I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3982 
To establish a Tariff Response and Damages to Exports fund, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2025 
Ms. LETLOW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, 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 establish a Tariff Response and Damages to Exports 
fund, 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. TARIFF RESPONSE AND DAMAGES TO EXPORTS 
FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the general 
fund of the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Tariff 
Response And Damages to Exports Fund’’ or the 
‘‘TRADE Fund’’. Amounts made available to such fund 
pursuant to subsection (b) shall be made available without 
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subsequent appropriation or fiscal year limitation to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes described in sub-
section (c). 
(b) TARIFF REVENUES.—The President may deposit 
into the TRADE Fund any revenues collected in the form 
of duties imposed on the importation of articles classified 
under any of chapters 1 through 24 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall use any amounts deposited in the TRADE Fund to 
make payments to persons the Secretary determines are 
agricultural producers that have been affected by export 
competition, reduction in access to foreign markets, or 
other trade-related market disruptions, including losses 
the Secretary determines are due to— 
(1) decreased exports; 
(2) tariff or non-tariff barriers imposed by for-
eign countries; or 
(3) increases in the costs of items and goods 
necessary for the production of agricultural commod-
ities and livestock. 
(d) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the end of each fiscal year in which a direct payment 
is made under this section, the Secretary of Agri-
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culture shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report detailing— 
(A) the total revenues transferred into the 
TRADE Fund during such preceding fiscal 
year; 
(B) the economic impacts, as determined 
by the Secretary for purposes of the authority 
provided by subsection (c), of export competi-
tion, reduction in access to foreign markets, or 
other trade-related market disruptions on af-
fected agricultural producers during such fiscal 
year; and 
(C) a summary of assistance provided to 
such producers pursuant to subsection (c). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Agriculture and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate. 
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(e) SUNSET.—The authorities provided by this sec-
tion shall terminate on September 30, 2030, and the unob-
ligated balances of all amounts available in the TRADE 
Fund as of such date shall be permanently rescinded. 
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