3.0.0 2702 2023-01-11T13:18:53Z 2023-01-11T13:18:53Z House H HR 2009-06-04 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-04T14:06:48Z 2009-06-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-06-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 N P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2009-07-07 False W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2009-07-08 False M001173 Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29] Eric Massa D NY J. J. 29 2009-07-09 False G000548 Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5] Scott Garrett R NJ 5 2009-07-14 False M001171 Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25] Daniel Maffei D NY B. 25 2009-09-21 False W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2009-10-07 False International Affairs Brazil Congressional oversight Crimes against children Free trade and trade barriers International law and treaties Latin America Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment Sanctions Separation, divorce, custody, support International Affairs 00 2009-06-04 Introduced in House 2009-06-26T14:18:38Z Suspend Brazil GSP Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to: (1) attain the immediate return of Sean Goldman and all children of the United States who are being held wrongfully in Brazil in contravention of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention); and (2) impress upon Brazil the importance of abiding by their obligations under the Hague Convention with respect to international child abduction cases involving children from the United States.

Directs the President to: (1) notify World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries, not later than seven days after enactment of this Act, that the United States is suspending the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for Brazil; and (2) suspend, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, GSP and duty-free treatment for Brazil.

Authorizes the President to reinstate GSP and duty-free treatment for Brazil if he certifies to Congress that Brazil is complying with the Hague Convention.

]]> Suspend Brazil GSP Act Display Title Suspend Brazil GSP Act Official Title as Introduced To suspend the application of Generalized System of Preferences for Brazil until such time as Brazil complies with its obligations toward the United States under the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Suspend Brazil GSP Act Introduced in House 2009-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2702ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2702ih.xml 2009-06-04 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.