconduct, bias, or serious conflict of interest, or that the panel seriously departed from a fundamental rule of procedure or exceeded its own authority, and such actions have materially affected panel determinations with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty cases and threaten the integrity of the panel review process.Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to grant the U.S. Court of International Trade jurisdiction over the review of a final determination of such a binational panel. | 2025-08-20T14:21:30Z | |
| 106-s-3199 | 106 | s | 3199 | A bill to amend section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for a user fee to cover the cost of customs inspections at express courier facilities. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Thompson, Fred [R-TN] | TN | R | T000457 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide a customs user fee of $5 for the processing of merchandise that is informally entered or released at a centralized hub facility or an express consignment carrier facility (other than shipments valued at $200 or less, which shall not be subject to any fee). Defines "centralized hub facility" and "express consignment carrier facility" to mean a separate or shared specialized facility approved by a port director of the Customs Service for examination and release of imported merchandise carried by an express consignment carrier. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse from the fees collected for the services provided under this Act each appropriation for amounts paid out from it for the costs incurred by the Secretary in providing such services at centralized hub facilities and express consignment carrier facilities. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5450 | 106 | hr | 5450 | To amend section 13031 of the Consolidated Ominubus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for a user fee to cover the cost of customs inspections at express courier facilities. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] | TN | D | T000038 | 0 | Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide a customs user fee of $5 for the processing of merchandise that is informally entered or released at a centralized hub facility or an express consignment carrier facility (other than shipments valued at $200 or less, which shall not be subject to any fee). Defines "centralized hub facility" and "express consignment carrier facility" to mean a separate or shared specialized facility approved by a port director of the Customs Service for examination and release of imported merchandise carried by an express consignment carrier. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse from the fees collected for the services provided under this Act each appropriation for amounts paid out from it for the costs incurred by the Secretary in providing such services at centralized hub facilities and express consignment carrier facilities. | 2025-01-02T17:15:30Z | |
| 106-hr-5416 | 106 | hr | 5416 | Southeast Europe Trade Preference Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] | NY | R | H000814 | 0 | Southeast Europe Trade Preference Act - Authorizes the President to proclaim duty-free treatment for all eligible articles from any beneficiary country designated, subject to specified conditions, from among the following: (1) Albania; (2) Bosnia and Herzegovina; (3) Bulgaria; (4) Croatia; (5) the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; (6) Romania; (7) Slovenia; (8) Kosovo; and (9) Montenegro.(Sec. 5) Prohibits the President from designating any country a beneficiary country if it: (1) has nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized ownership or control of property owned by a U.S. citizen or by a corporation, partnership, or association 50 percent or more beneficially owned by U.S. citizens; or (2) has taken certain steps with respect to existing contracts or agreements with, or any patent, trademark, or other intellectual property of, such a person, or imposed or enforced taxes or other exactions, restrictive maintenance, or operational conditions, or other measures with respect to property so owned, the effect of which is to nationalize, expropriate, or otherwise seize ownership or control of such property. Waives such prohibition if the President determines to Congress that: (1) compensation has been or is being made to such owner; (2) good-faith negotiations to provide such compensation are in progress, or the country is otherwise taking steps to discharge its obligations under international law; or (3) a dispute over compensation for such a seizure has been submitted to arbitration under the Convention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.Specifies other grounds for disqualifying a country for beneficiary designation, including: (1) failure to recognize or enforce arbitral awards in favor of U.S. owners; (2) preferential treatment to the products of a developed country other than the United States, with significant adverse effect on U.S. commerce; (3) broadcast of copyrighted material belonging to U.S. copyright owners by a government-owned entity without the owners' express consent; (4) absence of … | 2025-08-20T14:17:36Z | |
| 106-hr-5423 | 106 | hr | 5423 | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | S001148 | 23 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, with respect to sugars, syrups, and molasses (excluding cane or beet sugar) that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during any fiscal year under certain quantitative import restrictions (tariff-rate quotas), to establish a duty on such articles and other articles if they are subsequently used for the commercial extraction or production of sugar for human consumption, or such articles are used in any manner that circumvent any quota imposed under the Schedule. | 2025-01-02T17:15:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5396 | 106 | hr | 5396 | To amend section 81 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to amend the definition of a foreign trade zone operator, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to define "foreign trade zone operator" to mean any private corporation which has contracted with a grantee for the exclusive authority to establish, operate, and maintain a general purpose foreign trade zone (an area not subject to the U.S. customs laws) located E of longitude 81 W and S of latitude 26 N.Declares that such operator shall not be subject to real property taxes imposed by the State in which such zone is located. | 2025-01-02T17:15:18Z | |
| 106-hr-5381 | 106 | hr | 5381 | Tobacco Farmers Trade Fairness Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Fletcher, Ernie [R-KY-6] | KY | R | F000441 | 6 | Tobacco Farmers Trade Fairness Act - Directs the President, in the first negotiations after enactment of this Act under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, to take the necessary steps to renegotiate the tariff-rate quota on imported tobacco so that: (1) the quantity of tobacco receiving preferential tariff treatment is 50 percent of the quantity receiving such treatment under the tariff-rate quota in effect upon enactment of this Act; and (2) thereafter, the quantity of tobacco receiving preferential tariff treatment under such quota is reduced in each calendar year by the same percentage as any reduction in the national marketing quota proclaimed by the Secretary of Agriculture. | 2025-08-20T14:20:24Z | |
