<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<billStatus>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  <bill>
    <number>3362</number>
    <updateDate>2019-11-15T21:48:56Z</updateDate>
    <updateDateIncludingText>2019-11-15T21:48:56Z</updateDateIncludingText>
    <originChamber>House</originChamber>
    <originChamberCode>H</originChamberCode>
    <type>HR</type>
    <introducedDate>2005-07-20</introducedDate>
    <congress>109</congress>
    <committees>
      <item>
        <systemCode>hswm00</systemCode>
        <name>Ways and Means Committee</name>
        <chamber>House</chamber>
        <type>Standing</type>
        <subcommittees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hswm04</systemCode>
            <name>Trade Subcommittee</name>
            <activities>
              <item>
                <name>Referred to</name>
                <date>2005-07-25T19:53:39Z</date>
              </item>
            </activities>
          </item>
        </subcommittees>
        <activities>
          <item>
            <name>Referred to</name>
            <date>2005-07-20T14:00:25Z</date>
          </item>
        </activities>
      </item>
    </committees>
    <actions>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2005-07-25</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hswm04</systemCode>
            <name>Trade Subcommittee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>1</code>
          <name>House committee actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2005-07-20</actionDate>
        <text>Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>H11100</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hswm00</systemCode>
            <name>Ways and Means Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2005-07-20</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in House</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>Intro-H</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2005-07-20</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in House</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>1000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
    </actions>
    <sponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>A000210</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]</fullName>
        <firstName>ROBERT</firstName>
        <lastName>ANDREWS</lastName>
        <party>D</party>
        <state>NJ</state>
        <middleName>E.</middleName>
        <district>1</district>
        <isByRequest>N</isByRequest>
      </item>
    </sponsors>
    <policyArea>
      <name>Foreign Trade and International Finance</name>
    </policyArea>
    <subjects>
      <legislativeSubjects>
        <item>
          <name>Commerce</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Economic warfare</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Import restrictions</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>International Affairs</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Small business</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Tariff</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Trade agreements</name>
        </item>
      </legislativeSubjects>
      <policyArea>
        <name>Foreign Trade and International Finance</name>
      </policyArea>
    </subjects>
    <summaries>
      <summary>
        <versionCode>00</versionCode>
        <actionDate>2005-07-20</actionDate>
        <actionDesc>Introduced in House</actionDesc>
        <updateDate>2005-09-20T20:33:19Z</updateDate>
        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Small Business Trade Dispute Protection Act - Exempts small businesses from increased tariffs and other retaliatory actions taken by the United States during certain trade disputes if: (1) the importer had fewer than 100 full-time employees (or their equivalents) during the preceding two calendar quarters; but (2) only for that quantity of the imported goods which does not exceed 125% of the quantity of the same goods that are products of another country or countries in a trade dispute with the United States, and were imported by that importer in the preceding calendar year.<br> </p>]]></text>
      </summary>
    </summaries>
    <title>Small Business Trade Dispute Protection Act</title>
    <titles>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Titles as Introduced</titleType>
        <title>Small Business Trade Dispute Protection Act</title>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Display Title</titleType>
        <title>Small Business Trade Dispute Protection Act</title>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Official Title as Introduced</titleType>
        <title>To protect small businesses from increased tariffs and other retaliatory actions taken by the United States during a trade dispute.</title>
      </item>
    </titles>
    <textVersions>
      <item>
        <type>Introduced in House</type>
        <date>2005-07-20T04:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3362ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3362ih.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
    </textVersions>
    <latestAction>
      <actionDate>2005-07-25</actionDate>
      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.</text>
    </latestAction>
  </bill>
  <dublinCore xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    <dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
    <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
    <dc:rights>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.</dc:rights>
    <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
    <dc:description>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.</dc:description>
  </dublinCore>
</billStatus>
