[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 780 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 780

To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to add Paraguay to the list of 
 countries that are eligible to be designated as beneficiary countries 
                   and ATPDEA beneficiary countries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 1, 2009

 Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Martinez, and Mr. 
Dodd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                      to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to add Paraguay to the list of 
 countries that are eligible to be designated as beneficiary countries 
                   and ATPDEA beneficiary countries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``U.S.-Paraguay Partnership Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT.

    (a) Addition of Paraguay to List of Eligible Countries.--Section 
203(b)(1) of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3202(b)(1)) is 
amended by inserting after ``Colombia'' the following:
            ``Paraguay''.
    (b) Termination of Duty-Free Treatment.--Section 208(a)(1) of such 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3206(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``or Peru'' and 
inserting ``, Paraguay, or Peru''.
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