3.0.0 704 2019-11-15T21:51:03Z 2019-11-15T21:51:03Z Senate S S 2005-04-05 109 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-05T19:35:21Z Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2005 109 1213 HR 2005-03-10 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Identical bill CRS 2005-04-05 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2005-04-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL N International Affairs Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize British West Indies Caribbean area Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Consultants Costa Rica Customs administration Distance education Dominica Dominican Republic Economic assistance Economics and Public Finance El Salvador Exports Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign trade promotion Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Imports Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International agencies Internet Jamaica Labor and Employment Latin America Marine terminals Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Organization of American States (OAS) Panama Regional economic development Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Suriname Technical assistance Technical education Trade agreements Transportation and Public Works Trinidad and Tobago Vocational and technical education International Affairs 00 2005-04-05 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-19T19:16:25Z Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to make a voluntary contribution (on a grant basis) to the Organization of American States to establish a: (1) Center for Caribbean Basin Trade; and (2) a skills-based training program for Caribbean Basin countries.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a thorough study and analysis should be undertaken to determine a permanent location of the Center; and (2) the skills-based program should focus on mid-level technical education and training for the workforce in Caribbean Basin countries, utilizing existing educational facilities, cooperative private sector and government entities, and Internet-based training.

]]> Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2005 Display Title Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for voluntary contributions on a grant basis to the Organization of American States (OAS) to establish a Center for Caribbean Basin Trade and to establish a skills-based training program for Caribbean Basin countries. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s704is/xml/BILLS-109s704is.xml 2005-04-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.