To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third country fabric program, and for other purposes.

Amends the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend, through FY2015, the third-country fabric rule granting duty-free treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles.

Revises the term "sub-Saharan African country" to include the Republic of South Sudan under such Act.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2493 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2493

  To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third 
            country fabric program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2011

 Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Mr. 
 Johnson of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third 
            country fabric program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.

    (a) Extension of Third-Country Fabric Program.--Section 112(c)(1) 
of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``2012'' and 
        inserting ``2015''; and
            (2) in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(ii), by striking ``2012'' 
        and inserting ``2015''.
    (b) Addition of South Sudan.--Section 107 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 
3706) is amended by inserting after ``Republic of South Africa'' the 
following:
            ``Republic of South Sudan.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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