H.R.5264 - Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008

To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. view all titles (7)

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  • Short: Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008 as reported to house.
  • Official: To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. as amended by house.
  • Short: Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008 as enacted.
  • Official: To extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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02/28/08
 

Official Summary

2/29/2008--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 27, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), as amended and expanded by Andean Tr

Official Summary

2/29/2008--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 27, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), as amended and expanded by Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), to extend, through December 31, 2008, the ATPA program providing for the duty-free treatment of certain imported apparel articles assembled in one or more ATPDEA beneficiary countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend certain customs fees for the processing of merchandise entered into the United States through December 27, 2014.
Amends the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 to increase the amount in effect on the date of enactment of this Act of any corporate estimated tax installment otherwise due by a corporation with assets of not less than $1 billion in July, August, or September 2013 by 0.25% of such amount.


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03/03/08
SBA 08-18 SBA Statement on Andean Trade Preference Extension Act

... Administrator of the US Small Business Administration, made the following statement today on President George W. Bush's signing of HR 5264, ...

Source: Trading Markets (press release), CA
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03/02/08
Statement By Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer On Signing Of The ...

"The signing of the 10-month Andean Trade Preference Extension Act (HR 5264) by President George W. Bush is an important interim measure while we work to ...

Source: WebWire (press release), GA
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03/02/08
SBA Announces Statement On Andean Trade Preference Extension Act

Steve Preston, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration, made the following statement today on President George W. Bush's signing of HR 5264, ...

Source: HULIQ, NC
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10/18/08
Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate ...

On February 7, 2008, House Ways and Means Chairman Rangel introduced H.R. 5264, a bill seeking to further extend the Generalized System of Preferences and other trade preference programs, such as the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), ...

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04/09/08
Colombia, Balancing the Scales

The House Committee on Ways & Means' report on HR 5264, the Andean Trade Preference Act, provides a good, brief history of the original ATPA (PL 102-182) passed in 1991, a law which granted preferential trade benefits to Bolivia, ...

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03/29/08
H.R. 5264

H.R. 5264. An act to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act. As cleared by the Congress on February 28, 2008,. and signed by the President on February 29, 2008. SUMMARY. H.R. 5264 (enacted as Public Law 110-191) extends the provisions ...

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