3.0.0 952 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z Senate S 2015-04-15 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-15T18:31:29Z Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 114 1267 S 2015-05-12 By Senator Hatch from Committee on Finance filed written report. Report No. 114-43. Related bill CRS 2015-04-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-04-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2015-04-15 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2015-04-15 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2015-04-15 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-04-15 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-04-15 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-08-06 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 2015-04-15 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-28T16:02:32Z United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act or the 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 impose 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.

]]> U.S. OUTDOOR Act Display Title U.S. OUTDOOR Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced U.S. OUTDOOR Act Short Titles as Introduced United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s952is/xml/BILLS-114s952is.xml 2015-04-15 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.