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4	4	STSESSION S. 691
5	5	To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to improve the administration of
6	6	antidumping and countervailing duty laws, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY24, 2025
9	9	Ms. S
10	10	MITH(for Mr. YOUNG(for himself, Ms. SMITH, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Ms.
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12	12	LOBUCHAR, Mr. GRAHAM, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. COTTON, Mr.
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14	14	ETTERMAN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. BANKS, Ms. WARREN, Mr.
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16	16	CHMITT, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. MORENO)) introduced the following
17	17	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
18	18	A BILL
19	19	To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to improve the administra-
20	20	tion of antidumping and countervailing duty laws, and
21	21	for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
25	25	(a) S
26	26	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
27	27	‘‘Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act’’. 5
28	28	(b) T
29	29	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
30	30	this Act is as follows: 7
31	31	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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35	35	TITLE I—SUCCESSIVE INVESTIGATIONS
36	36	Sec. 101. Establishment of special rules for determination of material injury in
37	37	the case of successive antidumping and countervailing duty in-
38	38	vestigations.
39	39	Sec. 102. Initiation of successive antidumping and countervailing duty inves-
40	40	tigations.
41	41	Sec. 103. Issuance of determinations with respect to successive antidumping
42	42	and countervailing duty investigations.
43	43	TITLE II—RESPONDING TO MARKET DISTORTIONS
44	44	Sec. 201. Addressing cross-border subsidies in countervailing duty investiga-
45	45	tions.
46	46	Sec. 202. Modification of definition of ordinary course of trade to specify that
47	47	an insufficient quantity of foreign like products constitutes a
48	48	situation outside the ordinary course of trade.
49	49	Sec. 203. Modification of adjustments to export price and constructed export
50	50	price with respect to duty drawback.
51	51	Sec. 204. Modification of determination of normal value to account for distor-
52	52	tions of costs that occur in foreign countries.
53	53	Sec. 205. Special rules for calculation of cost of production and constructed
54	54	value to address distorted costs.
55	55	TITLE III—PREVENTING CIRCUMVENTION
56	56	Sec. 301. Modification of requirements in circumvention inquiries.
57	57	Sec. 302. Requirement of provision by importer of certification by importer or
58	58	other party.
59	59	Sec. 303. Clarification of authority for Department of Commerce regarding
60	60	merchandise covered by antidumping and countervailing duty
61	61	proceedings.
62	62	Sec. 304. Asset requirements applicable to nonresident importers.
63	63	TITLE IV—COUNTERING CURRENCY UNDERVALUATION
64	64	Sec. 401. Investigation or review of currency undervaluation under counter-
65	65	vailing duty law.
66	66	Sec. 402. Determination of benefit with respect to currency undervaluation.
67	67	TITLE V—PREVENTING DUTY EVASION
68	68	Sec. 501. Limitation on protest against decisions of U.S. Customs and Border
69	69	Protection of claims of evasion of antidumping and counter-
70	70	vailing duty orders.
71	71	Sec. 502. Procedures for investigating claims of evasion of safeguard actions.
72	72	Sec. 503. Application of provisions relating to certain proprietary information.
73	73	TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
74	74	Sec. 601. Application to Canada and Mexico.
75	75	Sec. 602. Effective date.
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79	79	TITLE I—SUCCESSIVE 1
80	80	INVESTIGATIONS 2
81	81	SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL RULES FOR DETER-3
82	82	MINATION OF MATERIAL INJURY IN THE 4
83	83	CASE OF SUCCESSIVE ANTIDUMPING AND 5
84	84	COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS. 6
85	85	(a) I
86	86	NGENERAL.—Section 771(7) of the Tariff Act 7
87	87	of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(7)) is amended— 8
88	88	(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 9
89	89	through (J) as subparagraphs (F) through (K), re-10
90	90	spectively; 11
91	91	(2) in subparagraph (I), as redesignated by 12
92	92	paragraph (1)— 13
93	93	(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (G)(ii)’’ and 14
94	94	inserting ‘‘subparagraph (H)(ii)’’; and 15
95	95	(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (F)’’ and 16
96	96	inserting ‘‘subparagraph (G)’’; and 17
97	97	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-18
98	98	lowing: 19
99	99	‘‘(E) S
100	100	PECIAL RULES FOR SUCCESSIVE IN -20
101	101	VESTIGATIONS.— 21
102	102	‘‘(i) I
103	103	N GENERAL.— 22
104	104	‘‘(I) E
105	105	VALUATION OF IMPACT ON 23
106	106	DOMESTIC INDUSTRY .—In evaluating 24
107	107	the impact of imports of the merchan-25
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111	111	dise on producers of domestic like 1
112	112	products under subparagraph (C)(iii), 2
113	113	the Commission shall— 3
114	114	‘‘(aa) consider the condition 4
115	115	of the domestic industry as found 5
116	116	in a recently completed investiga-6
117	117	tion; 7
118	118	‘‘(bb) consider the effect of 8
119	119	a concurrent investigation or re-9
120	120	cently completed investigation on 10
121	121	trade and the financial perform-11
122	122	ance of the domestic industry, in-12
123	123	cluding whether the imports are 13
124	124	likely to lead to the continuation 14
125	125	or recurrence of material injury 15
126	126	determined by the Commission in 16
127	127	any concurrent investigation or 17
128	128	recently completed investigation; 18
129	129	and 19
130	130	‘‘(cc) include in the record 20
131	131	any prior injury determinations 21
132	132	by the Commission with respect 22
133	133	to imports of the merchandise. 23
134	134	‘‘(II) E
135	135	FFECT OF RECENT IM -24
136	136	PROVEMENT ON MATERIAL INJURY 25
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140	140	DETERMINATION.—For the purposes 1
141	141	of this subparagraph, the Commission 2
142	142	may not find that there is no material 3
143	143	injury or threat of material injury to 4
144	144	a domestic industry solely based on 5
145	145	recent improvements in the industry’s 6
146	146	performance, such as an increase in 7
147	147	sales, market share, or profitability of 8
148	148	domestic producers, that are related 9
149	149	to relief granted pursuant to a con-10
150	150	current investigation or recently com-11
151	151	pleted investigation. 12
152	152	‘‘(ii) R
153	153	ETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF 13
154	154	FINAL DETERMINATION .—In making any 14
155	155	finding under section 705(b)(4)(A) or 15
156	156	735(b)(4)(A) in a successive investigation, 16
157	157	the Commission shall consider that a con-17
158	158	current investigation or recently completed 18
159	159	investigation contributes to the likelihood 19
160	160	that the remedial effect of the counter-20
161	161	vailing duty order to be issued under sec-21
162	162	tion 706 or the antidumping duty order to 22
163	163	be issued under section 736 will be seri-23
164	164	ously undermined.’’. 24
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168	168	(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1
169	169	1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended by adding at the end 2
170	170	the following: 3
171	171	‘‘(37) T
172	172	REATMENT OF SUCCESSIVE INVESTIGA -4
173	173	TIONS.—For purposes of paragraph (7)(E) and sec-5
174	174	tions 702(f), 732(f), and 784: 6
175	175	‘‘(A) C
176	176	ONCURRENT INVESTIGATION .—The 7
177	177	term ‘concurrent investigation’ means an ongo-8
178	178	ing investigation in which an affirmative deter-9
179	179	mination under section 703(a) or 733(a) has 10
180	180	been made by the Commission with respect to 11
181	181	imports of a class or kind of merchandise that 12
182	182	are the same or similar to imports of a class or 13
183	183	kind of merchandise that are the subject of a 14
184	184	successive investigation. 15
185	185	‘‘(B) R
186	186	ECENTLY COMPLETED INVESTIGA -16
187	187	TION.—The term ‘recently completed investiga-17
188	188	tion’ means a completed investigation in which 18
189	189	an affirmative determination under section 19
190	190	705(b) or 735(b) was issued by the Commission 20
191	191	with respect to imports of a class or kind of 21
192	192	merchandise that are the same or similar to im-22
193	193	ports of a class or kind of merchandise that are 23
194	194	the subject of a successive investigation not 24
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198	198	more than 2 years before the date of initiation 1
199	199	of the successive investigation. 2
200	200	‘‘(C) S
201	201	UCCESSIVE INVESTIGATION .—The 3
202	202	term ‘successive investigation’ means an inves-4
203	203	tigation that has been initiated by the admin-5
204	204	istering authority following a petition filed pur-6
205	205	suant to section 702(f) or 732(f).’’. 7
206	206	SEC. 102. INITIATION OF SUCCESSIVE ANTIDUMPING AND 8
207	207	COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS. 9
208	208	(a) C
209	209	OUNTERVAILING DUTYINVESTIGATION.—Sec-10
210	210	tion 702 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671a) is 11
211	211	amended by adding at the end the following: 12
212	212	‘‘(f) I
213	213	NITIATION BYADMINISTERINGAUTHORITY OF 13
214	214	S
215	215	UCCESSIVECOUNTERVAILING DUTYINVESTIGATION.— 14
216	216	A successive investigation shall be initiated— 15
217	217	‘‘(1) under subsection (a), if— 16
218	218	‘‘(A) the requirements under that sub-17
219	219	section are met with respect to imports of a 18
220	220	class or kind of merchandise; and 19
221	221	‘‘(B) imports of the same or similar class 20
222	222	or kind of merchandise are or have been the 21
223	223	subject of a concurrent investigation or recently 22
224	224	completed investigation; or 23
225	225	‘‘(2) under subsection (b), if— 24
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229	229	‘‘(A) the determinations under clauses (i) 1
230	230	and (ii) of subsection (c)(1)(A) are affirmative 2
231	231	with respect to imports of a class or kind of 3
232	232	merchandise; and 4
233	233	‘‘(B) imports of the same or similar class 5
234	234	or kind of merchandise are or have been the 6
235	235	subject of a concurrent investigation or recently 7
236	236	completed investigation.’’. 8
237	237	(b) A
238	238	NTIDUMPINGDUTYINVESTIGATION.—Section 9
239	239	732 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673a) is 10
240	240	amended by adding at the end the following: 11
241	241	‘‘(f) I
242	242	NITIATION BYADMINISTERINGAUTHORITY OF 12
243	243	S
244	244	UCCESSIVEANTIDUMPING DUTYINVESTIGATION.—A 13
245	245	successive investigation shall be initiated— 14
246	246	‘‘(1) under subsection (a), if— 15
247	247	‘‘(A) the requirements under that sub-16
248	248	section are met with respect to imports of a 17
249	249	class or kind of merchandise; and 18
250	250	‘‘(B) imports of the same or similar class 19
251	251	or kind of merchandise are or have been the 20
252	252	subject of a concurrent investigation or recently 21
253	253	completed investigation; or 22
254	254	‘‘(2) under subsection (b), if— 23
255	255	‘‘(A) the determinations under clauses (i) 24
256	256	and (ii) of subsection (c)(1)(A) are affirmative 25
