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HR 509 · in committee · significant

Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act

What this bill does

  • The bill helps U.S. corporations move manufacturing from China to Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Corporations relocating operations and Latin American/Caribbean countries receiving investment are the main beneficiaries.
  • At least 10% of International Development Finance Corporation funding will support relocation costs, paid for with U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would redirecting at least 10% of International Development Finance Corporation funding to nearshoring relocation costs affect other development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that moving U.S. manufacturing to Latin America and the Caribbean would reduce dependence on Chinese supply chains compared to other strategies?

  3. 03

    Which U.S. workers and communities might experience job losses or gains if corporations relocate manufacturing operations under this nearshoring approach?

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Sponsor · R-TN-7

Mark E. Green

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Introduced 2025-01-16

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-01-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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