3.0.0 4680 2023-01-13T04:49:12Z 2023-01-13T04:49:12Z House H HR 2006-02-01 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-02-01T15:00:05Z 2006-02-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-02-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000273 Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] GERALD WELLER R IL C. 11 N M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2006-02-01 True F000440 Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] VITO FOSSELLA R NY 13 2006-05-03 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Access to health care Administrative remedies American investments Bribery Child labor Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clothing Collective bargaining Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Commerce Due process of law Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Employee rights Equality before the law Families Forced labor Foreign investments Free enterprise Free trade Freedom of association Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Hours of labor Human rights Imports Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intellectual property International Affairs International competitiveness Labor and Employment Law Minimum wages Misconduct in office Nontariff trade barriers Occupational health and safety Pluralism (Social sciences) Poverty President and foreign policy Public corruption Right of property Rule of law Social Welfare South Asia Sri Lanka State-sponsored terrorism Tariff Tariff preferences Terrorism Textile fabrics Textile industry Trade agreements Treaties Tsunamis Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2006-02-01 Introduced in House 2006-03-15T22:23:11Z Sri Lanka Tsunami Temporary Economic Relief Act of 2006 - Declares Sri Lanka eligible for duty-free treatment for any article that is the growth, product, or manufacture of such country meeting specified requirements if the President certifies to Congress that Sri Lanka: (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) Sri Lanka otherwise meets the eligibility requirements set forth in the Trade Act of 1974.

Applies such provisions until the earlier of five years or the date on which a free trade agreement between the United States and Sri Lanka enters into force with respect to the United States under the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.

]]> Sri Lanka Tsunami Temporary Economic Relief Act of 2006 Display Title Sri Lanka Tsunami Temporary Economic Relief Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To provide temporary duty suspension on products from Sri Lanka. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Sri Lanka Tsunami Temporary Economic Relief Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4680ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4680ih.xml 2006-02-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.