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260	260	with respect to imports of a class or kind of 1
261	261	merchandise; and 2
262	262	‘‘(B) imports of the same or similar class 3
263	263	or kind of merchandise are or have been the 4
264	264	subject of a concurrent investigation or recently 5
265	265	completed investigation.’’. 6
266	266	SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT 7
267	267	TO SUCCESSIVE ANTIDUMPING AND COUN-8
268	268	TERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS. 9
269	269	(a) I
270	270	NGENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VII of the Tar-10
271	271	iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677 et seq.) is amended by 11
272	272	adding at the end the following: 12
273	273	‘‘SEC. 784. DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO SUCCESSIVE IN-13
274	274	VESTIGATIONS. 14
275	275	‘‘(a) I
276	276	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-15
277	277	vision of this title, the administering authority— 16
278	278	‘‘(1) with respect to a successive investigation 17
279	279	under section 702(f)— 18
280	280	‘‘(A) shall issue a preliminary determina-19
281	281	tion under section 703(b) not later than 85 20
282	282	days after initiating the investigation; 21
283	283	‘‘(B) may not postpone under section 22
284	284	703(c) such deadline for the issuance of a pre-23
285	285	liminary determination unless requested by the 24
286	286	petitioner; 25
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290	290	‘‘(C) upon receipt of an allegation by the 1
291	291	petitioner pursuant to section 703(e), shall 2
292	292	make a determination under section 703(e) with 3
293	293	respect to the investigation; 4
294	294	‘‘(D) shall issue a final determination 5
295	295	under section 705(a) not later than 75 days 6
296	296	after issuing the preliminary determination 7
297	297	under subparagraph (A); and 8
298	298	‘‘(E) shall extend the date of the final de-9
299	299	termination under section 705(a) if requested 10
300	300	by the petitioner; and 11
301	301	‘‘(2) with respect to a successive investigation 12
302	302	under section 732(f)— 13
303	303	‘‘(A) shall issue a preliminary determina-14
304	304	tion under section 733(b) not later than 140 15
305	305	days after initiating the investigation; 16
306	306	‘‘(B) may not postpone under section 17
307	307	733(c) such deadline for the issuance of a pre-18
308	308	liminary determination unless requested by the 19
309	309	petitioner; 20
310	310	‘‘(C) upon receipt of an allegation by the 21
311	311	petitioner pursuant to section 733(e), shall 22
312	312	make a determination under section 733(e) with 23
313	313	respect to the investigation; 24
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317	317	‘‘(D) shall issue a final determination 1
318	318	under section 735(a) not later than 75 days 2
319	319	after issuing the preliminary determination 3
320	320	under subparagraph (A); and 4
321	321	‘‘(E) may extend the date of the final de-5
322	322	termination under section 735(a)(2) if re-6
323	323	quested by the petitioner.’’. 7
324	324	(b) C
325	325	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 8
326	326	for the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after 9
327	327	the item relating to section 783 the following: 10
328	328	‘‘Sec. 784. Determinations relating to successive investigations.’’.
329	329	TITLE II—RESPONDING TO 11
330	330	MARKET DISTORTIONS 12
331	331	SEC. 201. ADDRESSING CROSS-BORDER SUBSIDIES IN 13
332	332	COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS. 14
333	333	(a) I
334	334	NGENERAL.—Section 701(d) of the Tariff Act 15
335	335	of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671(d)) is amended— 16
336	336	(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 17
337	337	‘‘T
338	338	REATMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIA’’ and 18
339	339	inserting ‘‘C
340	340	UMULATION OF CROSS-BORDERSUB-19
341	341	SIDIES’’; 20
342	342	(2) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting 21
343	343	the following: 22
344	344	‘‘(1) I
345	345	NTERNATIONAL CONSORTIA AND MULTI -23
346	346	NATIONAL CORPORATIONS .—For purposes’’; 24
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350	350	(3) in paragraph (1), as designated by para-1
351	351	graph (2)— 2
352	352	(A) by inserting after ‘‘in their respective 3
353	353	home countries,’’ the following: ‘‘or multi-4
354	354	national corporations that are engaged in the 5
355	355	production of subject merchandise receive 6
356	356	countervailable subsidies to assist, permit, or 7
357	357	otherwise enable their production or manufac-8
358	358	turing operations in the country in which the 9
359	359	class or kind of merchandise is produced, ex-10
360	360	ported, or sold (or likely to be sold) for impor-11
361	361	tation into the United States,’’; and 12
362	362	(B) by inserting after ‘‘the international 13
363	363	consortium’’ the following: ‘‘or multinational 14
364	364	corporation’’; and 15
365	365	(4) by adding at the end the following: 16
366	366	‘‘(2) T
367	367	RANSNATIONAL SUBSIDIES .— 17
368	368	‘‘(A) I
369	369	N GENERAL.—For purposes of this 18
370	370	subtitle, if there is a countervailable subsidy by 19
371	371	a government of a third country or any public 20
372	372	entity within the territory of a third country 21
373	373	with respect to the manufacture, production, or 22
374	374	export of a class or kind of merchandise that is 23
375	375	produced, exported, or sold (or likely to be sold) 24
376	376	for importation into the United States from the 25
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380	380	territory of the subject country, and the govern-1
381	381	ment of the subject country or any public entity 2
382	382	within the territory of the subject country facili-3
383	383	tates the provision of such subsidy, then the ad-4
384	384	ministering authority shall treat the subsidy as 5
385	385	having been provided by the government of the 6
386	386	subject country or a public entity within the 7
387	387	territory of the subject country and shall cumu-8
388	388	late all such countervailable subsidies, as well 9
389	389	as countervailable subsidies provided directly or 10
390	390	indirectly by the government or any public enti-11
391	391	ty within the territory of the subject country. 12
392	392	‘‘(B) A
393	393	PPLICATION.—This paragraph shall 13
394	394	be applied in a manner consistent with the 14
395	395	international obligations of the United States.’’. 15
396	396	(b) D
397	397	EFINITIONS.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 16
398	398	1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended— 17
399	399	(1) in paragraph (5A), by inserting after sub-18
400	400	paragraph (D) the following: 19
401	401	‘‘(E) T
402	402	RANSNATIONAL SUBSIDY .—In deter-20
403	403	mining whether a transnational subsidy is a 21
404	404	specific subsidy, in law or in fact, the admin-22
405	405	istering authority shall examine the situation in 23
406	406	the subject country based on subparagraphs 24
407	407	(B), (C), and (D).’’; 25
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411	411	(2) in paragraph (9)— 1
412	412	(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 2
413	413	‘‘and’’ at the end; 3
414	414	(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 4
415	415	period at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 5
416	416	(C) by adding at the end the following: 6
417	417	‘‘(H) in any proceeding under subtitle A 7
418	418	involving a transnational subsidy, the govern-8
419	419	ment of the third country.’’; and 9
420	420	(3) by adding at the end the following: 10
421	421	‘‘(38) M
422	422	ULTINATIONAL CORPORATION .—The 11
423	423	term ‘multinational corporation’ means a person, 12
424	424	firm, or corporation that owns or controls, directly 13
425	425	or indirectly, facilities for the production of subject 14
426	426	merchandise in two or more foreign countries.’’. 15
427	427	(c) U
428	428	PSTREAMSUBSIDIES.—Section 771A of the 16
429	429	Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677–1) is amended by 17
430	430	adding at the end the following: 18
431	431	‘‘(d) M
432	432	ULTINATIONALCORPORATIONS.— 19
433	433	‘‘(1) I
434	434	N GENERAL.—This section shall apply to 20
435	435	purchases of input products by multinational cor-21
436	436	porations if— 22
437	437	‘‘(A) the multinational corporation manu-23
438	438	factures or produces merchandise in a country 24
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442	442	that is the subject of a countervailing duty pro-1
443	443	ceeding; 2
444	444	‘‘(B) the multinational corporation pur-3
445	445	chases the input product from a cross-owned 4
446	446	company located in a third country with respect 5
447	447	to which the administering authority has made 6
448	448	an affirmative determination under section 7
449	449	703(b)(1) or 705(a)(1) with respect to a 8
450	450	countervailable subsidy provided— 9
451	451	‘‘(i) for the manufacture, production, 10
452	452	or exportation of that input product; or 11
453	453	‘‘(ii) to that cross-owned company; 12
454	454	and 13
455	455	‘‘(C) in the judgment of the administering 14
456	456	authority, the countervailing subsidy described 15
457	457	in subparagraph (B) bestows a competitive ben-16
458	458	efit on that merchandise. 17
459	459	‘‘(2) T
460	460	IMING OF SUBSIDY.—If a countervailable 18
461	461	subsidy is provided to a multinational corporation or 19
462	462	a cross-owned company that did not exist at the 20
463	463	time the administering authority made an affirma-21
464	464	tive determination described in paragraph (1)(B), 22
465	465	the administering authority is not precluded from 23
466	466	examining the subsidy under paragraph (1). 24
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469	469	•S 691 IS
470	470	‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall be 1
471	471	applied in a manner consistent with the inter-2
472	472	national obligations of the United States. 3
473	473	‘‘(4) D
474	474	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 4
475	475	‘‘(A) C
476	476	ROSS-OWNED COMPANY ; MULTI-5
477	477	NATIONAL CORPORATION .—The terms ‘cross- 6
478	478	owned company’ and ‘multinational corporation’ 7
479	479	have the meanings given those terms as defined 8
480	480	by the administering authority by regulation. 9
481	481	‘‘(B) U
482	482	PSTREAM SUBSIDY.—The term ‘up-10
483	483	stream subsidy’ has the meaning given that 11
484	484	term in subsection (a), except that the term 12
485	485	shall include an export subsidy.’’. 13
486	486	SEC. 202. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ORDINARY 14
487	487	COURSE OF TRADE TO SPECIFY THAT AN IN-15
488	488	SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OF FOREIGN LIKE 16
489	489	PRODUCTS CONSTITUTES A SITUATION OUT-17
490	490	SIDE THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE. 18
491	491	Section 771(15) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 19
492	492	1677(15)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 20
493	493	‘‘(D) Situations in which the quantity of a 21
494	494	foreign like product selected for comparison 22
495	495	under section 771(16) is insufficient to estab-23
496	496	lish a proper comparison to the export price or 24
497	497	constructed export price.’’. 25
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500	500	•S 691 IS
501	501	SEC. 203. MODIFICATION OF ADJUSTMENTS TO EXPORT 1
502	502	PRICE AND CONSTRUCTED EXPORT PRICE 2
503	503	WITH RESPECT TO DUTY DRAWBACK. 3
504	504	Section 772(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 4
505	505	U.S.C. 1677a(c)(1)(B)) is amended— 5
506	506	(1) by striking ‘‘any’’; and 6
507	507	(2) by inserting after ‘‘United States’’ the fol-7
