(G) PROHIBITIONS.—Any petitions for 
duty suspensions or reductions that are con-
tained 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 otherwise undergone the processes required 
by this Act shall not be included in a miscella-
neous tariff bill. 
(4) CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION.— 
The procedures concerning the release of confiden-
tial 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 
Commission in preparing reports under this sub-
section. 
(5) PROCEDURES.—The Commission shall pre-
scribe and publish in the Federal Register and on a 
publicly available Internet website of the Commis-
sion 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 reductions under subsection (b)(3)(A), the Secretary 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:22 Apr 15, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00016
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4923.IH
H4923
sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
of Commerce, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection and other relevant Federal agencies, shall 
submit to the Commission and the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on each petition for a duty sus-
pension or reduction 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 
petition for the duty suspension or reduction exists 
and, if such production exists, whether or not a do-
mestic 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 administra-
tion when articles are presented for importation. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF DUTY SUSPENSIONS AND 
REDUCTIONS ON UNITED STATES ECONOMY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1, 2018, and 
May 1, 2020, the Commission shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the effects on 
the United States economy of duty suspensions and reduc-
tions enacted pursuant to this Act, including a broad as-
sessment of the economic effects of such duty suspensions 
and reductions on producers, purchasers, and consumers 
in the United States, using case studies describing such 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:22 Apr 15, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00017
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4923.IH
H4923
sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
effects on selected industries or by type of article as avail-
able 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 ben-
efit from permanent duty suspensions and reductions, ei-
ther through a unilateral action of the United States or 
though negotiations for reciprocal tariff agreements, with 
a particular focus on inequities created by tariff inver-
sions. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by this 
section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF LIMITED TARIFF BENEFITS IN 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE 
SENATE. 
(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 con-
tained in a miscellaneous tariff bill in the report to 
accompany such a bill or, in a case where a miscella-
neous tariff bill is not reported by the committee, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:22 Apr 15, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00018
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4923.IH
H4923
sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
shall cause such a list to be printed in the appro-
priate 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 
Representatives, as in effect during the One Hun-
dred Fourteenth Congress, the term ‘‘limited tariff 
benefit’’ means a provision modifying the Har-
monized 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 Lead-
er of the Senate, or the designee of the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, shall provide for the publica-
tion in the Congressional Record of a certification 
that— 
(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 ac-
cessible congressional website in a searchable 
format at least 48 hours before the vote on the 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:22 Apr 15, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00019
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4923.IH
H4923
sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
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 miscellaneous tariff bill, as the case may be. 
(2) SATISFACTION OF SENATE RULES.—Publi-
cation 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 ef-
fect 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. 
(c) ENACTMENT
AS EXERCISE
OF RULEMAKING 
POWER
OF HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND SEN-
ATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such are deemed a part of the 
rules of each House, respectively, and such proce-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:22 Apr 15, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00020
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4923.IH
H4923
sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with BILLS