| 106-hr-5353 | 106 | hr | 5353 | To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of door hinges. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-10-02 | 2000-10-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 2 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require imported door hinges and parts (except metal forgings and castings imported for further processing into finished hinges and door hinges designed for motor vehicles) to be marked with the English name of the country of origin on the exposed surface of the hinge when viewed after fixture by means of die stamping, cast-in-mold lettering, etching, or engraving. | 2025-01-02T17:15:18Z | |
| 106-hres-602 | 106 | hres | 602 | Supporting the policy announced by the Secretary of Transportation to delay implementation of the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement that allow access for Mexican trucks to all United States roads as of 2000, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-09-28 | 2000-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 11 | Declares that the House of Representatives supports the Secretary of Transportation's policy announced on December 18, 1995, to delay implementation of certain provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that allow increased access for Mexican trucks to U.S. roads. Recognizes compelling data reported by the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General regarding the danger posed on both sides of the United States-Mexico border by unsafe Mexican trucks.Calls on the President to refuse access to U.S. roads outside the commercial zones along the United States-Mexico border to Mexican trucks that are currently restricted to these zones until the DOT Inspector General has certified that: (1) Mexican trucks and drivers are complying with standards of safety, environmental protection, and driver competency, licensing, and hours of service equivalent to standards that apply to U.S. trucks on U.S. roads; and (2) Mexican trucks inspected on entering the United States are passing inspection in the same percentage as Canadian trucks inspected on entering the United States. | 2025-01-02T17:08:33Z | |
| 106-s-3116 | 106 | s | 3116 | A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 25 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, with respect to sugars, syrups, and molasses (excluding cane or beet sugar) that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during any fiscal year under certain quantitative import restrictions (tariff-rate quotas), to establish a duty on such articles and other articles if they are subsequently used for the commercial extraction or production of sugar, or such articles are used in any manner that circumvent any quota imposed under the Schedule. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-3104 | 106 | s | 3104 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of door hinges. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-09-25 | 2000-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9200) | Senate | Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] | AL | R | S000320 | 2 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require imported door hinges and parts (except metal forgings and castings imported for further processing into finished hinges and door hinges designed for motor vehicles) to be marked with the English name of the country of origin on the exposed surface of the hinge when viewed after fixture by means of die stamping, cast-in-mold lettering, etching, or engraving. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-3097 | 106 | s | 3097 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic fiber tow. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-09-22 | 2000-09-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on acrylic fiber tow. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-sconres-136 | 106 | sconres | 136 | Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of brining transparency, accountability, and effectiveness to the World Bank and its programs and projects. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-09-19 | 2000-09-20 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8770) | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the World Bank should publicly commit to execute performance audits and a complete performance evaluation of the effectiveness of its programs and projects by independent private sector firms; (2) the audits and evaluation should be published, should meet specified requirements, and, together with the General Accounting Office review thereof, would help bring necessary transparency, accountability, and effectiveness to the World Bank and its programs and projects; and (3) the health and well-being of people around the world would be aided by the World Bank's efforts to ensure that its resources are properly and appropriately directed to those truly in need. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-hr-5127 | 106 | hr | 5127 | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-09-07 | 2000-09-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Del. Christensen, Donna MC [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | C000380 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise clock and watch provisions to require the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, jointly, for each calendar quarter beginning after January 1, 2001, and before January 1, 2015, to: (1) verify for the preceding calendar quarter both the wages paid by each producer to permanent residents of the insular possessions (including the value of any fringe benefits) and the total quantity and value of watches produced there and imported into the U.S. customs territory; and (2) issue to each producer a certificate for the applicable amount.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, at the election of the certificate holder, to pay to the holder the face value of the certificate, less the value of any duty refund claimed by the holder under the certificate, plus a discount of not more than two percent of the face value of the certificate as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. | 2025-01-02T17:15:06Z | |
| 106-hr-5085 | 106 | hr | 5085 | IMF Reform Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 3 | IMF Reform Act of 2000 - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to urge the President, in order to reduce long-term lending by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and protect eligible poor countries from harmful IMF and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) policies, to commence immediate efforts, within the Paris Club of Official Creditors, the IMF, and other appropriate multilateral development institutions, to accomplish certain goals, including: (1) the cancellation of debts owed to the IMF by eligible poor countries (encouraging such countries to allocate 20 percent of their national budgets, including the savings from the cancellation of debt, for the provision of health care services, education services, and clean water services to individuals in their countries); (2) a bar on new IMF concessional loans, guarantees, insurance, or credits to any country that receives debt cancellation under this Act, or the privileging of the IMF as a creditor over the United States or private creditors by any country receiving new concessional loans; (3) a bar on IMF and World Bank policies harmful to eligible poor countries; and (4) a bar on the conditioning of debt cancellation to poor countries on any such country's adoption or implementation of any structural adjustment program.Urges the President, in order to promote equitable burden-sharing by bilateral, multilateral, and private creditors, to commence efforts to ensure that such creditors draw upon their own resources to finance debt reduction without diverting funds from other high priority poverty alleviation programs.Prohibits the obligation of appropriated funds to the IMF and World Bank unless specified conditions are met. | 2025-08-20T14:20:48Z | |
