New Shipper Review Amendment Act of 2005

See next page H.R. 445 To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported home furniture; H.R. 728 To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of the People’s Republic of China; H.R. 746, S. 355 The Foreign Debt Ceiling Act of 2005; H.R. 1039, S. 695 To suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges; H.R. 1121 To repeal section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930; H.R. 1450 To require additional tariffs be imposed on products of any nonmarket economy country . . . ; H.R. 1498 To clarify that exchange-rate manipulation by the People’s Republic of China is actionable under the countervailing duty provisions and the product-specific safeguards mechanisms of the trade laws of the United States; H.R. 2473 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to determining the all-others rate in antidumping cases; H.R. 3004 To require the secretary of the treasury to analyze and report on the exchange rate policies of the People’s Republic of China . . . ; H.R. 3175 to expand Africa Growth and Opportunity Act benefits . . . ; H.R. 3176 To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide preferential treatment for certain apparel articles . . . ; H.R. 3271 Trade Agreements Enforcement Act; H.R. 3283, S. 1421 United States Trade Rights Enforcement Act; H.R. 3306 Fair Trade With China Act of 2005; H.R. 3713 To repeal the bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002; H.R. 4211, S. 1937 Haiti Economic Opportunity Recovery Act; H.R. 4217 American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act; H.R. 4241, S. 1932 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; H.R. 4340, S. 2027 To implement the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement; H.R. 4365, S 135 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to implement mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for meat and produce . . . ; H.R. 4405 Balancing Trade Act of 2005; H.R. 4407 To prohibit the entry into any bilateral or regional trade agreement, and to prohibit negotiations to enter into any such agreements for a period of two years; H.Res. 98, S.Res. 169 Expressing the sense of the House with respect to free trade negotiations with respect free trade negotiations that could adversely impact the sugar industry of the United States; H.Res. 577 Expressing the sense of the House regarding the conditions for the United States to become a signatory to any multilateral agreement on trade . . . ; H.Con.Res. 186 Expressing the sense of Congress that the president should provide notice of withdrawal of the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement; H.Con.Res. 295 Providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment . . . . ; S. 14 Fair Wage, Competition, and Investment Act of 2005; S. 191, H.R. 886 (Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies TRADE Act of 2005) To extend certain trade preferences to certain least developed countries; S. 270 Sanctions Policy Reform Act; S. 295 To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency are not successful; S. 377 Fair Currency Enforcement Act of 2005; S. 593, H.R. 1216 (Stopping Overseas Subsidies SOS Act) To amend Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to non-market economy countries; S. 600 Foreign Affairs Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 – 2007; S. 1307, H.R. 3045 To implement the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement; S.Res. 100 Disapproving the request of the president for extension under Section 2103(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002, of the trade promotion authorities under that law; S.Res. 270 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the International Monetary Fund should investigate whether China is manipulating the rate of exchange between the Chinese yuan and the U.S. dollar; S.Con.Res. 12 Providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with another country must comply with certain minimum standards; S.Con.Res. 55 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the conditions for the United States to become a signatory to any multilateral agreement on trade resulting from the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Agenda round; China Textile Safeguards cases; Section 301 cases against China; Negotiation and implementation of bilateral textile agreement with China; Discussions under the U.S.-Sino Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT); China currency issues; Free Trade Agreement negotiations and implementation – Southern Africa Customs Union, Thailand, Dominican Republic and Central America, Andean (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador), Panama, Bahrain, Oman; Middle East and Least Developed Country Trade Initiatives; Administration and reform of the trade remedies laws (antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguards); Antidumping and Countervailing Duty methodologies; Repeal of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act; WTO negotiations – Doha Development Round; Container security; Generalized System of Preferences renewal; Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and advanced cargo information; Cargo and supply chain security; Vessel and port security; Cargo container fees; Textile and apparel transshipment and customs enforcement; Ratification of the Kyoto Treaty on Customs Rules; Expansion of Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) program for Egypt; H.R. 4680 To provide temporary duty suspension on products from Sri Lanka; H.R. 5043 The Restoring America’s Competitiveness Act of 2006; H.R. 5529 The Trade Law Reform Act of 2006; H.R. 5684 To implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement; S. 2267 To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People’s Republic of China; S. 2467 the United States Trade Enhancement Act of 2006; H.R. 5602/ S. 3495 To authorize the extension of non-discriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of Vietnam; Proposed Taiwan Free Trade Agreement; proposed Pakistan Free Trade Agreement; implementation of the cumulation provisions in the DR-CAFTA; renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences; renewal of the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act; S. 3843 – AGOA Extension Act of 2006; H.R. 6050 – Balanced Trade Act of 2006; S. 3899 – Balanced Trade Restoration Act of 2006; H.R. 6076/S. 3904 – Emergency Trade Program Extension Act of 2006; S. 3933 – To Extend the Generalized System of Preferences; S. 3967 – Trade Agreement Assessment Act; H.R. 6369 – “To Extend Certain Trade Preference Programs . . . .”; H.R. 6406 – “To Modify Temporarily Certain Rates of Duty . . . .”; H.R. 6111 – Tax Relief and Healthcare Act of 2006

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research, promotion and consumer information program; also advise on proposed EPA rulemaking with regard to use of the pesticide carbofuran. Legislation of interest includes the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171), FY 2007 Agriculture Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5384), United States Trade Enforcement Rights Act (H.R. 3283, S. 1421), New Shipper Review Amendment Act of 2005 (H.R. 1039, S. 695), the United States Trade Enhancement Act of 2006 (S. 2467), the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4; P.L. 109-280), the Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 (S. 1692), and legislation requiring air carriers to accept as mail shipments certain live animals (S. 2395). Support legislation providing for unfair trade practices reform, economic and disaster assistance for honey producers, safe and timely shipment by mail of live queen bees, and funding for honey bee research; advise on implementation of economic assistance and crop insurance legislation and the honey

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