Post-Conflict Trade Recovery Act

Bill: 108-hr-4559
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2004-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Bribery
Cartels
Child labor
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Communist countries
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Department of the Treasury
Diversification in industry
Due process of law
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee rights
Environmental Protection
Equality before the law
Expropriation
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Forced labor
Foreign investments
Free enterprise
Free trade
Freedom of association
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Government ownership
Government paperwork
Health
Human rights
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Law
Loans
Nontariff trade barriers
Occupational health and safety
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Political violence
Poverty
Price regulation
Privatization
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public corruption
Religion
Religious liberty
Right of assembly
Right of property
Rule of law
Social Welfare
State-sponsored terrorism
Subsidies
Sustainable development
Tariff
Tariff preferences
Terrorism
Treaties
United Nations
War

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: 
Post-Conflict Trade Recovery Act - Authorizes the President to designate any country emerging from political instability, civil strife, or armed conflict as a beneficiary country if the country: (1) has established, or is making continual progress toward establishing, a market-based economy, the rule of law and the right to due process, political pluralism, and other specified economic and political goals; (2) does not engage in activities that undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests; (3) is a signatory of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, does not engage in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, and is making continuing and verifiable progress on the protection of internationally recognized human rights; (4) is not listed by the U.S. Department of State as a state sponsor of terrorism, and cooperates fully in international efforts to combat terrorism; and (5) otherwise meets specified eligibility criteria of the Trade Act of 1974. 
 
Provides that if a country fails to meet the requirements of clause (1), but otherwise meets the rest of the requirements, the President may designate the country as a beneficiary country if determined that such designation will be in the national economic or security interest of the United States and reports the determination to Congress and the reason therefor.
 
Authorizes the President to designate articles as eligible for duty-free treatment from all beneficiary countries for purposes of this Act by Executive order or presidential proclamation after receiving the advice of the International Trade Commission.
 
Prescribes the rule of origin for eligible articles imported directly from beneficiary countries.
 

 

 
Terminates on December 31, 2011, the duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment extended to beneficiary countries under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House