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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 805 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify the administrative |
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| 6 | 6 | | exemptions under that Act. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | URPHYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to modify |
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| 14 | 14 | | the administrative exemptions under that Act. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End China’s De Mini-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | mis Abuse Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | UNDER THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1321) is amended— 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A), by striking ‘‘admit articles’’ and inserting 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘subject to subsection (b)(1), admit articles’’; 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (B) in subparagraph (C)— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (i) by striking ‘‘$800’’ and inserting 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘subject to subsection (b)(2), $800’’; and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (ii) by striking the period at the end 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (C) in the matter following subparagraph 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (C), by striking ‘‘The privilege’’ and all that fol-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | lows through ‘‘; and’’; 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | section (d); and 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | lowing: 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(b)(1) The privilege of subparagraph (A), (B), or 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (C) of subsection (a)(2) shall not be granted in any case 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | in which merchandise covered by a single order or contract 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | is forwarded in separate lots to secure the benefit of such 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | subsection. 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(2) The privilege of subparagraph (C) of subsection 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (a)(2) shall not be granted with respect to any article that 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | is subject to duties or other import restrictions under any 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of the following provisions of law: 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(A) Subtitle A or B of title VII of this Act. 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(B) Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | U.S.C. 2251). 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(C) Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | U.S.C. 2411). 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(D) Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862). 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(3)(A) No covered article may receive the privilege 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(2) unless the 10- 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | digit classification of the article under the Harmonized 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Tariff Schedule of the United States is provided to U.S. 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Customs and Border Protection, pursuant to an author-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ized electronic data interchange system, as part of the 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | entry filing in accordance with section 498 of this Act, 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | in addition to any other information required by law. 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘covered article’ 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | means an article the origin of which is a country with any 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | goods subject to duties or other import restrictions under 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411). 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(c) Any person who enters, introduces, or attempts 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | to introduce an article in violation of this section is liable 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | for a civil penalty of $5,000 for the first violation; and 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | $10,000 for each subsequent violation. A penalty imposed 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | under this subsection is in addition to any other penalty 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | authorized by law.’’. 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | this section shall apply with respect to articles entered, 2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4 |
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