A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to establish equal and equitable classification and duty rates for various cordage products of virtually identical characteristics.

Summary

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to revise the definition of "cordage" to include cordage made from any size strip of plastic or other man-made material, thereby eliminating different duty rates for varying sizes of plastic or man-made cordage.

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Timeline

1. 23 February 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 February 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 February 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 28 February 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

   Source: Committee

5. 4 March 1983

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Treasury, Commerce, ITC, USTR.

   Source: Committee

6. 27 April 1983

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 9 May 1983

   Committee

   Executive Comment Received From ITC.

   Source: Committee

8. 10 May 1983

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 8 June 1983

   Committee

   Executive Comment Received From COMMERCE.

   Source: Committee

10. 13 July 1983

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from Treasury, Commerce, USDA, ITC, USTR.

    Source: Committee

11. 9 September 1983

    Committee

    Executive Comment Received From ITC.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 February 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Martin, James G. [R-NC-9] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Campbell, Carroll A., Jr. [R-SC-4] · R · Cosponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing

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