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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1903 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose limitations on the |
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| 6 | 6 | | authority of the President to adjust imports that are determined to |
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| 7 | 7 | | threaten to impair national security, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH6, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | EYER(for himself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | D |
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| 13 | 13 | | AVISof Illinois, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 14 | 14 | | referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 17 | 17 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose |
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| 20 | 20 | | limitations on the authority of the President to adjust |
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| 21 | 21 | | imports that are determined to threaten to impair na- |
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| 22 | 22 | | tional security, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Trade 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Authority Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO AD-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | JUST IMPORTS DETERMINED TO THREATEN 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | TO IMPAIR NATIONAL SECURITY. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) L |
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| 35 | 35 | | IMITATION ONARTICLES FORWHICHACTION 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | M |
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| 37 | 37 | | AYBETAKEN.—Section 232 of the Trade Expansion 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) is amended— 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) by striking ‘‘an article’’ each place it ap-7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | pears and inserting ‘‘a covered article’’; 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) by striking ‘‘any article’’ each place it ap-9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | pears and inserting ‘‘any covered article’’; 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) by striking ‘‘the article’’ each place it ap-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | pears and inserting ‘‘the covered article’’; 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) in the first subsection (d), by striking ‘‘In 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the administration’’ and all that follow through ‘‘na-14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tional security.’’; and 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (5) by adding at the end the following: 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(i) D |
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| 50 | 50 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 52 | 52 | | OVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘covered 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | article’ means an article related to the development, 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | maintenance, or protection of military equipment, 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | energy resources, or critical infrastructure essential 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | to national security. 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(2) N |
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| 58 | 58 | | ATIONAL SECURITY.—The term ‘national 23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | security’— 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(A) means the protection of the United 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | States from foreign aggression; and 26 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(B) does not otherwise include the protec-1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tion of the general welfare of the United 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | States.’’. 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (b) R |
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| 69 | 69 | | ESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | FORINVESTIGATIONS.—Section 232(b) of the Trade Ex-5 |
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| 71 | 71 | | pansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(b)) is amended— 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in the section 9 |
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| 75 | 75 | | referred to as the ‘Secretary’)’’ and inserting 10 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’; and 11 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B) in subparagraph (B)— 12 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 13 |
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| 79 | 79 | | inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’; and 14 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of De-15 |
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| 81 | 81 | | fense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 16 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Commerce’’; 17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (2) in paragraph (2)— 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)— 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’; and 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the Sec-23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | retary of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | retary of Commerce’’; and 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | as follows: 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(B) Upon the request of the Secretary of 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | Defense, the Secretary of Commerce shall pro-4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | vide to the Secretary of Defense an assessment 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | of the quantity of imports of any covered article 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | that is the subject of an investigation conducted 7 |
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| 101 | 101 | | under this subsection and the circumstances 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | under which the covered article is imported.’’; 9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (3) in paragraph (3)— 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)— 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (i) in the first sentence, by striking 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘the Secretary shall submit’’ and all that 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | follows through ‘‘recommendations of the 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Defense and the Secretary of Commerce 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | shall jointly submit to the President a re-17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | port on the findings of the investigation 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | and, based on such findings, the rec-19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ommendations of the Secretary of Com-20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | merce’’; and 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘Secretary finds’’ and all that follows 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | through ‘‘Secretary shall’’ and inserting 24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘Secretaries find that the covered article is 25 |
