About the bill
This is the second incarnation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, which includes a variety of requirements on trade protection and general trade policy. It would authorize and fund United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. CBP regulates trade of foreign products entering the United States. The funding for CBP would be used to improve the Automated Commercial Environment that the CBP uses to track imported and exported goods. The bill would expand requirements on imports to ensure ...
Sponsor and status
- Introduced:
May 11, 2015
114th Congress, 2015–2017- Status:
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Enacted Via Other Measures
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
Provisions of this bill also appear in:
H.R. 644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015Enacted — Signed by the President on Feb 24, 2016. (compare text)
History
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Feb 12, 2015
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Passed House (Senate next)
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May 11, 2015
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Introduced
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May 11, 2015
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Ordered Reported
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May 13, 2015
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Reported by Senate Committee on Finance
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May 14, 2015
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 644 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1269 (114th). |
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Jun 12, 2015
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Related Bill —
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 644 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1269 (114th). |
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Dec 11, 2015
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Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)
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Feb 11, 2016
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Related Bill —
Conference Report Agreed to by Senate
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Feb 24, 2016
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Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 644 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1269 (114th). |
S. 1269 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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