zli12321/Bills huggingface dataset:
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on imports of certain handheld moving coil dynamic microphones.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on artificial flowers of man-made fibers assembled as a single species bush, with or without foliage.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on artificial flowers of man-made fibers, assembled as a multi-species bush, with or without foliage.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain men's or boys' knit-to-shape cashmere sweaters.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on screw-on bottle caps and shaker caps with chromium or gold plated finish.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on threaded stoppers, caps, and lids of base metal with chromium or gold-plated finish, of a type and size suitable for use on salt-and-pepper shakers, perfume bottles, and the like.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Propenoic acid, reaction products with o-cresol-epichlorohydrin-formaldehyde polymer and 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1,3-isobenzofurandione.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Formaldehyde, polymer with methylphenol, 2-hydroxy-3-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)oxy]propyl ether and formaldehyde, polymer with (chloromethyl)oxirane and methylphenol, 4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylate 2-propenoate.

Date: 2009-10-30
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on digital camera lenses.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on lightweight digital camera lenses measuring approximately 55 mm or more.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on lightweight digital camera lenses measuring approximately 70 mm or more.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain printed golf umbrellas.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures containing n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (Butyl benzisothiazoline) and application adjuvants.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures containing n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (Butyl benzisothiazoline), 1-hydroxypyridine-2-thione, zinc salt (Zinc pyrithione) and application adjuvants.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixture of calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum silicate and stearic acid.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on magnesium zinc aluminum hydroxide carbonate coated with stearic acid.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate (synthetic hydrotalcite) and magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate (synthetic hydrotalcite) coated with stearic acid.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on polytetramethylene ether glycol.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on aluminum lamp-holder housings containing sockets.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on brass lamp-holder housings containing sockets.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on porcelain lamp-holder housings containing sockets.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain time switches.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain electrical connectors.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain tamper resistant ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain occupancy sensor switches.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain surge protective receptacles.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain stage lights of aluminum.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain plastic base material spotlights and nightlights.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triamine,N,N'"-[1,2-ethanediylbis-[[[4,6-bis[butyl (1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidinyl)amino]-1.3.5-triazine-2-yl]imino]-3,1-propanediyl]]bis[N',N"-dibutyl-N',N"-bis(1,2,26,6,-pentamethyl-4-piperidinyl)-and Butanedioic acid, dimetheylester polymer with 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperdine ethanol.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on butanedioic acid, dimethyl ester, polymer with 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6,-tetramethyl-1-piperidineethanol.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain unwoven polypropylene zippered sleeping bag carry cases, not under 77.5 cm in circumference and not exceeding 106.7 cm in circumference.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on N,N-Hexane-1,6,diylbis(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylpropionamide)).

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on man-made shells used in the manufacture of sleeping bags.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on lithium ion electrical storage battery.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on motor generator units.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on power electronics boxes.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on compound of barium magnesium aluminate phosphor.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on calcium chloride phosphate phosphor.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on compound of strontium chloroapatite-europium.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on lanthanum phosphate phosphor.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on mixtures or coprecipitates of lanthanum phosphate, cerium-doped lanthanum phosphate, cerium phosphate, and terbium phosphate.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on mixtures or coprecipitates of yttrium oxide and europium oxide.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on strontium halophosphate doped with europium.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on strontium magnesium phosphate-tin doped inorganic products.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on yttrium vanadate phosphor.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on yttrium oxide phosphor.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on a specified chemical.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on mixtures of cyhalothrin and application adjuvants.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain engines to be installed in work trucks.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on erasers of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber or cellular rubber.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on copper oxychloride and copper hydroxide.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain window shade material in rolls.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary reduction of duty on acrylic or modacrylic filament tow.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on acrylic or modoacrylic staple fibers, not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to: (1) modify the article description for Iprodione; and (2) extend and increase the temporary reduction of duty on such article.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain laminated rolled filmstock.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Hexanedioic acid, poylmer with N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine, aziridine, (chloromethyl)oxirane, 1,2-ethandiamine, N,N-1,2-ethanediylbis(1,3-propanediamine), formic acid and alpha-hydro-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-ethandiyl).