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| 122 | 122 | | being imported into the United States in 1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | such quantities or under such cir-2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | cumstances as to be a substantial cause of 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | a threat to impair the national security, 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | the Secretaries shall’’; and 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘by 6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | the Secretary’’; and 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ 8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’. 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (c) D |
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| 132 | 132 | | ETERMINATIONS OF PRESIDENT.—Section 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | 232(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | 1862(c)) is amended— 12 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (A) by striking subparagraph (B); 14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (B) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (i) by striking ‘‘(A) Within’’ and in-16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | serting ‘‘Within’’; and 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘in which the Sec-18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | retary’’ and inserting ‘‘that’’; 19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (D) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated 22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | by subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘of the Sec-23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | retary’’; and 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (E) by amending subparagraph (B), as re-1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | designated by subparagraph (C), to read as fol-2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | lows: 3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(B) if the President concurs, submit to 4 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Congress, not later than 15 days after making 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | that determination, a proposal regarding the 6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | nature and duration of the action that, in the 7 |
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| 157 | 157 | | judgment of the President, should be taken to 8 |
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| 158 | 158 | | adjust the imports of the covered article and its 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | derivatives so that such imports will not be a 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | substantial cause of a threat to impair the na-11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | tional security.’’; and 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | serting the following: 14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(2) The President shall submit to Congress for 15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | review under subsection (f) a report describing the 16 |
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| 166 | 166 | | action proposed to be taken under paragraph (1) 17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | and specifying the reasons for such proposal. Such 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | report shall be included in the report published 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | under subsection (e).’’. 20 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (d) C |
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| 171 | 171 | | ONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OFPRESIDENTIAL 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | A |
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| 173 | 173 | | DJUSTMENT OF IMPORTS.—Section 232(f) of the Trade 22 |
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| 174 | 174 | | Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(f)) is amended 23 |
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| 175 | 175 | | to read as follows: 24 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ‘‘(f) CONGRESSIONALAPPROVAL OFPRESIDENTIAL 1 |
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| 180 | 180 | | A |
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| 181 | 181 | | DJUSTMENT OF IMPORTS; JOINTRESOLUTION OFAP-2 |
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| 182 | 182 | | PROVAL.— 3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 184 | 184 | | N GENERAL.—An action to adjust imports 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | proposed by the President in a report submitted to 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | Congress under subsection (c)(2) shall have force 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | and effect only if, during the period of 60 calendar 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | days beginning on the date on which the report is 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | submitted, a joint resolution of approval is enacted 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | pursuant to paragraph (2). 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(2) J |
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| 192 | 192 | | OINT RESOLUTIONS OF APPROVAL .— 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘(A) J |
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| 194 | 194 | | OINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL 12 |
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| 195 | 195 | | DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘joint 13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | resolution of approval’ means only a joint reso-14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | lution of either House of Congress— 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘A 16 |
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| 199 | 199 | | joint resolution approving the proposal of 17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the President to take an action relating to 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | the adjustment of imports entering into 19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | the United States in such quantities or 20 |
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| 203 | 203 | | under such circumstances as to threaten or 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | impair the national security.’; and 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(ii) the sole matter after the resolv-23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ing clause of which is the following: ‘Con-24 |
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| 207 | 207 | | gress approves of the proposal of the Presi-25 |
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| 211 | 211 | | dent relating to the adjustment of imports 1 |
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| 212 | 212 | | to protect the national security as de-2 |
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| 213 | 213 | | scribed in the report submitted to Con-3 |
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| 214 | 214 | | gress under section 232(c)(2) of the Trade 4 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 216 | 216 | | 1862(c)(2)) on lllll relating to 6 |