508	508	lowing: ‘‘, but that amount shall not exceed the per 8
509	509	unit amount of such duties contained in the weight-9
510	510	ed average cost of production’’. 10
511	511	SEC. 204. MODIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF NORMAL 11
512	512	VALUE TO ACCOUNT FOR DISTORTIONS OF 12
513	513	COSTS THAT OCCUR IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 13
514	514	(a) N
515	515	ORMALVALUE.— 14
516	516	(1) I
517	517	N GENERAL.—Section 773(b)(3) of the 15
518	518	Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677b(b)(3)) is 16
519	519	amended— 17
520	520	(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 18
521	521	‘‘business’’ and inserting ‘‘trade’’; and 19
522	522	(B) in the flush text after subparagraph 20
523	523	(C), by inserting before ‘‘For purposes’’ the fol-21
524	524	lowing: ‘‘For purposes of subparagraph (A), if 22
525	525	a particular market situation exists such that 23
526	526	the cost of materials and fabrication or other 24
527	527	processing of any kind does not reasonably re-25
528	528	flect the cost of production in the ordinary 26
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531	531	•S 691 IS
532	532	course of trade, the administering authority 1
533	533	may use another calculation methodology under 2
534	534	this subtitle or any other calculation method-3
535	535	ology.’’. 4
536	536	(2) R
537	537	EFLECTION OF COSTS OF PRODUCTION .— 5
538	538	Section 773(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 6
539	539	1677b(e)) is amended, in the first sentence of the 7
540	540	flush text after paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘accu-8
541	541	rately’’ and inserting ‘‘reasonably’’. 9
542	542	(b) M
543	543	ODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OFORDINARY 10
544	544	C
545	545	OURSE OFTRADE.—Section 771(15) of the Tariff Act 11
546	546	of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(15)(C)) is amended— 12
547	547	(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 13
548	548	(C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and 14
549	549	moving those clauses, as so redesignating, two ems 15
550	550	to the right; 16
551	551	(2) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the 17
552	552	following: 18
553	553	‘‘(A) I
554	554	N GENERAL.—The term’’; 19
555	555	(3) in subparagraph (A), as designated by para-20
556	556	graph (2), in clause (iii), as redesignated by para-21
557	557	graph (1)— 22
558	558	(A) by striking ‘‘that the particular market 23
559	559	situation prevents’’ and inserting ‘‘that a par-24
560	560	ticular market situation exists that— 25
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563	563	•S 691 IS
564	564	‘‘(I) prevents’’; 1
565	565	(B) in subclause (I), as designated by sub-2
566	566	paragraph (A), by striking the period at the 3
567	567	end and inserting ‘‘, relating to normal value 4
568	568	determined under subsection (a) of section 773; 5
569	569	or’’; and 6
570	570	(C) by adding at the end the following: 7
571	571	‘‘(II) distorts costs of production, 8
572	572	relating to normal value determined 9
573	573	under subsections (b) and (e) of sec-10
574	574	tion 773.’’; and 11
575	575	(4) by adding at the end the following: 12
576	576	‘‘(B) C
577	577	OST OF PRODUCTION .—For pur-13
578	578	poses of making a determination under sub-14
579	579	paragraph (A)(iii)(II) with respect to subject 15
580	580	merchandise, the administering authority shall 16
581	581	determine that a particular market situation ex-17
582	582	ists that distorts costs of production if a par-18
583	583	ticular market situation exists such that the 19
584	584	cost of materials and fabrication or other proc-20
585	585	essing of any kind does not reasonably reflect 21
586	586	the cost of production in the ordinary course of 22
587	587	trade.’’. 23
588	588	(c) D
589	589	EFINITION OFPARTICULARMARKETSITUA-24
590	590	TION.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 25
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593	593	•S 691 IS
594	594	1677), as amended by sections 101(b) and 201(b)(3), is 1
595	595	further amended by adding at the end the following: 2
596	596	‘‘(39) P
597	597	ARTICULAR MARKET SITUATION .— 3
598	598	‘‘(A) I
599	599	N GENERAL.—The term ‘particular 4
600	600	market situation’ means a certain circumstance 5
601	601	or set of circumstances that the administering 6
602	602	authority determines either prevents a proper 7
603	603	comparison of prices in the comparison market 8
604	604	with the export price or constructed export 9
605	605	price or distorts the costs of production of the 10
606	606	subject merchandise. 11
607	607	‘‘(B) D
608	608	ISTORTION OF COSTS OF PRODUC -12
609	609	TION.— 13
610	610	‘‘(i) E
611	611	XAMPLES OF DISTORTIONS OF 14
612	612	COSTS OF PRODUCTION THAT MAY CREATE 15
613	613	A PARTICULAR MARKET SITUATION .—Ex-16
614	614	amples of circumstances that are likely to 17
615	615	distort the costs of production and thus 18
616	616	are deemed to create a particular market 19
617	617	situation for subject merchandise for pur-20
618	618	poses of subparagraph (A) include the fol-21
619	619	lowing circumstances: 22
620	620	‘‘(I) An input into the production 23
621	621	of subject merchandise is produced in 24
622	622	such amounts that there is more sup-25
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625	625	•S 691 IS
626	626	ply than demand in international mar-1
627	627	kets for the input. 2
628	628	‘‘(II) A foreign government, a 3
629	629	state-owned enterprise, or any other 4
630	630	public body is the predominant pro-5
631	631	ducer or supplier of an input into the 6
632	632	production of subject merchandise. 7
633	633	‘‘(III) A foreign government in-8
634	634	tervenes in the market for an input 9
635	635	into the production of subject mer-10
636	636	chandise. 11
637	637	‘‘(IV) A foreign government lim-12
638	638	its exports of an input into the pro-13
639	639	duction of subject merchandise. 14
640	640	‘‘(V) A foreign government im-15
641	641	poses export taxes on an input into 16
642	642	the production of subject merchan-17
643	643	dise. 18
644	644	‘‘(VI) A foreign government ex-19
645	645	empts an importer, producer, or ex-20
646	646	porter of subject merchandise from 21
647	647	paying duties or taxes associated with 22
648	648	trade remedies established by the for-23
649	649	eign government relating to an input 24
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652	652	•S 691 IS
653	653	into the production of subject mer-1
654	654	chandise. 2
655	655	‘‘(VII) A foreign government re-3
656	656	bates duties or taxes paid by an im-4
657	657	porter, producer, or exporter of sub-5
658	658	ject merchandise associated with trade 6
659	659	remedies established by the foreign 7
660	660	government related to an input into 8
661	661	the production of subject merchan-9
662	662	dise. 10
663	663	‘‘(VIII) A foreign government 11
664	664	provides financial assistance or sup-12
665	665	port to the producer or exporter of 13
666	666	subject merchandise, or to a producer 14
667	667	or supplier of an input into the pro-15
668	668	duction of subject merchandise. 16
669	669	‘‘(IX) A foreign government 17
670	670	takes action that influences the pro-18
671	671	duction of subject merchandise or an 19
672	672	input into the production of subject 20
673	673	merchandise, such as domestic content 21
674	674	and technology transfer requirements. 22
675	675	‘‘(X) A foreign government does 23
676	676	not enforce its property (including in-24
677	677	tellectual property), human rights, 25
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680	680	•S 691 IS
681	681	labor, or environmental protection 1
682	682	laws and policies, or those laws and 2
683	683	policies are otherwise shown to be in-3
684	684	effective with respect to either a pro-4
685	685	ducer or exporter of subject merchan-5
686	686	dise, or to a producer or supplier of 6
687	687	an input into the production of sub-7
688	688	ject merchandise in the subject coun-8
689	689	try. 9
690	690	‘‘(XI) A foreign government does 10
691	691	not implement property (including in-11
692	692	tellectual property), human rights, 12
693	693	labor, or environmental protection 13
694	694	laws and policies. 14
695	695	‘‘(XII) A business relationship 15
696	696	between one or more producers of 16
697	697	subject merchandise and suppliers of 17
698	698	inputs to the production of subject 18
699	699	merchandise is such that prices of the 19
700	700	inputs are not determined in accord-20
701	701	ance with general market principles, 21
702	702	such as through a strategic alliance or 22
703	703	noncompetitive arrangement. 23
704	704	‘‘(ii) D
705	705	ISTORTIONS CAUSED BY PAR -24
706	706	TICULAR MARKET SITUATIONS NEED NOT 25
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709	709	•S 691 IS
710	710	BE QUANTIFIED.—If the administering au-1
711	711	thority determines the existence of a par-2
712	712	ticular market situation under subpara-3
713	713	graph (A) but cannot measure the distor-4
714	714	tions caused by that particular market sit-5
715	715	uation on prices or costs in the exporting 6
716	716	country, the administering authority is not 7
717	717	required to quantify those distortions and 8
718	718	may use any available information and 9
719	719	methodology to address those distortions in 10
720	720	its analysis and calculations. 11
721	721	‘‘(iii) P
722	722	ARTICULAR MARKET SITUA -12
723	723	TIONS MAY EXIST IN MULTIPLE COUN -13
724	724	TRIES.— 14
725	725	‘‘(I) I
726	726	N GENERAL.—The same 15
727	727	market situation, or a similar market 16
728	728	situation, that distorts the costs of 17
729	729	production of the subject merchandise 18
730	730	can exist in multiple countries or mar-19
731	731	kets and still be considered particular 20
732	732	if the administering authority deter-21
733	733	mines that a market situation exists 22
734	734	that distorts costs of production for 23
735	735	certain products or parties in the sub-24
736	736	ject country. 25
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739	739	•S 691 IS
740	740	‘‘(II) NO LIMITATION.—There is 1
741	741	no limitation to the number of prod-2
742	742	ucts or parties that may be impacted 3
743	743	by a particular market situation. 4
744	744	‘‘(C) O
745	745	THER FACTORS.—In finding that a 5
746	746	particular market situation exists, or in using 6
747	747	another calculation methodology under this 7
748	748	paragraph, the administering authority is not 8
749	749	required to consider— 9
750	750	‘‘(i) the costs or prices that would 10
751	751	otherwise exist in the ordinary course of 11
752	752	trade in the absence of the particular mar-12
753	753	ket situation or any of its contributing cir-13
754	754	cumstances; 14
755	755	‘‘(ii) whether there is any difference 15
756	756	between the particular market situation or 16
757	757	any of its contributing circumstances in 17
758	758	the exporting country as opposed to any 18
759	759	other country; or 19
760	760	‘‘(iii) the length of time that the par-20
761	761	ticular market situation or any of its con-21
762	762	tributing circumstances has existed.’’. 22
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765	765	•S 691 IS
766	766	SEC. 205. SPECIAL RULES FOR CALCULATION OF COST OF 1
767	767	PRODUCTION AND CONSTRUCTED VALUE TO 2
768	768	ADDRESS DISTORTED COSTS. 3
769	769	Section 773(f)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 4
770	770	U.S.C. 1677b(f)(3)) is amended— 5
771	771	(1) by striking ‘‘If, in the case’’ and inserting 6
772	772	the following: 7
773	773	‘‘(A) M
774	774	AJOR INPUTS FROM AFFILIATED 8
775	775	PERSONS.—If, in the case’’; and 9
776	776	(2) by adding at the end the following: 10
