Congressional Trade Architects Strike Deal to Launch Customs Conference After House Vote
The House will pass its Customs Reauthorization legislation in the coming weeks, and then the two chambers will convene a legislative conference to reconcile differences, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said on May 18, along with Sens.…
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Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore. in a joint statement. The lawmakers, the three architects of Trade Promotion Authority legislation moving through both chambers, said they struck an agreement with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to send a compromise bill to President Barack Obama “by the end of June.” The conference will launch “immediately after the House passes its enforcement bill.” There are significant differences between the two bills, HR-1907 (here) and the Senate-passed HR-644 (here). Leadership in both chambers didn’t respond for comment. A spokesman for Ryan deferred to Boehner’s office on more details on a potential conference. One Senate aide said it is likely both Hatch and Wyden will represent the Senate as conferees.