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| 217 | 217 | | lllll .’, with the first blank space 7 |
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| 218 | 218 | | being filled with the appropriate date and 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | the second blank space being filled with a 9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | short description of the proposed action. 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(B) I |
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| 222 | 222 | | NTRODUCTION.—During the period 11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | of 60 calendar days provided for under para-12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | graph (1), a joint resolution of approval may be 13 |
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| 225 | 225 | | introduced in either House by any Member. 14 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(C) C |
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| 227 | 227 | | ONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP -15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | RESENTATIVES.— 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(i) C |
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| 230 | 230 | | OMMITTEE REFERRAL .—A joint 17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | resolution of approval introduced in the 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | House of Representatives shall be referred 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | to the Committee on Ways and Means. 20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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| 235 | 235 | | EPORTING AND DISCHARGE .— 21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | If the Committee on Ways and Means has 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | not reported the joint resolution of ap-23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | proval within 10 calendar days after the 24 |
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| 239 | 239 | | date of referral, the Committee shall be 25 |
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| 243 | 243 | | discharged from further consideration of 1 |
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| 244 | 244 | | the joint resolution. 2 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ‘‘(iii) P |
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| 246 | 246 | | ROCEEDING TO CONSIDER -3 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ATION.—Beginning on the third legislative 4 |
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| 248 | 248 | | day after the Committee on Ways and 5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | Means reports the joint resolution of ap-6 |
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| 250 | 250 | | proval to the House or has been discharged 7 |
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| 251 | 251 | | from further consideration thereof, it shall 8 |
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| 252 | 252 | | be in order to move to proceed to consider 9 |
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| 253 | 253 | | the joint resolution in the House. All 10 |
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| 254 | 254 | | points of order against the motion are 11 |
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| 255 | 255 | | waived. Such a motion shall not be in 12 |
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| 256 | 256 | | order after the House has disposed of a 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | motion to proceed on the joint resolution. 14 |
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| 258 | 258 | | The previous question shall be considered 15 |
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| 259 | 259 | | as ordered on the motion to its adoption 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | without intervening motion. The motion 17 |
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| 261 | 261 | | shall not be debatable. A motion to recon-18 |
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| 262 | 262 | | sider the vote by which the motion is dis-19 |
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| 263 | 263 | | posed of shall not be in order. 20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ‘‘(iv) F |
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| 265 | 265 | | LOOR CONSIDERATION .—The 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | joint resolution of approval shall be consid-22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ered as read. All points of order against 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | the joint resolution and against its consid-24 |
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| 269 | 269 | | eration are waived. The previous question 25 |
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| 273 | 273 | | shall be considered as ordered on the joint 1 |
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| 274 | 274 | | resolution to final passage without inter-2 |
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| 275 | 275 | | vening motion except 2 hours of debate 3 |
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| 276 | 276 | | equally divided and controlled by the spon-4 |
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| 277 | 277 | | sor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 5 |
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| 278 | 278 | | and an opponent. A motion to reconsider 6 |
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| 279 | 279 | | the vote on passage of the joint resolution 7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | shall not be in order. 8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(D) C |
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| 282 | 282 | | ONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE .— 9 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(i) C |
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| 284 | 284 | | OMMITTEE REFERRAL .—A joint 10 |
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| 285 | 285 | | resolution of approval introduced in the 11 |
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| 286 | 286 | | Senate shall be referred to the Committee 12 |
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| 287 | 287 | | on Finance. 13 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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| 289 | 289 | | EPORTING AND DISCHARGE .— 14 |
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| 290 | 290 | | If the Committee on Finance has not re-15 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ported the joint resolution of approval 16 |
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| 292 | 292 | | within 10 calendar days after the date of 17 |
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| 293 | 293 | | referral of the joint resolution, the Com-18 |
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| 294 | 294 | | mittee shall be discharged from further 19 |
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| 295 | 295 | | consideration of the joint resolution and 20 |
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| 296 | 296 | | the joint resolution shall be placed on the 21 |
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| 297 | 297 | | appropriate calendar. 22 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ‘‘(iii) P |
