3.0.0 3572 2023-01-15T08:33:23Z 2023-01-15T08:33:23Z House H HR 2003-11-21 108 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba19 Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2004-01-02T16:34:39Z Referred to 2003-11-21T14:04:00Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-11T16:16:32Z Referred to 2003-11-21T14:04:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-08T15:55:22Z Referred to 2003-11-21T14:03:45Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-11-21T14:03:50Z 2004-01-02 hsba19 Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Committee 2003-12-11 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs. Committee 2003-12-08 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2003-11-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2407-2408) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-11-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2003-11-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2003-11-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-11-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N R000487 Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40] ED ROYCE R CA 40 2003-11-21 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2003-11-21 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2003-11-21 True N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 2 2003-11-21 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2003-11-21 True H000814 Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29] AMO HOUGHTON R NY 29 2003-11-21 True K000180 Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 2004-02-24 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2004-02-24 False M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2004-02-24 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2004-02-25 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2004-03-10 False B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2004-03-25 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2004-06-14 False International Affairs AIDS (Disease) Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Africa Africa (Sub-Saharan) Agricultural assistance Agricultural estimating and reporting Agricultural machinery Agricultural prices Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Airports American investments Americans in foreign countries Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Aviation agreements Botswana Bribery Charitable contributions Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clocks and watches Clothing Commemorations Commerce Communicable diseases Conferences Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Congressional tributes Crime and Law Enforcement Debt relief Democracy Department of Commerce Developing countries Development credit institutions Diversification in industry Due process of law Economic assistance Economic development Economic integration Economics and Public Finance Ecotourism Education Electronics Elementary and secondary education Employee rights Energy Energy development Environmental Protection Equality before the law Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Export finance Export-Import Bank of the United States Exports Farmers Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign investments Foreign trade promotion Free enterprise Free trade Freight Glass and glass industry Government Operations and Politics Government corporations Government publications Governmental investigations Gross national product Handicraft Health Human immunodeficiency viruses Human rights Import relief Import restrictions Imports Income tax Information technology Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International competitiveness International cooperation International environmental cooperation Investment guaranty insurance Labor and Employment Law Malaria Marine terminals Marine transportation Namibia Natural areas Nongovernmental organizations Nontariff trade barriers Overseas Private Investment Corporation Parks Peace Pest control Pluralism (Social sciences) Poverty Preventive medicine Produce trade Public Lands and Natural Resources Public corruption Public-private partnerships Railroad engineering Reciprocity Regionalism (International organization) Reinsurance Right of property Road construction Rule of law Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Steel Sustainable development Tariff Tax deductions Tax treaties Taxation Technical assistance Telecommunication industry Terminals (Transportation) Terrorism Textile fabrics Tourism Trade agreements Trade negotiations Transportation and Public Works Transportation engineering Treaties Tuberculosis Women Women in business Women in government Women's education Women's employment Women's rights World health International Affairs 00 2003-11-21 Introduced in House 2004-05-11T20:33:24Z AGOA III Act - Declares the sense of Congress that beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries (SSA countries) under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) will benefit if they: (1) implement specified existing obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO); and (2) take steps to promote regional integration, including through agreements to eliminate regional trade barriers.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal the requirement that certain non-apparel articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of an SSA country shall receive duty-free treatment only if the President determines that they are not import-sensitive in the context of imports from such countries.

Extends duty-free treatment for AGOA articles from FY 2008 through FY 2020.

Amends AGOA to revise requirements for textile and apparel products from SSA countries receiving duty-free and other preferential import treatment. Permits certain articles to contain fabric or yarn not originating from an SSA country or the United States (third country fabric), regardless of commercial availability in the United States (as long as it is not the component that determines the classification of the article under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States). Extends through FY 2008 the current special rule for lesser developed SSA countries.

Extends duty-free treatment to: (1) apparel articles formed on seamless knitting machines in an SSA country from yarns originating either in the United States or one or more SSA countries; and (2) ethnic printed fabric of an SSA country meeting certain criteria.

Authorizes the President to extend duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, for up to two additional years to a particular lesser developed SSA country lacking sufficient domestic fabric-making capacity, taking into account the extent to which the country has taken steps to increase such capacity by attracting investment.

Declares the sense of the Congress that, in negotiating free trade agreements with other countries, the President should negotiate rules of origin for textile and apparel products that allow the use of inputs from SSA countries.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend duty-free treatment to agricultural products from SSA countries that would otherwise be excluded for exceeding a tariff-rate quota. Requires the President to assess a duty (according to a specified formula) on over-quota imports of any agricultural product for which preferential treatment is claimed, if the President determines that the product's unit import price when it enters the United States, determined on an F.O.B. basis, is less than the annual trigger price.

Amends AGOA to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to develop a comprehensive plan for public policies and incentives for the private sector to: (1) identify SSA products that can be exported to the United States; (2) analyze critical constraints to U.S.-Africa agricultural trade; and (3) develop a strategy for increasing such SSA agricultural exports.

Directs the President to assign at least 20 full-time personnel of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to not less than ten eligible SSA countries with the greatest potential to increase marketable exports of agricultural products to the United States and the greatest need for technical assistance, particularly in conducting pest risk assessments.

Authorizes the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide grants to governmental and nongovernmental entities located in eligible SSA countries that can provide assistance, consultation, and equipment to agribusinesses located in those countries in order to enable agricultural products to meet U.S. import requirements.

Requires the Secretary to direct the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) to work with national African agricultural organizations to identify agricultural equipment and supply needs and implement programs that strengthen the ability of members of African agricultural organizations to fulfill these needs in conjunction with export credit guarantee programs.

Amends AGOA to condition the President's termination of the designation of an SSA country upon Congress' not prohibiting it.

Requires the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to focus funding on investments in agriculture, tourism, and nature tourism.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to waive certain prohibitions against OPIC issuance of any contract of insurance or reinsurance, guaranty, or agreement to provide financing for an eligible investor's proposed investment in an SSA country even if such investment is likely to cause a significant reduction in the number of employees in the United States.

Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Bank to implement regulations and procedures appropriate to ensure that full consideration is given to the extent to which any credit extension is likely to have a positive effect on industries, including the textile and apparel industry and agricultural production, in SSA countries.

States the sense of Congress that USAID, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), and the African Development Bank, should continue to provide technical assistance to SSA countries in tax policy and revenue administration, especially domestic policies and measures to replace lost trade tax revenues resulting from trade liberalization.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to seek negotiations with those SSA countries which the Secretary determines will benefit most from an income tax treaty with the United States to avoid double taxation.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer a deduction from income for cash contributions to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Directs the USTR to seek to negotiate bilateral investment agreements with interested SSA countries.

Directs the USAID Administrator to study the economy of each SSA country, identifying growth sectors and barriers impeding growth, as well as how the U.S. Government and the private sector can provide technical assistance to help dismantle such barriers and promote investment in such sectors.

Directs the President to develop and implement policies to assist and encourage: (1) the development of infrastructure projects that will help to increase trade capacity and a sustainable ecotourism industry in SSA countries; and (2) investment in transportation, energy, agriculture, and telecommunications infrastructure in such countries.

Directs the USAID Administrator to foster specified port-to-port and airport-to-airport relationships.

Authorizes the USTR to provide grants to U.S. nongovernmental organizations and to U.S. representatives of the private sector to host AGOA forums.

Directs the President to assemble an interagency task force to facilitate the goals and objectives of this Act.

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