TARIFF ACT

Bills and resolutions

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 820), H915 [10FE]

——— eliminate consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor (see H.R. 1903), H2353 [21AP]

——— improve enforcement of trade laws (see S. 2299), S8079 [18NO] (see H.R. 4196), H9205 [9DE]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (see S. 1009), S2272 [20AP] (see S. 1267), S2759 [11MY] (see H.R. 1891), H2315 [17AP]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see S. 489), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 978), H1067 [13FE]

——— provide for a deferral of payment of duty upon the sale of certain used yachts (see H.R. 4065), H8360 [18NO]

Remarks in House

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, H8846–H8849 [1DE]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, H4117 [10JN], H4172–H4218 [11JN], H4657–H4662, H4689–H4692 [25JN], E910 [16JN], E917 [17JN], E921 [18JN], E981 [25JN]

Tariff: increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (H.R. 978), H2129 [13AP]

Remarks in Senate

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, S3036–S3042 [19MY], S3090, S3092, S3107, S3112 [20MY], S3257, S3280–S3283, S3291, S3292 [22MY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, S2836, S2841–S2845 [13MY], S2897, S2899, S2903–S2905, S2907, S2910, S2946 [14MY], S4291 [18JN], S4523 [23JN], S4579, S4590 [24JN]

——— extend (S. 1009), S2661 [6MY]

Reports filed

AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1891) (H. Rept. 114–101), H2790 [1MY]

Trade Preferences Extension Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1267), S2759 [11MY]

——— Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1267) (S. Rept. 114–43), S2793 [12MY]

Tables

Potentially sensitive items for Generalized System of Preferences by harmonized tariff schedule number, H4212 [11JN]