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| 299 | 299 | | ROCEEDING TO CONSIDER -23 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ATION.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII of 24 |
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| 301 | 301 | | the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in 25 |
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| 305 | 305 | | order at any time after the Committee on 1 |
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| 306 | 306 | | Finance reports a joint resolution of ap-2 |
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| 307 | 307 | | proval or has been discharged from consid-3 |
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| 308 | 308 | | eration of such a joint resolution to move 4 |
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| 309 | 309 | | to proceed to the consideration of the joint 5 |
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| 310 | 310 | | resolution. The motion to proceed is not 6 |
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| 311 | 311 | | debatable. The motion is not subject to a 7 |
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| 312 | 312 | | motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider 8 |
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| 313 | 313 | | the vote by which the motion is agreed to 9 |
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| 314 | 314 | | or disagreed to shall not be in order. 10 |
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| 315 | 315 | | ‘‘(iv) R |
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| 316 | 316 | | ULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON 11 |
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| 317 | 317 | | PROCEDURE.—Appeals from the decisions 12 |
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| 318 | 318 | | of the Chair relating to the application of 13 |
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| 319 | 319 | | the rules of the Senate to the procedure re-14 |
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| 320 | 320 | | lating to a joint resolution of approval 15 |
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| 321 | 321 | | shall be decided by the Senate without de-16 |
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| 322 | 322 | | bate. 17 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(E) T |
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| 324 | 324 | | REATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESO -18 |
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| 325 | 325 | | LUTION IN SENATE.— 19 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ‘‘(i) C |
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| 327 | 327 | | OMMITTEE REFERRAL .—Except 20 |
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| 328 | 328 | | as provided in clause (ii), a joint resolution 21 |
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| 329 | 329 | | of approval that has passed the House of 22 |
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| 330 | 330 | | Representatives shall, when received in the 23 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Senate, be referred to the Committee on 24 |
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| 335 | 335 | | Finance for consideration in accordance 1 |
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| 336 | 336 | | with subparagraph (D). 2 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ‘‘(ii) C |
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| 338 | 338 | | ONSIDERATION OF HOUSE RES -3 |
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| 339 | 339 | | OLUTION.—If a joint resolution of approval 4 |
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| 340 | 340 | | was introduced in the Senate before receipt 5 |
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| 341 | 341 | | of a joint resolution of approval that has 6 |
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| 342 | 342 | | passed the House of Representatives— 7 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ‘‘(I) the joint resolution from the 8 |
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| 344 | 344 | | House of Representatives shall, when 9 |
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| 345 | 345 | | received in the Senate, be placed on 10 |
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| 346 | 346 | | the calendar; and 11 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ‘‘(II) the procedures in the Sen-12 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ate with respect to a joint resolution 13 |
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| 349 | 349 | | of approval introduced in the Senate 14 |
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| 350 | 350 | | shall be the same as if no joint resolu-15 |
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| 351 | 351 | | tion of approval had been received 16 |
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| 352 | 352 | | from the House of Representatives, 17 |
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| 353 | 353 | | except that the vote on passage in the 18 |
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| 354 | 354 | | Senate shall be on the joint resolution 19 |
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| 355 | 355 | | that passed the House of Representa-20 |
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| 356 | 356 | | tives. 21 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(iii) H |
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| 358 | 358 | | OUSE RESOLUTION RECEIVED 22 |
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| 359 | 359 | | AFTER PASSAGE BY SENATE .—If the Sen-23 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ate passes a joint resolution of approval 24 |
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| 361 | 361 | | before receiving a joint resolution of ap-25 |
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| 365 | 365 | | proval from the House of Representatives, 1 |
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| 366 | 366 | | the joint resolution of the Senate shall be 2 |
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| 367 | 367 | | held at the desk pending receipt of the 3 |
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| 368 | 368 | | joint resolution from the House of Rep-4 |
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| 369 | 369 | | resentatives. Upon receipt of the joint reso-5 |
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| 370 | 370 | | lution of approval from the House of Rep-6 |
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| 371 | 371 | | resentatives, such joint resolution shall be 7 |
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| 372 | 372 | | deemed to be read twice, considered, read 8 |
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| 373 | 373 | | the third time, and passed. 9 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘(iv) C |
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| 375 | 375 | | ONSIDERATION OF HOUSE RES -10 |
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| 376 | 376 | | OLUTION IF NO RESOLUTION INTRODUCED 11 |
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| 377 | 377 | | IN SENATE.—If the Senate receives a joint 12 |
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| 378 | 378 | | resolution of approval from the House of 13 |
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| 379 | 379 | | Representatives, and no joint resolution of 14 |
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| 380 | 380 | | approval has been introduced in the Sen-15 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ate, the procedures described in subpara-16 |
