I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8666 
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 5, 2022 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. BEYER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COO-
PER, and Mr. SUOZZI) 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 jurisdic-
tion 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 na-
tional security, 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 ‘‘Bicameral Congres-
sional Trade Authority Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO AD-
JUST IMPORTS DETERMINED TO THREATEN 
TO IMPAIR NATIONAL SECURITY. 
(a) LIMITATION ON ARTICLES FOR WHICH ACTION 
MAY BE TAKEN.—Section 232 of the Trade Expansion 
Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘an article’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘a covered article’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘any article’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘any covered article’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘the article’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the covered article’’; 
(4) in the first subsection (d), by striking ‘‘In 
the administration’’ and all that follow through ‘‘na-
tional security.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
ARTICLE.—The term ‘covered 
article’ means an article related to the development, 
maintenance, or protection of military equipment, 
energy resources, or critical infrastructure essential 
to national security. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The term ‘national 
security’— 
‘‘(A) means the protection of the United 
States from foreign aggression; and 
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‘‘(B) does not otherwise include the protec-
tion of the general welfare of the United 
States.’’. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
FOR INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 232(b) of the Trade Ex-
pansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in the section 
referred to as the ‘Secretary’)’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of De-
fense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
Commerce’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Commerce’’; and 
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(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) Upon the request of the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Commerce shall pro-
vide to the Secretary of Defense an assessment 
of the quantity of imports of any covered article 
that is the subject of an investigation conducted 
under this subsection and the circumstances 
under which the covered article is imported.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘the Secretary shall submit’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘recommendations of the 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Commerce 
shall jointly submit to the President a re-
port on the findings of the investigation 
and, based on such findings, the rec-
ommendations of the Secretary of Com-
merce’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Secretary finds’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Secretary shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretaries find that the covered article is 
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being imported into the United States in 
such 
quantities 
or 
under 
such 
cir-
cumstances as to be a substantial cause of 
a threat to impair the national security, 
the Secretaries shall’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘by 
the Secretary’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’. 
(c) 
DETERMINATIONS
OF
PRESIDENT.—Section 
232(c) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 
1862(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) Within’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Within’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in which the Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘that’’; 
(C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(D) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘of the Sec-
retary’’; and 
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