| 106-s-2947 | 106 | s | 2947 | A bill to encourage respect for the rights of religious and ethnic minorities in Iran, and to deter Iran from supporting international terrorism, and from furthering its weapons of mass destruction programs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Prohibits the entry or importation into the United States of any textile or food article produced, grown, or manufactured in Iran.Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition 90 days after certifying to specified congressional committees that Iran: (1) has shown substantial progress in respecting the rights of ethnic and religious minorities and is meeting internationally recognized human rights standards, including due process under law; (2) has ceased its support for international terrorism; and (3) has terminated its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2961 | 106 | s | 2961 | A bill to amend the Customs drawback statute to authorize payment of drawback where imported merchandise is recycled rather than destroyed. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize payment of drawback where imported merchandise is recycled rather than destroyed. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2916 | 106 | s | 2916 | A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide separate subheadings for hair clippers used for animals. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-25 | 2000-07-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide separate subheadings for hair clippers used for animals on the farm. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2896 | 106 | s | 2896 | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-20 | 2000-07-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 3 | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should promote democratic change and economic reform by normalizing trade relations with Cuba; and (2) upon the enactment of this Act, it will no longer be necessary for the United States to continue to use Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 with respect to Cuba, understanding that the President retains full authority to invoke such Article XXI and comparable provisions in other Uruguay Round Agreements in the future in all appropriate circumstances.Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to the products of Cuba. | 2025-08-20T14:19:34Z | |
| 106-hr-4868 | 106 | hr | 4868 | Tariff Suspension and Trade Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-18 | 2000-11-09 | Became Public Law No: 106-476. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 0 | Tariff Suspension and Trade Act of 2000 - Title I: Tariff Provisions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to repeal certain expired provisions providing for temporary reductions in rates of duty with respect to specified articles.Subtitle A: Temporary Duty Suspensions and Reductions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for temporary duty suspensions through December 31, 2003, for: (1) certain HIV-AIDS drugs; (2) specified chemicals and dyes; (3) instant print film in rolls; (4) certain cathode-ray tubes; (5) certain raw cotton; (6) rhinovirus drugs; (7) tungsten concentrates; (8) certain ion-exchange resin; (9) vision inspection systems; (10) anode presses; (11) trim and form machines; (12) certain assembly machines; (13) certain herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides; (14) certain self-adhesive sheets; (15) certain polyamides; (16) certain plastic additives; (17) molds for use in certain DVDs; (18) certain compound optical microscopes; (19) a certain organic surface-active agent; (20) monochrome glass envelopes; (21) ceramic coater for laying down and drying ceramic; (22) ceramic knives; and (23) certain stainless steel railcar body shells.Reduces the duty through December 31, 2003 on: (1) color instant print film; (2) other cathode-ray tubes; (3) a certain food supplement; (4) a certain herbicide and fungicide; (5) specified chemicals; (6) certain semiconductor mold compounds; (7) bonding machines for use in the manufacture of DVDs; and (8) certain steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities.Provides for temporary duty suspensions through December 31, 2001, for: (1) a specified drug; and (2) a certain herbicide. Reduces the duty on such items for the period December 31, 2002, through December 31, 2003.Reduces the duty on a certain chemical for the period December 31, 2000, through December 31, 2003.Reduces the duty on specified chemicals for the period December 31, 2001, through December 31, 2003.Increases the duty on a specified … | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-s-2883 | 106 | s | 2883 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on piano plates. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-18 | 2000-07-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7160-7161) | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend the duty on piano plates through December 31, 2004. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4856 | 106 | hr | 4856 | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-14 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245) | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 1 | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should promote democratic change and economic reform by normalizing trade relations with Cuba; and (2) upon the enactment of this Act, it will no longer be necessary for the United States to continue to use Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 with respect to Cuba, understanding that the President retains full authority to invoke such Article XXI and comparable provisions in other Uruguay Round Agreements in the future in all appropriate circumstances.Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to the products of Cuba. | 2025-08-20T14:18:43Z | |
| 106-s-2862 | 106 | s | 2862 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Exisulind. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Exisulind. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4829 | 106 | hr | 4829 | China Nonproliferation Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-12 | Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 13 | China Nonproliferation Act - Directs the President to report annually to specified congressional committees on every person (with certain exceptions) with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that such person, on or after January 1, 2000, transferred, retransferred, sold, misused, or diverted from, or within, the People's Republic of China to a foreign person or Chinese national involved in the development or acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or ballistic or cruise missiles any goods, services, or technology: (1) listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology and Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related Technology (both published by the International Atomic Energy Agency), the Missile Technology Control Regime Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 1996, the lists of items and substances relating to biological and chemical weapons the export of which is controlled by the Australia Group, the Schedules of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, or the Wassenaar Arrangement list of Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Munitions list of July 12, 1996; or (2) not identified on any of these lists, but would be if they were U.S. goods, services, or technology prohibited or controlled for export to China (or any tier IV countries as defined by the Bureau of Export Administration of the Department of Commerce), and have the potential to contribute to the development, improvement, or production of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, or of ballistic or cruise missile systems, or advanced conventional weapons or munitions.(Sec. 3) Requires the President to include in the report information: (1) on any action taken by a person identified in a prior annual report that establishes that the person has discontinued, rectified, or mitigated a prior proliferation activity identified u… | 2025-08-20T14:18:19Z | |
