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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3004 

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that each Federal agency participating in the International Trade Data System develops and maintains 

the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 2, 2013 

Mr. BERA of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that each Federal 

agency participating in the International Trade Data 

System develops and maintains the necessary information 

technology infrastructure to support the operation of the 

System, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Reducing Waste and 

5 Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL TRADE DATA SYSTEM. 

2 (a) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUC3 TURE.—Section 411(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

4 U.S.C. 1411(d)) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

6 (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(4) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUC10 TURE.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

12 work with the head of each agency participating 

13 in the ITDS and the Interagency Steering 

14 Committee to ensure that each such agency— 

15 ‘‘(i) develops and maintains the nec16 essary information technology infrastruc17 ture to support the operation of the ITDS 

18 and to submit all data to the ITDS elec19 tronically; 

20 ‘‘(ii) enters into a memorandum of 

21 understanding, or takes such other action 

22 as is necessary, to provide for the informa23 tion sharing between the agency and the 

24 U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

25 Agency necessary for the operation and 

26 maintenance of the ITDS; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) not later than June 30, 2014, 

2 identifies and transmits to the Commis3 sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec4 tion the admissibility criteria and data ele5 ments required by the agency to authorize 

6 the release of cargo by the U.S. Customs 

7 and Border Protection Agency for incorpo8 ration into the operational functionality of 

9 the Automated Commercial Environment 

10 computer system. 

11 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

12 in this paragraph shall be construed to require 

13 any action to be taken that would compromise 

14 an ongoing law enforcement investigation or na15 tional security.’’. 

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

17 13031(f)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec18 onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(5)) is amended 

19 by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(C) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

21 Secretary of the Treasury from amounts available in the 

22 Account $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

23 through 2018, to remain available until expended, to carry 

24 out the provisions of section 411(d)(4) of the Tariff Act 

25 of 1930.’’. 


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1 (c) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE2 PORT.—Not later than June 30, 2015, the Comptroller 

3 General of the United States shall submit to the Com4 mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on Finance 

5 of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and 

6 the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep7 resentatives a report— 

8 (1) evaluating the development and mainte9 nance of the information technology infrastructure 

10 necessary to support the operations of the Inter11 national Trade Data System; and 

12 (2) assessing the number of memoranda of un13 derstanding and other actions taken by the U.S. 

14 Customs and Border Protection Agency and other 

15 Federal agencies to ensure the sharing of electronic 

16 import and export data. 

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