3.0.0 3168 2023-01-11T13:18:30Z 2023-01-11T13:18:30Z House H HR 2009-07-10 111 hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy19 Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-14T17:47:11Z Referred to 2009-07-10T13:03:21Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-07-10T13:03:20Z United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act 111 1439 S 2009-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2009-07-14 hssy19 Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Committee 2009-07-10 Referred to House Science and Technology IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2009-07-10 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-10 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-07-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1722) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 N W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 2009-07-10 True T000465 Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5] Niki Tsongas D MA 5 2009-07-10 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2009-07-10 True I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 2009-07-10 True M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2009-07-10 True A000358 Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] W. AKIN R MO TODD 2 2009-07-13 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2009-07-23 False C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2009-09-14 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2009-09-21 False H001043 Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] Paul Hodes D NH W. 2 2009-10-22 False B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 2009-10-22 False D000197 Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] DIANA DEGETTE D CO 1 2010-06-09 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2010-09-29 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Government trust funds Manufacturing Outdoor recreation Research and development Tariffs Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2009-07-10 Introduced in House 2011-04-13T20:52:52Z United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act or U.S. OUTDOOR Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear.

Establishes the Sustainable Textile and Apparel Research Fund (STAR Fund).

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to charge and collect, with specified exceptions, a fee of 1.5% of the appraised value of imported recreational performance outerwear and to deposit amounts collected into the STAR Fund.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to make quarterly distributions from the STAR Fund to one or more appropriate organizations to conduct applied research, development, and education activities to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in clean, eco-friendly apparel, other textile and apparel products, and sewn-product design and manufacturing.

]]> United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act Display Title United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act Short Titles as Introduced U.S. OUTDOOR Act Introduced in House 2009-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3168ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3168ih.xml 2009-07-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. 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.