II 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5564 

To increase the rate of duty on garlic originating from the People’s Republic 

of China. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To increase the rate of duty on garlic originating from the 

People’s Republic of China. 

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 Eating Waste 

5 And Guarantee Excellence for Garlic Assurance and Regu6 latory Legislation to Inhibit Chinese Imports Tariff Act 

7 of 2024’’ or the ‘‘SEWAGE GARLIC Imports Tariff Act 

8 of 2024’’. 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 5564 IS

1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that imports of garlic orig3 inating from the People’s Republic of China, whether fresh 

4 or preserved, should be prohibited. 

5 SEC. 3. DUTY INCREASE ON GARLIC FROM THE PEOPLE’S 

6 REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

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

8 (b) shall be subject to a rate of duty of $100 per kilogram. 

9 (b) ARTICLES DESCRIBED.—An article described in 

10 this subsection is any of the following originating from the 

11 People’s Republic of China: 

12 (1) Fresh or chilled garlic classified under sub13 heading 0703.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

14 Schedule of the United States (in this subsection re15 ferred to as the ‘‘HTS’’). 

16 (2) Frozen garlic classified under statistical re17 porting number 0710.80.9755 of the HTS. 

18 (3) Dried or dehydrated garlic classified under 

19 subheading 0712.90.40 of the HTS. 

20 (4) Garlic, prepared or preserved otherwise 

21 than by vinegar or acetic acid, classified under sub22 heading 2004.90.85 or 2005.99.97 of the HTS. 

23 (5) Essential oil of garlic classified under statis24 tical reporting number 3301.29.5115 of the HTS. 

25 (c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies to arti26 cles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumpVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:19 Jan 24, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S5564.IS S5564

ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 5564 IS

1 tion, on or after the date that is 15 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR GRANT PROGRAM 

4 FOR DOMESTIC GROWERS OF GARLIC. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

6 Treasury of the United States a trust fund, consisting 

7 of— 

8 (1) amounts transferred to the trust fund under 

9 subsection (b); and 

10 (2) any amounts that may be credited to the 

11 trust fund under subsection (c). 

12 (b) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas14 ury shall transfer to the trust fund established 

15 under subsection (a), from the general fund of the 

16 Treasury, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year 

17 thereafter, an amount equivalent to the amount re18 ceived into the general fund during that fiscal year 

19 and attributable to duties imposed under section 3. 

20 (2) FREQUENCY OF TRANSFERS.—The Sec21 retary shall transfer amounts required by paragraph 

22 (1) to be transferred to the trust fund established 

23 under subsection (a) not less frequently than quar24 terly. 

25 (c) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
4 

•S 5564 IS

1 (1) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 

2 shall invest such portion of the trust fund estab3 lished under subsection (a) as is not required to 

4 meet current withdrawals in interest-bearing obliga5 tions of the United States or in obligations guaran6 teed as to both principal and interest by the United 

7 States. 

8 (2) INTEREST AND PROCEEDS.—The interest 

9 on, and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, 

10 any obligations held in the trust fund established 

11 under subsection (a) shall be credited to and form 

12 a part of the trust fund. 

13 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SPECIALTY CROP

14 BLOCK GRANTS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the trust fund 

16 established under subsection (a) shall be available, 

17 without further appropriation, to the Secretary of 

18 Agriculture to make grants to States under the spe19 cialty crop block grant program established under 

20 section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness 

21 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 

22 note), to be used by State departments of agri23 culture to support domestic producers of garlic. 

24 (2) DETERMINATION.—Notwithstanding sub25 sections (b) and (c) of section 101 of the Specialty 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
5 

•S 5564 IS

1 Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 

2 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note), the Secretary of Ag3 riculture shall determine the recipients and amounts 

4 of grants under paragraph (1) in such manner as 

5 the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be appro6 priate to support domestic producers of garlic. 

7 (3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection shall 

8 affect the amount of a grant made to any State 

9 under section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competi10 tiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 

11 1621 note) using funds made available under sub12 section (l) of that section, as determined under sub13 sections (b) and (c) of that section. 

Æ 


ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS