3.0.0 4007 2023-01-11T13:46:12Z 2023-01-11T13:46:12Z Senate S 2020-06-18 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-18T19:23:38Z 2020-06-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-06-18 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-09-10 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-11-12 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Assault and harassment offenses Bank accounts, deposits, capital Congressional oversight Crimes against women Due process and equal protection Employment discrimination and employee rights Financial services and investments Government information and archives Human rights Labor standards Marriage and family status Property rights Separation, divorce, custody, support Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Tariffs Wages and earnings Women's education Women's employment Women's health Women's rights Worker safety and health Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-16T14:47:52Z Women's Economic Empowerment in Trade Act of 2020

This bill modifies eligibility requirements for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), requires the President to collect specified information on beneficiary developing countries that receive preferential trade treatment under the GSP, and requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to review the laws of each country that receives such preferential trade treatment.

Specifically, the bill makes ineligible for designation as a beneficiary developing country any country that (1) does not substantially afford equal rights and protection under the law, regardless of gender; or (2) engages in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.

The President must take into account the extent to which a country engages in such practices when determining whether to designate any country as a beneficiary developing country. The President must also collect and publish information on the extent to which a country meets these eligibility criteria, and the USTR must publish a notice of, and the rationale for, any determination with respect to a petition for review of a country's eligibility for designation.

The USTR must annually review the laws of each beneficiary developing country relating to their compliance with internationally recognized worker rights and the affording of equal rights and protection under the law, regardless of gender. If a country fails to meet these eligibility criteria for five consecutive years, the benefits provided to that country shall be commensurately reduced.

]]> Women’s Economic Empowerment in Trade Act of 2020 Display Title Women’s Economic Empowerment in Trade Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Women’s Economic Empowerment in Trade Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the eligibility requirements for the Generalized System of Preferences to strengthen worker protections and to ensure that beneficiary developing countries afford equal rights and protection under the law, regardless of gender, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4007is/xml/BILLS-116s4007is.xml 2020-06-18 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.