I 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5188 

To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose limitations on the 

authority of the President to adjust imports that are determined to 

threaten to impair national security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 11, 2023 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Mr. BEYER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose 

limitations on the authority of the President to adjust 

imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security, 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 ‘‘Congressional Trade 

5 Authority Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO AD2 JUST IMPORTS DETERMINED TO THREATEN 

3 TO IMPAIR NATIONAL SECURITY. 

4 (a) LIMITATION ON ARTICLES FOR WHICH ACTION

5 MAY BE TAKEN.—Section 232 of the Trade Expansion 

6 Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘an article’’ each place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘a covered article’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘any article’’ each place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘any covered article’’; 

11 (3) by striking ‘‘the article’’ each place it ap12 pears and inserting ‘‘the covered article’’; 

13 (4) in the first subsection (d), by striking ‘‘In 

14 the administration’’ and all that follow through ‘‘na15 tional security.’’; and 

16 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘covered 

19 article’ means an article related to the development, 

20 maintenance, or protection of military equipment, 

21 energy resources, or critical infrastructure essential 

22 to national security. 

23 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The term ‘national 

24 security’— 

25 ‘‘(A) means the protection of the United 

26 States from foreign aggression; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) does not otherwise include the protec2 tion of the general welfare of the United 

3 States.’’. 

4 (b) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

5 FOR INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 232(b) of the Trade Ex6 pansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 

9 Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in the section 

10 referred to as the ‘Secretary’)’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’; and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of De16 fense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

17 Commerce’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

21 by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’; and 

23 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the Sec24 retary of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec25 retary of Commerce’’; and 


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1 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

2 as follows: 

3 ‘‘(B) Upon the request of the Secretary of 

4 Defense, the Secretary of Commerce shall pro5 vide to the Secretary of Defense an assessment 

6 of the quantity of imports of any covered article 

7 that is the subject of an investigation conducted 

8 under this subsection and the circumstances 

9 under which the covered article is imported.’’; 

10 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

12 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

13 ‘‘the Secretary shall submit’’ and all that 

14 follows through ‘‘recommendations of the 

15 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

16 Defense and the Secretary of Commerce 

17 shall jointly submit to the President a re18 port on the findings of the investigation 

19 and, based on such findings, the rec20 ommendations of the Secretary of Com21 merce’’; and 

22 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

23 ‘‘Secretary finds’’ and all that follows 

24 through ‘‘Secretary shall’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘Secretaries find that the covered article is 


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1 being imported into the United States in 

2 such quantities or under such cir3 cumstances as to be a substantial cause of 

4 a threat to impair the national security, 

5 the Secretaries shall’’; and 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘by 

7 the Secretary’’; and 

8 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’. 

10 (c) DETERMINATIONS OF PRESIDENT.—Section 

11 232(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 

12 1862(c)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); 

15 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘(A) Within’’ and in17 serting ‘‘Within’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘in which the Sec19 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘that’’; 

20 (C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 

21 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

22 (D) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated 

23 by subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘of the Sec24 retary’’; and 


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1 (E) by amending subparagraph (B), as re2 designated by subparagraph (C), to read as fol3 lows: 

4 ‘‘(B) if the President concurs, submit to 

5 Congress, not later than 15 days after making 

6 that determination, a proposal regarding the 

7 nature and duration of the action that, in the 

8 judgment of the President, should be taken to 

9 adjust the imports of the covered article and its 

10 derivatives so that such imports will not be a 

11 substantial cause of a threat to impair the na12 tional security.’’; and 

13 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) The President shall submit to Congress for 

16 review under subsection (f) a report describing the 

17 action proposed to be taken under paragraph (1) 

18 and specifying the reasons for such proposal. Such 

19 report shall be included in the report published 

20 under subsection (e).’’. 

