3.0.0 6142 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z House H HR 2006-09-21 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-09-21T14:04:40Z Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 109 6111 HR 2006-12-20 Became Public Law No: 109-432. Related bill CRS 2006-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000188 Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22] WILLIAM THOMAS R CA MARSHALL 22 N H.R. 6111 https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/6111 Foreign Trade and International Finance Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Africa (Sub-Saharan) American investments Armed Forces and National Security Automobile parts Botswana Bribery Business records Caribbean area Child labor Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clothing Collective bargaining Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Corporation taxes Crime and Law Enforcement Customs administration Department of Homeland Security Depreciation and amortization Developing countries Due process of law Economic development Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee rights Equality before the law Executive Office of the President Exports Families Forced labor Foreign corporations Fraud Free enterprise Free trade Freedom of association Fringe benefits Government Operations and Politics Government ethics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Gross national product Haiti Health Higher education Hours of labor Human rights Immigration Import restrictions Imports Income tax Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intellectual property International Affairs Labor and Employment Labor unions Latin America Law Minimum wages Namibia Occupational health and safety Pluralism (Social sciences) Poverty President and foreign policy Presidential powers Public corruption Right of property Rule of law Social Welfare State-sponsored terrorism Subsidiary corporations Tariff Tariff preferences Tax credits Tax deductions Taxation Taxation of foreign income Textile fabrics Textile industry Trade agreements Transportation and Public Works Treaties U.S. International Trade Commission Valuation Visas Wages Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2006-09-21 Introduced in House 2007-02-21T17:11:15Z Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 - Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend duty-free treatment to imported apparel articles wholly assembled or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries (regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles) in an amount not to exceed a certain percentage of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the preceding 12-month period.

Authorizes the President to remove preferential treatment for fabric or yarn of an article that was determined on the basis of fraud to: (1) be eligible for such treatment; or (2) not be available in commercial quantity.

Grants preferential treatment to textiles that are products of a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country and are wholly formed in one or more such countries from fibers, yarns, fabrics, fabric components, or components knit-to-shape that are the product of one or more such countries.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a sub-Saharan economic activity credit.

Extends the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program. Authorizes limitations on waivers of competitive need limitation.

Haitian Hemisphere Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide for five one-year periods of duty-free treatment for apparel articles wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti. Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide for import compliance.

Grants five-year duty-free treatment to complying wire harness automotive components imported from Haiti.

Expresses the sense of Congress that these provisions should be broadly interpreted in order to expand the textile and apparel trade between Haiti and the United States.

]]> To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act relating to preferential treatment to apparel articles of lesser developed countries, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act relating to preferential treatment to apparel articles of lesser developed countries, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act relating to preferential treatment to apparel articles of lesser developed countries, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-21T04:00:00Z 2006-09-21 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.