H.R.3583 - ASPIRE Act

To provide for a subsidy to sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to American Samoa from vessels with United States fisheries endorsements that manufacture for the United States. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: To provide for a subsidy to sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to American Samoa from vessels with United States fisheries endorsements that manufacture for the United States. as introduced.
  • Short: ASPIRE Act as introduced.
  • Short: American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and Employment Act as introduced.

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9/16/2009--Introduced.American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and Employment Act or ASPIRE Act - States that the federal government should provide American Samoa with employment stabilization and economic development assistance, including incentives for the operation and developm
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9/16/2009--Introduced.American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and Employment Act or ASPIRE Act - States that the federal government should provide American Samoa with employment stabilization and economic development assistance, including incentives for the operation and development of its tuna processing industry. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical assistance to American Samoa through grants in specified per metric ton amounts to sellers and buyers of whole tuna directly delivered to tuna processors located within American Samoa for processing in American Samoa. States that a grantee may be eligible either as a seller of direct-delivered whole tuna or as a processor buying direct-delivered whole tuna.Exempts such grants from inclusion as gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Establishes:
(1) an annual fee for vessels that make less than three direct deliveries of whole tuna to processors on American Samoa for processing in American Samoa; and
(2) a per ton fee for each delivery by a U.S.-documented vessel that delivers tuna to another vessel or other location for transshipment. Establishes within the Treasury the American Samoa Economic Development Trust Fund.

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H.R.3583 : To prevent Government shutdowns. H.RES.584 : Supporting the goals and ideals of “National Life Insurance Awareness Month”. H.R.27 : To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the “Ronald Wilson Reagan ...

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H.R.3583 : To prevent Government shutdowns. H.RES.584 : Supporting the goals and ideals of “National Life Insurance Awareness Month”. H.R.27 : To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the “Ronald Wilson Reagan ...

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