777	777	‘‘(B) M
778	778	AJOR INPUTS FROM CERTAIN UNAF -11
779	779	FILIATED PERSONS.— 12
780	780	‘‘(i) I
781	781	N GENERAL.—In the case of a 13
782	782	transaction between the exporter or pro-14
783	783	ducer of the merchandise and any unaffili-15
784	784	ated person described in clause (ii) involv-16
785	785	ing a major input to the merchandise, the 17
786	786	administering authority may value such 18
787	787	major input based on the information 19
788	788	available regarding what the amount would 20
789	789	have been if the transaction had occurred 21
790	790	between the exporter or producer of the 22
791	791	merchandise and an unaffiliated person 23
792	792	that is not described in clause (ii) if that 24
793	793	amount is greater than the amount re-25
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796	796	•S 691 IS
797	797	flected in the records of the exporter or 1
798	798	producer of the merchandise. 2
799	799	‘‘(ii) U
800	800	NAFFILIATED PERSONS DE -3
801	801	SCRIBED.—An unaffiliated person de-4
802	802	scribed in this clause is— 5
803	803	‘‘(I) any person in a nonmarket 6
804	804	economy country; 7
805	805	‘‘(II) any producer, exporter, or 8
806	806	supplier of the input described in 9
807	807	clause (i) found by the administering 10
808	808	authority, or by any investigating au-11
809	809	thority of a third country, to be re-12
810	810	ceiving a countervailable subsidy per-13
811	811	taining to an identical or comparable 14
812	812	input in the subject country if there is 15
813	813	no countervailing duty imposed on the 16
814	814	input pursuant to a measure in effect 17
815	815	in the exporting country based upon a 18
816	816	finding by the investigating authority 19
817	817	of the exporting country that the pro-20
818	818	ducer or supplier of the input de-21
819	819	scribed in clause (i) received a 22
820	820	countervailable subsidy; 23
821	821	‘‘(III) any producer, exporter, or 24
822	822	supplier of the input described in 25
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825	825	•S 691 IS
826	826	clause (i) found by the administering 1
827	827	authority, or by any investigating au-2
828	828	thority of a third country to be selling 3
829	829	an identical or comparable input for 4
830	830	less than fair market value in the sub-5
831	831	ject country if there is no anti-6
832	832	dumping duty imposed on the input 7
833	833	pursuant to a measure in effect in the 8
834	834	exporting country based upon a find-9
835	835	ing by the investigating authority of 10
836	836	the exporting country that the pro-11
837	837	ducer or supplier sold the input de-12
838	838	scribed in clause (i) for less than fair 13
839	839	market value into the subject country; 14
840	840	‘‘(IV) a government or public 15
841	841	body within the territory of the ex-16
842	842	porting country or any other country; 17
843	843	or 18
844	844	‘‘(V) a group of governments or 19
845	845	public bodies, or a combination there-20
846	846	of, that collectively account for a 21
847	847	meaningful share of the production of 22
848	848	the input described in clause (i). 23
849	849	‘‘(iii) A
850	850	PPLICATION.—Subclauses (I), 24
851	851	(II), and (III) of clause (ii) shall not apply 25
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854	854	•S 691 IS
855	855	to inputs described in clause (i) that are 1
856	856	produced in the exporting country.’’. 2
857	857	TITLE III—PREVENTING 3
858	858	CIRCUMVENTION 4
859	859	SEC. 301. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS IN CIR-5
860	860	CUMVENTION INQUIRIES. 6
861	861	(a) I
862	862	NGENERAL.—Section 781 of the Tariff Act of 7
863	863	1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677j) is amended by striking subsection 8
864	864	(f) and inserting the following: 9
865	865	‘‘(f) P
866	866	ROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTINGCIRCUMVEN-10
867	867	TIONINQUIRIES.— 11
868	868	‘‘(1) I
869	869	NITIATION BY ADMINISTERING AUTHOR -12
870	870	ITY.—A circumvention inquiry shall be initiated 13
871	871	whenever the administering authority determines, 14
872	872	from information available to it, that a formal in-15
873	873	quiry is warranted into the question of whether the 16
874	874	elements necessary for a determination under this 17
875	875	section exist. 18
876	876	‘‘(2) I
877	877	NITIATION BY INQUIRY REQUEST .— 19
878	878	‘‘(A) I
879	879	N GENERAL.—A circumvention in-20
880	880	quiry shall be initiated whenever an interested 21
881	881	party files an inquiry request that alleges the 22
882	882	elements necessary for a determination under 23
883	883	this section, accompanied by information rea-24
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886	886	•S 691 IS
887	887	sonably available to the requestor supporting 1
888	888	those allegations. 2
889	889	‘‘(B) R
890	890	ULES.—The administering author-3
891	891	ity shall specify requirements for the contents 4
892	892	and service of an inquiry request under sub-5
893	893	paragraph (A). 6
894	894	‘‘(C) A
895	895	CCEPTANCE OF COMMUNICA -7
896	896	TIONS.—The administering authority shall not 8
897	897	accept any unsolicited oral or written commu-9
898	898	nication from any person other than the inter-10
899	899	ested party filing an inquiry request before the 11
900	900	administering authority decides whether to ini-12
901	901	tiate an inquiry, except for communications re-13
902	902	garding the status of the consideration of the 14
903	903	inquiry request. 15
904	904	‘‘(3) A
905	905	CTION WITH RESPECT TO INQUIRY RE -16
906	906	QUEST.— 17
907	907	‘‘(A) I
908	908	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-18
909	909	graph (B), not later than 45 days after the fil-19
910	910	ing of an inquiry request under paragraph 20
911	911	(2)(A), the administering authority shall— 21
912	912	‘‘(i) initiate a circumvention inquiry; 22
913	913	‘‘(ii) dismiss the inquiry request as in-23
914	914	adequate and notify the requestor in writ-24
915	915	ing of the reasons for the dismissal; or 25
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918	918	•S 691 IS
919	919	‘‘(iii) notify all interested parties that 1
920	920	the inquiry request will be addressed 2
921	921	through a determination under section 3
922	922	781A as to whether a particular type of 4
923	923	merchandise is within the class or kind of 5
924	924	merchandise described in an existing find-6
925	925	ing of dumping or an antidumping or 7
926	926	countervailing duty order. 8
927	927	‘‘(B) E
928	928	XTENSION.—The administering au-9
929	929	thority may extend the deadline under subpara-10
930	930	graph (A) by a period not to exceed 15 days if 11
931	931	an interested party has placed information on 12
932	932	the record in response to the request for a cir-13
933	933	cumvention inquiry. 14
934	934	‘‘(4) D
935	935	ETERMINATIONS.— 15
936	936	‘‘(A) P
937	937	RELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS .— 16
938	938	‘‘(i) I
939	939	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-17
940	940	vided in clause (ii), not later than 150 18
941	941	days after the date on which the admin-19
942	942	istering authority initiates a circumvention 20
943	943	inquiry under paragraph (1) or (3)(A), the 21
944	944	administering authority shall make a pre-22
945	945	liminary determination, based on the infor-23
946	946	mation available to it at the time of the de-24
947	947	termination, of whether there is a reason-25
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950	950	•S 691 IS
951	951	able basis to believe or suspect that the 1
952	952	merchandise subject to the inquiry is cir-2
953	953	cumventing an existing finding of dumping 3
954	954	or an antidumping or countervailing duty 4
955	955	order. 5
956	956	‘‘(ii) E
957	957	XTENSION.—The administering 6
958	958	authority may extend the deadline under 7
959	959	clause (i) by a period not to exceed 60 8
960	960	days. 9
961	961	‘‘(B) F
962	962	INAL DETERMINATIONS .— 10
963	963	‘‘(i) I
964	964	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-11
965	965	vided in clause (ii), not later than 150 12
966	966	days after issuing a preliminary determina-13
967	967	tion under subparagraph (A) with respect 14
968	968	to a circumvention inquiry, the admin-15
969	969	istering authority shall make a final deter-16
970	970	mination of whether the merchandise sub-17
971	971	ject to the inquiry is circumventing an ex-18
972	972	isting finding of dumping or an anti-19
973	973	dumping or countervailing duty order. 20
974	974	‘‘(ii) E
975	975	XTENSION.—The administering 21
976	976	authority may extend the deadline under 22
977	977	clause (i) by a period not to exceed 65 23
978	978	days. 24
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981	981	•S 691 IS
982	982	‘‘(C) OTHER CLASS OR KIND DETERMINA -1
983	983	TIONS.—If an inquiry request under paragraph 2
984	984	(2)(A) is addressed through a class or kind de-3
985	985	termination under section 781A, the admin-4
986	986	istering authority shall make such determina-5
987	987	tion not later than 335 days after the filing of 6
988	988	the inquiry request. 7
989	989	‘‘(5) R
990	990	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 8
991	991	this section shall be construed to prevent the admin-9
992	992	istering authority from simultaneously initiating a 10
993	993	circumvention inquiry under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) 11
994	994	and issuing a preliminary determination under para-12
995	995	graph (4)(A).’’. 13
996	996	(b) S
997	997	USPENSION OFLIQUIDATION ANDCOLLECTION 14
998	998	OFDEPOSITS OFENTRIESSUBJECT TOCIRCUMVENTION 15
999	999	I
1000	1000	NQUIRY.—Section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is fur-16
1001	1001	ther amended by adding at the end the following: 17
1002	1002	‘‘(g) S
1003	1003	USPENSION OFLIQUIDATION ANDCOLLECTION 18
1004	1004	OFDEPOSITS OFENTRIESSUBJECT TOCIRCUMVENTION 19
1005	1005	I
1006	1006	NQUIRY.— 20
1007	1007	‘‘(1) I
1008	1008	NITIATION.—If the administering author-21
1009	1009	ity initiates a circumvention inquiry under para-22
1010	1010	graph (1) or (3)(A) of subsection (f), for each unliq-23
1011	1011	uidated entry of merchandise subject to the cir-24
1012	1012	cumvention inquiry that was already subject to the 25
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1015	1015	•S 691 IS
1016	1016	suspension of liquidation, the administering author-1
1017	1017	ity shall order— 2
1018	1018	‘‘(A) the continued suspension of liquida-3
1019	1019	tion of such entry; and 4
1020	1020	‘‘(B) the continued posting of a cash de-5
1021	1021	posit, at the prevailing all-others or country- 6
1022	1022	wide rate, for each such entry. 7
1023	1023	‘‘(2) P
1024	1024	RELIMINARY DETERMINATION .—If the 8
1025	1025	administering authority issues a preliminary affirm-9
1026	1026	ative determination under paragraph (4)(A) of sub-10
1027	1027	section (f) with respect to a circumvention inquiry 11
1028	1028	initiated under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) of that sub-12
1029	1029	section, the administering authority shall order— 13
1030	1030	‘‘(A) the continued suspension of liquida-14
1031	1031	tion for each unliquidated entry of merchandise 15
1032	1032	subject to the circumvention inquiry that was 16
1033	1033	already subject to the suspension of liquidation; 17
1034	1034	‘‘(B) the suspension of liquidation for each 18
1035	1035	unliquidated entry of merchandise subject to 19
1036	1036	the circumvention inquiry not yet suspended 20
1037	1037	that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 21
1038	1038	for consumption on or after the date of publica-22
1039	1039	tion of the notice of initiation of the circumven-23
1040	1040	tion inquiry; 24
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1043	1043	•S 691 IS
1044	1044	‘‘(C) the suspension of liquidation for each 1
1045	1045	entry of merchandise subject to the circumven-2
1046	1046	tion inquiry not yet suspended that is entered, 3
1047	1047	or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 4
1048	1048	before the date of publication of the notice of 5
1049	1049	initiation of the circumvention inquiry if the ad-6
1050	1050	ministering authority determines, under the cir-7
1051	1051	cumstances, that suspension under this sub-8
1052	1052	paragraph is warranted; and 9
1053	1053	‘‘(D) the posting, or continued posting, of 10
1054	1054	a cash deposit in an amount equal to the anti-11
1055	1055	dumping duty or countervailing duty applicable 12
1056	1056	for each entry of merchandise described in sub-13
1057	1057	paragraph (A), (B), or (C). 14
1058	1058	‘‘(3) F
1059	1059	INAL DETERMINATION .—If the admin-15
1060	1060	istering authority issues a final affirmative deter-16
1061	1061	mination under paragraph (4)(B) of subjection (f) 17
1062	1062	with respect to a circumvention inquiry initiated 18
1063	1063	under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) of that subsection, 19
1064	1064	the administering authority shall order— 20
1065	1065	‘‘(A) the continued suspension of liquida-21
1066	1066	tion for each unliquidated entry of merchandise 22
1067	1067	subject to the circumvention inquiry that was 23
1068	1068	already subject to the suspension of liquidation; 24
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1071	1071	•S 691 IS
1072	1072	‘‘(B) the suspension of liquidation of each 1
1073	1073	entry of merchandise subject to the circumven-2
1074	1074	tion inquiry that is entered, or withdrawn from 3
1075	1075	warehouse, for consumption on or after the date 4
1076	1076	of publication of the notice of initiation of the 5
1077	1077	circumvention inquiry; 6
1078	1078	‘‘(C) the suspension of liquidation of each 7
1079	1079	entry of merchandise subject to the circumven-8
1080	1080	tion inquiry that is entered, or withdrawn from 9
1081	1081	warehouse, for consumption before the date of 10
1082	1082	publication of the notice of initiation of cir-11
1083	1083	cumvention inquiry if the administering author-12
1084	1084	ity determines, under the circumstances, that 13
1085	1085	suspension under this subparagraph is war-14
1086	1086	ranted; and 15
1087	1087	‘‘(D) the posting, or continued posting, of 16
1088	1088	a cash deposit in an amount equal to the anti-17
1089	1089	dumping duty or countervailing duty applicable 18
1090	1090	for each entry of merchandise described in sub-19
1091	1091	paragraph (A), (B), or (C). 20
1092	1092	‘‘(4) R
1093	1093	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 21
1094	1094	this section shall be construed to prevent the admin-22
1095	1095	istering authority from applying the requirements 23
1096	1096	under this subsection in a class or kind determina-24
1097	1097	tion under section 781A. 25
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1100	1100	•S 691 IS
1101	1101	‘‘(h) APPLICATION OFCIRCUMVENTIONDETERMINA-1
1102	1102	TION.— 2
1103	1103	‘‘(1) I
1104	1104	N GENERAL.—The administering author-3
1105	1105	ity shall consider the appropriate remedy to address 4
1106	1106	circumvention and prevent evasion of an order or 5
1107	1107	finding pursuant to an affirmative determination 6
1108	1108	under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (f)(4). 7
1109	1109	‘‘(2) R
1110	1110	EMEDIES CONSIDERED .—Remedies con-8
1111	1111	sidered under paragraph (1) may include the fol-9
1112	1112	lowing: 10
1113	1113	‘‘(A) The application of the determination 11
1114	1114	described in paragraph (1) on a producer-spe-12
1115	1115	cific, exporter-specific, or importer-specific 13
1116	1116	basis, or some combination thereof, and, as the 14
1117	1117	administering authority determines appropriate, 15
1118	1118	the implementation of a certification require-16
1119	1119	ment under section 785. 17
1120	1120	‘‘(B) The application of the determination 18
1121	1121	described in paragraph (1) on a countrywide 19
1122	1122	basis to all merchandise from a particular coun-20
1123	1123	try, regardless of producer, exporter, or im-21
1124	1124	porter of that merchandise, and, as the admin-22
1125	1125	istering authority determines appropriate, the 23
1126	1126	implementation of a certification requirement 24
1127	1127	under section 785. 25
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1130	1130	•S 691 IS
1131	1131	‘‘(3) EXEMPTION FOR MERCHANDISE UNDER 1
1132	1132	CERTIFICATION.—If a certification requirement 2
1133	1133	under section 785 is implemented under this sub-3
1134	1134	section and the importer or other party to which the 4
1135	1135	requirement is applied complies with that require-5
1136	1136	ment, antidumping and countervailing duties under 6
1137	1137	this title may not be applied to the merchandise 7
1138	1138	under certification.’’. 8
1139	1139	(c) P
1140	1140	UBLICATION IN THEFEDERALREGISTER.—Sec-9
1141	1141	tion 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677f(i)) 10
1142	1142	is amended by adding at the end the following: 11
1143	1143	‘‘(4) C
1144	1144	IRCUMVENTION INQUIRIES .—Whenever 12
1145	1145	the administering authority makes a determination 13
1146	1146	under section 781 whether to initiate a circumven-14
1147	1147	tion inquiry or makes a preliminary or final deter-15
1148	1148	mination under subsection (f)(4) of that section, the 16
1149	1149	administering authority shall publish the facts and 17
1150	1150	conclusions supporting that determination and shall 18
1151	1151	publish notice of that determination in the Federal 19
1152	1152	Register.’’. 20
1153	1153	(d) A
1154	1154	DDINGVERIFICATIONRESPONSES IN CIR-21
1155	1155	CUMVENTION INQUIRIES.—Section 782(i) of the Tariff 22
1156	1156	Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677m(i)) is amended— 23
1157	1157	(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 24
1158	1158	end; 25
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1161	1161	•S 691 IS
1162	1162	(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period 1
1163	1163	at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 2
1164	1164	(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
1165	1165	‘‘(4) a final determination in a circumvention 4
1166	1166	inquiry conducted pursuant to section 781 if good 5
1167	1167	cause for verification is shown.’’. 6
1168	1168	SEC. 302. REQUIREMENT OF PROVISION BY IMPORTER OF 7
1169	1169	CERTIFICATION BY IMPORTER OR OTHER 8
1170	1170	PARTY. 9
1171	1171	(a) I
1172	1172	NGENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VII of the Tar-10
1173	1173	iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677 et seq.), as amended by 11
1174	1174	section 103(a), is further amended by adding at the end 12
1175	1175	the following: 13
1176	1176	‘‘SEC. 785. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION BY IM-14
1177	1177	PORTER OR OTHER PARTY. 15
1178	1178	‘‘(a) R
1179	1179	EQUIREMENT.— 16
1180	1180	‘‘(1) I
1181	1181	N GENERAL.—For imports of merchan-17
1182	1182	dise into the customs territory of the United States, 18
1183	1183	the administering authority may require an importer 19
1184	1184	or other party— 20
1185	1185	‘‘(A) to provide a certification described in 21
1186	1186	paragraph (2) at the time of entry or with the 22
1187	1187	entry summary; 23
1188	1188	‘‘(B) to maintain that certification; or 24
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1191	1191	•S 691 IS
1192	1192	‘‘(C) to otherwise demonstrate compliance 1
1193	1193	with the requirements for that certification. 2
1194	1194	‘‘(2) C
1195	1195	ERTIFICATION DESCRIBED .—A certifi-3
1196	1196	cation described in this paragraph is a certification 4
1197	1197	by the importer of the merchandise or other party, 5
1198	1198	as required by the administering authority, including 6
1199	1199	a certification that— 7
1200	1200	‘‘(A) the merchandise is not subject to an 8
1201	1201	antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding 9
1202	1202	under this title; and 10
1203	1203	‘‘(B) the inputs used in production, trans-11
1204	1204	formation, or processing of the merchandise are 12
1205	1205	not subject to an antidumping or countervailing 13
1206	1206	duty under this title. 14
1207	1207	‘‘(3) A
1208	1208	VAILABLE UPON REQUEST .—A certifi-15
1209	1209	cation required by the administering authority under 16
1210	1210	paragraph (1), if not already provided, shall be made 17
1211	1211	available upon request to the administering author-18
1212	1212	ity or the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Bor-19
1213	1213	der Protection (in this section referred to as the 20
1214	1214	‘Commissioner’). 21
1215	1215	‘‘(b) A
1216	1216	UTHORITYTOSUSPENDLIQUIDATION, COL-22
1217	1217	LECTCASHDEPOSITS ANDASSESSDUTIES.— 23
1218	1218	‘‘(1) I
1219	1219	N GENERAL.—If the administering au-24
1220	1220	thority requires an importer or other party to pro-25
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1223	1223	•S 691 IS
1224	1224	vide a certification described in paragraph (2) of 1
1225	1225	subsection (a) for merchandise imported into the 2
1226	1226	customs territory of the United States pursuant to 3
1227	1227	paragraph (1) of that subsection, and the importer 4
1228	1228	or other party does not provide that certification or 5
1229	1229	that certification contains any false, misleading, or 6
1230	1230	fraudulent statement or representation or any mate-7
1231	1231	rial omission, the administering authority shall in-8
1232	1232	struct the Commissioner— 9
1233	1233	‘‘(A) to suspend liquidation of the entry; 10
1234	1234	‘‘(B) to require that the importer or other 11
1235	1235	party post a cash deposit in an amount equal 12
1236	1236	to the antidumping duty or countervailing duty 13
1237	1237	applicable to the merchandise; and 14
1238	1238	‘‘(C) to assess the appropriate rate of duty 15
1239	1239	upon liquidation or reliquidation of the entry. 16
1240	1240	‘‘(2) A
1241	1241	SSESSMENT RATE.—If no rate of duty 17
1242	1242	for an entry is available at the time of assessment 18
1243	1243	under paragraph (1)(C), the administering authority 19
1244	1244	shall identify the applicable cash deposit rate to be 20
1245	1245	applied to the entry, with the applicable duty rate to 21
1246	1246	be provided as soon as the duty rate becomes avail-22
1247	1247	able. 23
1248	1248	‘‘(c) P
1249	1249	ENALTIES.—If the administering authority re-24
1250	1250	quires an importer or other party to provide a certification 25
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1253	1253	•S 691 IS
1254	1254	described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) for merchan-1
1255	1255	dise imported into the customs territory of the United 2
1256	1256	States pursuant to paragraph (1) of that subsection, and 3
1257	1257	the importer or other party does not provide that certifi-4
1258	1258	cation or that certification contains any false, misleading, 5
1259	1259	or fraudulent statement or representation or any material 6
1260	1260	omission, the importer of the merchandise may be subject 7
1261	1261	to a penalty pursuant to section 592 of this Act, section 8
1262	1262	1001 of title 18, United States Code, or any other applica-9
1263	1263	ble provision of law.’’. 10
1264	1264	(b) C
1265	1265	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 11
1266	1266	for the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 103(b), 12
1267	1267	is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 13
1268	1268	section 784 the following: 14
1269	1269	‘‘Sec. 785. Requirement for certification by importer or other party.’’.
