US Congress House Bill 913 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) through June 30, 2012. Requires the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) on such articles that entered into the United States after December 31, 2010, and before the 15th day after enactment of this Act. Makes ineligible for such treatment certain imported sleeping bags. Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to extend duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment of the products of Colombia and Ecuador through June 30, 2012. Extends through FY2012 preferential treatment for apparel articles assembled in one or more beneficiary countries from regional fabrics or regional components, and specified other type apparel (brassieres). Requires the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) on such articles that entered into the United States after February 12, 2011, and before the 15th day after enactment of this Act. Extends the President's authority to take bilateral emergency action to grant duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles imported from an ATPDEA beneficiary country. Rescinds $2.3 billion in appropriated discretionary unexpired federal funds.

Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2011-03-03	House	Referred to House Budget
2011-03-03	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2011-03-03	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-03-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.

SB308 (Related) 2011-02-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB433 (Related) 2011-03-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB622 (Related) 2011-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/913/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr913/BILLS-112hr913ih.pdf