| 106-hr-4836 | 106 | hr | 4836 | China Nonproliferation Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-12 | Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | See summary of: H.R. 4829 | 2025-08-20T14:17:51Z | |
| 106-s-2854 | 106 | s | 2854 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Fructooligosaccharides (FOS). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] | CO | R | A000109 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on fructooligosaccharides (FOS). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4824 | 106 | hr | 4824 | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide separate subheadings for hair clippers used for animals. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-11 | 2000-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide separate subheadings for hair clippers used for animals on the farm. | 2025-01-02T17:14:40Z | |
| 106-s-2846 | 106 | s | 2846 | A bill to extend the suspension of duty for certain chemicals. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-11 | 2000-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2003, the suspension of duty on yttrium oxide and cerium aluminum terbium of a kind used as luminophores. | 2025-04-07T13:43:27Z | |
| 106-hr-4816 | 106 | hr | 4816 | To make technical corrections in United States Customs Service regulations regarding the importation of goods bearing foreign owned trademarks or trade names, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-10 | 2000-07-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | L000263 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to modify U.S. Customs Service rules regarding restrictions on the importation of gray market articles by providing relief from detention for restricted gray market goods: (1) bearing more than one trademark or trade name; and (2) for which the U.S. owner of any trade mark or trade name appearing on such goods is the same as, a parent or subsidiary of, or party otherwise subject to common ownership or control with, any foreign owner of any other trademark or trade name appearing on such goods. | 2025-01-02T17:14:40Z | |
| 106-hr-4818 | 106 | hr | 4818 | International Monetary Stability Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-07-10 | 2000-07-19 | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held by the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy; Motion to Report Measure Defeated by 10 Ayes to 11 Nays, Prior to Referral. | House | Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] | WI | R | R000570 | 0 | International Monetary Stability Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to certify a country as officially dollarized (when a country substantially or totally eliminates its domestic currency and adopts the U.S. dollar as legal tender), after consideration of whether the country has taken specified actions with respect to its currency. Directs the Secretary, upon certification of a country, to pay to such country, every three months, an amount equal to a specified formula. Prohibits the previously dollarized Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, Panama, East Timor, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the British Virgin Islands from being certified as officially dollarized or issued payments until specified conditions are met. | 2025-08-20T14:16:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4782 | 106 | hr | 4782 | To provide for the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the Republic of Georgia. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-29 | 2000-06-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 0 | Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the Republic of Georgia. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-s-2823 | 106 | s | 2823 | Plan Colombia Trade Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-29 | 2000-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6136-6137) | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 7 | Plan Colombia Trade Act - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act to accord, for a specified transition period, duty-free treatment to certain textile and apparel articles imported into the United States from beneficiary countries (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru) designated under such Act.Requires the President, in determining whether to designate a country a beneficiary country, to take into account, among other things, the extent to which such country adheres to democratic principles and the rule of law. | 2025-08-20T14:20:00Z | |
| 106-hr-4764 | 106 | hr | 4764 | To require the United States Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-27 | 2000-06-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | E000282 | 2 | Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to enter into negotiations with the Governments of the other G-8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States) in order to achieve their agreement to eliminate price controls on innovative medicines and the unfair trade practices that result from the application of price controls.Declares that, if within 12 months negotiations have not achieved such objectives, the USTR shall recommend to Congress the most effective measures (including those specified by the Trade Act of 1974) for eliminating the disparity between the price of prescription drugs in the United States and the price of prescription drugs in the other G-8 countries, with the goal of reducing the price of prescription drugs for U.S. consumers.Requires recommended measures to be of a nature and amount that fully reflect the economic harm inflicted on patients and health care in the United States, and the harm inflicted on the U.S. economy when countries pay the country specific marginal costs of prescription drugs and let the United States cover the research and development costs of innovative prescription drugs. | 2025-01-02T17:14:31Z | |
| 106-hr-4767 | 106 | hr | 4767 | To suspend temporarily the duty on Exisulind. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-27 | 2000-06-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | G000439 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Exisulind. | 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z | |