1270	1270	SEC. 303. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR DEPART-
1271	1271	15
1272	1272	MENT OF COMMERCE REGARDING MERCHAN-16
1273	1273	DISE COVERED BY ANTIDUMPING AND COUN-17
1274	1274	TERVAILING DUTY PROCEEDINGS. 18
1275	1275	(a) I
1276	1276	NGENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VII of the Tar-19
1277	1277	iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677 et seq.) is amended by 20
1278	1278	inserting after section 781 the following: 21
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1282	1282	‘‘SEC. 781A. DETERMINATIONS OF MERCHANDISE COVERED 1
1283	1283	UNDER ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING 2
1284	1284	DUTY PROCEEDING. 3
1285	1285	‘‘(a) I
1286	1286	NGENERAL.—To determine whether merchan-4
1287	1287	dise imported into the United States is covered by an anti-5
1288	1288	dumping or countervailing duty proceeding under this 6
1289	1289	title, the administering authority may use any reasonable 7
1290	1290	method and is not bound by the determinations of any 8
1291	1291	other Federal agency, including tariff classification and 9
1292	1292	country of origin marking rulings issued by the Commis-10
1293	1293	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 11
1294	1294	‘‘(b) C
1295	1295	LASS ORKIND OFMERCHANDISE.—For pur-12
1296	1296	poses of this title, determinations regarding whether mer-13
1297	1297	chandise is the same class or kind may be made under 14
1298	1298	this section or under section 781 in accordance with the 15
1299	1299	criteria set forth in this section or in section 781, as the 16
1300	1300	case may be. 17
1301	1301	‘‘(c) O
1302	1302	RIGIN OFMERCHANDISE.—To determine the 18
1303	1303	origin of merchandise for purposes of an antidumping or 19
1304	1304	countervailing duty proceeding under this title, the admin-20
1305	1305	istering authority may apply any reasonable method and 21
1306	1306	may consider relevant factors, including— 22
1307	1307	‘‘(1) whether the processed downstream product 23
1308	1308	is a different class or kind of merchandise than the 24
1309	1309	upstream product; 25
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1312	1312	•S 691 IS
1313	1313	‘‘(2) the physical characteristics of the mer-1
1314	1314	chandise; 2
1315	1315	‘‘(3) the intended end use of the downstream 3
1316	1316	product; 4
1317	1317	‘‘(4) the cost of production and the value added 5
1318	1318	of further processing in a third country or countries; 6
1319	1319	‘‘(5) the nature and sophistication of processing 7
1320	1320	in a third country or countries; 8
1321	1321	‘‘(6) the level of investment in a third country 9
1322	1322	or countries; and 10
1323	1323	‘‘(7) any other factors that the administering 11
1324	1324	authority considers appropriate, including whether 12
1325	1325	an essential characteristic of the merchandise, or an 13
1326	1326	essential component thereof, is substantially trans-14
1327	1327	formed in the country of exportation.’’. 15
1328	1328	(b) C
1329	1329	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 16
1330	1330	for the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after 17
1331	1331	the item relating to section 781 the following: 18
1332	1332	‘‘Sec. 781A. Determinations of merchandise covered under antidumping or
1333	1333	countervailing duty proceeding.’’.
1334	1334	(c) REVIEWABLE DETERMINATIONS.—Section 19
1335	1335	516A(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 20
1336	1336	1516a(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 21
1337	1337	(1) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘(iv),’’; and 22
1338	1338	(2) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: 23
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1341	1341	•S 691 IS
1342	1342	‘‘(ii) the date of publication in the 1
1343	1343	Federal Register of notice of a determina-2
1344	1344	tion described in clause (iv) of subpara-3
1345	1345	graph (B) or, if no such notice is pub-4
1346	1346	lished, the date on which the administering 5
1347	1347	authority conveys a copy of such deter-6
1348	1348	mination to an interested party who is a 7
1349	1349	party to the proceeding,’’. 8
1350	1350	SEC. 304. ASSET REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NON-9
1351	1351	RESIDENT IMPORTERS. 10
1352	1352	(a) I
1353	1353	NGENERAL.—Part III of title IV of the Tariff 11
1354	1354	Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1481 et seq.) is amended by in-12
1355	1355	serting after section 484b the following: 13
1356	1356	‘‘SEC. 484c. ASSET REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NON-14
1357	1357	RESIDENT IMPORTERS. 15
1358	1358	‘‘(a) D
1359	1359	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
1360	1360	‘‘(1) I
1361	1361	MPORTER; NONRESIDENT IMPORTER .— 17
1362	1362	The terms ‘importer’ and ‘nonresident importer’ 18
1363	1363	have the meanings given those terms in section 19
1364	1364	641(i). 20
1365	1365	‘‘(2) R
1366	1366	ESIDENT IMPORTER.—The term ‘resident 21
1367	1367	importer’ means any importer other than a non-22
1368	1368	resident importer. 23
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1372	1372	‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR NONRESIDENTIMPORT-1
1373	1373	ERS.—Except as provided in subsection (c), the Commis-2
1374	1374	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall— 3
1375	1375	‘‘(1) require a nonresident importer that im-4
1376	1376	ports merchandise into the United States to main-5
1377	1377	tain assets in the United States sufficient to pay all 6
1378	1378	duties that may potentially be applied to the mer-7
1379	1379	chandise; and 8
1380	1380	‘‘(2) require a bond with respect to the mer-9
1381	1381	chandise in an amount sufficient to ensure full liabil-10
1382	1382	ity on the part of a nonresident importer and the 11
1383	1383	surety of the importer based on the amount of assets 12
1384	1384	the Commissioner determines to be sufficient under 13
1385	1385	subsection (c). 14
1386	1386	‘‘(c) D
1387	1387	ETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OFASSETSRE-15
1388	1388	QUIREDTOBEMAINTAINED.—For purposes of sub-16
1389	1389	section (b)(1), the Commissioner shall calculate the 17
1390	1390	amount of assets sufficient to pay all duties that may po-18
1391	1391	tentially be applied to merchandise imported by a non-19
1392	1392	resident importer based on an amount that exceeds the 20
1393	1393	amount, calculated using the fair market value of the mer-21
1394	1394	chandise, of all duties, fees, interest, taxes, or other 22
1395	1395	charges, and all deposits for duties, fees, interest, taxes, 23
1396	1396	or other charges, that would apply with respect to the mer-24
1397	1397	chandise if the merchandise were subject to the highest 25
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1401	1401	rate of duty applicable to such merchandise imported from 1
1402	1402	any country. 2
1403	1403	‘‘(d) M
1404	1404	AINTENANCE OF ASSETS IN THE UNITED 3
1405	1405	S
1406	1406	TATES.— 4
1407	1407	‘‘(1) I
1408	1408	N GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 5
1409	1409	(b)(1), a nonresident importer of merchandise meets 6
1410	1410	the requirement to maintain assets in the United 7
1411	1411	States if the importer has clear title, at all times be-8
1412	1412	tween the entry of the merchandise and the liquida-9
1413	1413	tion of the entry, to assets described in paragraph 10
1414	1414	(2) with a value equal to the amount determined 11
1415	1415	under subsection (c). 12
1416	1416	‘‘(2) A
1417	1417	SSETS DESCRIBED.—An asset described 13
1418	1418	in this paragraph is— 14
1419	1419	‘‘(A) an asset held by a United States fi-15
1420	1420	nancial institution; 16
1421	1421	‘‘(B) an interest in an entity organized 17
1422	1422	under the laws of the United States or any ju-18
1423	1423	risdiction within the United States; or 19
1424	1424	‘‘(C) an interest in real or personal prop-20
1425	1425	erty located in the United States or any terri-21
1426	1426	tory or possession of the United States. 22
1427	1427	‘‘(e) E
1428	1428	XCEPTIONS.—The requirements of this section 23
1429	1429	shall not apply with respect to a nonresident importer— 24
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1433	1433	‘‘(1) that is a validated Tier 2 or Tier 3 partici-1
1434	1434	pant in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against 2
1435	1435	Terrorism program established under subtitle B of 3
1436	1436	title II of the Security and Accountability For Every 4
1437	1437	Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 961 et seq.); or 5
1438	1438	‘‘(2) if the Commissioner is satisfied, based on 6
1439	1439	certified information supplied by the importer and 7
1440	1440	any other relevant evidence, that the Commissioner 8
1441	1441	has the same or equivalent ability to collect all du-9
1442	1442	ties that may potentially be applied to merchandise 10
1443	1443	imported by the importer as the Commissioner 11
1444	1444	would have if the importer were a resident importer. 12
1445	1445	‘‘(f) P
1446	1446	ROCEDURES.—The Commissioner shall pre-13
1447	1447	scribe procedures for assuring that nonresident importers 14
1448	1448	maintain the assets required by subsection (b). 15
1449	1449	‘‘(g) P
1450	1450	ENALTIES.— 16
1451	1451	‘‘(1) I
1452	1452	N GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 17
1453	1453	person to import into the United States any mer-18
1454	1454	chandise in violation of this section. 19
1455	1455	‘‘(2) C
1456	1456	IVIL PENALTIES.—Any person who vio-20
1457	1457	lates paragraph (1) shall— 21
1458	1458	‘‘(A) in the case of merchandise described 22
1459	1459	in such paragraph with a domestic value that is 23
1460	1460	equal to or greater than $50,000, be liable for 24
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1464	1464	a civil penalty of $50,000 for each such viola-1
1465	1465	tion; or 2
1466	1466	‘‘(B) in the case of merchandise described 3
1467	1467	in such paragraph with a domestic value that is 4
1468	1468	less than $50,000, be liable for a civil penalty 5
1469	1469	equal to 50 percent of the amount of such do-6
1470	1470	mestic value for each such violation. 7
1471	1471	‘‘(3) O
1472	1472	THER PENALTIES.—In addition to the 8
1473	1473	penalties specified in paragraph (2), any violation of 9
1474	1474	this section that violates any other provision of the 10
1475	1475	customs and trade laws of the United States (as de-11
1476	1476	fined in section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and 12
1477	1477	Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4301)) 13
1478	1478	shall be subject to any applicable civil or criminal 14
1479	1479	penalty, including seizure and forfeiture, that may 15
1480	1480	be imposed under that provision or title 18, United 16
1481	1481	States Code.’’. 17
1482	1482	(b) C
1483	1483	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 18
1484	1484	for the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after 19
1485	1485	the item relating to section 484b the following: 20
1486	1486	‘‘Sec. 484c. Asset requirements applicable to nonresident importers.’’.
