Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act
Summary
Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act This bill provides assistance for corporations to move operations from China to countries in Latin America or the Caribbean and addresses related issues. For example, the bill requires the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide financing and other assistance to eligible corporations for costs associated with such a move. Tariffs collected for goods manufactured in China shall be used to pay for such assistance. The President may provide preferential treatment, including duty-free treatment, for goods produced in a Latin American or Caribbean country by a corporation that received relocation assistance under this bill.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 26, 2022
Last action Apr 26, 2022
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Apr 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Apr 26, 2022
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark E. Green
RRepublican
Co
Albio Sires
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Barr
RRepublican
Co
Bill Huizenga
RRepublican
Co
Carlos A. Gimenez
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Meuser
RRepublican
Co
J. French Hill
RRepublican
Co
Ken Buck
RRepublican
Co
Kevin Hern
RRepublican
Co
Maria Elvira Salazar
RRepublican
Co
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
RRepublican
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