HR960-119

Introduced

To amend chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the requirements for a garment to be considered water resistant.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 4, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the requirements for a garment to be considered water resistant., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade.

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 H8461012065FB4308BDF7212B71575B6F: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act.
  • Section H423C51208909438DBC09D7413ECC8AC0: 2. Modification of requirements for garments to be considered water resistant Additional U.S. Note 2 to chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the requirements for a garment to be considered water resistant., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the requirements for a garment to be considered water resistant., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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importers, exporters, and commercial firms:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
importers, exporters, and commercial firms:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 4, 2025

Ms. Pingree (for herself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Trade
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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