To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.

Bill: 113-hr-4955
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2014-06-24
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Bahrain

Middle East

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2025, the duty-free treatment on a specified quantity of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods imported into the United States from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4955 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2014 Mr. Southerland (for himself and Mr. Miller of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.

1. Extension of tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (a) In general U.S. Note 13 to subchapter XIV of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (a), by striking 2015 and inserting 2025 ; and (2) in the matter following paragraph (d), by striking December 31, 2015 and inserting December 31, 2025 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2016.