21 (d) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PRESIDENTIAL

22 ADJUSTMENT OF IMPORTS.—Section 232(f) of the Trade 

23 Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(f)) is amended 

24 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(f) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PRESIDENTIAL

2 ADJUSTMENT OF IMPORTS; JOINT RESOLUTION OF AP3 PROVAL.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An action to adjust imports 

5 proposed by the President in a report submitted to 

6 Congress under subsection (c)(2) shall have force 

7 and effect only if, during the period of 60 calendar 

8 days beginning on the date on which the report is 

9 submitted, a joint resolution of approval is enacted 

10 pursuant to paragraph (2). 

11 ‘‘(2) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF APPROVAL.— 

12 ‘‘(A) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL

13 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘joint 

14 resolution of approval’ means only a joint reso15 lution of either House of Congress— 

16 ‘‘(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘A 

17 joint resolution approving the proposal of 

18 the President to take an action relating to 

19 the adjustment of imports entering into 

20 the United States in such quantities or 

21 under such circumstances as to threaten or 

22 impair the national security.’; and 

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1 dent relating to the adjustment of imports 

2 to protect the national security as de3 scribed in the report submitted to Con4 gress under section 232(c)(2) of the Trade 

5 Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 

6 1862(c)(2)) on lllll relating to 

7 lllll.’, with the first blank space 

8 being filled with the appropriate date and 

9 the second blank space being filled with a 

10 short description of the proposed action. 

11 ‘‘(B) INTRODUCTION.—During the period 

12 of 60 calendar days provided for under para13 graph (1), a joint resolution of approval may be 

14 introduced in either House by any Member. 

15 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP16 RESENTATIVES.— 

17 ‘‘(i) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint 

18 resolution of approval introduced in the 

19 House of Representatives shall be referred 

20 to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

21 ‘‘(ii) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.— 

22 If the Committee on Ways and Means has 

23 not reported the joint resolution of ap24 proval within 10 calendar days after the 

25 date of referral, the Committee shall be 


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1 discharged from further consideration of 

2 the joint resolution. 

3 ‘‘(iii) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDER4 ATION.—Beginning on the third legislative 

5 day after the Committee on Ways and 

6 Means reports the joint resolution of ap7 proval to the House or has been discharged 

8 from further consideration thereof, it shall 

9 be in order to move to proceed to consider 

10 the joint resolution in the House. All 

11 points of order against the motion are 

12 waived. Such a motion shall not be in 

13 order after the House has disposed of a 

14 motion to proceed on the joint resolution. 

15 The previous question shall be considered 

16 as ordered on the motion to its adoption 

17 without intervening motion. The motion 

18 shall not be debatable. A motion to recon19 sider the vote by which the motion is dis20 posed of shall not be in order. 

21 ‘‘(iv) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—The 

22 joint resolution of approval shall be consid23 ered as read. All points of order against 

24 the joint resolution and against its consid25 eration are waived. The previous question 


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1 shall be considered as ordered on the joint 

2 resolution to final passage without inter3 vening motion except 2 hours of debate 

4 equally divided and controlled by the spon5 sor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 

6 and an opponent. A motion to reconsider 

7 the vote on passage of the joint resolution 

8 shall not be in order. 

9 ‘‘(D) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

10 ‘‘(i) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint 

11 resolution of approval introduced in the 

12 Senate shall be referred to the Committee 

13 on Finance. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.— 

15 If the Committee on Finance has not re16 ported the joint resolution of approval 

17 within 10 calendar days after the date of 

18 referral of the joint resolution, the Com19 mittee shall be discharged from further 

20 consideration of the joint resolution and 

21 the joint resolution shall be placed on the 

22 appropriate calendar. 

23 ‘‘(iii) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDER24 ATION.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII of 

25 the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in 


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1 order at any time after the Committee on 

2 Finance reports a joint resolution of ap3 proval or has been discharged from consid4 eration of such a joint resolution to move 

5 to proceed to the consideration of the joint 

6 resolution. The motion to proceed is not 

7 debatable. The motion is not subject to a 

8 motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider 

9 the vote by which the motion is agreed to 

10 or disagreed to shall not be in order. 

