Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act This bill establishes: (1) an Office of the Congressional Trade Enforcer; (2) an Office of Market Access Assistance; (3) a Trade Enforcement Division within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), headed by a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement; (4) the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business; (5) the Chief Manufacturing Negotiator; and (6) the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization. The bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 regarding: (1) the imposition of countervailing duties to address subsidies relating to fundamentally undervalued currencies; and (2) the establishment of procedures for the protection of business proprietary information from public disclosure, with respect to the investigation of claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for insourcing expenses and to deny a deduction for outsourcing expenses. The USTR shall identify those foreign country trade practices that cause negative environmental impacts on human, animal, or plant life or health, or exhaustible natural resources in the United States, the foreign country, a third country, or internationally, and periodically report on such practices. The Government Accountability Office shall report assessing progress in: (1) achieving compliance by other countries with commitments made under specified international fora, and (2) ensuring that goods made with child labor do not enter the customs territory of the United States.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Advisory bodiesAsiaBusiness investment and capitalCanadaChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional agenciesCongressional operations and organizationCongressional oversightCurrencyEmployee hiringEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsForeign and international corporationsFree trade and trade barriersGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHouse of RepresentativesIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsIndiaInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeInternational organizations and cooperationLabor standardsLatin AmericaLegislative rules and procedureManufacturingMetalsMexicoOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeSenateSmall businessTariffsTaxation of foreign incomeTrade agreements and negotiationsU.S. territories and protectoratesYouth employment and child labor
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to strengthen trade enforcement, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-2756| House
| Updated: 5/26/2017
Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act This bill establishes: (1) an Office of the Congressional Trade Enforcer; (2) an Office of Market Access Assistance; (3) a Trade Enforcement Division within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), headed by a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement; (4) the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business; (5) the Chief Manufacturing Negotiator; and (6) the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization. The bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 regarding: (1) the imposition of countervailing duties to address subsidies relating to fundamentally undervalued currencies; and (2) the establishment of procedures for the protection of business proprietary information from public disclosure, with respect to the investigation of claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for insourcing expenses and to deny a deduction for outsourcing expenses. The USTR shall identify those foreign country trade practices that cause negative environmental impacts on human, animal, or plant life or health, or exhaustible natural resources in the United States, the foreign country, a third country, or internationally, and periodically report on such practices. The Government Accountability Office shall report assessing progress in: (1) achieving compliance by other countries with commitments made under specified international fora, and (2) ensuring that goods made with child labor do not enter the customs territory of the United States.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Advisory bodiesAsiaBusiness investment and capitalCanadaChinaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional agenciesCongressional operations and organizationCongressional oversightCurrencyEmployee hiringEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsForeign and international corporationsFree trade and trade barriersGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHouse of RepresentativesIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsIndiaInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeInternational organizations and cooperationLabor standardsLatin AmericaLegislative rules and procedureManufacturingMetalsMexicoOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeSenateSmall businessTariffsTaxation of foreign incomeTrade agreements and negotiationsU.S. territories and protectoratesYouth employment and child labor