S. 1244: SAVE Act
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S. 1244: SAVE Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-22 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4026-4028)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4026-4028) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SAVE Act
Plain summary
Save Our Industries Act of 2011 or SAVE Act - Grants duty-free treatment, subject to specified conditions, to certain apparel wholly assembled in the United States or the Philippines, or both, and components of such apparel consisting entirely of: (1) fabric cut in the United States or the Philippines, or both, from fabric wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; (2) components knit-to-shape in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States; or (3) any combination of such fabric or components. Prescribes single transformation duty-free rules for specified apparel articles, regardless of the source of the fabric, fabric components, components knit-to-shape, or yarns from which the articles are made, if they: (1) are cut and wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in the Philippines from any combination of such components; and (2) are imported directly into the United States from the Philippines. Prescribes requirements for review and enforcement of the program. Prescribes penalties for exporters and importers who engage in the transshipment of apparel that has been afforded preferential treatment under this Act.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · 9 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1244.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s1244 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112