| 106-s-2785 | 106 | s | 2785 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on glyoxylic acid. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-26 | 2000-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2002, the duty on glyoxylic acid (if imported on or before December 31, 2003). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hjres-103 | 106 | hjres | 103 | Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the People's Republic of China. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-23 | 2000-07-18 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] | CA | R | R000409 | 3 | Disapproves the extension with respect to the People's Republic of China (as recommended by the President to Congress on June 2, 2000) of the President's authority under the Trade Act of 1974 to waive a nonmarket economy country's ineligibility to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) and credit extensions because of restrictions on freedom to emigrate. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-s-2770 | 106 | s | 2770 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain machines designed for children's education. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-22 | 2000-06-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2002, the duty on electrical machines and apparatus principally designed for the education of children. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4706 | 106 | hr | 4706 | WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-21 | 2000-06-21 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 6 | WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission Act - Establishes the WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission to review: (1) all adverse reports of dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which are adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body and the result of a proceeding initiated against the United States by a WTO member; and (2) upon the request of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), any adverse report of a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body which is adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body and in which the United States is a complaining party.Requires the Commission to determine whether, with respect to an adverse finding, the panel or the Appellate Body exceeded its authority, acted arbitrarily or capriciously, deviated from applicable standards, and added to the obligations, or diminished the rights, of the United States under the Uruguay Round Agreement.Urges the President to undertake negotiations to amend or modify the Uruguay Round Agreement upon enactment of a joint resolution requesting such negotiations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:13Z | |
| 106-hr-4696 | 106 | hr | 4696 | To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify the provisions relating to drawback claims, and for other purposes. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-20 | 2000-06-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] | TX | R | B000755 | 0 | Title I: Modification of Provisions Relating to Drawback Claims - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise provisions requiring a refund of duties (drawback) on articles or merchandise which have been exported or destroyed under the supervision of the Customs Service within three years after importation or withdrawal, and which, among other things, is ultimately sold at retail and for any reason returned to and accepted by the importer or the claimant under the provisions of the importer's or claimant's merchandise warranty provision. Authorizes a drawback to be claimed by designating any entry of such merchandise that was imported within one year before its exportation or destruction. Prohibits the allowance of a drawback unless the completed article is exported or destroyed under the supervision of the Customs Service within five years after its importation.Sets forth drawback requirements with regard to: (1) use of domestic merchandise acquired in exchange for imported merchandise of same kind and quality; (2) packaging material; and (3) liquidation of entries.Sets forth penalties for false drawback claims.Title II: Liquidation or Reliquidation of Certain Entries - Provides for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries filed at the ports of Laredo, Texas, Hidalgo, Texas, and Wilmington, Delaware. | 2025-01-02T17:14:29Z | |
| 106-hr-4662 | 106 | hr | 4662 | To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to make certain products eligible for drawback and to simplify and clarify certain drawback provisions. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-14 | 2000-06-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to: (1) the drawback of unused merchandise; (2) refunds, waivers, or reductions under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act; (3) substitution of finished petroleum derivatives; (4) alternative methods for determining same kind and quality and commercial interchangeability of imported and other merchandise; and (5) the drawback of imported merchandise when commercially interchangeable merchandise was exported without preference under NAFTA. | 2025-01-02T17:14:30Z | |
| 106-hr-4649 | 106 | hr | 4649 | To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional adjustment assistance program for workers adversely affected by reason of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-13 | 2000-06-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 72 | Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require certification of a group of workers (including agricultural firm or subdivision workers) as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance under such Act if the Secretary of Labor determines that a significant number or proportion of them in the workers' firm (or subdivision) have become totally or partially separated (or threatened with total or partial separation), and either: (1) that the firm's (or subdivision's) sales or production, or both, have decreased absolutely, imports from the People's Republic of China of like or directly competitive articles have increased by reason of the extension of normal trade relations treatment, and such increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation (or threat thereof) and to the decline in the firm's (or subdivision's) sales or production; or (2) that there has been a shift in production by the workers' firm (or subdivision) to the People's Republic of China of articles like or directly competitive with the firm's (or subdivision's) articles by reason of such extension of normal trade relations treatment. | 2025-01-02T17:14:31Z | |
| 106-hr-4641 | 106 | hr | 4641 | To provide trade adjustment assistance for certain workers. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-12 | 2000-06-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Declares that a worker shall be certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 if such worker was: (1) determined to be covered under Trade Adjustment Assistance Certification TA-W-31,402; and (2) necessary for the environmental remediation or closure of a copper mining facility. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-s-2694 | 106 | s | 2694 | A bill to amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to make certain products eligible for drawback and to simplify and clarify certain drawback provisions. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-08 | 2000-06-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to: (1) the drawback of unused merchandise; (2) refunds, waivers, or reductions under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act; (3) substitution of finished petroleum derivatives; (4) alternative methods for determining same kind and quality and commercial interchangeability of imported and other merchandise; and (5) the drawback of imported merchandise when commercially interchangeable merchandise was exported without preference under NAFTA. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4595 | 106 | hr | 4595 | To suspend temporarily the duty on nelfilcon polymer. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-07 | 2000-06-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA-6] | GA | R | I000055 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend through December 31, 2003, the duty on nelfilcon polymer. | 2025-04-07T13:42:08Z | |
