3.0.0 5043 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z House H HR 2006-03-29 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-29T15:01:25Z 2006-03-29 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] Ben Cardin D MD 3 N L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 12 2006-03-29 True L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2006-04-04 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Advice and consent of the Senate Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Aircraft engines Aircraft industry Balance of payments Bank loans Boundaries Canada China Commerce Confidential communications Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional agencies Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Countervailing duties Crime and Law Enforcement Currency devaluation Developing countries Dispute settlement Dumping Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Europe European Union Evidence (Law) Executive Office of the President Export controls Export subsidies Exports Federal advisory bodies Finance and Financial Sector Foreign banks and banking Foreign exchange Foreign investments Fraud Free trade Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Import relief Import restrictions Imports Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International Affairs International agencies Labor and Employment Law Manufacturing industries Mexico Nontariff trade barriers Occupational retraining Office of the U.S. Trade Representative President and foreign policy Presidential appointments Prices Privatization Profit Public prosecutors Public utility rates Research and development Russia Science, Technology, Communications Service industries Standard of living Subsidies Surety and fidelity Tariff Taxation Trade agreements Trade negotiations Trade secrets Transportation and Public Works U.S. International Trade Commission Valuation Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2006-03-29 Introduced in House 2006-05-10T16:48:17Z Restoring America's Competitiveness Act of 2006 - Establishes the National Commission on International Economic Policy.

Amends the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 to require the International Trade Commission (ITC), before initiating negotiations for trade agreements regarding tariff and nontariff barriers, to report to Congress on certain effects such agreements may have on U.S. industries.

Declares that Congress reaffirms the negotiating objective relating to border taxes set forth in the Trade Act of 2002.

Sets forth conditions under which the Secretary of Commerce shall, as of January 1, 2008, treat as a countervailable subsidy the full or partial exemption, remission, or deferral specifically related to exports of indirect taxes paid on a product.

Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement.

Allows, under specified conditions, certain private U.S. persons supportive of the government's position before a dispute settlement panel or Appellate Body of the WTO to participate in consultations and panel proceedings.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the trade dispute functions of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to extend the meaning of countervailable subsidy to include exchange-rate manipulation.

Requires the ITC to study how the People's Republic of China (PRC) uses government intervention to promote investment, employment, and exports.

Amends the Trade Act of 1930 with respect to U.S. unfair trade laws and creation of an Assistant Attorney General for Trade Law Enforcement.

Amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify: (1) the test for positive adjustments to import competition; and (2) standards for the USTR's recommendation to the President on findings of market disruption by Chinese exports.

Requires the USTR to report to Congress on how agreements resulting from negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO will implement the provisions of the Agreement on Antidumping, the Agreement of Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and the Agreement on Safeguards, as such Agreements were approved by Congress under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.

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