11 ‘‘(iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON

12 PROCEDURE.—Appeals from the decisions 

13 of the Chair relating to the application of 

14 the rules of the Senate to the procedure re15 lating to a joint resolution of approval 

16 shall be decided by the Senate without de17 bate. 

18 ‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESO19 LUTION IN SENATE.— 

20 ‘‘(i) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Except 

21 as provided in clause (ii), a joint resolution 

22 of approval that has passed the House of 

23 Representatives shall, when received in the 

24 Senate, be referred to the Committee on 


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1 Finance for consideration in accordance 

2 with subparagraph (D). 

3 ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE RES4 OLUTION.—If a joint resolution of approval 

5 was introduced in the Senate before receipt 

6 of a joint resolution of approval that has 

7 passed the House of Representatives— 

8 ‘‘(I) the joint resolution from the 

9 House of Representatives shall, when 

10 received in the Senate, be placed on 

11 the calendar; and 

12 ‘‘(II) the procedures in the Sen13 ate with respect to a joint resolution 

14 of approval introduced in the Senate 

15 shall be the same as if no joint resolu16 tion of approval had been received 

17 from the House of Representatives, 

18 except that the vote on passage in the 

19 Senate shall be on the joint resolution 

20 that passed the House of Representa21 tives. 

22 ‘‘(iii) HOUSE RESOLUTION RECEIVED

23 AFTER PASSAGE BY SENATE.—If the Sen24 ate passes a joint resolution of approval 

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1 proval from the House of Representatives, 

2 the joint resolution of the Senate shall be 

3 held at the desk pending receipt of the 

4 joint resolution from the House of Rep5 resentatives. Upon receipt of the joint reso6 lution of approval from the House of Rep7 resentatives, such joint resolution shall be 

8 deemed to be read twice, considered, read 

9 the third time, and passed. 

10 ‘‘(iv) CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE RES11 OLUTION IF NO RESOLUTION INTRODUCED

12 IN SENATE.—If the Senate receives a joint 

13 resolution of approval from the House of 

14 Representatives, and no joint resolution of 

15 approval has been introduced in the Sen16 ate, the procedures described in subpara17 graph (D) shall apply to consideration of 

18 the joint resolution of the House. 

19 ‘‘(F) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA20 TIVES AND SENATE.—This paragraph is en21 acted by Congress— 

22 ‘‘(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking 

23 power of the Senate and the House of Rep24 resentatives, respectively, and as such is 

25 deemed a part of the rules of each House, 


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1 respectively, and supersedes other rules 

2 only to the extent that it is inconsistent 

3 with such rules; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) with full recognition of the con5 stitutional right of either House to change 

6 the rules (so far as relating to the proce7 dure of that House) at any time, in the 

8 same manner, and to the same extent as in 

9 the case of any other rule of that House.’’. 

10 (e) EXCLUSION PROCESS; REPORT.—Section 232 of 

11 the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) is 

12 amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

13 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATION OF EXCLUSION PROCESS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Inter15 national Trade Commission shall administer a proc16 ess for granting requests for the exclusion of covered 

17 articles from any actions, including actions to im18 pose duties or quotas, taken by the President under 

19 subsection (c). 

