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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5564 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5564

 To increase the rate of duty on garlic originating from the People's 
                           Republic of China.

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                   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

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                                 A BILL

 
 To increase the rate of duty on garlic originating from the People's 
                           Republic of China.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Eating Waste And Guarantee 
Excellence for Garlic Assurance and Regulatory Legislation to Inhibit 
Chinese Imports Tariff Act of 2024'' or the ``SEWAGE GARLIC Imports 
Tariff Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that imports of garlic originating from 
the People's Republic of China, whether fresh or preserved, should be 
prohibited.

SEC. 3. DUTY INCREASE ON GARLIC FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--An article described in subsection (b) shall be 
subject to a rate of duty of $100 per kilogram.
    (b) Articles Described.--An article described in this subsection is 
any of the following originating from the People's Republic of China:
            (1) Fresh or chilled garlic classified under subheading 
        0703.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
        States (in this subsection referred to as the ``HTS'').
            (2) Frozen garlic classified under statistical reporting 
        number 0710.80.9755 of the HTS.
            (3) Dried or dehydrated garlic classified under subheading 
        0712.90.40 of the HTS.
            (4) Garlic, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar 
        or acetic acid, classified under subheading 2004.90.85 or 
        2005.99.97 of the HTS.
            (5) Essential oil of garlic classified under statistical 
        reporting number 3301.29.5115 of the HTS.
    (c) Applicability.--Subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 
15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR DOMESTIC GROWERS 
              OF GARLIC.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a trust fund, consisting of--
            (1) amounts transferred to the trust fund under subsection 
        (b); and
            (2) any amounts that may be credited to the trust fund 
        under subsection (c).
    (b) Transfer of Amounts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        transfer to the trust fund established under subsection (a), 
        from the general fund of the Treasury, for fiscal year 2025 and 
        each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equivalent to the amount 
        received into the general fund during that fiscal year and 
        attributable to duties imposed under section 3.
            (2) Frequency of transfers.--The Secretary shall transfer 
        amounts required by paragraph (1) to be transferred to the 
        trust fund established under subsection (a) not less frequently 
        than quarterly.
    (c) Investment of Amounts.--
            (1) Investment of amounts.--The Secretary shall invest such 
        portion of the trust fund established under subsection (a) as 
        is not required to meet current withdrawals in interest-bearing 
        obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed 
        as to both principal and interest by the United States.
            (2) Interest and proceeds.--The interest on, and the 
        proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held 
        in the trust fund established under subsection (a) shall be 
        credited to and form a part of the trust fund.
    (d) Availability of Funds for Specialty Crop Block Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts in the trust fund established 
        under subsection (a) shall be available, without further 
        appropriation, to the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants 
        to States under the specialty crop block grant program 
        established under section 101 of the Specialty Crops 
        Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 
        note), to be used by State departments of agriculture to 
        support domestic producers of garlic.
            (2) Determination.--Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) 
        of section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 
        2004 (Public Law 108-465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note), the Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall determine the recipients and amounts of 
        grants under paragraph (1) in such manner as the Secretary of 
        Agriculture determines to be appropriate to support domestic 
        producers of garlic.
            (3) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection shall affect the 
        amount of a grant made to any State under section 101 of the 
        Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
        465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note) using funds made available under 
        subsection (l) of that section, as determined under subsections 
        (b) and (c) of that section.
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