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Union Calendar No. 399 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4923 
[Report No. 114–519, Part I] 
To establish a process for the submission and consideration of petitions 
for temporary duty suspensions and reductions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2016 
Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. TIBERI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. REED, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
RENACCI, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WALKER, Mr. CLYBURN, 
Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCCLIN-
TOCK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. 
BLUM) 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 com-
mittee concerned 
APRIL 25, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. DUFFY, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 
MEEHAN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOLD, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. 
DENT, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. 
EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. MESSER, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. 
NOEM, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. KIND, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. POLIS, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. WEBER of 
Texas, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. MCSALLY, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mrs. ELLMERS 
of North Carolina, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 
GOSAR, and Mr. GRAVES of Missouri 
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APRIL 25, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
APRIL 25, 2016 
The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 13, 2016] 
A BILL 
To establish a process for the submission and consideration 
of petitions for temporary duty suspensions and reduc-
tions, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘American Manufac-
turing Competitiveness Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NEED FOR A MIS-
CELLANEOUS TARIFF BILL. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) As of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
imposes duties on imported goods for which there is 
no domestic availability or insufficient domestic 
availability. 
(2) The imposition of duties on such goods cre-
ates artificial distortions in the economy of the 
United States that negatively affect United States 
manufacturers and consumers. 
(3) The manufacturing competitiveness of the 
United States around the world will be enhanced if 
Congress regularly and predictably updates the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule to suspend or reduce duties 
on such goods. 
(4) Creating and maintaining an open and 
transparent process for consideration of petitions for 
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duty suspensions and reductions builds confidence 
that the process is fair, open to all, and free of abuse. 
(5) Complying with the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, in particular with 
clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, is essential to fostering and maintaining 
confidence in the process for considering a miscella-
neous tariff bill. 
(6) A miscellaneous tariff bill developed under 
this process will not contain any— 
(A) congressional earmarks or limited tax 
benefits within the meaning of clause 9 of rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives; 
or 
(B) congressionally directed spending items 
or limited tax benefits within the meaning of 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate. 
(7) Because any limited tariff benefits contained 
in any miscellaneous tariff bill following the process 
set forth by this Act will not have been the subject of 
legislation introduced by an individual Member of 
Congress and will be fully vetted through a trans-
parent and fair process free of abuse, it is appro-
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priate for Congress to consider limited tariff benefits 
as part of that miscellaneous tariff bill as long as— 
(A) in the case of a miscellaneous tariff bill 
considered in the House of Representatives, con-
sistent with the Rules of the House of Represent-
atives, a list of such limited tariff benefits is 
published in the reports of the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
accompanying the miscellaneous tariff bill, or in 
the Congressional Record; and 
(B) in the case of a miscellaneous tariff bill 
considered in the Senate, consistent with the 
Standing Rules of the Senate— 
(i) such limited tariff benefits have 
been identified through lists, charts, or other 
similar means; and 
(ii) the information identified in 
clause (i) has been available on a publicly 
accessible congressional website in a search-
able format at least 48 hours before the vote 
on the motion to proceed to the miscella-
neous tariff bill or the vote on the adoption 
of a report of a committee of conference in 
connection with the miscellaneous tariff bill, 
as the case may be. 
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(8) When the process set forth under paragraph 
(7) is followed, it is consistent with the letter and in-
tent of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate and other related guidance. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, to remove the competitive disadvantage to United 
States manufacturers and consumers and to promote the 
competitiveness of United States manufacturers, Congress 
should, not later than 90 days after the United States Inter-
national Trade Commission issues a final report on peti-
tions for duty suspensions and reductions under section 
3(b)(3)(E), consider a miscellaneous tariff bill. 