1487	1487	(c) EFFECTIVEDATE ANDAPPLICATION.— 21
1488	1488	(1) I
1489	1489	N GENERAL.—Section 484c of the Tariff 22
1490	1490	Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a)— 23
1491	1491	(A) takes effect on the date of the enact-24
1492	1492	ment of this Act; and 25
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1496	1496	(B) applies with respect to merchandise 1
1497	1497	entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for con-2
1498	1498	sumption, on or after the date that is 180 days 3
1499	1499	after such date of enactment. 4
1500	1500	(2) D
1501	1501	EADLINE FOR PROCEDURES .—The Com-5
1502	1502	missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 6
1503	1503	shall ensure the procedures required under sub-7
1504	1504	section (f) of section 484c of the Tariff Act of 1930, 8
1505	1505	as added by subsection (a), are prescribed and in ef-9
1506	1506	fect not later than 90 days after the date of the en-10
1507	1507	actment of this Act. 11
1508	1508	TITLE IV—COUNTERING 12
1509	1509	CURRENCY UNDERVALUATION 13
1510	1510	SEC. 401. INVESTIGATION OR REVIEW OF CURRENCY 14
1511	1511	UNDERVALUATION UNDER COUNTERVAILING 15
1512	1512	DUTY LAW. 16
1513	1513	Section 702(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 17
1514	1514	1671a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 18
1515	1515	‘‘(6) C
1516	1516	URRENCY UNDERVALUATION .—For pur-19
1517	1517	poses of a countervailing duty investigation under 20
1518	1518	this subtitle in which the determinations under 21
1519	1519	clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A) are affirma-22
1520	1520	tive and the petition includes an allegation of cur-23
1521	1521	rency undervaluation by the government of a coun-24
1522	1522	try or any public entity within the territory of a 25
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1526	1526	country that meets the requirements of clause (i) of 1
1527	1527	that paragraph, or for purposes of a review under 2
1528	1528	subtitle C with respect to a countervailing duty 3
1529	1529	order involving such an allegation, the administering 4
1530	1530	authority shall examine in its investigation or review 5
1531	1531	whether currency undervaluation by the government 6
1532	1532	of a country or any public entity within the territory 7
1533	1533	of a country is providing, directly or indirectly, a 8
1534	1534	countervailable subsidy.’’. 9
1535	1535	SEC. 402. DETERMINATION OF BENEFIT WITH RESPECT TO 10
1536	1536	CURRENCY UNDERVALUATION. 11
1537	1537	Section 771(5)(E) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 12
1538	1538	U.S.C. 1677(5)(E)) is amended— 13
1539	1539	(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and in-14
1540	1540	serting a comma; 15
1541	1541	(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 16
1542	1542	end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; 17
1543	1543	(3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following: 18
1544	1544	‘‘(v) in the case of an exchange of an 19
1545	1545	undervalued currency under a unified ex-20
1546	1546	change rate, if there is a difference be-21
1547	1547	tween the amount of currency received in 22
1548	1548	exchange for United States dollars and the 23
1549	1549	amount of currency that the recipient 24
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1553	1553	would have received absent an undervalued 1
1554	1554	currency.’’; and 2
1555	1555	(4) in the flush text following clause (v), as 3
1556	1556	added by paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 4
1557	1557	following: ‘‘For purposes of clause (v), a determina-5
1558	1558	tion of the existence and amount of a benefit from 6
1559	1559	the exchange of an undervalued currency shall take 7
1560	1560	into account a comparison of the exchange rates de-8
1561	1561	rived from a methodology determined by the admin-9
1562	1562	istering authority to be appropriate in light of the 10
1563	1563	facts and circumstances to the relevant actual ex-11
1564	1564	change rates, and whether there is government ac-12
1565	1565	tion on the exchange rate that contributes to an 13
1566	1566	undervaluation of the currency.’’. 14
1567	1567	TITLE V—PREVENTING DUTY 15
1568	1568	EVASION 16
1569	1569	SEC. 501. LIMITATION ON PROTEST AGAINST DECISIONS OF 17
1570	1570	U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OF 18
1571	1571	CLAIMS OF EVASION OF ANTIDUMPING AND 19
1572	1572	COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS. 20
1573	1573	(a) E
1574	1574	XPANSION OFLIMITATION.—Section 514(b) of 21
1575	1575	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514(b)) is amended— 22
1576	1576	(1) by striking ‘‘title, determinations’’ and in-23
1577	1577	serting ‘‘title, or with respect to determinations 24
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1580	1580	•S 691 IS
1581	1581	made under section 517 of this title which are re-1
1582	1582	viewable under section 517(g), determinations’’; and 2
1583	1583	(2) by inserting after ‘‘a determination listed in 3
1584	1584	section 516A of this title’’ the following: ‘‘or a deter-4
1585	1585	mination listed in section 517 of this title, as the 5
1586	1586	case may be,’’. 6
1587	1587	(b) R
1588	1588	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION ON INVESTIGATION OF 7
1589	1589	C
1590	1590	LAIMS OFEVASION.—Section 517(h) of the Tariff Act 8
1591	1591	of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1517(h)) is amended by inserting be-9
1592	1592	fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that 10
1593	1593	any decision as to the liquidation or reliquidation of an 11
1594	1594	entry of covered merchandise in accordance with a deter-12
1595	1595	mination under subsection (c) and review under subsection 13
1596	1596	(f), if applicable, shall not be subject to a protest of such 14
1597	1597	decision filed in accordance with section 514’’. 15
1598	1598	SEC. 502. PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATING CLAIMS OF 16
1599	1599	EVASION OF SAFEGUARD ACTIONS. 17
1600	1600	(a) T
1601	1601	ARIFFACT OF1930.—Section 517 of the Tariff 18
1602	1602	Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1517) is amended— 19
1603	1603	(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘
1604	1604	AND 20
1605	1605	SAFEGUARD ACTIONS ’’ after ‘‘ORDERS’’; 21
1606	1606	(2) in subsection (a)— 22
1607	1607	(A) in paragraph (3)— 23
1608	1608	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 24
1609	1609	‘‘or’’ at the end; 25
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1613	1613	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 1
1614	1614	the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 2
1615	1615	and 3
1616	1616	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-4
1617	1617	lowing: 5
1618	1618	‘‘(C) an action taken under section 203 of 6
1619	1619	the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2253).’’; and 7
1620	1620	(B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after 8
1621	1621	‘‘applicable antidumping or countervailing du-9
1622	1622	ties’’ the following: ‘‘or any applicable safe-10
1623	1623	guard action’’; 11
1624	1624	(3) in subsection (b)(4), in subparagraphs (A) 12
1625	1625	and (B), by inserting after ‘‘covered merchandise’’ 13
1626	1626	each place it appears the following: ‘‘under subpara-14
1627	1627	graph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3)’’; 15
1628	1628	(4) in subsection (d)(1)— 16
1629	1629	(A) in subparagraph (C)— 17
1630	1630	(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 18
1631	1631	by inserting after ‘‘(C)’’ the following: ‘‘if 19
1632	1632	the determination relates to covered mer-20
1633	1633	chandise under subparagraph (A) or (B) of 21
1634	1634	subsection (a)(3),’’; and 22
1635	1635	(ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘of this 23
1636	1636	paragraph’’ after ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and 24
1637	1637	(B)’’; and 25
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1641	1641	(B) in subparagraph (D)— 1
1642	1642	(i) by inserting after ‘‘(D)’’ the fol-2
1643	1643	lowing: ‘‘if the determination relates to 3
1644	1644	covered merchandise under subparagraph 4
1645	1645	(A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3),’’; and 5
1646	1646	(ii) by inserting ‘‘of this paragraph’’ 6
1647	1647	after ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 7
1648	1648	(b) T
1649	1649	RADEFACILITATION AND TRADEENFORCE-8
1650	1650	MENTACT OF2015.—The Trade Facilitation and Trade 9
1651	1651	Enforcement Act of 2015 is amended— 10
1652	1652	(1) in section 402 (19 U.S.C. 4361)— 11
1653	1653	(A) in paragraph (2)— 12
1654	1654	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 13
1655	1655	‘‘or’’ at the end; 14
1656	1656	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 15
1657	1657	the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 16
1658	1658	and 17
1659	1659	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-18
1660	1660	lowing: 19
1661	1661	‘‘(C) an action taken under section 203 of 20
1662	1662	the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2253).’’; 21
1663	1663	(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting after 22
1664	1664	‘‘applicable antidumping or countervailing du-23
1665	1665	ties’’ the following: ‘‘or any applicable safe-24
1666	1666	guard action’’; and 25
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1670	1670	(C) in paragraph (7), by inserting before 1
1671	1671	the period at the end the following: ‘‘and chap-2
1672	1672	ter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 3
1673	1673	U.S.C. 2251 et seq.)’’; and 4
1674	1674	(2) in section 412 (19 U.S.C. 4372)— 5
1675	1675	(A) in subsection (a)(2)— 6
1676	1676	(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 7
1677	1677	(A), (B), and (C) as subparagraphs (B), 8
1678	1678	(C), and (D), respectively; and 9
1679	1679	(ii) by inserting before subparagraph 10
