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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CNL Update Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITA-
TION. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—Section 503 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘after December 31, 
1995— (I) a quantity’’ and inserting ‘‘after De-
cember 31, 1995, a quantity’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘calendar year, or’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘the President shall,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘calendar year, the President shall,’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘for 1996, 
$75,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘for calendar year 
2023, $600,000,000’’; and 
(B) 
in 
subclause 
(II), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent of such 
applicable amount’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘may, 
subject’’ and inserting ‘‘should, subject’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (c)(2)(E) and sub-
section (c)(2)(F); 
(5) by inserting after subsection (c)(2)(D) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) CALCULATION
OF
LIMITATIONS.— 
There shall be counted against the limitations 
imposed under subparagraph (A) for any cal-
endar year only that value of any eligible article 
of a beneficiary developing country that entered 
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duty-free under this title during such calendar 
year.’’; 
(6) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘if, before’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘the President’’ and in-
serting ‘‘if the President’’; and 
(7) in subsection (d)(4)(B)(ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a period; 
(B) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
by striking ‘‘a quantity of the article—(I) hav-
ing an appraised value’’ and inserting ‘‘a quan-
tity of the article having an appraised value’’; 
and 
(C) by striking subclause (II). 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) RESTORATION
OF
DUTY-FREE
TREAT-
MENT.— 
(A) LIST REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall— 
(i) list each article with respect to 
which such treatment was eliminated pur-
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suant to subsection (c) of section 503 of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect on De-
cember 31, 2020, that is eligible for such 
treatment pursuant to such section 503 as 
amended by this Act; and 
(ii) determine, with respect to each 
such article, whether the article is a poten-
tially sensitive product that warrants re-
view pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of such 
section 503 for the continued withholding 
of duty-free treatment. 
(B) PROMPT
RESTORATION.—Except for 
articles for which the President makes an af-
firmative determination pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)(ii), the President shall restore duty- 
free treatment to each article included in the 
list described in subparagraph (A)(i) on such 
120th day after date of enactment. 
(3) EXPEDITED REVIEW OF CERTAIN ARTICLES 
FOR EXCLUSION FROM DUTY-FREE TREATMENT.— 
The President shall review, pursuant to section 
503(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2463(c)(1)), whether duty-free treatment should 
continue to be withheld from each article for which 
the President makes an affirmative determination 
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