SEC. 3. PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS FOR 
DUTY SUSPENSIONS AND REDUCTIONS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to es-
tablish a process for the submission and consideration of 
petitions for duty suspensions and reductions. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS OF COMMISSION.— 
(1) INITIATION.—Not later than October 15, 
2016, and October 15, 2019, the Commission shall 
publish in the Federal Register and on a publicly 
available Internet website of the Commission a notice 
requesting members of the public who can dem-
onstrate that they are likely beneficiaries of duty sus-
pensions or reductions to submit to the Commission 
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during the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
such publication— 
(A) petitions for duty suspensions and re-
ductions; and 
(B) Commission disclosure forms with re-
spect to such duty suspensions and reductions. 
(2) CONTENT OF PETITIONS.—Each petition for 
a duty suspension or reduction under paragraph 
(1)(A) shall include the following information: 
(A) The name and address of the petitioner. 
(B) A statement as to whether the petition 
provides for an extension of an existing duty sus-
pension or reduction or provides for a new duty 
suspension or reduction. 
(C) A certification that the petitioner is a 
likely beneficiary of the proposed duty suspen-
sion or reduction. 
(D) An article description for the proposed 
duty suspension or reduction to be included in 
the amendment to subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States. 
(E) To the extent available— 
(i) a classification of the article for 
purposes of the amendment to subchapter II 
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of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States; 
(ii) a classification ruling of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection with respect to 
the article; and 
(iii) a copy of a U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection entry summary indi-
cating where the article is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States. 
(F) A brief and general description of the 
article. 
(G) A brief description of the industry in 
the United States that uses the article. 
(H) An estimate of the total value, in 
United States dollars, of imports of the article 
for each of the 5 calendar years after the cal-
endar year in which the petition is filed, includ-
ing an estimate of the total value of such imports 
by the person who submits the petition and by 
any other importers, if available. 
(I) The name of each person that imports 
the article, if available. 
(J) A description of any domestic produc-
tion of the article, if available. 
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(K) Such other information as the Commis-
sion may require. 
(3) REVIEW.— 
(A) COMMISSION PUBLICATION AND PUBLIC 
AVAILABILITY.—As soon as practicable after the 
expiration of the 60-day period specified in 
paragraph (1), but in any case not later than 30 
days after the expiration of such 60-day period, 
the Commission shall publish on a publicly 
available Internet website of the Commission— 
(i) the petitions for duty suspensions 
and reductions submitted under paragraph 
(1)(A) that contain the information re-
quired under paragraph (2); and 
(ii) the Commission disclosure forms 
with respect to such duty suspensions and 
reductions 
submitted 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(B). 
(B) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission 
shall publish in the Federal Register and on 
a publicly available Internet website of the 
Commission a notice requesting members of 
the public to submit to the Commission dur-
ing the 45-day period beginning on the date 
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of publication described in subparagraph 
(A) comments on— 
(I) the petitions for duty suspen-
sions and reductions published by the 
Commission 
under 
subparagraph 
(A)(i); and 
(II) the Commission disclosure 
forms with respect to such duty suspen-
sions and reductions published by the 
Commission 
under 
subparagraph 
(A)(ii). 
(ii) PUBLICATION OF COMMENTS.—The 
Commission shall publish a notice in the 
Federal Register directing members of the 
public to a publicly available Internet 
website of the Commission to view the com-
ments of the members of the public received 
under clause (i). 
(C) PRELIMINARY REPORT.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the expiration of the 120-day 
period beginning on the date of publication 
described in subparagraph (A), but in any 
case not later than 30 days after the expira-
tion of such 120-day period, the Commis-
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sion shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a preliminary report 
on the petitions for duty suspensions and 
reductions 
submitted 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(A). The preliminary report shall con-
tain the following information with respect 
to each petition for a duty suspension or re-
duction: 
(I) The heading or subheading of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States in which each article 
that is the subject of the petition for 
the duty suspension or reduction is 
classified, as identified by documenta-
tion supplied to the Commission, and 
any supporting information obtained 
by the Commission. 
(II) A determination of whether 
or not domestic production of the arti-
cle that is the subject of the petition for 
the duty suspension or reduction exists, 
taking into account the report of the 
Secretary of Commerce under sub-
section (c)(1), and, if such production 
exists, whether or not a domestic pro-
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ducer of the article objects to the duty 
suspension or reduction. 
