To establish a regional trade, investment, and people-to-people partnership of countries in the Western Hemisphere to stimulate growth and integration through viable long-term private sector development, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a regional trade, investment, and people-to-people partnership of countries in the Western Hemisphere to stimulate growth and integration through viable long-term private sector development, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Foreign Policy, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H62CDAF102BDE4EA4821886A8FE58292C: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Americas Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section H8CCD307BBF014470B79DBDE41DE2EFA6: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Americas partner country means a county that has entered into a partnership agreement under section 201. The term Americas...
- Section HAD00D54F312140AD82D4B1D84B0142B0: 101. Americas Institute for Digital Governance There is established a nonprofit organization within the United States to be known as the Americas Institute for...
- Section H2662946B69E4427E86104A0DCB5B0EFB: 102. E-governance framework The Institute shall develop and maintain a comprehensive e-governance framework for Americas partner countries. The purpose of the...
- Section HBF92C91AD22842D5B31D68515B8B014D: 103. Additional duties of Institute The Institute shall seek to promote collaboration between Americas partner countries on the development, standardization,...
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a regional trade, investment, and people-to-people partnership of countries in the Western Hemisphere to stimulate growth and integration through viable long-term private sector development, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Foreign Policy, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish a regional trade, investment, and people-to-people partnership of countries in the Western Hemisphere to stimulate growth and integration through viable long-term private sector development, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Espaillat, and Mr. Gallagher) introduced …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a product put up for sale that is— classifiable under any of chapters 50 through 63 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
a product put up for sale that is— classifiable under any of chapters 50 through 63 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
the entry of articles imported by one person on one day with a fair retail value that does not exceed— in the case of articles entering the United States, the applicable threshold established under paragraph (1)(A)
the Joint Energy Export, Development, and Trade Database. The term Deputy Assistant Secretary means the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Americas Partnership. The term eligible technology means— renewable energy systems
a product put up for retail sale that is— classifiable under chapters 50 through 63 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
an entity— organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States
an organization— described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
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