3.0.0 1937 2023-01-13T04:49:46Z 2023-01-13T04:49:46Z Senate S S 2005-10-27 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-27T23:03:12Z Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act 109 4211 HR 2005-11-02 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2005-10-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-10-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2005-10-27 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2005-10-27 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2005-10-27 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-10-27 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-10-27 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-10-27 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-10-27 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2005-10-27 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-10-27 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2005-10-27 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-10-27 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2005-10-27 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-10-27 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-10-27 True C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2005-10-27 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2005-10-27 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-10-27 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2005-10-28 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-12-12 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Access to health care Administration of justice American investments Armed Forces and National Security Bribery Business records 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 Counterfeiting Countervailing duties Crime and Law Enforcement Customs administration Developing countries Due process of law Dumping 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 Fraud Free enterprise Free trade Freedom of association Government Operations and Politics Government ownership Government paperwork Governmental investigations Haiti Health Hours of labor Human rights Immigration Import restrictions Imports Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intellectual property International Affairs International cooperation Labor and Employment Labor unions Latin America Law Legislation 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 Visas Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2005-10-27 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-30T21:03:53Z Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide, beginning on October 1, 2004, and for each of the seven succeeding one-year periods, duty-free treatment for apparel items wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti (without regard to the country of origin of the fabrics, components, or yarns) if the President certifies to Congress that Haiti: (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) is meeting specified enforcement conditions aimed at preventing tariff or quota avoidance, customs evasion, unlawful transshipment, or false information or false document use in order to obtain such preferential treatment.

Applies such provisions to goods entered or withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption on or after October 1, 2004, including a retroactive application to certain warehouse entries or withdrawals made between such date and the date of enactment of this Act.

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