(III) Any technical changes to the 
article description of the article that is 
the subject of the petition for the duty 
suspension or reduction that are nec-
essary for purposes of administration 
when the article is presented for im-
portation, taking into account the re-
port of the Secretary of Commerce 
under subsection (c)(2). 
(IV) An estimate of the amount of 
loss in revenue to the United States 
that would no longer be collected if the 
duty suspension or reduction takes ef-
fect. 
(V) A determination of whether or 
not the duty suspension or reduction is 
available to any person that imports 
the article that is the subject of the 
duty suspension or reduction. 
(VI) The likely beneficiaries of 
each duty suspension or reduction, in-
cluding whether the petitioner is a like-
ly beneficiary. 
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(ii) CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION.— 
The preliminary report submitted under 
clause (i) shall also contain the following 
information: 
(I) A list of petitions for duty sus-
pensions and reductions that meet the 
requirements of this Act without modi-
fications. 
(II) A list of petitions for duty 
suspensions and reductions for which 
the Commission recommends technical 
corrections in order to meet the re-
quirements of this Act, with the correc-
tion specified. 
(III) A list of petitions for duty 
suspensions and reductions for which 
the Commission recommends modifica-
tions to the amount of the duty suspen-
sion or reduction that is the subject of 
the petition to comply with the require-
ments of this Act, with the modifica-
tion specified. 
(IV) A list of petitions for duty 
suspensions and reductions for which 
the Commission recommends modifica-
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tions to the scope of the articles that 
are the subject of such petitions to ad-
dress objections by domestic producers 
to such petitions, with the modifica-
tions specified. 
(V) A list of the following: 
(aa) Petitions for duty sus-
pensions and reductions that the 
Commission has determined do 
not contain the information re-
quired under paragraph (2). 
(bb) Petitions for duty sus-
pensions and reductions with re-
spect to which the Commission 
has determined the petitioner is 
not a likely beneficiary. 
(VI) A list of petitions for duty 
suspensions and reductions that the 
Commission does not recommend for 
inclusion in a miscellaneous tariff bill, 
other than petitions specified in sub-
clause (V). 
(D) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Com-
mission shall consider any information sub-
mitted by the appropriate congressional commit-
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tees to the Commission relating to moving a pe-
tition that is contained in the list referred to in 
subclause (VI) of subparagraph (C)(ii) of the 
preliminary report submitted under subpara-
graph (C) to a list referred to in subclause (I), 
(II), (III), or (IV) of subparagraph (C)(ii). 
(E) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date on which the preliminary re-
port is submitted under subparagraph (C), the 
Commission shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a final report on each pe-
tition for a duty suspension or reduction speci-
fied in the preliminary report. The final report 
shall contain with respect to each such peti-
tion— 
(i) the information required under 
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (C) 
and updated as appropriate under subpara-
graph (D); and 
(ii) a determination of the Commission 
whether— 
(I) the duty suspension or reduc-
tion can likely be administered by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection; 
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(II) the estimated loss in revenue 
to the United States from the duty sus-
pension or reduction does not exceed 
$500,000 in a calendar year during 
which the duty suspension or reduction 
would be in effect; and 
(III) the duty suspension or re-
duction is available to any person im-
porting the article that is the subject of 
the duty suspension or reduction. 
(F) EXCLUSIONS.—The appropriate con-
gressional committees may exclude from a mis-
cellaneous tariff bill any petition for a duty sus-
pension or reduction that— 
(i) is contained in any list referred to 
in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV) of sub-
paragraph (C)(ii), as updated as appro-
priate under subparagraph (E)(i); 
(ii) is the subject of an objection from 
a Member of Congress; or 
(iii) is for an article for which there is 
domestic production. 
