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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6555 

To modify the competitive need limitation with respect to the generalized 

system of preferences, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 1, 2023 

Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself and Ms. DELBENE) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To modify the competitive need limitation with respect to 

the generalized system of preferences, 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 ‘‘CNL Update Act of 

5 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITA7 TION. 

8 (a) MODIFICATION.—Section 503 of the Trade Act 

9 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i)— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘after December 31, 

2 1995— (I) a quantity’’ and inserting ‘‘after De3 cember 31, 1995, a quantity’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘calendar year, or’’ and all 

5 that follows through ‘‘the President shall,’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘calendar year, the President shall,’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii)— 

8 (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘for 1996, 

9 $75,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘for calendar year 

10 2023, $600,000,000’’; and 

11 (B) in subclause (II), by striking 

12 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent of such 

13 applicable amount’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘may, 

15 subject’’ and inserting ‘‘should, subject’’; 

16 (4) by striking subsection (c)(2)(E) and sub17 section (c)(2)(F); 

18 (5) by inserting after subsection (c)(2)(D) the 

19 following new subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(E) CALCULATION OF LIMITATIONS.— 

21 There shall be counted against the limitations 

22 imposed under subparagraph (A) for any cal23 endar year only that value of any eligible article 

24 of a beneficiary developing country that entered 

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1 duty-free under this title during such calendar 

2 year.’’; 

3 (6) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘if, before’’ 

4 and all that follows through ‘‘the President’’ and in5 serting ‘‘if the President’’; and 

6 (7) in subsection (d)(4)(B)(ii)— 

7 (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

8 inserting a period; 

9 (B) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 

10 by striking ‘‘a quantity of the article—(I) hav11 ing an appraised value’’ and inserting ‘‘a quan12 tity of the article having an appraised value’’; 

13 and 

14 (C) by striking subclause (II). 

15 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

17 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the en18 actment of this Act. 

19 (2) RESTORATION OF DUTY-FREE TREAT20 MENT.— 

21 (A) LIST REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 

22 days after the date of the enactment of this 

23 Act, the President shall— 

24 (i) list each article with respect to 

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1 suant to subsection (c) of section 503 of 

2 the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on De3 cember 31, 2020, that is eligible for such 

4 treatment pursuant to such section 503 as 

5 amended by this Act; and 

6 (ii) determine, with respect to each 

7 such article, whether the article is a poten8 tially sensitive product that warrants re9 view pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of such 

10 section 503 for the continued withholding 

11 of duty-free treatment. 

12 (B) PROMPT RESTORATION.—Except for 

13 articles for which the President makes an af14 firmative determination pursuant to subpara15 graph (A)(ii), the President shall restore duty16 free treatment to each article included in the 

17 list described in subparagraph (A)(i) on such 

18 120th day after date of enactment. 

19 (3) EXPEDITED REVIEW OF CERTAIN ARTICLES

20 FOR EXCLUSION FROM DUTY-FREE TREATMENT.— 

21 The President shall review, pursuant to section 

22 503(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

23 2463(c)(1)), whether duty-free treatment should 

24 continue to be withheld from each article for which 

25 the President makes an affirmative determination 

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1 pursuant to paragraph (2)(A)(ii). Not later than 1 

2 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 President shall restore duty-free treatment to each 

4 article for which such review determines that such 

5 treatment should not be withheld. 

6 (4) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

8 shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

10 on Finance of the Senate a report containing— 

11 (A) the results of the reviews conducted 

12 pursuant to paragraph (3); and 

13 (B) justifications for the reasons for which 

14 duty-free treatment was withheld or restored 

15 with respect to articles described in such para16 graph. 

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