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| 382 | 382 | | graph (D) shall apply to consideration of 17 |
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| 383 | 383 | | the joint resolution of the House. 18 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ‘‘(F) R |
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| 385 | 385 | | ULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA -19 |
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| 386 | 386 | | TIVES AND SENATE .—This paragraph is en-20 |
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| 387 | 387 | | acted by Congress— 21 |
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| 388 | 388 | | ‘‘(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking 22 |
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| 389 | 389 | | power of the Senate and the House of Rep-23 |
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| 390 | 390 | | resentatives, respectively, and as such is 24 |
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| 391 | 391 | | deemed a part of the rules of each House, 25 |
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| 395 | 395 | | respectively, and supersedes other rules 1 |
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| 396 | 396 | | only to the extent that it is inconsistent 2 |
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| 397 | 397 | | with such rules; and 3 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ‘‘(ii) with full recognition of the con-4 |
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| 399 | 399 | | stitutional right of either House to change 5 |
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| 400 | 400 | | the rules (so far as relating to the proce-6 |
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| 401 | 401 | | dure of that House) at any time, in the 7 |
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| 402 | 402 | | same manner, and to the same extent as in 8 |
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| 403 | 403 | | the case of any other rule of that House.’’. 9 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (e) E |
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| 405 | 405 | | XCLUSIONPROCESS; REPORT.—Section 232 of 10 |
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| 406 | 406 | | the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) is 11 |
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| 407 | 407 | | amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 12 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ‘‘(g) A |
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| 409 | 409 | | DMINISTRATION OFEXCLUSIONPROCESS.— 13 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 411 | 411 | | N GENERAL.—The United States Inter-14 |
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| 412 | 412 | | national Trade Commission shall administer a proc-15 |
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| 413 | 413 | | ess for granting requests for the exclusion of covered 16 |
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| 414 | 414 | | articles from any actions, including actions to im-17 |
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| 415 | 415 | | pose duties or quotas, taken by the President under 18 |
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| 416 | 416 | | subsection (c). 19 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 418 | 418 | | EQUIREMENTS.—In administering the 20 |
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| 419 | 419 | | process required by paragraph (1), the International 21 |
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| 420 | 420 | | Trade Commission shall— 22 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ‘‘(A) consider, when determining whether 23 |
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| 422 | 422 | | to grant an exclusion with respect to a covered 24 |
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| 423 | 423 | | article, if— 25 |
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| 427 | 427 | | ‘‘(i) the covered article is produced in 1 |
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| 428 | 428 | | the United States and is of sufficient qual-2 |
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| 429 | 429 | | ity, available in sufficient quantities, and 3 |
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| 430 | 430 | | available on a reasonable timeframe; 4 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ‘‘(ii) the failure to grant the exclusion 5 |
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| 432 | 432 | | would result in severe economic harm; and 6 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ‘‘(iii) the failure to grant the exclusion 7 |
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| 434 | 434 | | would impair the ability of the United 8 |
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| 435 | 435 | | States to maintain effective pressure to re-9 |
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| 436 | 436 | | move an unreasonable or discriminatory 10 |
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| 437 | 437 | | practice burdening United States com-11 |
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| 438 | 438 | | merce, and further if the International 12 |
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| 439 | 439 | | Trade Commission determines that— 13 |
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| 440 | 440 | | ‘‘(I) the article or a reasonable 14 |
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| 441 | 441 | | substitute is not commercially avail-15 |
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| 442 | 442 | | able to person requesting an exclusion 16 |
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| 443 | 443 | | under paragraph (1) with respect to a 17 |
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| 444 | 444 | | covered article; 18 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ‘‘(II) the imposition of the duty 19 |
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| 446 | 446 | | with respect to the article would un-20 |
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| 447 | 447 | | reasonably increase consumer prices 21 |
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| 448 | 448 | | for day-to-day items consumed by low- 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | or middle-income families in the 23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | United States; 24 |
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| 454 | 454 | | ‘‘(III) the imposition of the duty 1 |
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| 455 | 455 | | would have an unreasonable impact on 2 |
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| 456 | 456 | | manufacturing output of the United 3 |
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| 457 | 457 | | States; 4 |
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| 458 | 458 | | ‘‘(IV) the imposition of the duty 5 |
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| 459 | 459 | | would have an unreasonable impact on 6 |
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| 460 | 460 | | the ability of an entity to fulfill con-7 |
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| 461 | 461 | | tracts or to build critical infrastruc-8 |
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| 462 | 462 | | ture; or 9 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ‘‘(V) the failure to grant the ex-10 |
