3.0.0 2261 2023-01-15T11:03:06Z 2023-01-15T11:03:06Z Senate S S 2004-03-30 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2004-07-16T16:37:08Z Referred to 2004-03-30T23:13:26Z Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 108 4889 HR 2004-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS 2004-09-29 Senate Message received in Senate: Returned to Senate pursuant to the request of the Senate and held at desk. Floor 2004-09-15 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2004-09-14 Senate Senate requests return of papers with respect to S. 2261 by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2004-07-19 18:45:04 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2004-07-19 12:31:25 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2004-07-19 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2004-07-16 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2004-07-16 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-16 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. Floor 2004-07-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8401-8402) Discharge 2004-07-16 Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8401-8402) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssfi00 Finance Committee 2004-06-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6258-6260) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3370-3371) IntroReferral 2004-03-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3370) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH N G000352 Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] DANIEL GRAHAM D FL ROBERT 2004-03-30 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2004-03-30 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2004-03-30 True C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2004-03-30 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2004-03-30 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2004-03-30 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2004-03-30 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2004-03-30 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2004-03-31 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-04-01 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-04-01 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2004-04-05 False B000780 Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] JOHN BREAUX D LA BERLINGER 2004-04-06 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2004-04-20 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2004-05-04 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2004-05-04 False D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-05-05 False B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2004-06-14 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Access to health care Administration of justice American investments Armed Forces and National Security Bribery Business records Capital Caribbean area Child labor Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clothing Collective bargaining Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Counterfeiting Countervailing duties Crime and Law Enforcement Customs administration Developing countries Due process of law Dumping Economic development Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee rights Equality before the law Families Finance and Financial Sector Forced labor Foreign investments Fraud Free enterprise Free trade Freedom of association Government Operations and Politics Government ownership Government paperwork Governmental investigations Haiti Haiti compilation Health Hours of labor Human rights Immigration Import restrictions Imports Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intellectual property International Affairs International cooperation Labor and Employment Labor unions Latin America Law Legislation Loans Minimum wages Misconduct in office Nontariff trade barriers Occupational health and safety Pluralism (Social sciences) Poverty President and foreign policy Price regulation Public corruption Public health Right of property Small business Social Welfare State-sponsored terrorism Subsidies Tariff Tariff preferences Terrorism Textile fabrics Trade agreements Treaties Visas Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2004-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-31T16:56:12Z Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide, beginning on October 1, 2003, and for each of the seven succeeding one-year periods, duty-free treatment for certain apparel items wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti if the President certifies to Congress that Haiti: (1) has established or is progressing toward specified political, economic, and social reforms; (2) does not engage in activities that undermine U.S. security or foreign policy; and (3) does not engage in gross violations of human rights or activities in support of international terrorism.

Provides for such provisions' retroactive application to certain entries.

]]> 35 2004-07-16 Passed Senate amended 2004-09-08T16:32:32Z Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide, beginning on October 1, 2003, and for each of the seven succeeding one-year periods, duty-free treatment for apparel items wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti (without regard to the country of origin of the fabrics, components, or yarns) if the President certifies to Congress that Haiti: (1) has established or is progressing toward specified political, economic, and social reforms; (2) does not engage in activities that undermine U.S. security or foreign policy; (3) does not engage in gross violations of human rights or activities in support of international terrorism; and (4) is meeting specified enforcement conditions aimed at preventing tariff or quota avoidance, customs evasion, unlawful transshipment, or false information or false document use in order to obtain such preferential treatment.

States that such preferential treatment shall be: (1) for the first year, 1.5 percent of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States during the 12-month period beginning October 1, 2002; and (2) for each of the succeeding years, a quantity of apparel articles equal to the product of the percentage applicable during the previous 12-month period plus 0.5 percent (but not over 3.5 percent) and the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States during the 12-month period ending on September 30 of such year.

Applies such provisions to goods entered or withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption on or after October 1, 2003, including a retroactive application to certain warehouse entries or withdrawals made between such date and the date of enactment of this Act.

]]> Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 Display Title Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand certain preferential trade treatment for Haiti. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 Short Titles as Passed Senate Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 S Senate 3565 108 SAMDT To provide a substitute amendment to ensure violations of laws relating to circumvention are enforced. 2021-09-30T00:47:27Z 2004-07-16 Amendment SA 3565 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 3565 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/108th-congress/senate-amendment/3565 D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 1 1 G000352 Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] DANIEL GRAHAM D FL ROBERT 2004-07-16 True 2004-07-16T04:00:00Z 2004-07-16T04:00:00Z Senate 108 S Senate S 2261 Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 2023-01-15T11:03:06Z 6 2004-07-16 0 Senate Amendment SA 3565 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2004-07-16 0 Senate Amendment SA 3565 proposed by Senator Frist for Senator DeWine. (consideration: CR S8401-8402; text: CR S8401-8402) To provide a substitute amendment to ensure violations of laws relating to circumvention are enforced. Floor 2004-07-16 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-16 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3565 proposed by Senator Frist for Senator DeWine.(consideration: CR S8401-8402; text: CR S8401-8402) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-16 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3565 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress Engrossed in Senate 2004-07-16T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2004-03-30T05:00:00Z 2004-09-29 Message received in Senate: Returned to Senate pursuant to the request of the Senate and held at desk. 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.