(G) ESTIMATES
BY
THE
CONGRESSIONAL 
BUDGET OFFICE.—For purposes of reflecting the 
estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, the 
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appropriate congressional committees shall ad-
just the amount of a duty suspension or reduc-
tion in a miscellaneous tariff bill only to assure 
that the estimated loss in revenue to the United 
States from that duty suspension or reduction, 
as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, 
does not exceed $500,000 in a calendar year dur-
ing which the duty suspension or reduction 
would be in effect. 
(H) PROHIBITIONS.—Any petitions for duty 
suspensions or reductions that are contained in 
any list referred to in subclause (V) or (VI) of 
subparagraph (C)(ii), as updated as appropriate 
under subparagraph (E)(i), or have not other-
wise undergone the processes required by this Act 
shall not be included in a miscellaneous tariff 
bill. 
(4) CONFIDENTIAL
BUSINESS
INFORMATION.— 
The procedures concerning the release of confidential 
business information set forth in section 332(g) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) shall apply 
with respect to information received by the Commis-
sion in posting petitions on a publicly available 
website of the Commission and in preparing reports 
under this subsection. 
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(5) PROCEDURES.—The Commission shall pre-
scribe and publish in the Federal Register and on a 
publicly available Internet website of the Commission 
procedures to be complied with by members of the 
public submitting petitions for duty suspensions and 
reductions under subsection (b)(1)(A). 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE REPORT.—Not later 
than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date 
of publication of the petitions for duty suspensions and re-
ductions under subsection (b)(3)(A), the Secretary of Com-
merce, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection and other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to 
the Commission and the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on each petition for a duty suspension or re-
duction submitted under subsection (b)(1)(A) that includes 
the following information: 
(1) A determination of whether or not domestic 
production of the article that is the subject of the peti-
tion for the duty suspension or reduction exists and, 
if such production exists, whether or not a domestic 
producer of the article objects to the petition for the 
duty suspension or reduction. 
(2) Any technical changes to the article descrip-
tion that are necessary for purposes of administration 
when articles are presented for importation. 
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SEC. 4. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF DUTY SUSPENSIONS AND 
REDUCTIONS ON UNITED STATES ECONOMY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the 
date of the enactment of a miscellaneous tariff bill, the Com-
mission shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the effects on the United States economy 
of duty suspensions and reductions enacted pursuant to this 
Act, including a broad assessment of the economic effects 
of such duty suspensions and reductions on producers, pur-
chasers, and consumers in the United States, using case 
studies describing such effects on selected industries or by 
type of article as available data permit. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall also 
solicit and append to the report required under subsection 
(a) recommendations with respect to those domestic indus-
try sectors or specific domestic industries that might benefit 
from permanent duty suspensions and reductions, either 
through a unilateral action of the United States or though 
negotiations for reciprocal tariff agreements, with a par-
ticular focus on inequities created by tariff inversions. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by this 
section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
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SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF LIMITED TARIFF BENEFITS IN THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SEN-
ATE. 
(a) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chair of the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
shall include a list of limited tariff benefits contained 
in a miscellaneous tariff bill in the report to accom-
pany such a bill or, in a case where a miscellaneous 
tariff bill is not reported by the committee, shall cause 
such a list to be printed in the appropriate section of 
the Congressional Record. 
(2) LIMITED
TARIFF
BENEFIT
DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection and consistent with clause 
9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives, as in effect during the One Hundred Fourteenth 
Congress, the term ‘‘limited tariff benefit’’ means a 
provision modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States in a manner that benefits 10 or 
fewer entities. 
(b) SENATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chairman of the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate, the Majority Leader 
of the Senate, or the designee of the Majority Leader 
of the Senate, shall provide for the publication in the 
Congressional Record of a certification that— 
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(A) each limited tariff benefit contained in 
a miscellaneous tariff bill considered in the Sen-
ate has been identified through lists, charts, or 
other similar means; and 
(B) the information identified in subpara-
graph (A) has been available on a publicly acces-
sible congressional website in a searchable format 
at least 48 hours before the vote on the motion 
to proceed to the miscellaneous tariff bill or the 
vote on the adoption of a report of a committee 
of conference in connection with the miscella-
neous tariff bill, as the case may be. 
