Senate amendment to H.R. 1295 - Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015

Bill Text

    Text of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1295 PDF XML

    Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Engrossed Senate Amendments)
            ::  Amendment #1 by the Hon. Paul Ryan to the Senate Amendments to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1295  PDF
                —Section-by-Section Summary as provided by the Committee on Ways and Means  PDF
                —One Page Summary as provided by the Committee on Ways and Means  PDF
     

Rule Information

On June 10, 2015, the House adopted the following order by unanimous consent providing for the consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 1295, the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. No further action by the Rules Committee is expected:

  • Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the Speaker's table H.R. 1295, with the Senate amendments thereto, and to consider in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a single motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee that the House (1) concur in the Senate amendment to the title and (2) concur in the Senate amendment to the text with the amendment printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and numbered 1; that the Senate amendments and the motion be considered as read; that the motion be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question. 

                ::Text of the House amendment to be considered pursuant to the unanimous consent agreement: PDF

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Ryan, Paul (WI)RepublicanProvides a long-term extension and enhancement of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), renews the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), and extends the HOPE and HELP programs for products from Haiti. It also includes provisions to expand opportunities for U.S. businesses in recreational performance outerwear, certain footwear, and travel goods. Finally, it strikes and replaces the medicare sequester in TPA and replaces these savings by strengthening federal tax compliance laws.Submitted
2Version 1Ryan, Paul (WI)RepublicanMakes technical and conforming changes to the Manager’s Amendment.Submitted