To extend certain trade preference programs, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6346
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2006-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
American investments
Bolivia
Botswana
Bribery
Caribbean area
Child labor
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Clothing
Collective bargaining
Colombia
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Cotton
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Democracy
Developing countries
Due process of law
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Ecuador
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee rights
Equality before the law
Executive Office of the President
Exports
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Forced labor
Foreign investments
Free enterprise
Freedom of association
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government ethics
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Haiti
Health
Hours of labor
Human rights
Immigration
Import restrictions
Imports
Income tax
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intellectual property
Interest
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Limitation of actions
Loans
Minimum wages
Most favored nation principle
Namibia
Normal trade relations
Occupational health and safety
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Peru
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Poverty
Public corruption
Right of property
Rule of law
Secondary education
Smuggling
Social Welfare
State-sponsored terrorism
Subsidies
Tariff
Tariff preferences
Tax credits
Taxation
Taxation of foreign income
Terrorism
Textile fabrics
Trade agreements
Vietnam
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: 
Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 - Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to extend duty-free treatment to specified imported sub-Saharan African apparel articles. Extends the AGOA through 2015.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit against foreign income earned by U.S. companies doing business in sub-Saharan Africa.
 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to limitations on waivers of competitive need under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program. Extends the GSP Program. 
 
Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide duty-free treatment for specified Haitian apparel articles.
 
Andean Bridge to a Reciprocal Trade Partnership Act - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act to extend duty-free treatment and other preferential treatment to articles imported from Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru.
 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.
 
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to repeal certain expired provisions reducing temporarily the rate of duty on specified chemicals.
 
Provides, through December 31, 2009, for new duty suspensions and reductions and existing duty suspensions and reductions.
 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for certain reliquidations.
 
Establishes the Pima Cotton Trust Fund.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1092 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6346 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House