3.0.0 6537 2019-11-15T21:47:03Z 2019-11-15T21:47:03Z House H HR 2012-09-21 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. NUNES:H.R. 6537.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 providesCongress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nationsand among the various states.[Page H6279]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-09-21T13:04:35Z To establish trade negotiating objectives with respect to the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products, and for other purposes. 112 6538 HR 2012-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2012-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000181 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] Devin Nunes R CA 21 N Foreign Trade and International Finance Agricultural trade Animal and plant health Congressional oversight Food supply, safety, and labeling Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment Trade agreements and negotiations Trade restrictions Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2012-09-21 Introduced in House 2012-11-09T17:56:48Z Generalized System of Preferences Improvement Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the prohibition against the President's designation of a beneficiary developing country for purposes of duty-free treatment of its products under the generalized system of preferences.

Prohibits the President from designating a country a beneficiary developing country if it: (1) enters into an agreement to afford preferential treatment to the products of a developed country other than the United States, unless the President certifies to Congress that it is in the U.S. national interests to make such designation; and (2) improperly uses sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, or other non-tariff trade barriers in a manner to negatively affect trade between the country and the United States.

Adds as one of the factors the President must take into account in determining whether to designate a country as a beneficiary developing country the extent, if any, to which such country adopts and follows international sanitary or phytosanitary standards and provides scientific justifications for deviations from such standards.

Requires the President to report annually to Congress on the status of market access within each covered beneficiary developing country, including findings with respect to whether or not it has adopted and followed international sanitary and phytosanitary standards and provides scientific justifications for any deviations from such standards.

]]> Generalized System of Preferences Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced Generalized System of Preferences Improvement Act Display Title Generalized System of Preferences Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to make improvements to the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6537ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6537ih.xml 2012-09-21 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.