Key Votes
HR 434 - Africa Free Trade bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Sam Brownback voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
- May 18, 2000 Executive Signed
- May 11, 2000 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- May 4, 2000 House Conference Report Adopted
- Nov. 3, 1999 Senate Bill Passed
- July 16, 1999 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 2, 1999 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 106-200 - May 18, 2000
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (77-19) - May 11, 2000 (Key vote)
Title: Africa Free Trade bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that would offer trade benefits to over 70 African and Caribbean countries that meet specified criteria and eliminate certain trade barriers.
Highlights:
Sub-Saharan benefit package:
- Bases eligibility for sub-Saharan benefit package on a country's progress in establishing a market-based economy, a democratic society, a set of economic policies that promote private enterprise and reduce poverty, and a system to combat corruption and bribery and promote political freedom.
- Instructs the President, when determining eligibility for sub-Saharan benefits, to consider a country's human rights record, its record of respecting internationally recognized workers' rights, and any potential links to international terrorism it may have.
- Instructs the President to establish a United States-Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum within twelve months of bill's enactment.
- Grants duty-free, quota-free status to apparel articles and textile luggage assembled from United States fabrics, as well as to certain hand-made and hand-loomed articles originating in eligible sub-Saharan countries.
- Requires eligible sub-Saharan countries to implement laws that make transshipment of such goods illegal and allow United States Customs access to investigate transshipment allegations.
Caribbean benefit package:
- Bases eligibility for Caribbean benefit package on a country's progress in providing protection of intellectual property rights, respecting internationally recognized worker rights, providing protections to investors and investments of the United States, meeting counter-narcotics criteria, and offering competitive access to markets for United States exports.
- Grants duty-free, quota-free status to apparel articles and textile luggage assembled from United States fabrics, as well as to certain hand-made and hand-loomed articles originating in eligible Caribbean countries.
- Authorizes the President to reduce the quantities of textile and apparel articles that may be imported into the United States from a Caribbean country if that country has failed to stop or diminish instances of transshipment.
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (309-110) - May 4, 2000 (Key vote)
Title: Africa Free Trade bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that would offer trade benefits to over 70 African and Caribbean countries that meet specified criteria and eliminate certain trade barriers.
Highlights:
Sub-Saharan benefit package:
- Bases eligibility for sub-Saharan benefit package on a country's progress in establishing a market-based economy, a democratic society, a set of economic policies that promote private enterprise and reduce poverty, and a system to combat corruption and bribery and promote political freedom.
- Instructs the President, when determining eligibility for sub-Saharan benefits, to consider a country's human rights record, its record of respecting internationally recognized workers' rights, and any potential links to international terrorism it may have.
- Instructs the President to establish a United States-Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum within twelve months of bill's enactment.
- Grants duty-free, quota-free status to apparel articles and textile luggage assembled from United States fabrics, as well as to certain hand-made and hand-loomed articles originating in eligible sub-Saharan countries.
- Requires eligible sub-Saharan countries to implement laws that make transshipment of such goods illegal and allow United States Customs access to investigate transshipment allegations.
Caribbean benefit package:
- Bases eligibility for Caribbean benefit package on a country's progress in providing protection of intellectual property rights, respecting internationally recognized worker rights, providing protections to investors and investments of the United States, meeting counter-narcotics criteria, and offering competitive access to markets for United States exports.
- Grants duty-free, quota-free status to apparel articles and textile luggage assembled from United States fabrics, as well as to certain hand-made and hand-loomed articles originating in eligible Caribbean countries.
- Authorizes the President to reduce the quantities of textile and apparel articles that may be imported into the United States from a Caribbean country if that country has failed to stop or diminish instances of transshipment.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (76-19) - Nov. 3, 1999 (Key vote)
Title: Africa Free Trade bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that would offer trade benefits to over 70 African and Caribbean countries that meet specified criteria and eliminate certain trade barriers.
Highlights:
Sub-Saharan benefit package:
- Bases eligibility for sub-Saharan benefit package on a country's progress in establishing a market-based economy, a democratic society, a set of economic policies that promote private enterprise and reduce poverty, and a system to combat corruption and bribery and promote political freedom.