1680	1680	(B), as redesignated by clause (i), the fol-11
1681	1681	lowing: 12
1682	1682	‘‘(A) a person reasonably suspected of en-13
1683	1683	tering covered merchandise into the customs 14
1684	1684	territory of the United States through eva-15
1685	1685	sion;’’; and 16
1686	1686	(B) in subsection (b)(1)— 17
1687	1687	(i) in subparagraph (B)— 18
1688	1688	(I) by redesignating clauses (i), 19
1689	1689	(ii), and (iii) as clauses (ii), (iii), and 20
1690	1690	(iv), respectively; and 21
1691	1691	(II) by inserting before clause 22
1692	1692	(ii), as redesignated by subclause (I), 23
1693	1693	the following: 24
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1696	1696	•S 691 IS
1697	1697	‘‘(i) a person from whom information 1
1698	1698	was requested pursuant to subsection 2
1699	1699	(a)(2)(A);’’; and 3
1700	1700	(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 4
1701	1701	‘‘clause (ii) or (iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause 5
1702	1702	(i), (iii), or (iv)’’. 6
1703	1703	SEC. 503. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO CER-7
1704	1704	TAIN PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. 8
1705	1705	(a) I
1706	1706	NGENERAL.—Section 517 of the Tariff Act of 9
1707	1707	1930 (19 U.S.C. 1517), as amended by section 502(a), 10
1708	1708	is further amended by adding at the end the following: 11
1709	1709	‘‘(i) A
1710	1710	PPLICATION OF PROVISIONSRELATING TO 12
1711	1711	C
1712	1712	ERTAINPROPRIETARYINFORMATION.— 13
1713	1713	‘‘(1) I
1714	1714	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-14
1715	1715	graph (2), subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 15
1716	1716	777, relating to information submitted in connection 16
1717	1717	with proceedings under title VII, shall apply with re-17
1718	1718	spect to information submitted in connection with 18
1719	1719	proceedings under this section to the same extent 19
1720	1720	and in the same manner as those subsections may 20
1721	1721	apply to information submitted in connection with 21
1722	1722	proceedings under title VII. 22
1723	1723	‘‘(2) E
1724	1724	XCEPTIONS.—In carrying out paragraph 23
1725	1725	(1), subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 777 shall 24
1726	1726	be applied and administered as follows: 25
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1730	1730	‘‘(A) By substituting ‘the Commissioner’ 1
1731	1731	for each of the following terms each place those 2
1732	1732	terms appear: 3
1733	1733	‘‘(i) ‘the administering authority or 4
1734	1734	the Commission’. 5
1735	1735	‘‘(ii) ‘the administering authority and 6
1736	1736	the Commission’. 7
1737	1737	‘‘(iii) ‘the administering authority’. 8
1738	1738	‘‘(B) Paragraphs (1)(A) and (3) of such 9
1739	1739	subsection (b) shall not apply. 10
1740	1740	‘‘(C) The second and third sentences of 11
1741	1741	such subsection (c)(1)(A) shall not apply. 12
1742	1742	‘‘(D) In such subsection (c)— 13
1743	1743	‘‘(i) in paragraph (1)— 14
1744	1744	‘‘(I) in subparagraph (B), by 15
1745	1745	substituting ‘determine to be appro-16
1746	1746	priate’ for ‘determine to be appro-17
1747	1747	priate, including disbarment from 18
1748	1748	practice before the agency’; and 19
1749	1749	‘‘(II) in subparagraph (C)— 20
1750	1750	‘‘(aa) in clause (i), by sub-21
1751	1751	stituting ‘14 days’ for ‘14 days 22
1752	1752	(7 days if the submission per-23
1753	1753	tains to a proceeding under sec-24
1754	1754	tion 703(a) or 733(a))’; and 25
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1758	1758	‘‘(bb) in the text following 1
1759	1759	clause (ii)(II), by substituting ‘30 2
1760	1760	days’ for ‘30 days (10 days if the 3
1761	1761	submission pertains to a pro-4
1762	1762	ceeding under section 703(a) or 5
1763	1763	733(a))’; and 6
1764	1764	‘‘(ii) in paragraph (2), by substituting 7
1765	1765	‘United States Court of International 8
1766	1766	Trade’ for ‘United States Customs 9
1767	1767	Court’.’’. 10
1768	1768	(b) R
1769	1769	EGULATIONS.—The Commissioner of U.S. Cus-11
1770	1770	toms and Border Protection shall prescribe such regula-12
1771	1771	tions as may be necessary to implement subsection (i) of 13
1772	1772	section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1517), 14
1773	1773	as added by subsection (a). 15
1774	1774	(c) E
1775	1775	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 16
1776	1776	subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 17
1777	1777	days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 18
1778	1778	TITLE VI—GENERAL 19
1779	1779	PROVISIONS 20
1780	1780	SEC. 601. APPLICATION TO CANADA AND MEXICO. 21
1781	1781	Pursuant to section 418 of the United States-Mexico- 22
1782	1782	Canada Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4588), 23
1783	1783	the amendments made by this Act apply with respect to 24
1784	1784	goods from Canada and Mexico. 25
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1788	1788	SEC. 602. EFFECTIVE DATE. 1
1789	1789	(a) I
1790	1790	NGENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 2
1791	1791	(b) or (c), the amendments made by this Act apply to 3
1792	1792	countervailing duty investigations initiated under subtitle 4
1793	1793	A of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 5
1794	1794	et seq.), antidumping duty investigations initiated under 6
1795	1795	subtitle B of title VII of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1673 et 7
1796	1796	seq.), reviews initiated under subtitle C of title VII of such 8
1797	1797	Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 et seq.), and circumvention inquiries 9
1798	1798	requested under section 781 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 10
1799	1799	1677j), on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 11
1800	1800	(b) A
1801	1801	PPLICABILITY.— 12
1802	1802	(1) I
1803	1803	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-13
1804	1804	section (c), the amendments made by this Act apply 14
1805	1805	to— 15
1806	1806	(A) investigations or reviews under title 16
1807	1807	VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 17
1808	1808	et seq.) pending on the date of the enactment 18
1809	1809	of this Act if the date on which the fully ex-19
1810	1810	tended preliminary determination is scheduled 20
1811	1811	is not earlier than 45 days after such date of 21
1812	1812	enactment; 22
1813	1813	(B) circumvention inquiries initiated under 23
1814	1814	section 781 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1677j) be-24
1815	1815	fore and pending on such date of enactment; 25
1816	1816	and 26
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1820	1820	(C) circumvention inquiries requested 1
1821	1821	under section 781 of such Act but not initiated 2
1822	1822	before such date of enactment. 3
1823	1823	(2) D
1824	1824	EADLINES FOR CIRCUMVENTION INQUIR -4
1825	1825	IES.— 5
1826	1826	(A) D
1827	1827	ETERMINATIONS.—In this case of a 6
1828	1828	circumvention inquiry described in paragraph 7
1829	1829	(1)(B), subsection (f)(4) of section 781 of the 8
1830	1830	Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677j), as 9
1831	1831	amended by section 301(a), shall be applied and 10
1832	1832	administered— 11
1833	1833	(i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by sub-12
1834	1834	stituting ‘‘the date of the enactment of the 13
1835	1835	Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act’’ for 14
1836	1836	‘‘the date on which the administering au-15
1837	1837	thority initiates a circumvention inquiry 16
1838	1838	under paragraph (1) or (3)(A)’’; and 17
1839	1839	(ii) in subparagraph (C), by sub-18
1840	1840	stituting ‘‘the date of the enactment of the 19
1841	1841	Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act’’ for 20
1842	1842	‘‘the filing of the inquiry request’’. 21
1843	1843	(B) A
1844	1844	CTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INQUIRY 22
1845	1845	REQUESTS.—In the case of a circumvention in-23
1846	1846	quiry described in paragraph (1)(C), the admin-24
1847	1847	istering authority (as defined in section 771(1) 25
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1851	1851	of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(1))) 1
1852	1852	shall, not later than 20 days after the date of 2
1853	1853	the enactment of this Act, take an action de-3
1854	1854	scribed in subsection (f)(3) of section 781 of 4
1855	1855	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677j), as 5
1856	1856	amended by section 301(a), with respect to the 6
1857	1857	inquiry. 7
1858	1858	(c) R
1859	1859	ETROACTIVEAPPLICATION OFPROVISION ON 8
1860	1860	D
1861	1861	ETERMINATION OF NORMALVALUETOACCOUNT FOR 9
1862	1862	D
1863	1863	ISTORTIONS OFCOSTSTHATOCCUR INFOREIGNCOUN-10
1864	1864	TRIES.—The amendments made by section 204 apply to— 11
1865	1865	(1) antidumping duty investigations initiated 12
1866	1866	under subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 13
1867	1867	1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.) on or after June 29, 14
1868	1868	2015; 15
1869	1869	(2) reviews initiated under subtitle C of title 16
1870	1870	VII of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 et seq.) on or after 17
1871	1871	June 29, 2015; 18
1872	1872	(3) actions by U.S. Customs and Border Pro-19
1873	1873	tection resulting from an investigation specified in 20
1874	1874	paragraph (1) or a review specified in paragraph 21
1875	1875	(2); and 22
1876	1876	(4) civil actions, criminal proceedings, and other 23
1877	1877	proceedings before a Federal court relating to pro-24
1878	1878	ceedings specified in paragraph (1) or (2) or actions 25
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1882	1882	specified to in paragraph (3) in which final judg-1
1883	1883	ment has not been entered on or before the date of 2
1884	1884	the enactment of this Act. 3
1885	1885	Æ
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