US Congress Senate Bill 952 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 15 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

U.S. OUTDOOR Act United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear. Establishes the Sustainable Textile and Apparel Research Fund (STAR Fund). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to impose and collect, with specified exceptions, a fee of 1.5% of the appraised value of imported recreational performance outerwear and to deposit amounts collected into the STAR Fund. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to make quarterly distributions from the STAR Fund to one or more appropriate organizations to conduct applied research, development, and education activities to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in clean, eco-friendly apparel, other textile and apparel products, and sewn-product design and manufacturing.

U.S. OUTDOOR Act United States Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation Act

Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

SB1267 (Related) 2015-05-12 - By Senator Hatch from Committee on Finance filed written report. Report No. 114-43.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/952/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s952/BILLS-114s952is.pdf