- Instructs the President, when determining eligibility for sub-Saharan benefits, to consider a country's human rights record and any potential links to international terrorism it may have.
- Instructs the President to establish a United States-Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum within twelve months of bill's enactment.
- Grants duty-free, quota-free status to apparel articles and textile luggage assembled from United States fabrics, as well as to certain hand-made and hand-loomed articles originating in eligible sub-Saharan countries.
- Requires eligible sub-Saharan countries to implement laws that make transshipment of such goods illegal and allow United States Customs access to investigate transshipment allegations
Caribbean benefit package:
- Bases eligibility for Caribbean benefit package on a country's progress in providing protection of intellectual property rights, respecting internationally recognized workers' rights, providing protections to investors and investments of the United States, meeting counter-narcotics criteria, and offering competitive access to markets for United States exports.
- Grants duty-free, quota-free status to apparel articles and textile luggage assembled from United States fabrics, as well as to certain hand-made and hand-loomed articles originating in eligible Caribbean countries.
- Authorizes the President to reduce the quantities of textile and apparel articles that may be imported into the United States from a Caribbean country if that country has failed to stop or diminish instances of transshipment.
Other:
- Establishes normal trade relations with Albania and Kyrgyzstan.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (234-163) - July 16, 1999
Sponsors
- Philip M. Crane (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Richard Hugh Baker (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- William E. 'Bill' Barrett (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Douglas K. 'Doug' Bereuter (NE - ) (Out Of Office)
- Brian P. Bilbray (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- John A. Boehner (OH - R)
- Kevin P. Brady (TX - R)
- Corrine Brown (FL - D)
- David Lee 'Dave' Camp (MI - R)
- Thomas J. 'Tom' Campbell (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steven J. 'Steve' Chabot (OH - R)
- Donna Marie Christensen (VI - D)
- James 'Jim' Davis (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas Dale 'Tom' DeLay (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Norman DeValois 'Norm' Dicks (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julian C. Dixon (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John T. Doolittle (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- David T. Dreier (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jennifer B. Dunn (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Vernon J. 'Vern' Ehlers (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Philip 'Phil' English (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas W. Ewing (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (AS - D)
- Chaka Fattah Sr. (PA - D)
- Mark Foley (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Harold Ford Jr. (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Benjamin A. Gilman (NY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Tony P. Hall (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Earl F. Hilliard Jr. (AL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Amory 'Amo' Houghton Jr. (NY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (TX - D)
- William J. Jefferson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX - D)
- Nancy L. Johnson (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph K. 'Joe' Knollenberg (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- James T. 'Jim' Kolbe (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sander M. 'Sandy' Levin (MI - D)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA - D)
- Donald A. 'Don' Manzullo (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert T. Matsui (CA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Karen McCarthy (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Bill McCollum (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' McDermott (WA - D)
- Scott McInnis (CO - ) (Out Of Office)
- David M. McIntosh (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael R. 'Mike' McNulty (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Carrie P. Meek (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Gregory W. Meeks (NY - D)
- Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary G. Miller (CA - R)
- James P. 'Jim' Moran Jr. (VA - D)
- Richard E. Neal (MA - D)
- Major R. Owens (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donald M. Payne (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' Petri (WI - R)
- John Edward Porter (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert J. 'Rob' Portman (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- George P. Radanovich (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Ramstad (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles B. 'Charlie' Rangel (NY - D)
- Edward R. 'Ed' Royce (CA - R)
- Bobby L. Rush (IL - D)
- Matthew 'Matt' Salmon (AZ - ) (Out Of Office)
- Peter A. 'Pete' Sessions (TX - R)
- E. Clay Shaw Jr. (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher H. Shays (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Victor F. 'Vic' Snyder (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ellen O. Tauscher (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- William M. 'Bill' Thomas (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edolphus 'Ed' Towns (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Wexler (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank Rudolph Wolf (VA - R)
- Albert R. Wynn (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