(2) SATISFACTION OF SENATE RULES.—Publica-
tion of a certification in the Congressional Record 
under paragraph (1) satisfies the certification re-
quirements of paragraphs 1(a), 2(a), and 3(a) of rule 
XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate. 
(3) LIMITED
TARIFF
BENEFIT
DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection and consistent with rule 
XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, as in effect 
during the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, the 
term ‘‘limited tariff benefit’’ means a provision modi-
fying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities. 
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(c) ENACTMENT
AS
EXERCISE
OF
RULEMAKING 
POWER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.— 
This section is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 
and as such are deemed a part of the rules of each 
House, respectively, and such procedures supersede 
other rules only to the extent that they are incon-
sistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as re-
lating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 6. JUDICIAL REVIEW PRECLUDED. 
The exercise of functions under this Act shall not be 
subject to judicial review. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate. 
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(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the United States International Trade Com-
mission. 
(3) COMMISSION DISCLOSURE FORM.—The term 
‘‘Commission disclosure form’’ means, with respect to 
a petition for a duty suspension or reduction, a docu-
ment submitted by a petitioner to the Commission 
that contains the following: 
(A) The contact information for any known 
importers of the article to which the proposed 
duty suspension or reduction would apply. 
(B) A certification by the petitioner that the 
proposed duty suspension or reduction is avail-
able to any person importing the article to which 
the proposed duty suspension or reduction would 
apply. 
(C) A certification that the petitioner is a 
likely beneficiary of the proposed duty suspen-
sion or reduction. 
(4) DOMESTIC PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘domestic 
producer’’ means a person that demonstrates produc-
tion, or imminent production, in the United States of 
an article that is identical to, or like or directly com-
petitive with, an article to which a petition for a 
duty suspension or reduction would apply. 
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(5) DOMESTIC PRODUCTION.—The term ‘‘domes-
tic production’’ means the production of an article 
that is identical to, or like or directly competitive 
with, an article to which a petition for a duty sus-
pension or reduction would apply, for which a domes-
tic producer has demonstrated production, or immi-
nent production, in the United States. 
(6) DUTY
SUSPENSION
OR
REDUCTION.—The 
term ‘‘duty suspension or reduction’’ refers to an 
amendment to subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States for a pe-
riod not to exceed 3 years that— 
(A) extends an existing temporary duty sus-
pension or reduction on an article under that 
subchapter; or 
(B) provides for a new temporary duty sus-
pension or reduction on an article under that 
subchapter. 
(7) LIKELY BENEFICIARY.—The term ‘‘likely ben-
eficiary’’ means an individual or entity likely to uti-
lize, or benefit directly from the utilization of, an ar-
ticle that is the subject of a petition for a duty sus-
pension or reduction. 
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(8) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘‘Member 
of Congress’’ means a Senator or Representative in, 
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress. 
(9) MISCELLANEOUS
TARIFF
BILL.—The term 
‘‘miscellaneous tariff bill’’ means a bill of either 
House of Congress that contains only duty suspen-
sions and reductions and related technical corrections 
that— 
(A) are included in the final report of the 
Commission submitted to the appropriate con-
gressional committees under section 3(b)(3)(E), 
except for— 
(i) petitions for duty suspensions or re-
ductions that the Commission has deter-
mined do not contain the information re-
quired under section 3(b)(2); 
(ii) petitions for duty suspensions and 
reductions with respect to which the Com-
mission has determined the petitioner is not 
a likely beneficiary; and 
(iii) petitions for duty suspensions and 
reductions that the Commission does not 
recommend for inclusion in the miscella-
neous tariff bill; 
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(B) 
are 
not 
excluded 
under 
section 
3(b)(3)(F); and 
(C) otherwise meet the applicable require-
ments of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 399 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4923 
[Report No. 114–519, Part I] 
A BILL 
To establish a process for the submission and con-
sideration of petitions for temporary duty sus-
pensions and reductions, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 25, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with 
an amendment 
APRIL 25, 2016 
The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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