20 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In administering the 

21 process required by paragraph (1), the International 

22 Trade Commission shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) consider, when determining whether 

24 to grant an exclusion with respect to a covered 

25 article, if— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the covered article is produced in 

2 the United States and is of sufficient qual3 ity, available in sufficient quantities, and 

4 available on a reasonable timeframe; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the failure to grant the exclusion 

6 would result in severe economic harm; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the failure to grant the exclusion 

8 would impair the ability of the United 

9 States to maintain effective pressure to re10 move an unreasonable or discriminatory 

11 practice burdening United States com12 merce, and further if the International 

13 Trade Commission determines that— 

14 ‘‘(I) the article or a reasonable 

15 substitute is not commercially avail16 able to person requesting an exclusion 

17 under paragraph (1) with respect to a 

18 covered article; 

19 ‘‘(II) the imposition of the duty 

20 with respect to the article would un21 reasonably increase consumer prices 

22 for day-to-day items consumed by low23 or middle-income families in the 

24 United States; 


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1 ‘‘(III) the imposition of the duty 

2 would have an unreasonable impact on 

3 manufacturing output of the United 

4 States; 

5 ‘‘(IV) the imposition of the duty 

6 would have an unreasonable impact on 

7 the ability of an entity to fulfill con8 tracts or to build critical infrastruc9 ture; or 

10 ‘‘(V) the failure to grant the ex11 clusion is likely to result in a par12 ticular entity or entities having the 

13 ability to abuse a dominant market 

14 position; and 

15 ‘‘(B) ensure that an exclusion granted with 

16 respect to a covered article is available to any 

17 person that imports the covered article; 

18 ‘‘(C) not disclose business proprietary in19 formation; and 

20 ‘‘(D) establish guidelines to provide for— 

21 ‘‘(i) the maximum period of time that 

22 an exclusion will be in effect; 

23 ‘‘(ii) applications for renewal of an ex24 clusion; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) written reasoning to a person 

2 that has requested an exclusion that the 

3 International Trade Commision has de4 nied. 

5 ‘‘(3) PUBLICATION OF PROCEDURES.—The 

6 International Trade Commission shall publish in the 

7 Federal Register and make available on a publicly 

8 available internet website of the Commission a de9 scription of the procedures to be followed by a per10 son requesting an exclusion under paragraph (1) 

11 with respect to a covered article. 

12 ‘‘(h) REPORT BY INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMIS13 SION.—Not later than 18 months after the President 

14 takes action under subsection (c) to adjust imports of a 

15 covered article, the International Trade Commission shall 

16 submit to Congress a report assessing the effects of the 

17 action on— 

18 ‘‘(1) the industry to which the covered article 

19 relates; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the overall economy of the United States. 

21 ‘‘(i) AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the United 

22 States shall conduct an audit on an annual basis of the 

23 exclusion process established under subsection (g)(1).’’. 


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1 (f) SUNSET.—Section 232 of the Trade Expansion 

2 Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), as amended by this section, 

3 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(i) SUNSET.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of this section, an action to adjust imports by the Presi6 dent in a report submitted to Congress under subsection 

7 (c)(2) with respect to a covered article shall terminate not 

8 later than the date that is three years after the date of 

9 the enactment of a joint resolution required by subsection 

10 (f) with respect to such action.’’. 

11 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 232 of the 

12 Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862), as 

13 amended by this section, is further amended— 

14 (1) in the first subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the 

15 Secretary and the President’’ each place it appears 

16 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense, the Sec17 retary of Commerce, and the President’’; 

18 (2) by redesignating the second subsection (d) 

19 as subsection (e); and 

20 (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), as redes21 ignated by paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Sec22 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’. 

23 (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided by sub24 section (h), the amendments made by this section shall 

25 apply with respect to any proposed action under section 


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1 232(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 

2 1862(c)) on or after the date that is 6 years before the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 (i) TRANSITION RULES.— 

5 (1) APPROVAL PROCESS FOR ACTIONS TAKE BE6 FORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—If, during the period 

8 specified in paragraph (2), the President makes 

9 a determination described in subsection (c) of 

10 section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 

11 1962, as in effect on the day before the date of 

12 the enactment of this Act, to take action with 

13 respect to an article— 

14 (i) not later than 15 days after such 

15 date of enactment, the President shall re16 submit to Congress the report required 

17 under that section with respect to the ac18 tion; and 

19 (ii) the action shall have force and ef20 fect after the day that is 75 days after 

21 such date of enactment only if, during the 

22 period of 60 calendar days beginning on 

23 the date on which the report is resubmitted 

24 under clause (i), a joint resolution of ap25 proval is enacted pursuant to subsection 


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1 (f)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 

2 as amended by this section, with respect to 

3 the action. 