| 106-hjres-99 | 106 | hjres | 99 | Disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-06 | 2000-07-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] | CA | R | R000409 | 0 | Disapproves the extension with respect to Vietnam (as recommended by the President to Congress on June 2, 2000) of the President's authority under the Trade Act of 1974 to waive a nonmarket economy country's ineligibility to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) and credit extensions because of restrictions on freedom to emigrate. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-s-2679 | 106 | s | 2679 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on stainless steel rail car body shells. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on stainless steel rail car body shells for gallery type, bilevel trailer coaches (138-passenger capacity). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2681 | 106 | s | 2681 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on stainless steel rail car body shells. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on stainless steel rail car body shells for gallery type, cab control car coaches (148-passenger capacity). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-sjres-47 | 106 | sjres | 47 | A joint resolution disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 1 | Disapproves the extension with respect to Vietnam (as recommended by the President to Congress on June 2, 2000) of the President's authority under the Trade Act of 1974 to waive a nonmarket economy country's ineligibility to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) and credit extensions because of restrictions on freedom to emigrate. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4573 | 106 | hr | 4573 | To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for duty free treatment on certain manufacturing equipment. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] | SC | R | S000718 | 2 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to certain machines used in the manufacture of radial tires designed for off-the-highway use and with a rim measuring 63.5cm (currently, 86cm) or more in diameter through December 31, 2001. | 2025-01-02T17:14:18Z | |
| 106-s-2645 | 106 | s | 2645 | China Nonproliferation Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-07-25 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7511-7514) | Senate | Sen. Thompson, Fred [R-TN] | TN | R | T000457 | 18 | China Nonproliferation Act - Directs the President to report annually to specified congressional committees on every person (with certain exceptions) with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that such person, on or after January 1, 2000, transferred, retransferred, sold, misused, or diverted from, or within, the People's Republic of China to a foreign person or Chinese national involved in the development or acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or ballistic or cruise missiles any goods, services, or technology: (1) listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology and Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related Technology (both published by the International Atomic Energy Agency), the Missile Technology Control Regime Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 1996, the lists of items and substances relating to biological and chemical weapons the export of which is controlled by the Australia Group, the Schedules of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, or the Wassenaar Arrangement list of Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Munitions list of July 12, 1996; or (2) not identified on any of these lists, but would be if they were U.S. goods, services, or technology prohibited or controlled for export to China (or any tier IV countries as defined by the Bureau of Export Administration of the Department of Commerce), and have the potential to contribute to the development, improvement, or production of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, or of ballistic or cruise missile systems, or advanced conventional weapons or munitions.(Sec. 3) Requires the President to include in the report information: (1) on any action taken by a person identified in a prior annual report that establishes that the person has discontinued, rectified, or mitigated a prior proliferation activity identified u… | 2025-08-20T14:20:21Z | |
| 106-s-2646 | 106 | s | 2646 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain In-Line System machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z | |
| 106-s-2647 | 106 | s | 2647 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2648 | 106 | s | 2648 | A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for, and clarify the classification of, machines and components used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to certain machines and components used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). Sets forth provisions clarifying the classification of such articles for tariff treatment purposes. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2649 | 106 | s | 2649 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2650 | 106 | s | 2650 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain Laser Encoder machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2651 | 106 | s | 2651 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2652 | 106 | s | 2652 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain electrical machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2653 | 106 | s | 2653 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2654 | 106 | s | 2654 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain electrical machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2655 | 106 | s | 2655 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2656 | 106 | s | 2656 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain coater machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2657 | 106 | s | 2657 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2658 | 106 | s | 2658 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain bonding machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2659 | 106 | s | 2659 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain stacker machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2660 | 106 | s | 2660 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain gold sputter machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2661 | 106 | s | 2661 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain aluminum sputter machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2662 | 106 | s | 2662 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-s-2663 | 106 | s | 2663 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain measuring or checking instruments, appliances, or machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-04-07T13:42:33Z | |