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| 464 | 464 | | clusion is likely to result in a par-11 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ticular entity or entities having the 12 |
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| 466 | 466 | | ability to abuse a dominant market 13 |
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| 467 | 467 | | position; and 14 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ‘‘(B) ensure that an exclusion granted with 15 |
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| 469 | 469 | | respect to a covered article is available to any 16 |
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| 470 | 470 | | person that imports the covered article; 17 |
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| 471 | 471 | | ‘‘(C) not disclose business proprietary in-18 |
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| 472 | 472 | | formation; and 19 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ‘‘(D) establish guidelines to provide for— 20 |
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| 474 | 474 | | ‘‘(i) the maximum period of time that 21 |
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| 475 | 475 | | an exclusion will be in effect; 22 |
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| 476 | 476 | | ‘‘(ii) applications for renewal of an ex-23 |
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| 477 | 477 | | clusion; and 24 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(iii) written reasoning to a person 1 |
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| 482 | 482 | | that has requested an exclusion that the 2 |
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| 483 | 483 | | International Trade Commision has de-3 |
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| 484 | 484 | | nied. 4 |
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| 485 | 485 | | ‘‘(3) P |
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| 486 | 486 | | UBLICATION OF PROCEDURES .—The 5 |
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| 487 | 487 | | International Trade Commission shall publish in the 6 |
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| 488 | 488 | | Federal Register and make available on a publicly 7 |
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| 489 | 489 | | available internet website of the Commission a de-8 |
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| 490 | 490 | | scription of the procedures to be followed by a per-9 |
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| 491 | 491 | | son requesting an exclusion under paragraph (1) 10 |
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| 492 | 492 | | with respect to a covered article. 11 |
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| 493 | 493 | | ‘‘(h) R |
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| 494 | 494 | | EPORT BYINTERNATIONAL TRADECOMMIS-12 |
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| 495 | 495 | | SION.—Not later than 18 months after the President 13 |
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| 496 | 496 | | takes action under subsection (c) to adjust imports of a 14 |
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| 497 | 497 | | covered article, the International Trade Commission shall 15 |
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| 498 | 498 | | submit to Congress a report assessing the effects of the 16 |
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| 499 | 499 | | action on— 17 |
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| 500 | 500 | | ‘‘(1) the industry to which the covered article 18 |
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| 501 | 501 | | relates; and 19 |
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| 502 | 502 | | ‘‘(2) the overall economy of the United States. 20 |
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| 503 | 503 | | ‘‘(i) A |
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| 504 | 504 | | UDIT.—The Comptroller General of the United 21 |
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| 505 | 505 | | States shall conduct an audit on an annual basis of the 22 |
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| 506 | 506 | | exclusion process established under subsection (g)(1).’’. 23 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (f) SUNSET.—Section 232 of the Trade Expansion 1 |
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| 511 | 511 | | Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), as amended by this section, 2 |
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| 512 | 512 | | is further amended by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 513 | 513 | | ‘‘(i) S |
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| 514 | 514 | | UNSET.—Notwithstanding any other provision 4 |
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| 515 | 515 | | of this section, an action to adjust imports by the Presi-5 |
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| 516 | 516 | | dent in a report submitted to Congress under subsection 6 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (c)(2) with respect to a covered article shall terminate not 7 |
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| 518 | 518 | | later than the date that is three years after the date of 8 |
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| 519 | 519 | | the enactment of a joint resolution required by subsection 9 |
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| 520 | 520 | | (f) with respect to such action.’’. 10 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (g) C |
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| 522 | 522 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 232 of the 11 |
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| 523 | 523 | | Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), as 12 |
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| 524 | 524 | | amended by this section, is further amended— 13 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (1) in the first subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the 14 |
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| 526 | 526 | | Secretary and the President’’ each place it appears 15 |
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| 527 | 527 | | and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-16 |
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| 528 | 528 | | retary of Commerce, and the President’’; 17 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (2) by redesignating the second subsection (d) 18 |
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| 530 | 530 | | as subsection (e); and 19 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), as redes-20 |
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| 532 | 532 | | ignated by paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Sec-21 |
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| 533 | 533 | | retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’. 22 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (h) E |
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| 535 | 535 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—Except as provided by sub-23 |
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| 536 | 536 | | section (h), the amendments made by this section shall 24 |
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| 537 | 537 | | apply with respect to any proposed action under section 25 |
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| 541 | 541 | | 232(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1 |
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| 542 | 542 | | 1862(c)) on or after the date that is 6 years before the 2 |
