3.0.0 1719 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T21:28:32Z U.S. OUTDOOR Act 115 3645 HR 2017-08-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2017-08-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-08-02 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2017-09-26 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-10-05 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-10-19 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2017-11-07 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-12-21 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2018-01-19 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2018-01-25 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2018-02-14 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-04-17 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-08-15 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Government trust funds Manufacturing Outdoor recreation Research and development Solid waste and recycling Tariffs Tax-exempt organizations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-12T20:10:19Z United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act or the U.S. OUTDOOR Act

This bill amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear.

The bill establishes the Sustainable Textile and Apparel Research Fund (STAR Fund). The Department of the Treasury must 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.

The Department of Commerce must 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 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 Official Title as Introduced A bill to eliminate duties on imports of recreational performance outerwear, to establish the Sustainable Textile and Apparel Research Fund, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1719is/xml/BILLS-115s1719is.xml 2017-08-02 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.