HR 6082 · 102th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

To amend General Note 3(a)(iv) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to deny special tariff treatment to goods of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands unless certain conditions are met, to require the Secretary of Labor to assign a full-time resident compliance officer to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1992-10-01· Sponsored by Rep. Payne, Lewis F., Jr. [D-VA-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards.(1992-10-09)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to subject goods imported from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to column one rates of the tariff schedule (and deny them labeling as having been manufactured in the United States) unless the Commonwealth establishes that: (1) the labor rate paid to the workers producing such goods is greater than or equal to the prevailing U.S. minimum wage rate; and (2) not less than 50 percent of the direct labor cost of producing such goods is paid to Commonwealth residents. Requires the Secretary of Labor to assign a resident compliance officer to the Commonwealth to monitor its compliance with such conditions.…

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