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African Growth and Opportunity Act
Other short titles
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
Long title
An Act to authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa, expand trade benefits to the countries in the Caribbean Basin, renew the generalized system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance programs.
Acronyms (colloquial)
AGOA
Nicknames
Trade and Development Act of 2000
Enacted by
the 106th United States Congress
Effective
May 18, 2000
Citations
Public law
106-200
Statutes at Large
114 Stat. 251
Codification
Titles amended
19 U.S.C.: Customs Duties
U.S.C. sections created
19 U.S.C. ch. 23 § 3701 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 434 by Phil Crane (R–IL) on February 2, 1999
Committee consideration by House International Relations, House Ways and Means, House Banking and Financial Services
Passed the House on July 16, 1999 (234-163, Roll call vote 307, via Clerk.House.gov)
Passed the Senate on November 3, 1999 (76-19, Roll call vote 353, via Senate.gov)
Reported by the joint conference committee on May 4, 2000; agreed to by the House on May 4, 2000 (309-110, Roll call vote 145, via Clerk.House.gov) and by the Senate on May 11, 2000 (77-19, Roll call vote 98, via Senate.gov)
Signed into law by President Bill Clinton[1] on May 18, 2000
President George W. Bush signs into law the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of 2004 in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building Tuesday, July 13, 2004.
The African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA (Title I, Trade and Development Act of 2000; P.L. 106–200)[2] is a piece of legislation that was approved by the U.S. Congress in May 2000. The stated purpose of this legislation is to assist the economies of sub-Saharan Africa and to improve economic relations between the United States and the region.[3] After completing its initial 15-year period of validity, the AGOA legislation was extended on 29 June 2015 by a further 10 years, to 2025.[4]
^"The African Growth and Opportunity Act: Looking Back, Looking Forward". 30 November 2001.
^Pub. L. 106-200 retrieved from the United States Government Printing Office website August 23, 2010
^B&FT. "US outlines new AGOA strategy". GhanaWeb.
^"Obama signs trade (Incl. AGOA), worker assistance bills into law - Agoa.info - African Growth and Opportunity Act".
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