3.0.0 2007 2019-11-15T21:58:55Z 2019-11-15T21:58:55Z Senate S S 2011-12-15 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-12-15T22:58:02Z To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third country fabric program, and for other purposes. 112 2493 HR 2011-07-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS 2011-12-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-12-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2011-12-15 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-12-15 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2011-12-15 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-12-15 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-12-15 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-12-15 True B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-12-15 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-12-15 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2011-12-15 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-12-15 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2011-12-15 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Africa South Sudan Tariffs Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2011-12-15 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-12T18:38:28Z Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend, through FY2015, the third-country fabric rule granting duty-free treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles.

Revises the term "sub-Saharan African country" to include the Republic of South Sudan under such Act.

]]> A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric rule, to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric rule, to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric rule, to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-12-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2007is/xml/BILLS-112s2007is.xml 2011-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.