3.0.0 489 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z Senate S S 2003-02-27 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-02-27T23:28:28Z Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2003 108 1031 HR 2003-04-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2004-05-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4940-4941) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1942-1943) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-02-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2975) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-27 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 2003-02-27 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2003-02-27 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-02-27 True C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2003-02-27 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2003-02-27 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-05-07 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2003-05-19 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2003-05-19 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2003-07-15 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2004-02-06 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2004-03-11 False S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2004-03-22 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Access to health care Administration of justice American investments Armed Forces and National Security Bribery 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 Crime and Law Enforcement Developing countries Due process of law 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 Free enterprise Free trade Freedom of association Government Operations and Politics Government ownership Haiti Haiti compilation Health Hours of labor Human rights Import restrictions Imports Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intellectual property International Affairs International cooperation Labor and Employment Labor unions Latin America Law 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 Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2003-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Declares that such articles include apparel articles that are wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti exclusively from fabric components and yarns formed in: (1) the United States; (2) a country that is party to a free trade agreement with the United States on January 1, 2003, that enters into a free trade agreement with the United States subject to trade promotion authority, or that has been designated as a beneficiary country; and (4) any country if the fabrics or yarns are designated as not being commercially available in the United States.

Specifies the quantity of articles to which such preferential treatment shall extend.

Declares that Haiti shall be eligible for such preferential treatment if the President determines and certifies to Congress that Haiti has met specified conditions, including: (1) establishing or making progress toward establishing a market-based economy that protects private property rights, the rule of law, the elimination of barriers to U.S. trade and investment, economic policies to reduce poverty, a system to combat corruption and bribery, and protection of internationally recognized worker rights; (2) not engaging in activities that undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests or gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; (3) not providing support for international terrorism; and (4) cooperating in international efforts to eliminate human rights violations and terrorist activities.]]>

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