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| 543 | 543 | | date of the enactment of this Act. 3 |
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| 544 | 544 | | (i) T |
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| 545 | 545 | | RANSITIONRULES.— 4 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (1) A |
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| 547 | 547 | | PPROVAL PROCESS FOR ACTIONS TAKE BE -5 |
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| 548 | 548 | | FORE DATE OF ENACTMENT .— 6 |
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| 549 | 549 | | (A) I |
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| 550 | 550 | | N GENERAL.—If, during the period 7 |
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| 551 | 551 | | specified in paragraph (2), the President makes 8 |
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| 552 | 552 | | a determination described in subsection (c) of 9 |
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| 553 | 553 | | section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 10 |
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| 554 | 554 | | 1962, as in effect on the day before the date of 11 |
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| 555 | 555 | | the enactment of this Act, to take action with 12 |
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| 556 | 556 | | respect to an article— 13 |
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| 557 | 557 | | (i) not later than 15 days after such 14 |
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| 558 | 558 | | date of enactment, the President shall re-15 |
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| 559 | 559 | | submit to Congress the report required 16 |
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| 560 | 560 | | under that section with respect to the ac-17 |
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| 561 | 561 | | tion; and 18 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (ii) the action shall have force and ef-19 |
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| 563 | 563 | | fect after the day that is 75 days after 20 |
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| 564 | 564 | | such date of enactment only if, during the 21 |
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| 565 | 565 | | period of 60 calendar days beginning on 22 |
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| 566 | 566 | | the date on which the report is resubmitted 23 |
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| 567 | 567 | | under clause (i), a joint resolution of ap-24 |
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| 568 | 568 | | proval is enacted pursuant to subsection 25 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (f)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 1 |
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| 573 | 573 | | as amended by this section, with respect to 2 |
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| 574 | 574 | | the action. 3 |
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| 575 | 575 | | (B) N |
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| 576 | 576 | | ONAPPLICABILITY OF DEFINI -4 |
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| 577 | 577 | | TIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall apply with re-5 |
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| 578 | 578 | | spect to an action without regard to whether 6 |
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| 579 | 579 | | the article to which the action relates is a cov-7 |
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| 580 | 580 | | ered article (as defined in subsection (i) of sec-8 |
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| 581 | 581 | | tion 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 9 |
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| 582 | 582 | | as added by this section). 10 |
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| 583 | 583 | | (2) P |
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| 584 | 584 | | ERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 11 |
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| 585 | 585 | | in this paragraph is the period beginning on the date 12 |
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| 586 | 586 | | that is 9 years before the date of the enactment of 13 |
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| 587 | 587 | | this Act and ending on the day before such date of 14 |
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| 588 | 588 | | enactment. 15 |
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| 589 | 589 | | (3) A |
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| 590 | 590 | | DMINISTRATION OF EXCLUSION PROC -16 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ESS.—In the case of an action with respect to which 17 |
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| 592 | 592 | | a resolution of approval is enacted as required by 18 |
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| 593 | 593 | | paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the Secretary of Commerce 19 |
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| 594 | 594 | | shall continue to administer the process established 20 |
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| 595 | 595 | | before the date of the enactment of this Act for 21 |
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| 596 | 596 | | granting requests for the exclusion of articles from 22 |
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| 597 | 597 | | the action. 23 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (4) I |
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| 599 | 599 | | NTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION RE -24 |
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| 600 | 600 | | PORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 25 |
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| 604 | 604 | | the enactment of this Act, the United States Inter-1 |
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| 605 | 605 | | national Trade Commission shall submit to Congress 2 |
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| 606 | 606 | | a report described in subsection (h) of section 232 3 |
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| 607 | 607 | | of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as added by 4 |
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| 608 | 608 | | this section, relating to each action taken under sub-5 |
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| 609 | 609 | | section (c) of section 232 of the Trade Expansion 6 |
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| 610 | 610 | | Act of 1962, as in effect on the day before such date 7 |
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| 611 | 611 | | of enactment, during the period specified in para-8 |
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| 612 | 612 | | graph (2). 9 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (5) T |
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| 614 | 614 | | ERMINATION OF ACTIONS NOT AP -10 |
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| 615 | 615 | | PROVED.— 11 |
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| 616 | 616 | | (A) I |
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| 617 | 617 | | N GENERAL.—An action described in 12 |
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| 618 | 618 | | subparagraph (B) shall terminate on the day 13 |
