3.0.0 4559 2023-01-15T04:49:13Z 2023-01-15T04:49:13Z House H HR 2004-06-14 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-16T21:06:19Z Referred to 2004-06-14T16:30:15Z 2004-06-16 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2004-06-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-06-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001022 Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] HENRY HYDE R IL J. 6 N Foreign Trade and International Finance Access to health care Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Bribery Cartels Child labor Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil War Collective bargaining Commerce Communist countries Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Democracy Department of the Treasury Diversification in industry Due process of law Economic development Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee rights Environmental Protection Equality before the law Expropriation Families Finance and Financial Sector Forced labor Foreign investments Free enterprise Free trade Freedom of association Freedom of speech Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Government ownership Government paperwork Health Human rights Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intellectual property International Affairs Job creation Labor and Employment Law Loans Nontariff trade barriers Occupational health and safety Pluralism (Social sciences) Political violence Poverty Price regulation Privatization Public Lands and Natural Resources Public corruption Religion Religious liberty Right of assembly Right of property Rule of law Social Welfare State-sponsored terrorism Subsidies Sustainable development Tariff Tariff preferences Terrorism Treaties United Nations War Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2004-06-14 Introduced in House 2004-09-09T19:04:23Z Post-Conflict Trade Recovery Act - Authorizes the President to designate any country emerging from political instability, civil strife, or armed conflict as a beneficiary country if the country: (1) has established, or is making continual progress toward establishing, a market-based economy, the rule of law and the right to due process, political pluralism, and other specified economic and political goals; (2) does not engage in activities that undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests; (3) is a signatory of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, does not engage in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, and is making continuing and verifiable progress on the protection of internationally recognized human rights; (4) is not listed by the U.S. Department of State as a state sponsor of terrorism, and cooperates fully in international efforts to combat terrorism; and (5) otherwise meets specified eligibility criteria of the Trade Act of 1974.

Provides that if a country fails to meet the requirements of clause (1), but otherwise meets the rest of the requirements, the President may designate the country as a beneficiary country if determined that such designation will be in the national economic or security interest of the United States and reports the determination to Congress and the reason therefor.

Authorizes the President to designate articles as eligible for duty-free treatment from all beneficiary countries for purposes of this Act by Executive order or presidential proclamation after receiving the advice of the International Trade Commission.

Prescribes the rule of origin for eligible articles imported directly from beneficiary countries.

Terminates on December 31, 2011, the duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment extended to beneficiary countries under this Act.

]]> Post-Conflict Trade Recovery Act Display Title Post-Conflict Trade Recovery Act Official Title as Introduced To extend certain trade benefits to countries emerging from political instability, civil strife, or armed conflict. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Post-Conflict Trade Recovery Act Introduced in House 2004-06-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4559ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4559ih.xml 2004-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.