4 (B) NONAPPLICABILITY OF DEFINI5 TIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall apply with re6 spect to an action without regard to whether 

7 the article to which the action relates is a cov8 ered article (as defined in subsection (i) of sec9 tion 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 

10 as added by this section). 

11 (2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 

12 in this paragraph is the period beginning on the date 

13 that is 7 years before the date of the enactment of 

14 this Act and ending on the day before such date of 

15 enactment. 

16 (3) ADMINISTRATION OF EXCLUSION PROC17 ESS.—In the case of an action with respect to which 

18 a resolution of approval is enacted as required by 

19 paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the Secretary of Commerce 

20 shall continue to administer the process established 

21 before the date of the enactment of this Act for 

22 granting requests for the exclusion of articles from 

23 the action. 

24 (4) INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION RE25 PORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 


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1 the enactment of this Act, the United States Inter2 national Trade Commission shall submit to Congress 

3 a report described in subsection (h) of section 232 

4 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as added by 

5 this section, relating to each action taken under sub6 section (c) of section 232 of the Trade Expansion 

7 Act of 1962, as in effect on the day before such date 

8 of enactment, during the period specified in para9 graph (2). 

10 (5) TERMINATION OF ACTIONS NOT AP11 PROVED.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—An action described in 

13 subparagraph (B) shall terminate on the day 

14 that is 75 days after the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act. 

16 (B) ACTION DESCRIBED.—An action de17 scribed in this subparagraph is an action with 

18 respect to which— 

19 (i) the President made a determina20 tion described in subsection (c) of section 

21 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 

22 as in effect on the day before the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act, during the pe24 riod specified in paragraph (2); and 


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1 (ii) a joint resolution of approval is 

2 not enacted as required by paragraph 

3 (1)(A)(ii). 

4 (C) MODIFICATION OF DUTY RATE

5 AMOUNTS.— 

6 (i) IN GENERAL.—Any rate of duty 

7 modified under section 232(c) of the Trade 

8 Expansion Act of 1962, as in effect on the 

9 day before the date of the enactment of 

10 this Act, pursuant to an action described 

11 in subparagraph (B) shall, on the day that 

12 is 75 days after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act, revert to the rate of duty in ef14 fect before such modification. 

15 (ii) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR

16 CERTAIN LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDA17 TIONS.— 

18 (I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

19 subclause (II), an entry of an article 

20 shall be liquidated or reliquidated as 

21 though such entry occurred on the 

22 date that is 75 days after the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act if— 

24 (aa) the rate of duty appli25 cable to the article was modified 


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1 pursuant to an action described 

2 in subparagraph (B); and 

3 (bb) a lower rate of duty 

4 would be applicable due to the 

5 application of clause (i). 

6 (II) REQUESTS.—A liquidation 

7 or reliquidation may be made under 

8 subclause (I) with respect to an entry 

9 only if a request therefor is filed with 

10 U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

11 not later than 255 days after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act that con13 tains sufficient information to enable 

14 U.S. Customs and Border Protec15 tion— 

16 (aa) to locate the entry; or 

17 (bb) to reconstruct the entry 

18 if it cannot be located. 

19 (III) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS

20 OWED.—Any amounts owed by the 

21 United States pursuant to the liquida22 tion or reliquidation of an entry of an 

23 article under subclause (I) shall be 

24 paid, without interest, not later than 

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1 tion or reliquidation (as the case may 

2 be). 

3 (iii) ENTRY DEFINED.—In this para4 graph, the terms ‘‘entry’’ includes a with5 drawal from warehouse for consumption. 

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