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| 619 | 619 | | that is 75 days after the date of the enactment 14 |
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| 620 | 620 | | of this Act. 15 |
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| 621 | 621 | | (B) A |
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| 622 | 622 | | CTION DESCRIBED.—An action de-16 |
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| 623 | 623 | | scribed in this subparagraph is an action with 17 |
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| 624 | 624 | | respect to which— 18 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (i) the President made a determina-19 |
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| 626 | 626 | | tion described in subsection (c) of section 20 |
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| 627 | 627 | | 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 21 |
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| 628 | 628 | | as in effect on the day before the date of 22 |
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| 629 | 629 | | the enactment of this Act, during the pe-23 |
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| 630 | 630 | | riod specified in paragraph (2); and 24 |
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| 634 | 634 | | (ii) a joint resolution of approval is 1 |
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| 635 | 635 | | not enacted as required by paragraph 2 |
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| 636 | 636 | | (1)(A)(ii). 3 |
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| 637 | 637 | | (C) M |
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| 638 | 638 | | ODIFICATION OF DUTY RATE 4 |
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| 639 | 639 | | AMOUNTS.— 5 |
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| 640 | 640 | | (i) I |
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| 641 | 641 | | N GENERAL.—Any rate of duty 6 |
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| 642 | 642 | | modified under section 232(c) of the Trade 7 |
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| 643 | 643 | | Expansion Act of 1962, as in effect on the 8 |
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| 644 | 644 | | day before the date of the enactment of 9 |
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| 645 | 645 | | this Act, pursuant to an action described 10 |
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| 646 | 646 | | in subparagraph (B) shall, on the day that 11 |
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| 647 | 647 | | is 75 days after the date of the enactment 12 |
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| 648 | 648 | | of this Act, revert to the rate of duty in ef-13 |
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| 649 | 649 | | fect before such modification. 14 |
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| 650 | 650 | | (ii) R |
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| 651 | 651 | | ETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR 15 |
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| 652 | 652 | | CERTAIN LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDA -16 |
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| 653 | 653 | | TIONS.— 17 |
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| 654 | 654 | | (I) I |
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| 655 | 655 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to 18 |
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| 656 | 656 | | subclause (II), an entry of an article 19 |
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| 657 | 657 | | shall be liquidated or reliquidated as 20 |
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| 658 | 658 | | though such entry occurred on the 21 |
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| 659 | 659 | | date that is 75 days after the date of 22 |
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| 660 | 660 | | the enactment of this Act if— 23 |
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| 661 | 661 | | (aa) the rate of duty appli-24 |
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| 662 | 662 | | cable to the article was modified 25 |
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| 666 | 666 | | pursuant to an action described 1 |
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| 667 | 667 | | in subparagraph (B); and 2 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (bb) a lower rate of duty 3 |
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| 669 | 669 | | would be applicable due to the 4 |
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| 670 | 670 | | application of clause (i). 5 |
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| 671 | 671 | | (II) R |
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| 672 | 672 | | EQUESTS.—A liquidation 6 |
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| 673 | 673 | | or reliquidation may be made under 7 |
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| 674 | 674 | | subclause (I) with respect to an entry 8 |
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| 675 | 675 | | only if a request therefor is filed with 9 |
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| 676 | 676 | | U.S. Customs and Border Protection 10 |
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| 677 | 677 | | not later than 255 days after the date 11 |
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| 678 | 678 | | of the enactment of this Act that con-12 |
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| 679 | 679 | | tains sufficient information to enable 13 |
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| 680 | 680 | | U.S. Customs and Border Protec-14 |
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| 681 | 681 | | tion— 15 |
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| 682 | 682 | | (aa) to locate the entry; or 16 |
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| 683 | 683 | | (bb) to reconstruct the entry 17 |
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| 684 | 684 | | if it cannot be located. 18 |
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| 685 | 685 | | (III) P |
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| 686 | 686 | | AYMENT OF AMOUNTS 19 |
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| 687 | 687 | | OWED.—Any amounts owed by the 20 |
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| 688 | 688 | | United States pursuant to the liquida-21 |
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| 689 | 689 | | tion or reliquidation of an entry of an 22 |
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| 690 | 690 | | article under subclause (I) shall be 23 |
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| 691 | 691 | | paid, without interest, not later than 24 |
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| 692 | 692 | | 90 days after the date of the liquida-25 |
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| 696 | 696 | | tion or reliquidation (as the case may 1 |
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| 697 | 697 | | be). 2 |
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| 698 | 698 | | (iii) E |
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| 699 | 699 | | NTRY DEFINED.—In this para-3 |
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| 700 | 700 | | graph, the terms ‘‘entry’’ includes a with-4 |
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| 701 | 701 | | drawal from warehouse for consumption. 5 |
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