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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3004 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that each Federal agency partici-
pating in the International Trade Data System develops and maintains 
the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the oper-
ation 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. 
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 ‘‘Reducing Waste and 
Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL TRADE DATA SYSTEM. 
(a) 
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—Section 411(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1411(d)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUC-
TURE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
work with the head of each agency participating 
in the ITDS and the Interagency Steering 
Committee to ensure that each such agency— 
‘‘(i) develops and maintains the nec-
essary information technology infrastruc-
ture to support the operation of the ITDS 
and to submit all data to the ITDS elec-
tronically; 
‘‘(ii) enters into a memorandum of 
understanding, or takes such other action 
as is necessary, to provide for the informa-
tion sharing between the agency and the 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Agency necessary for the operation and 
maintenance of the ITDS; and 
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‘‘(iii) not later than June 30, 2014, 
identifies and transmits to the Commis-
sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion the admissibility criteria and data ele-
ments required by the agency to authorize 
the release of cargo by the U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection Agency for incorpo-
ration into the operational functionality of 
the Automated Commercial Environment 
computer system. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to require 
any action to be taken that would compromise 
an ongoing law enforcement investigation or na-
tional security.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
13031(f)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(5)) is amended 
by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of the Treasury from amounts available in the 
Account $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018, to remain available until expended, to carry 
out the provisions of section 411(d)(4) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930.’’. 
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