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Phosphinic acid, diethyl-, aluminum salt with synergists and encapsulating agents.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Phosphinic acid, diethyl-, aluminum salt.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Yellow 154 (dye).

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ion-exchange resins.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Propanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl, polymers with 5-iso-cyanato-1-(isocyanatomethyl)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexane and reduced methyl esters of reduced polymerized, oxidized tetrafluoroethylene, compounds with trimethylamine.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend and increase the temporary reduction of duty on monocarboxylic fatty acids derived from palm oil.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ion-echange resins (cationic H form).

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1, 1, 2-2-Tetrafluoroethene, oxidized, polymerized.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Ethene, tetrafluoro-oxidized, polymerized, reduced, methyl esters, reduced.

Date: 2009-11-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Renewing Hope for Haitian Trade and Investment Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to commit sufficient CBP resources to: (1) enhance commercial assistance to promote trade among Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the United States; (2) facilitate the preclearance of valid cargo from Haiti to the United States; (3) promote the efficient and secure movement of articles entering the United States under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA); and (4) provide technical assistance and training to Haiti's customs service to improve production validation and compliance and understanding of U.S. customs procedures, such as the Electronic Visa Information System. Amends CBERA to extend, in each succeeding one-year period through FY2013 (transition period), the duty-free treatment of certain imported knit apparel articles made in one or more Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) beneficiary countries from yarns wholly formed in the United States. Extends the value-added rule of origin for certain apparel and other textile articles imported from Haiti. Extends, for the initial applicable one-year period, and each one-year period thereafter through FY2022, the duty-free treatment of apparel articles imported directly into the United States from Haiti or the Dominican Republic in amounts not to exceed specified percentages of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the most recent 12-month period. Extends, through December 20, 2013, the preferential treatment of wire harness automotive components manufactured in Haiti and imported into the United States, provided Haiti meets certain economic and political eligibility requirements. Establishes the Haiti Recovery and Investment Task Force to promote foreign investment in Haiti. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the trade preferences provided under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE Act), as amended, as well as recommendations for improving such preferences.

Date: 2010-02-02
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Save Our Industries Act of 2010 or the SAVE Act - Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and components of such apparel consisting entirely of: (1) fabric cut in the United States or the Philippines, or both, from fabric wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; (2) components knit-to-shape in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; or (3) any combination of such fabric or components. Grants: (1) a reduction of duty for such apparel, provided the same criteria are met; and (2) duty-free treatment to apparel that meet both the requirements for duty-free treatment and reduction of duty. Prescribes single transformation duty-free rules for specified apparel articles, regardless of the source of the fabric, fabric components, components knit-to-shape, or yarns from which the articles are made, if they: (1) are wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in the Philippines from any combination of such components; and (2) are imported directly into the United States from the Philippines. Prescribes requirements for review and enforcement of the program. Prescribes penalties for exporters and importers who engage in the transshipment of apparel that has been afforded preferential treatment under this Act.

Date: 2010-03-25
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Circumvention and Evasion Act of 2010 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority to initiate an antidumping duty or countervailing duty investigation with respect to the importation of covered merchandise into the United States that is: (1) subject to an antidumping duty order or countervailing duty order; and (2) mislabeled, misidentified, or misreported as merchandise that is not subject to such order or finding, or that is subject to a lower rate of duty than the applicable rate under such order or finding. Requires the administering authority also to initiate such investigations upon receiving: (1) a petition alleging the importation of covered merchandise; or (2) a referral by the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Requires the administering authority in cases of an affirmative preliminary determination to instruct CBP to: (1) suspend liquidation of entry of each covered merchandise; and (2) require the posting of a cash bond for each entry. Requires the administering authority in cases of an affirmative final determination to instruct CBP to: (1) assess duties on such merchandise pursuant to the order or finding; (2) reliquidate such merchandise in accordance with the order or finding; and (3) review bond amounts posted for covered merchandise entered into the United States. Directs the Commissioner to establish procedures to: (1) permit interested parties to file a petition with the CBP alleging the importation of covered merchandise; (2) authorize the CBP to investigate such allegations and make determinations or referrals to the administering authority with respect to the importation; and (3) suspend liquidation of entries of covered merchandise, require the posting of bond, and assess any duties. Requires the administering authority and the Commissioner to take certain actions in cases where the producer or exporter of covered merchandise is unknown. Requires only a single protective order for concurrent proceedings covering the same subject merchandise. Requires any protective order to authorize the use of business proprietary information made available pursuant to a protective order in proceedings before the CBP. Requires the Commissioner, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that CBP employs and assigns sufficient personnel to prevent the importation of merchandise in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.

