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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5940 
To remove preferential trade treatment for certain textile articles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2010 
Mr. ADERHOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To remove preferential trade treatment for certain textile 
articles. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save U.S. Manufac-
turing and Jobs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congress should enact measures to save and 
create jobs in the United States, which has suffered 
the worst recession since World War II. 
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(2) United States production of certain sleeping 
bags is under immediate threat due to preferential 
trade terms afforded to foreign manufacturers under 
the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) pro-
gram under the Trade Act of 1974. 
(3) Certain sleeping bags imported from coun-
tries eligible for duty-free trade benefits under the 
GSP program have increased in a short period of 
time, from less than one percent in 2009 to more 
than seven percent by April 2010, and will continue 
to increase dramatically, given recent trends. 
(4) The production of sleeping bags in the 
United States supports a domestic supply chain of 
inputs and component parts. 
(5) Sleeping bags made in beneficiary countries 
under the GSP program are made almost entirely 
with Chinese components. In most cases, the value 
of the sleeping bags is attributable predominantly to 
components made in a third country, particularly 
China. The sleeping bags are then assembled in 
‘‘free zones’’, meaning that no duty is paid on the 
Chinese fabrics and other raw materials entering 
those GSP beneficiary countries. Conversely, United 
States manufacturers must pay duty on any im-
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ported components. This creates an unfair advan-
tage for foreign manufacturers. 
(6) Continuing preferential treatment for cer-
tain sleeping bags will lead to the loss of domestic 
textile jobs during a time of record unemployment. 
(7) Congress determined that certain textile 
products and other import sensitive items should not 
be provided preferential trade treatment under the 
GSP program. Sleeping bags are textile products, 
and, as such, should be exempt from GSP. 
(8) Reinstating the otherwise applicable most- 
favored-nation (MFN) tariff rate for sleeping bags 
will level the playing field for United States manu-
facturers. 
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR 
CERTAIN TEXTILE ARTICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (relating to the general-
ized system of preferences), no product classifiable under 
subheading 9404.30.80 of the Harmonized Tariff Sched-
ule of the United States is eligible for duty-free or other 
preferential treatment under such title V. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies to goods 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
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