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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="7579" measure-id="id117hr7579" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-04-26" update-date="2023-08-14">
        <title>Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr7579v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-08-14">
            <action-date>2022-04-26</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides assistance for corporations to move operations from China to countries in Latin America or the Caribbean and addresses related issues. </p> <p>For example, the bill requires the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide financing and other assistance to eligible corporations for costs associated with such a move. Tariffs collected for goods manufactured in China shall be used to pay for such assistance.</p> <p>The President may provide preferential treatment, including duty-free treatment, for goods produced in a Latin American or Caribbean country by a corporation that received relocation assistance under this bill.</p>]]></summary-text>
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