| 106-s-2664 | 106 | s | 2664 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-25 | 2000-05-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain in-line mastering system machines for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs). | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2617 | 106 | s | 2617 | Trade Normalization With Cuba Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-24 | 2000-05-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 8 | Trade Normalization With Cuba Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1971 to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba. Prohibits the exercise of certain authorities placed upon the President under the Trading With the Enemy Act. Removes proscriptions against exports to Cuba.Repeals: (1) the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992; (2) the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996; and (3) the sugar quota prohibition under the Food Security Act of 1985.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba after enactment of this Act.Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by United States citizens or residents.Requires the United States Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba.Directs the President to negotiate with the Government of Cuba for the purpose of: (1) settling claims of U.S. nationals for the taking of property by such government; and (2) securing the protection of internationally recognized human rights. | 2025-08-20T14:20:44Z | |
| 106-s-2628 | 106 | s | 2628 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on R115777. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-24 | 2000-05-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4391) | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on R115777. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2613 | 106 | s | 2613 | A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit duty drawbacks for certain jewelry exported to the United States Virgin Islands. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-23 | 2000-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 0 | Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow a drawback (refund) of duties paid on certain jewelry imported into the United States and later exported to the U.S. Virgin Islands.Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to authorize such jewelry to be withdrawn from warehouse for entry into the U.S. Virgin Islands without payment of such duties. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2614 | 106 | s | 2614 | A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for duty-free treatment on certain manufacturing equipment. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-23 | 2000-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4318) | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to certain machines used in the manufacture of radial tires designed for off-the-highway use and with a rim measuring 63.5cm (currently, 86cm) or more in diameter through December 31, 2001. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hconres-330 | 106 | hconres | 330 | Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the accession of Taiwan to the World Trade Organization (WTO). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-19 | 2000-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the People's Republic of China should only be effective on or after the date on which a vote is taken by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference regarding the Decision and Protocol of Accession for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), or the effective date of the accession by China to the WTO, whichever occurs later. | 2025-01-02T17:07:36Z | |
| 106-hr-4509 | 106 | hr | 4509 | To require any authorization of extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China to be effective only after a vote is taken by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference regarding the Decision and Protocol of Accession for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) and after China's accession to the WTO. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-19 | 2000-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 0 | Declares that any extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of China shall take effect only after a vote is taken by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference regarding the Decision and Protocol of Accession for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), or after the accession of China to the WTO, whichever occurs later. | 2025-01-02T17:14:17Z | |
| 106-hr-4478 | 106 | hr | 4478 | Small Business Trade Protection Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-17 | 2000-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000639 | 9 | Small Business Trade Protection Act - Exempts certain small business importers, subject to specified limitations, from increased tariffs or import restrictions imposed upon European Union (EU) goods in response to the EU's banana regime and its ban on imports of U.S. beef treated with scientifically proven safe hormones.Cites eligibility criteria for rebate of additional tariffs paid by certain small business owners. | 2025-08-20T14:17:31Z | |
| 106-s-2575 | 106 | s | 2575 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Bromoxynil Octanoate and Heptanoate. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-17 | 2000-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4105-4106) | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Bromoxynil Octanoate-Heptanoate. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2576 | 106 | s | 2576 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Bromoxynil Octanoate technical. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-17 | 2000-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4106) | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Bromoxynil Octanoate Technical. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2577 | 106 | s | 2577 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on Fipronil technical. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-17 | 2000-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4106) | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Fipronil Technical. | 2025-04-07T13:45:13Z | |
| 106-s-2578 | 106 | s | 2578 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Isoxaflutole. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-17 | 2000-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4106) | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Isoxaflutole. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2579 | 106 | s | 2579 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Cyclanilide technical. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-17 | 2000-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4106) | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Cyclanilide Technical. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4465 | 106 | hr | 4465 | Fairness in Textile Trade Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] | NC | R | H001029 | 10 | Fairness in Textile Trade Act of 2000 - Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to negotiate, within the World Trade Organization (WTO), reciprocal market access in trade in textile and apparel goods, with no concessions in addition to those in effect upon enactment of this Act, unless and until the United States has negotiated substantially similar market access with each WTO member country.Directs the President to determine annually whether each WTO member country allows access in its markets to U.S. textile and apparel goods substantially similar to the access provided in U.S. markets to that country's textile and apparel goods. Requires the President to impose quotas, tariffs, or other measures on the textile and apparel products of any such country whose access allowance for U.S. textile and apparel goods is less favorable than that provided by the United States to that country's textile and apparel goods, in order to make access in the markets of both countries substantially similar.Requires the President to: (1) seek to negotiate agreements with any such country to remove the tariff and nontariff barriers to trade in textile and apparel goods that were the basis of the less favorable access determination; and (2) adjust the measures imposed, if such agreements are reached, to make the reciprocal market access substantially similar.Authorizes civil actions in Federal court by textile and apparel goods producers, distributors, or retailers for damages arising from the fraudulent acts of importers.Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend from 26 to 52 weeks the benefit period (including any additional period) for trade readjustment allowances for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit equal to 50 percent of the amount paid for coverage for the taxpayer and family under qualified health insurance during a period that the taxpayer or spouse is receiving trade adjustment assistance. | 2025-08-20T14:17:55Z | |
| 106-hr-4466 | 106 | hr | 4466 | Trade Adjustment Assistance Modifications Act of 2000 | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] | NC | R | H001029 | 2 | Trade Adjustment Assistance Modifications Act of 2000 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend from 26 to 52 weeks the benefit period (including any additional period) for trade readjustment allowances for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit equal to 50 percent of the amount paid for coverage for the taxpayer and family under qualified health insurance during a period that the taxpayer or spouse is receiving trade adjustment assistance.Declares that workers in any firm producing textile or apparel goods whose employment is terminated, or threatened with termination, as a result of either a decrease in the firm's sales or production, or a firm's plant or facility closure or relocation, shall be certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to receive adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 at a certain level of benefits. | 2025-08-20T14:20:34Z | |
| 106-s-2560 | 106 | s | 2560 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on Mesamoll. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4015) | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Mesamoll. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2561 | 106 | s | 2561 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on Vulkalent E/C. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Vulkalent E-C. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2562 | 106 | s | 2562 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on Baytron M. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Baytron M. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2563 | 106 | s | 2563 | A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on Baytron C-R. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Baytron C-R. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-4444 | 106 | hr | 4444 | To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-15 | 2000-10-10 | Became Public Law No: 106-286. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 3 | Division A: Normal Trade Relations for the People's Republic of China - Title I: Normal Trade Relations - Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China, provided, prior to such determination, the President certifies to Congress that the terms and conditions for China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) are at least equivalent to those agreed between the United States and China on November 15, 1999.(Sec. 103) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the President to increase duties and impose other import restrictions on products of China that are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause market disruption to the U.S. producers of a like or directly competitive product.Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC), upon the filing of a petition by an entity requesting relief from injury caused by import competition, upon the request of the President or the United States Trade Representative (USTR), upon resolution of specified congressional committees, or on its own motion, to promptly initiate an investigation to determine whether the products of China are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause market disruption to the U.S. producers of like or directly competitive products. Subjects such investigations to certain requirements of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding limitations on investigations of injuries from import competition and procedures concerning the release of confidential business information.Declares a market disruption to exist whenever imports of an article like or directly competitive with an article produced by a domestic industry are increasing rapidly, either absolutely or relatively, so as to be a significant cause of material injury, or threat of material injury, to the domestic industry.Directs the ITC, if it makes … | 2025-04-07T13:47:27Z | |
| 106-s-2548 | 106 | s | 2548 | SHOW-ME Act | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-11 | 2000-05-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 0 | Securing Heightened Opportunities for Workers, Manufacturers, and Agriculture Exporters Act (SHOW-ME Act) - Requires the President to enter into a 15-year bilateral agreement regarding enforcement of the People's Republic of China's World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments before extending nondiscriminatory trade treatment (permanent normal trade relations) to China under the Trade Act of 1974.Requires such bilateral agreement to declare that if the United States initiates a dispute settlement proceeding against China in the WTO and prevails and the appeals procedures are exhausted, China will not challenge or request arbitration on the level of the suspension of concessions or other obligations the United States may take with respect to China pursuant to the Understanding On Rules And Procedures Governing The Settlement of Disputes. | 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z | |
| 106-s-2529 | 106 | s | 2529 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Orange 73. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-10 | 2000-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] | AR | D | L000035 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Pigment Orange 73. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-s-2530 | 106 | s | 2530 | A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 184. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 2000-05-10 | 2000-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] | AR | D | L000035 | 0 | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on Pigment Yellow 184. | 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z |
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