Date: 2010-08-05
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Billfish Conservation Act of 2010 - Prohibits any person from offering billfish (except swordfish) or billfish products for sale, selling, importing, or exporting them, or having custody, control, or possession of them for purposes of offering them for sale, selling, importing, or exporting them. Treats a violation of this Act as an act prohibited by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Subjects a person to a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each violation. Defines "billfish" as any of the following: (1) blue marlin; (2) striped marlin; (3) black marlin; (4) sailfish: (5) shortbill spearfish; (6) white marlin; (7) roundscale spearfish; (8) Mediterranean spearfish; or (9) longbill spearfish.

Date: 2010-09-21
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Removes duty-free or other preferential treatment eligibility under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for certain imported sleeping bags.

Date: 2010-09-22
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Fix United States Government Contracting Deficit with China Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to certify annually to Congress: (1) a determination of whether the Chinese government has prohibited its procurement of U.S. goods during the preceding calendar year; and (2) the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinesse government during that year, if the Chinese government has not prohibited such procurement. Prohibits the head of each executive agency from awarding a contract for the procurement of Chinese goods during the succeeding calendar year if the Chinese government has prohibited procurement of U.S. goods during the preceding calendar year. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in such an instance, to prohibit a state or other entity from using funds made available to it from the Highway Trust Fund or the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the award of a contract for the procurement of Chinese goods during the succeeding calendar year. Limits the total value of Chinese goods that may be procured by the U.S. government during the succeeding calendar year to the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese Government during the preceding calendar year, if in fact the Chinese government has not prohibited its procurement of U.S. goods during that preceding calendar year. Directs the International Trade Administration to establish a program to: (1) identify annually the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese government; and (2) provide notice in the Federal Register on or as soon as practicable after the date on which the total value of Chinese goods procured by the U.S. government equals 50%, 75%, and 100% of the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese government during the preceding calendar year, for purposes of compliance with the limitation required by this Act.

Date: 2011-01-20
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Genuine American Flag Act - Prohibits the importation for sale of foreign-made flags of the United States of America (regardless of size and whether or not in compliance with the standard proportions prescribed by Executive order).

Date: 2011-01-26
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Manufacture Renewable Energy Systems: Make it in America Act of 2011- Authorizes federal acquisition of, or the provision of federal funds to states for purchase of, only green technologies that are 100% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States beginning in the fourth fiscal year after enactment of this Act. Provides that such percentage shall be 30% in the first fiscal year after enactment, 50% in the second fiscal year, and 80% in the third fiscal year. Defines "green technologies" to mean renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services that: (1) reduce dependence on unreliable sources of energy by encouraging the use of sustainable biomass, wind, small-scale hydroelectric, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services, and (2) use hybrid fossil-renewable energy systems. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit treating any facility originally placed in service after the enactment of this Act as a qualified facility for purposes of the renewable energy production and investment tax credits unless such facility is 100% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Provides that such percentage shall be 30% for a facility placed in service during 2011, 50% for a facility placed in service during 2012, and 80% for a facility placed in service during 2013.

Date: 2011-01-26
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Collectible Firearms Protection Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to allow the importation of certain firearms listed as curios or relics into the United States by a licensed importer without the requirement of an authorization from or payment to the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) upon certification to the Attorney General that such firearms are lawfully possessed under the laws of the exporting country.

