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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4497 

To temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed to combat the 

COVID–19 pandemic. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 6, 2020 

Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed 

to combat the COVID–19 pandemic. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop PPE Taxes Act 

5 of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTIES ON ARTICLES 

7 NEEDED TO COMBAT THE COVID–19 PAN8 DEMIC. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—An article described in subsection 

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1 tion, during the period specified in subsection (c) shall 

2 enter the United States free of duty, including free of any 

3 duty that may be imposed as a penalty or otherwise im4 posed in addition to other duties, including any duty im5 posed pursuant to— 

6 (1) section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

7 U.S.C. 2411); 

8 (2) section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 

9 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862); or 

10 (3) the International Emergency Economic 

11 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

12 (b) ARTICLES DESCRIBED.—An article is described 

13 in this subsection if the article is classified under any of 

14 the following statistical reporting numbers of the Har15 monized Tariff Schedule of the United States or is identi16 fied by the United States International Trade Commis17 sion, after the date of the enactment of this Act, as an 

18 article related to the response to the coronavirus disease 

19 2019 (commonly referred to as ‘‘COVID–19’’) pandemic: 

2207.10.6090 ................. 3824.99.9295 ................ 7613.00.0000 

2208.90.8000 ................. 3824.99.9297 ................ 8419.20.0010 

2804.40.0000 ................. 3923.21.0095 ................ 8419.20.0020 

2847.00.0000 ................. 3923.29.0000 ................ 8421.39.8040 

3002.13.0000 ................. 3926.20.1010 ................ 8705.90.0000 

3002.14.0000 ................. 3926.20.1020 ................ 8713.10.0000 

3002.15.0000 ................. 3926.20.9010 ................ 8713.90.0030 

3002.19.0000 ................. 3926.20.9050 ................ 8713.90.0060 

3002.20.0000 ................. 3926.90.9910 ................ 9004.90.0000 

3003.10.0000 ................. 3926.90.9990 ................ 9018.11.3000 

3003.20.0000 ................. 3926.90.9996 ................ 9018.11.6000 

3003.60.0000 ................. 4015.11.0110 ................ 9018.11.9000 

3003.90.0100 ................. 4015.11.0150 ................ 9018.12.0000 

3004.10.1020 ................. 4015.19.0510 ................ 9018.19.4000 

3004.10.1045 ................. 4015.19.0550 ................ 9018.19.5500 

3004.10.5045 ................. 4015.19.1010 ................ 9018.19.7500 

3004.10.5060 ................. 4015.90.0010 ................ 9018.31.0040 


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3004.20.0020 ................. 4015.90.0050 ................ 9018.31.0080 

3004.20.0030 ................. 4818.50.0000 ................ 9018.31.0090 

3004.20.0060 ................. 4818.90.0000 ................ 9018.32.0000 

3004.49.0060 ................. 6116.10.6500 ................ 9018.39.0020 

3004.60.0000 ................. 6210.10.2000 ................ 9018.39.0040 

3004.90.1000 ................. 6210.10.5000 ................ 9018.39.0050 

3004.90.9210 ................. 6210.10.9010 ................ 9018.90.3000 

3004.90.9285 ................. 6210.10.9040 ................ 9018.90.7580 

3004.90.9290 ................. 6210.50.3500 ................ 9018.90.8000 

3005.10.5000 ................. 6210.50.7500 ................ 9019.20.0000 

3005.90.5090 ................. 6216.00.5420 ................ 9020.00.6000 

3006.70.0000 ................. 6307.90.6090 ................ 9020.00.9000 

3401.11.5000 ................. 6307.90.6800 ................ 9022.12.0000 

3401.19.0000 ................. 6307.90.7200 ................ 9025.19.8040 

3401.20.0000 ................. 6307.90.8910 ................ 9025.19.8080 

3808.94.1000 ................. 6307.90.9889 ................ 9026.80.4000 

3808.94.5000 ................. 6505.00.0100 ................ 9027.80.2500 

3821.00.0000 ................. 6505.00.8015 ................ 9027.80.4530 

3822.00.1090 ................. 6505.00.9089 ................ 9028.20.0000 

3822.00.5090 ................. 7311.00.0090 ................ 9402.90.0010 

3822.00.6000 ................. 7324.90.0000 ................ 9402.90.0020 

1 (c) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 

2 subsection is the period— 

3 (1) beginning on the date that is 15 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

5 (2) ending on December 31, 2022. 

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