To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exempt from the Generalized System of Preferences certain tire articles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5593
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2023-09-20
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill makes tire articles ineligible to receive duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade program.&nbsp;</p><p>The GSP is a trade program that provides preferential duty-free treatment for certain products from designated beneficiary countries. Certain products are considered import-sensitive and are specifically prohibited from receiving&nbsp;GSP treatment. This bill specifically lists tire articles as import-sensitive and therefore ineligible to receive duty-free treatment under the GSP.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5593 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2023 Mr. Higgins of New York (for himself and Mr. Westerman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exempt from the Generalized System of Preferences certain tire articles, and for other purposes.

1. Exclusion of import-sensitive tire articles Section 503(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new subparagraph: (G) Import-sensitive tire articles. .