Date: 2011-02-10
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: International affairs
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated.

Date: 2011-03-17
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Law
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the article description relating to certain imported stainless steel single-piece exhaust gas manifolds. Requires the liquidation or reliquidation (refund of duties) of such articles entered into the United States: (1) on or after January 1, 2010, and before the 15th day after enactment of this Act; and (2) with respect to which there would have been no duty or a reduced duty if the amendment made by this Act applied to such articles. Requires amounts owed by the United States to be paid, without interest, to an importer not later than 90 days after the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry.

Date: 2011-04-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of medium density fiberboard.

Date: 2011-04-08
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain hydrogenated polymers of norbornene derivatives.

Date: 2011-04-12
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $1,000 the aggregate retail value of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day. Changes from a maximum of $2,500 to a minimum of $2,500 the threshold aggregate value of a shipment of merchandise for the declaration and entry of which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations.

Date: 2011-04-15
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act or U.S. OUTDOOR Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear.

Date: 2011-06-01
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Save Our Industries Act of 2011 or SAVE Act - Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and components of such apparel consisting entirely of: (1) fabric cut in the United States or the Philippines, or both, from fabric wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; (2) components knit-to-shape in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; or (3) any combination of such fabric or components. Prescribes single transformation duty-free rules for specified apparel articles, regardless of the source of the fabric, fabric components, components knit-to-shape, or yarns from which the articles are made, if they: (1) are cut and wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in the Philippines from any combination of such components; and (2) are imported directly into the United States from the Philippines. Prescribes requirements for review and enforcement of the program. Prescribes penalties for exporters and importers who engage in the transshipment of apparel that has been afforded preferential treatment under this Act.

Date: 2011-06-24
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-intensity sweetener.

Date: 2011-07-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers.

Date: 2011-07-22
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty certain electrical transformers rated at 40VA.

Date: 2011-07-22
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to waive the requirement that Canadian vessels report immediately to the nearest customs facility upon arrival at any U.S. port or place or the Virgin Islands if, in fact, they do not anchor or dock at any harbor within the U.S. customs territory.

Date: 2011-07-26
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes.

Date: 2011-07-29
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2011 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to initiate, upon petition or a referral from another federal agency, an investigation into claims of evasion of antidumping or countervailing duties (including any cash deposits or other security) with respect to covered merchandise entered into the United States. Requires the Commissioner, in the case of an affirmative preliminary determination, to: (1) suspend liquidation of each unliquidated entry of the covered merchandise and extend the liquidation of covered merchandise entered before such determination, (2) review and reassess the amount of bond or other security required to be posted for each entry of covered merchandise, (3) require the posting of a cash deposit for each entry, and (4) take other appropriate measures to ensure the collection of any duties that may be owed on covered merchandise. Requires the Commissioner, in the case of an affirmative final determination, to: (1) suspend or continue to suspend liquidation of each entry of covered merchandise and extend the liquidation of covered merchandise entered before such determination, (2) notify the administering authority (Secretary of Commerce or other responsible U.S. officer) of the determination and request identification of the applicable antidumping or countervailing duties or cash deposit rate for such entries, (3) require the posting of cash deposits and assess duties, (4) review and reassess the amount of bond or other security required to be posted for covered merchandise entered on or after the date of such determination, and (5) take appropriate additional enforcement measures.Requires the administering authority to apply the highest applicable cash deposit or antidumping or countervailing duty in cases where the producer or exporter of covered merchandise is unknown. Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico. Requires the Commissioner, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that CBP employs and assigns sufficient personnel to prevent the entry of covered merchandise in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders or findings. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the Commissioner, and the Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to assess and properly allocate the resources of CBP and ICE to improve efforts to investigate and combat evasion. Directs the Comptroller General to report on: (1) efforts to prevent the entry of covered merchandise into the U.S. customs territory through evasion, and (2) the estimated amount of duties that could not be collected on covered merchandise that entered U.S. customs territory through evasion during FY2009-FY2010 because the Commissioner did not have the authority to reliquidate the entries of such merchandise.

Date: 2011-09-23
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to report to Congress annually on the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of intellectual property rights violations in China. Requires the USTR to: (1) impose duties on merchandise from China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual property rights as a result of such violations, and (2) distribute the proceeds of such duties to such U.S. intellectual property rights holders on a proportional basis.

Date: 2011-11-04
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain adjustable metal lighting fixtures.

Date: 2011-12-08
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2011 - Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (with respect to drugs, devices, cosmetics, and biological products), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) (with respect to consumer products), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (with respect to chemical substances, new chemical substances, and pesticides), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (with respect to a motor vehicle or motor vehicle products) to require foreign manufacturers and producers of such products (or components used to manufacture them), in excess of a minimum value, quantity, and frequency of importation, to register an agent in the United States who is authorized to accept service of process on their behalf for the purpose of any state or federal regulatory proceeding or civil action in state or federal court. Deems a foreign manufacturer or producer of products covered under this Act that registers an agent to consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state or federal courts of the state in which the agent is located for the purpose of any judicial proceeding. Requires any person who imports into the United States a covered product manufactured or produced outside the United States to make to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) a declaration that, to the best of the person's knowledge, with respect to the importation of each covered product, the foreign manufacturer or producer of the product has registered an agent in the United States. Subjects to certain penalties an importer who fails to provide this or files a false declaration. Requires foreign manufacturers or producers of a covered product to report within five business days to the head of the applicable agency their determination to conduct a safety recall or other safety campaign of a covered product that is identical or substantially similar to a covered product offered for sale in the United States. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to study jointly the feasibility and advisability of requiring foreign producers of food distributed in commerce to register an agent in the United States who is authorized to accept service of process on behalf of such producers for the purpose of any state or federal regulatory proceeding or civil action in state or federal court. Requires the head of an applicable agency similarly to study the feasibility of methods requiring foreign manufacturers or producers of component parts of covered products distributed in U.S. commerce to register agents in the United States for purposes of such service of process. Requires the Comptroller General to study methods to enforce judgments of any state or federal regulatory proceeding or civil action in state or federal court against Chinese manufacturers that exported defective drywall to the United States during 2004-2007.

Date: 2011-12-13
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Law
Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to aviation smuggling to extend its coverage of aircraft to: (1) any contrivance invented, used, or designed to navigate, or fly in, the air; and (2) ultralight vehicles. Subjects attempts or conspiracies to commit aviation smuggling to specified criminal penalties. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense (DOD) should continue the broad program of cooperation with the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify DOD equipment, technology, and expertise that could be leveraged by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fulfill its missions. Urges DOD especially to ensure that DHS can identify DOD equipment and technology that could also be used by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to combat illicit trafficking across the international borders between the United States and Mexico and the United States and Canada, including any that could be used to detect and track the illicit use of ultralight aircraft.

Date: 2012-01-23
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Disperse Yellow 64.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Vat Blue 66.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Reactive Blue 224.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Reactive Yellow 27.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on other knitted or crocheted fabrics, of cotton, dyed, other, of single knit construction.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Solvent Yellow 163.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Reactive Red 123.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Reactive Red 198.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on Acid Yellow 230.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Reduced Vat Blue 1.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Acid Black 244, (Chromate(2-), (Cobaltate(1-), and (Chromate(1-).

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of (9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-diamino-4,8-dihydroxy(4-hydroxyphenyl)-) and (9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-diamino-4,8-dihydroxy(4-methoxyphenyl)-).

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Reactive Blue 250 and Reactive Black 5.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Reactive Black 5, Benzenesulfonic acid, and 1-Naphthalenesulfonic acid.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Disperse Red 367, Benzo, and Acetic acid.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Reactive Red 198 and Reactive Red 239.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Reactive Blue 19.

Date: 2012-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade (Tariff & Imports)
Subject: Foreign trade and international finance